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True Story is a film based on the memoir of Michael Finkel, a journalist who befriended a murderer in prison. The film explores the relationship between Finkel and Christian Longo, who assumed his identity and killed his family in Oregon.
1. The Pianist. 2002 2h 30m R. 8.5 (932K) Rate. 85 Metascore. During WWII, acclaimed Polish musician Wladyslaw faces various struggles as he loses contact with his family. As the situation worsens, he hides in the ruins of Warsaw in order to survive. Director Roman Polanski Stars Adrien Brody Thomas Kretschmann Frank Finlay. 2. Black Book.
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True Story: Directed by Rupert Goold. With Jonah Hill, James Franco, Felicity Jones, Maria Dizzia. When disgraced New York Times reporter Michael Finkel meets accused killer Christian Longo - who has taken on Finkel's identity - his investigation morphs into a game of cat-and-mouse.
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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Rupert Goold
- 2015-04-17
- All the President's Men (1976) Film. Drama. Wait, you’re telling us Watergate is an actual thing that happened, and in 1974 two reporters really did take down a sitting US president?
- In Cold Blood (1967) Film. Before true crime podcasts and Dateline NBC marathons, there was Truman Capote, whose account of the 1959 massacre of a family in rural Kansas shocked a nation not yet desensitised to random acts of unspeakable violence.
- Hustlers (2019) Film. Drama. A rare depiction of a r ecession that’s neither a teary drama about farmers losing their homes nor a political screed against greedy one-percenters, Hustlers is instead a hyperkinetic story of economic survival, set in a world hit particularly hard by the 2008 financial crisis: New York strip clubs.
- Argo (2012) Film. Drama. It’s one of those stories too far-fetched for even the most inventive screenwriter to make up. At the onset of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, a movie-loving CIA agent hatched a plot to smuggle six diplomats out of the country by pretending to be a Canadian film crew shooting a fake Star Wars-alike sci-fi flick there.
A list of movies based on true stories, history or biographies, rated by IMDb users and critics. Find titles such as The Blind Side, The Wolf of Wall Street, Schindler's List and more.
Nov 19, 2020 · Following is our list of the top 10 movies based on a true story, as chosen by TIME staff and a select group of historians.
When disgraced New York Times reporter Michael Finkel (Jonah Hill) meets accused killer Christian Longo (James Franco) – who has taken on Finkel’s identity – his investigation...
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