based on true story Archives

Chandu Champion

9 bullet wounds (one still in the body), three different sports and an unshakable determination to fulfill the dream of an Olympic Gold later, Muralikant Petkar, India's first Paralympian to finish at the top of the podium, got the recognition by his own country 45 years after he achieved what no athlete from his country could.

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6.9

2024 Drama 143 min Play

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The Goat Life

The film depicts the life of Najeeb Muhammad, an Indian abused migrant worker, who was forced to survived in a desert to herd goats in Saudi Arabia.

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2024 Drama 172 min Play

7.1

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

During World War II, the British Army assigns a group of competent soldiers to carry out a mission against the Nazi forces behind enemy lines... A true story about a secret British WWII organization – the Special Operations Executive. Founded by Winston Churchill, their irregular warfare against the Germans helped to change the course of the war, and gave birth to modern black operations.

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7.1

2024 Action 120 min Play

TV 6.3

Meiji Gekken: 1874

A former samurai, a yakuza bodyguard, a devious spy, and a geisha assassin try to find their place in the rapidly evolving Meiji-era while escaping the sins of their pasts.

TV-14 Crunchyroll

6.3

2024 Animation min Play

5.9

Boneyard

After Police Chief Carter discovers the remains of eleven women, FBI Special Agent Petrovick is recruited to profile the serial killer responsible for the infamous "boneyard" killings. As the police force, narcotics agency, and FBI lock horns, a tangled web of intrigue turns everyone into a suspect.

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5.9

2024 Action 96 min Play

TV 7.2

We Were the Lucky Ones

The true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive—and to reunite.

Oppenheimer

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

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8.2

2023 Drama 181 min Play

7.5

Cabrini

Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini arrives in 1889 New York City and is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children. Cabrini sets off on a daring mission to convince the hostile mayor to secure housing and healthcare for society's most vulnerable. With broken English and poor health, Cabrini uses her entrepreneurial mind to build an empire of hope unlike anything the world had ever seen.

PG-13

7.5

2024 Drama 142 min Play

6.9

Arthur the King

Over the course of ten days and 435 miles, an unbreakable bond is forged between pro adventure racer Michael Light and a scrappy street dog companion dubbed Arthur. As the team is pushed to their outer limits of endurance in the race, Arthur redefines what victory, loyalty and friendship truly mean.

PG-13

6.9

2024 Adventure 107 min Play

7.4

Captain Miller

In the 1930s, during the British Raj, Analeesan "Eesa", a former soldier of the British Indian Army called Captain Miller, is on a mission to protect the people from the British after witnessing an atrocity.

NR

7.4

2024 Action 158 min Play

8.0

Society of the Snow

On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to take a rugby team to Chile, crashes into a glacier in the heart of the Andes.

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8.0

2023 Drama 144 min Play

5.3

Ashes in the Sky

In 1945, at the end of World War II, Neus Català returns to France, where she recalls her life under the Nazi yoke.

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5.3

2023 Drama 103 min Play

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Ferrari

A biopic of automotive mogul Enzo Ferrari, whose family redefined the idea of the high-powered Italian sports car and practically spawned the concept of Formula One racing.

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2023 Drama 131 min Play

6.2

Megalomaniac

Felix and Martha, the two offspring of legendary serial murderer The Skinner of Mons, grapple with the grotesque legacy bequeathed to them. While Martha works a menial janitorial job, Felix continues his father's reign of terror. But following a brutal attack at work, Martha quickly descends into madness, finding she must come to terms with the infamous blood that flows through her veins.

NR

6.2

2023 Horror 100 min Play

8.4

GoodFellas

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

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8.4

1990 Crime 145 min Play

8.5

Schindler’s List

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

R

8.5

1993 Drama 195 min Play

7.5

The Conjuring

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.

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7.5

2013 Horror 112 min Play

8.1

Hacksaw Ridge

WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.

NR

8.1

2016 Drama 139 min Play

7.5

Rebound

Joong-Ang High School was once renowned for its high ranked basketball team, but as the years pass and victories grow fewer, the school's social worker Kang Yang-hyun who was a former minor league baseball player, becomes the head coach. Left over talent refuses to play under an inexperienced coach, leaving Coach Kang to pull together a ragtag team of sports misfits. The team is pushed to their limits, but one final obstacle threatens to destroy what little hope was left, until six members ...

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7.5

2023 Drama 122 min Play

TV 8.2

War Sailor

When WWII erupts, two sailors on a Norwegian merchant ship face brutal conditions as they fight to survive a conflict they were never asked to join. Based on true stories of Norwegian merchant sailors and their families during and after World War II.

TV-MA Netflix

8.2

2023 Drama 60 min Play

TV 5.8

Prosecution Elite

An Ni, a prosecutor of the Jiangcheng Procuratorate, was assigned by Chief Prosecutor Xu Ailin to handle the case investigating a missing college student who jumped off into a lake. She started with Zhao Jikai, the General Manager of Huiquan Games, and found connection between him and overseas organizations that promote bullying, leading to the arrest of the crime perpetrators. While Huiquan Games’ stocks price plummeted, Yin Huiquan donates to Jiangxiao Academy which would in turn corrupt ...

NR CCTV

5.8

2023 Crime 45 min Play

TV 6.5

1985

1985 follows friends Marc and Franky, and his sister Vicky, in the turbulent 1980s. Marc and Franky move to Brussels for a career with the Gendarmerie. Soon the three young people are sucked into a spiral of crimes that are attributed to the so-called "Bende van Nijvel" gang.

TV-14 VRT 1

6.5

2023 Crime 55 min Play

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The Burial

A lawyer helps a funeral home owner save his family business from a corporate behemoth. In a move to bring resonance to a dry case, the lawyer digs up a complex web of race, power, and oppression that forces everyone to examine prejudices.

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0

2023 Drama 126 min Play

5.5

Southern Gospel

Samuel Allen's life collapses, but he wants to pursue his childhood goals and become a preacher. To do this, the rock n roll star has to fight against his past demons.

PG-13

5.5

2023 Drama 109 min Play

TV 7

The Gold

November 26th 1983, six armed men steal £26m worth of gold from the Brink’s-Mat security depot and set about trying to dispose of the bullion.

NR BBC One

7

2023 Crime 58 min Play

TV 7.2

The Law According to Lidia Poët

In late 19th-century Turin, the young Lidia Poët, fights against everything and everyone to get what is rightfully hers: to be enrolled in the official register of lawyers. A profession, at the time, reserved exclusively for men. Nevertheless, nothing could stop her dream of becoming the first female lawyer in Italy.

TV-MA Netflix

7.2

2023 Crime 40 min Play

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Sight

Dr. Ming Wang is not simply an eye surgeon: he is a beacon of empathy for humankind. Based on his incredible true story, Sight offers glimpses of hope at times when it feels the hardest to find.

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0

2023 Drama 0 min Play

TV 6.4

White House Plumbers

The true story of how Nixon’s own political saboteurs and Watergate masterminds accidentally toppled the Presidency they were zealously trying to protect.

Love & Death

Candy and Pat Montgomery and Betty and Allan Gore — two churchgoing couples — enjoy their small town Texas life… until an extramarital affair leads somebody to pick up an axe.

THE DAYS

Blamed by some, hailed as heroes by others, those involved with Fukushima Daiichi face a deadly, invisible threat — an unprecedented nuclear disaster.

TV-14 Netflix

7.6

2023 Drama min Play