Chiwetel Ejiofor directed this lovely adaptation of William Kamkwamba's memoir, chronicling his upbringing as a young African boy who, after being forced to leave his beloved school due to his ...

Plenty of historical movies condense or play around with real-life events, because capturing some kind of actual point in history – or sometimes even a person’s entire life – is hard to do within a ...

From the acclaimed biopic 'Nyad' to post-plane crash survival in 'Society of the Snow,' these films prove that sometimes the best stories are rooted in reality Keith Langston is a contributing writer ...

Thrillers are designed to keep you on the edge of your seat, but when a movie is based on a true story or inspired by real events, the experience becomes that much more intense. For me, knowing that ...

Movies based on true stories carry a different kind of tension, whether the story follows astronauts trying to survive Apollo 13 or investigators chasing the still-unsolved Zodiac case. Even when ...

There are a lot of great crime movies throughout history, but some of the best pull the stories from real-life criminals, even if these stories are often embellished. It is always important to ...

Some of the best movies are based on true stories, which just goes to show us that real life can be just as (if not more) compelling as anything dreamed up in a writer's room. Some of cinema's most ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with director Sheldon Candis about his new boxing movie, "They Fight." It's based on a real-life story of a former convict who finds purpose in teaching kids to box. When ...

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