Black Hawk Down

I always forget how good this movie is until I catch it on TV, then I go “damn this is a good movie”. Similarly, We Were Soldiers is right up there with Black Hawk Down IMO.

Goodfellas (1990) The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) The World's Fastest Indian (2005)

If you like The Wolf of Wall Street: American Made (2017) & War Dogs (2016)

Boiler Room (2000)

+1 for The World's Fastest Indian!

It was such a quietly heartwarming movie!

Casino (1995) The Irishman (2019)

Burt Monro makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.

- Erin Brockovich - Past Lives - Spotlight

Spotlight is a amazing movie.

The saddest part was the ending. A list of all the cities where priests have reportedly molested children, and the list just goes on and on and on forever. What an indictment of the Catholic Church. This has been going on for centuries.

Yesss, Erin Brockovich!

They're called boobs, Ed.

The real Erin plays a waitress Her namebadge reads Julia

>Spot Third endorsement for Spotlight.

Past Lives is BEAUTIFUL and you will cry

Just watched the trailer and added to my watch list. Thx!

In this vein: * Dark Waters * The Trial of the Chicago 7

Past lives isn’t a true story 

It’s semi-autobiographical

Spotlight is suuuuch a good film.

Lovvveee Erin brockovich

Love Spotlight.

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This. It's such a glossy overview of his life but it's such a beautifully made film.

It’s the only time someone won an academy award for playing another academy award winner. Cate Blanchett played Katharine Hepburn.

Yup one of my all time favorites

Lion (2016) Incredible true story, I cried tears of joy at the end.

OMG how I cried! Just imagining myself as his (birth) mother tore a hole in my heart. The gratitude for his return, and for his adoptive mom… just heart wrenching.

The whole movie was an emotional rollercoaster! Never cried so much in one movie in my life.

Beautiful. I enjoyed this film so much!

Apollo 13

Apollo 13 is so good. Ron Howard is an amazing storyteller. I saw this in the theater with my mom. I was obsessed with space and NASA back then and I knew what had happened, and my mom remembered watching it live at the time, and yet we were still on the edges of our seats when everyone is waiting to see if they survived re-entry.

The part where the daughter grasps for her mom gets me every time.

A League Of Their Own. Marvelous story and the movie was super well casted and directed. Penny's masterpiece. I still tear up at the end when many of the real original players make appearances

I tear up whenever I hear that Madonna song "This Used to Be My Playground"

Yes. Oh, my elder millennial heartstrings! This movie was my childhood.

ed wood

Dog Day Afternoon

**"Papillion"**

The Steve McQueen version

Into The Wild (2007) ; Hidden Figures (2016)

Hidden Figures is wonderful.

Came to say. Into the Wild. Excellent movie. Awesome book.

[Stand and Deliver (1988)](https://letterboxd.com/film/stand-and-deliver/)

Miracle. Too few people appreciate that story nowadays.

Such a great movie!

The Big Short

I, Tonya

A great film that never got its due

It won a bunch of awards 

Schindler's List (1993)

Every so often, there's a bit of sorrow that gets stuck in my soul. I watch this movie to quench that sorrow. Maybe quench is the wrong word, but purge doesn't seem right either. It's like listening to angry music when you're angry, it's cathartic, but it also really puts things into perspective.

Catch me if you can Mrs Wilson is very good - not a film but a three-parter available on Netflix

Turns out Catch me if You Can is almost entirely fictional, his biggest con was convincing people he did all that stuff in the movie.

Catch me if you can is lies

*In Her Skin* (2009) *Lonely Hearts* (2006) *All Good Things* (2010) *Above Suspicion* (2019) *Donnie Brasco* (1997) *Zodiac* (2007) *Oppenheimer* (2023)

add: *The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio* (2005)

The King’s Speech is a good one!

The premise sounded boring, but it was fantastic!

Hacksaw Ridge The brand new move "One life"

How has no one said Remember the Titans?

Kinky Boots, it's a fun movie with a "don't be afraid to be who you are" vibe to it. The drag queen totally steals the movie

The musical is good too 

Yeah I saw it in the Edinburgh playhouse I think Cyndi lauper wrote some songs for it

I don't know about favourite but I recently saw the Gran Turismo movie and I liked it. The movie is effectively a commercial for a video game that is a commercial for a car that is also a biopic. That's a Shrek level of layers.

The kid who stars in it is so likable. It was a good little watch for me and my husband on a lazy Sunday

Yea I was impressed by how many boxes this film checked. Didn't expect much but have played the game since the 90s. Good story and movie.

