Based on actual events, this moving film follows a large Afro-American family on the verge of dealing with its own foreboding past or becoming the victim of a crippling destiny: to remain forever imprisoned and without prospects in run-down Mississippi. Kari, a bright young girl, seems to ...
Based on actual events depicted in We Were Soldiers Once...And Young, this war drama offers a harrowing insight into personal experiences during wartime without shying away from depicting visceral combat scenes. As both a commanding lead actor and executive producer for this ...
From Creation to The Theory of Everything, here are the best movies based on real-life scientists. 20th Century Studios We are undeniably living in an era where stories for cinema are often based on — whether directly adapted or subtly inspired by — real-life monumental events that have sh...
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Similar toGran Turismo, also opening later in 2023, this is a based-on-true-events biopic, of sorts, rather than a straight adaptation of the game in its title.Tetristells the story of how one man (Taron Egerton) took immense risks at the height of the Cold War to travel to the Sovie...
WashingtoninDavid O. Russell’sAmsterdam, a social satire about a fascistconspiracyto overturn the U.S. government in the 1930s. Also in 2022 she costarred withBrad PittinDamien Chazelle’sBabylon, a dramedy set in Hollywood during the 1920s. Robbie’s character was partly based on the ...
Brand of Evil—A street artist (Brandon Mychal Smith; Appendage) is hired by a wealthy white man to illustrate a specific symbol based on vague verbal instructions. Yes, of course it looks like some magical rune or occult glyph or whatever. The pay is so good he turns his back on his ...
This well-meaning but derivative program is also based on a Gene Autry ditty, andRoger “King of the Road” Millerdoes the honors as narrator and singer here. Shades of “Rudolph” abounds as Nestor is discriminated against because his ground-dragging ears make him clumsy. But Mary and Josep...
(second place) as well as the Luigi De Laurentiis Award for best debut at the 2022 Venice Film Festival. Based on true events from 2016 and using actual trial transcripts (similar to the aforementionedReality), Diop and co-writers Amrita David (who also edited), and Marie N'Diaye take a...
Also ranks #174 on The 200+ Best Movies Directed By Women 23 Valkyrie Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy 143 votes For Fans Of: War, Drama, History Reasons to Watch if You're Interested in The Holocaust: Based on actual events surrounding Operation Valkyrie – an assassination...