All of that in mind, we’ve put together the essentials, the 50 best movies based on true stories.
Five of the last ten Best Picture winners were based on true events and eight of the last ten Best Actor winners were awarded to actors playing characters based on real people.
Since film was invented, we’ve been telling the stories of people and events that have actually happened.
Though the highest-grossing films of all time are based on fiction (96 out of the top 100 domestic films are wholly fictional), oftentimes the prestige of the film industry is geared toward movies based on true stories.