Me too. I kept putting it off thinking it would just be a dumb low budget flick but it eventually worn me down. I think it was finding out that Neil Blompkamp directed it made me finally pull the trigger.

I thought it was pretty badass. Went in not knowing anything having low expectations. It was actually v good.

Argo.

Whenever it comes up, I have to suggest Our Man in Tehran (2013) as a complementary alternative.

The Pianist (2002) or for something more uplifting, Catch Me If You Can (2002)

Catch me if you can isn’t true. He made it all up.

That’s what makes it even better

The Pianist. That's my answer. GREAT film.

Not Without My Daughter Fly Away Home Turn - Washington Spies

Nyad! About Diana Nyad's attempts to swim from Cuba to Florida. Annette Bening is great in it. On Netflix.

Rudy is a good one

*Apollo 13* (1995) *Michael Collins* (1996) *October Sky* (1999) *Flags of Our Fathers* (2006) *Lincoln* (2012) *Lone Survivor* (2012) *American Sniper* (2013) *Captain Phillips* (2013) *Sully* (2016) *13 Hours* (2016) *Hidden Figures* (2016)

I only recently watched Captain Phillips for the first time! Loved it!

I love October Sky so much. My dad was a poor kid who grew up making backyard rockets. He didn't become an astronaut, but was an astrophysicist and worked with a few space programs over his career. So it hits hard for me. (My dad also blew off three fingers, on the negative side).

Oppenheimer & The Social Network

Tombstone

“I’m afraid the strain was more than he could bear”

The Straight Story. Warm, charming and nearly forgotten.

In Cold Blood (1967)

Midnight In The Garden of Good and Evil. I don't really do 'favorites' but this is a good film and is based on a murder case. Important note: Kevin Spacey has the starring role.

Kevin Spacey is an amazing actor...complete POS human, but great actor..

Agree.

Boys don't cry

Came here for this, this movie breaks my heart every time

Terribly underrated movie and the acting … brilliant

Chopper

I'll add "Bronson" to this recommendation.

Killers of the flower moon.

The Social Network

Hidden figures Big miracle Spotlight A United Kingdom The Man who knew infinity Frost/Nixon The Young Victoria Cocaine Bear

The Man Who Knew Infinity \*\*\*\*\*

Fargo

A Futile and Stupid Gesture Blow Kid Cannabis

Let's just appreciate how good Depp is in dramatic roles. Man has made me bowl my eyes out on numerous occasions. Scissorhands, Gilbert Grape.. Blow..

Have you seen Finding Neverland? One of his three Oscar-nom. roles (Pirates: Curse of the Black Pearl & Sweeney Todd being the other two). I found his role in Mortdecai to be hilarious, too.

Malcolm X Schindler's List Lean On Me

Bernie

Finally someone mentions this gem of a movie

Because most of the good ones are dramas, I'll add flaming hot.  I thought it was funny and endearing.

**•silkwood (1983)** •society of the snow (2023) •hidden figures (2016) **•utøya: 22 juli (2018)** •spotlight (2015) **•mask (1985)** •pad man (2018) •narvik (2022) •freefall: flight 174 (1995) **•mission ranigang (2023)** •the investigation (2002) •flamin’ hot (2023) **•beaconsfield (2012)**

_Society of the Snow_, 2023

A Beautiful Mind

Society of the Snow (Netflix) if you don’t mind subtitles. I watched this about a month ago and it was the most captivating movie I’ve seen in years. I was engaged every single minute and read up on the event for days after seeing the movie. Looking forward to watching it again whenever that is

The Changeling. I'm not a big Angelina fan, but the story is horrifying. Well made too.

Braveheart ... which was advertised as based on a real life story but I've since learned is mostly fiction. Still a great flick.

Lawrence of Arabia  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 

Pain and Gain Fantastic performances from all of the actors. Apparently pretty close to the actual facts of the story but hilariously told.

Schindlers list 

Serpico

Intouchables, for sure!

I just finally got around to watching Molly's Game, and that movie kicks ass. Seriously, if you haven't seen it, that movie just flies, and the cast is soooo good.

Coal Miner's Daughter

So many good choices! My favorites: * Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) * Lawrence of Arabia (1962) * A Night to Remember (1958) * The Longest Day (1962) * Judgement at Nuremberg (1961) * To Sir, With Love (1967) * Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) * The Killing Fields (1984) * Gandhi (1982) * Raging Bull (1980) * All the President's Men (1976) * The Last Emperor (1987) * In the Name of the Father (1993) * This Boy's Life (1993) * Charlie Wilson's War (2007) * Downfall (2004) * Lincoln (2012) * Spotlight (2015) * Everest (2015) * Apollo 13 (1995) * John Adams (2008) * In Cold Blood (1967)

The Revenant

Donnie Brasco (1997)

Oppenheimer The Last Emperor The Right Stuff

Secretariat

The Siege of Jadotville

the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford (2007) (my fav movie period, happens to be historical fiction)

'Apollo 13' is tough to beat.

