Drama films based on actual events

127 Hours

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 2010 IMDB Rating: 7.5

The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.

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Midnight Express

Film Age rating: 18 Year: 1978 IMDB Rating: 7.5

Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for re...

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The Farewell

Film Age rating: 5 Year: 2019 IMDB Rating: 7.5

A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own il...

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The Impossible

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2012 IMDB Rating: 7.5

In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomprehensible nightmare...

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The Favourite

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2018 IMDB Rating: 7.5

England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two c...

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I, Tonya

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2017 IMDB Rating: 7.5

Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.

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Saving Mr. Banks

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 2013 IMDB Rating: 7.5

Author P.L. Travers looks back on her childhood while reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.

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Blow

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 2001 IMDB Rating: 7.5

A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father canno...

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