True Stories

Secretariat

This is a total feel good movie of the year, sure to be a strong...
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The Social Network

A drama about the invention of Facebook and its founders, written by Aaron Sorkin and...
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Creation

The dramatic story of the origin of Charles Darwin’s book On the Origin of the...
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The Young Victoria

A period bio of the early reign of England’s Queen Victoria, played by Emily Blunt....
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Invictus

A true story of Nelson Mandela becoming president of South Africa and his subsequent attempt...
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Me and Orson Welles

A coming of age story of a young teenager trying to break into acting, who...
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The Blind Side

Family Dramedy. The true story of the white southern Touhy Family rescuing and then adopting...
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Coco Before Chanel

The story of the beginnings of Gabrielle Chanel from a destitute French orphan near the...
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Julie & Julia

A story of food, love and the meaning of life. I believe this movie is...
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

This is a Holocaust movie of a different approach. It tells the story of the...
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Public Enemies

When I saw the title my first thought was, “Why is it plural? A movie...
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The Path to 9/11

Espionage Miniseries. The story of how 9-11 came about based on the 9-11 Commission report....
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World Trade Center

Rescue Drama. Based on the true story of two cops who survived the collapse of...
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The Devil Wears Prada

Comedy. An unfashionable girl gets a job with the Queen of the fashion industry and...
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The Lost City

Period Romantic Epic. A wealthy family in the midst of the Castro Communist revolution of...
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United 93

Terrorist Thriller. This docudrama recounting of the true story of United Flight 93 on that...
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Take the Lead

Social issue dramedy. Antonio Banderas plays a Ballroom Dance instructor who tries to help inner...
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North Country

Civil rights drama. Story of a single mother trying to work in the mines of...
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Casanova

Period Romantic comedy. Infamous promiscuous adulterer falls in true love with a proto-feminist in 18th...
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The New World

Historical Romance Epic. The story of Pocohantas and her relationship with John Smith, the Western...
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End of the Spear

Jungle Thriller. A son explores returning to the stone age tribe that killed his missionary...
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Munich

International Espionage Thriller. "Based on true events," this is a self-loathing Jewish "Godfather" interpretation by...
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Proof

Family melodrama. A brilliant mathematician (Gwenyth Paltrow) must take care of her brilliant mathematician father...
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Walk the Line

Biopic of the famous/infamous Johnny Cash and his relationship with June Carter. Joaquin Phoenix and...
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Capote

Heavy psychological drama. This biopic of the infamous effeminate, lisping, out of the closet homosexual...
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The Exorcism of Emily Rose

Highly Recommended. This is a story based on an allegedly true story that occurred in...
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My Date with Drew

Recommended. This delightful little cheapo documentary about a Joe Average guy seeking to win a...
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The Legend of 1900

Not Very Recommended. This is a movie that is not a great story and has...
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Cinderella Man

Highly Recommended. Definitely the new Rocky of the millennium. Fabulous pro-family movie about blue collar...
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The Kingdom of Heaven

Not really recommended. Ridley Scott is one of the finest filmmakers in Hollywood. He is...
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The Downfall

Recommended. I confess a morbid fascination with what went on down in that Fuehrerbunker during...
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Coach Carter

Highly Recommended. This is an amazingly preachy movie that I absolutely LOVED. Which in my...
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