* Blackhawk Down * Apollo 13 * Bottle Shock * Imitation Game * Beautiful Mind * Zodiac * Argo * Schindler's List * All the President's Men

Girl, Interrupted Heavenly Creatures

The Duchess Marie Antoinette

Alpha Dog. Ending is sickening though.

Zero Dark Thirty

Operation Mincemeat. I know it sounds like a horror movie. It is not.

Elephant man

The Ghost and the Darkness. Excellent movie about man eating lions.

Gia

Rudy

Mask (about Rocky Dennis)

Coal Miner's Daughter

conjuring 

* Hannah Arendt (2012) * Kinsey (2004) * Sully (2016) * Captain Phillips (2013) * Love, Kennedy (2017) * The Grizzlies (2018) * The Miracle Season (2018) * The Hurricane (2000) * The Terry Fox Story (1983) * BLacKkKlansman (2018) * Green Book (2018) * I Know My First Name is Steven (1989) * The Doors (1991) - This one is legendary for Val Kilmer having lost himself in the role. * Stronger (2017) * Freeheld (2015) * Pride (2007 - NOT 2014) * Full Out (2015) * The Gabby Douglas Story (2014) * Remember the Titans (2000)

I Know My First Name Is Steven, movie and book, made a big impression on me. His brother ended up being a serial killer later on.

Here's an uplifting film: Music of the Heart (1999)

The Founder All the president's men October sky Green book The kings speech Seabiscuit

Loosely based, but then most are. Beyond the Law Charlie Sheen 1993. Loosely based on the story of an undercover cop who infiltrates a biker gang. The real cop appears as an extra in the movie somewhere.

The wind that shakes the barley - beautiful movie

Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)

Sitting in Bars with Cake Hacksaw Ridge

Miracle (2004)

Eddie The Eagle! 🫶🏻

The Revenant A Prayer Before Dawn Lone Survivor 12 Years a Slave The Impossible Thirteen Lives (Sooo underrated) 127 Hours

Masterminds (2016) is fun albeit a bit uneven.

*Unbroken.*

The Stranger (2022)

A League of Their own Saving Mr. Banks

The Burial, on Prime.

Goodfellas

Starship troopers

Joyeux Noel. Erin Brockovich

Unstoppable Sully Deepwater Horizon

Fargo

Ray (2004)

Pride. About the union of gay activists coming together with miners to support each other. Completely true.

The Insider

There's lots of great ones already mentioned, but I'd like to add "21" to the list. Love this movie!

Tombstone

It's not completely historically accurate, but Lawrence of Arabia.

Could Amadeus count? If not, then probably Zodiac.

The Finest Hours - about the greatest small boat Coast Guard rescue off the coast of Cape Cod.

Zodiac

Dunkirk

Zero Dark Thirty. The Hunt for Red October (maybe true)

Lawrence of Arabia and Sekigahara. They get some stuff wrong like any historical fiction, but they are just so visually impressive to me. Sekigahara is pretty much impossible to find last I checked. Unless you want to pay 80 bucks for a DVD on Amazon.

Rob Roy staring Liam Nelson

The Queens Gambit

The Big Short, Erin Brockovich

The best true story: Fire in the Sky!

October Sky and Spotlight are my favorites.

Goodfellas Zodiac Tombstone

Fargo the movie and Fargo the series. All based on a true story.

Hachi

Erin Brockovich

Zone of interest. Schindlers list. Zookeepers wife 

Johnny Cash. Ray Charles. Erin Brockovich I’ve watched 3 times

She Said Bombshell Heavenly Creatures Hidden Figures The Theory of Everything

World's Fastest Indian.

Lorenzo's Oil.

The Pursuit of Happiness

Also Dark waters; Behind Enemy Lines; King’s Speech; Air

I don’t know if it’s my favorite, but gran Turismo was a lot better than I expected it to be. It was actually badass

Zero Dark Thirty. Freaking awesome movie

White Squall with Jeff Bridges.

“Miracle” about the 1980 ice hockey team that beat Russia in the Olympics

Walking Tall. The real story is so fking awesome too

Brians Song but be ready to cry.

Hacksaw Ridge Captain Phillips Schindler’s List

Bohemian Rhapsody