The 10 best true stories out in wild.

There is something very powerful about watching a movie based on a true story, right? At least that’s what I feel like! Reality is often more mind boggling, inspiring and let's just pretend I put some more serene and hard to come by words here, lol; my point being that movies based on true stories prove all of it. After all, the only thing that makes a crazy plot point or character even more unbelievable is knowing you could find and them meet in your everyday life. Someday, somewhere you would’ve crossed paths with some real-life version of the people you come across in movies. Or you could just think how cool it would be to be friends with one of these people from the comfort of your couch- haha, that works too!

Some stories get even better once you know they’re true. For example, my mom couldn’t stand to watch The Wolf of Wall Street until she knew it was a real story–and then she was just absolutely shocked. When you know a movie was inspired by true events, it becomes even more relevant and compelling.

Which is why, you need to check out these 10 movies based on true stories that will make you laugh, cry and even go WTF!

P. S: The movies are not ranked in order of their rating and a click on the movie posters will redirect you to its trailer!

Just Mercy

Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, and Brie Larson. Just Mercy is a rock solid legal drama movie. The director has set the movie in a comfort spot between melodrama and procedural and maintains a calm, steady, firm grip on our interest.

Zero Dark Thirty

Starring Jessica Chastain, Chris Pratt, and Directed by Katheryn Bigelow- The First woman to win an Oscar for the Best Director. What makes this film a must watch is its controversial depiction of torture, and it makes catching Bin Laden seem just too easy! The main sense of movie does not just come with the storyline, but the emotional tensions and the brief given when 7 CIA agents are killed during a messed-up bribe.

Catch Me If You Can

Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks. The movie shows the rise and fall of Frank Abagnale Jr. who happens to be one of the greatest con men in history. Set in the colorful 1960’s of America, the events in this movie are so preposterous that it’s almost unbelievable that they actually happened.

The Pursuit of Happyness

Starring Will Smith and Jaden Smith.

This list is surely incomplete without the absolute masterpiece that this movie is. This movie shows the absolute true side of life. This is an important movie for everyone to see and reflect on their own experiences, choices and realizing that life can be changed in a blink of an eye, losing everything you have. This movie will ask you to take into consideration poverty, homelessness, and realize it is not a choice and that everyone has a story, but no one will listen to it.

American Sniper

Starring Bradley cooper as a real-life navy Seal, who was the deadliest sniper in U.S military history with 255 kills.

The movie is very intense and violent, with shootings blood and lots more. There are also acts of child violence which you might want to watch out for, eek. The realism and terror portrayed is unbelievable, the movie, safe to say is of the utmost quality in terms of its story, acting, cinematography, music, and action.

The Wolf of Wall Street

This Is another Leonardo DiCaprio starrer with Margot Robbie and Jonah Hill;

The movie is based on the memoir of fraudulent stockbroker Jordan Belfort aka DiCaprio. The film follows the young broker's hedonistic lifestyle of sex, drugs, and white-collar crime and even manages to make crime look fun. Every few minutes the movie hurls something so shocking and high-spirited that laughter can be the only response.

The Big Short

Is another great finance related movie which manages to make the minutiae of Wall Street comprehensible, even interesting. This movie tells the story of a small cadre who saw the 2008 financial crash coming.

The acting is superb—what with Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, and Brad Pitt, how could it not be?

The movie does an amazing job at revealing truths that have made people leave the industry in past. Even after watching this movie a couple of times, it will still remain as interesting as the first time.

Ford vs Ferrari

Starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon.

A simplistic title like this, lets you know all you need to know. This movie is the ideal representation that you cannot buy a win, but you can buy the one who will give a shot at it. The film, the races, the story covered are like frothing ice-cold milk for a giant cappuccino. Everything in unveiled with great expertise and the entire journey of the movie is bound make your heartbeat race as Miles hits those tight corners, you will feel a rush of blood when Shelby takes those bold decisions from the pit stop, and at the end of the movie, you will realize that is not all about winning.

Well, not to leave Bollywood movies behind, next on the list is

Airlift

Starring Akshay Kumar and Nimrat Kaur.

Airlift is based on the biggest human evacuation in the history of humankind when thousands of Indians who were based in Kuwait were evacuated by the Indian government after Saddam Hussain invaded the country. The movie was scripted in and around the industry for over 6 years and was finally brought to life in 2016. This movie not only shows you one of the bravest evacuations in history but also what it takes to become a leader!

URI: The Surgical Strike

Starring Vicky Kaushal

This movie portrays a covert operation of the Indian Army against a group of militants who attached a base in Uri, Kashmir and killed many soldiers. The movie won hearts back in 2019 being high on action and full of drama. The details of the Surgical Strike were wrapped under classified files for 2 years with no details revealed to the citizens of the country which makes this movie a must watch.

Editor’s cut: A Worthy Mention 1917

Starring George MacKay, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andrew Scott, and Richard Madden.

The movie is surreal with an outstanding World War I Drama that makes you feel like you’re experiencing what it might really have been like to be a part of the war. The cinematography is a piece of art despite the characters in the film stand fictional, this movie is inspired by a real operation. The movie packs a bundle of gut-wrenching moments and aims at doing right through your heart by the end of it.