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Recommended Films Based On True Events (Tense Edition)
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items Films based on true stories are always interesting to watch because knowing that the film actually happened in real life makes the audience curious and want to know more about the events or characters in the film. I wrote down several recommendations...
Watching this film is truly impressive. This film is an American-Chilean biographical drama film based on the true story of a mining accident in 2010. When the tragedy occurred, 33 miners were trapped in the San Jose Mine in Chile for more than two m... Must watch! This film shows the tragedy experienced by the miners and the efforts made to keep them all safe. Dramatic and heroic efforts are displayed. This film really explains the strength and determination of the human heart when disasters or une...
The 33 (2015) ⭐ 6.9 | Biography, Drama, History
This film tells the true story of Captain Phillips and Somali pirates who hijacked the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama. The hijacking was an incident involving the seizure of a ship by four Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean on April 8, 2009. Although t...
Captain Phillips (2013) ⭐ 7.8 | Action, Biography, Crime
This film tells the true story of a major accident that occurred on an offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. This event was the largest oil leak experienced by the United States. This occurred due to forced drilling, which triggered a ...
Deepwater Horizon (2016) ⭐ 7.1 | Action, Drama, History
This film tells the story of the journey of a group of American soldiers who are carrying out a mission in the Taliban's territory, Afghanistan. The film accurately depicts the intense conflict during Operation Red Wings, from the deaths of the Navy ...
Lone Survivor (2013) ⭐ 7.5 | Action, Biography, Drama
This film tells the story of passengers on a Uruguayan air force plane that crashes and is stranded in the Andes mountains. The true story occurred in October 1972, when amateur rugby club Old Christians Club was about to fly from Uruguay to Chile. T...
Society of the Snow (2023) ⭐ 7.8 | Adventure, Biography, Drama
127 Hours is a film based on the true story of a trapped mountain climber named Aron Ralston (James Franco). This film tells the 127 hour life of Aron, who is trapped in a canyon in Utah. As the title clearly suggests, we will follow the struggle of ...
127 Hours (2010) ⭐ 7.5 | Biography, Drama
This film is based on the true story of South Korea's first confirmed serial killer, with events occurring between 1986 and 1991 in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province. Only 2 months later, there was a series of rape and murder cases with similar circumstanc...
Memories of Murder (2003) ⭐ 8.1 | Crime, Drama, Mystery
This film is based on the true story of Park Chae-seo, a former South Korean agent who infiltrated North Korean nuclear facilities. He had to carry out a very difficult task, namely spying and finding out information about nuclear weapons in North Ko...
The Spy Gone North (2018) ⭐ 7.3 | Drama, Thriller
The film, based on true events, is set against the backdrop of the overthrow of Siad Barre and Korea's second attempt to be admitted to the UN in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It depicts details of the dangerous escape attempts made by stranded Nor...
Escape from Mogadishu (2021) ⭐ 7.0 | Action, Drama, Thriller
This film is based on the true story of a kidnapping that occurred in Busan in 1978. This film tells the story of Eun-joo's mother who visits the famous fortune teller, Kim Joong-san, who says that her daughter is still alive and can be saved if she ...
The Classified File (2015) ⭐ 6.5 | Crime, Drama
The film tells the story of a tsunami and earthquake disaster in the Pacific Ocean near Japan with a magnitude of 9.0 with a tsunami height of more than 10 meters. A powerful earthquake and tsunami caused a leak at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power...
Fukushima 50 (2020) ⭐ 6.1 | Action, Drama, Thriller
Based on a true story about a family that survived the 2004 tsunami. Maria, Henry and their three sons spent their early winter holidays in Thailand, enjoying paradise in a tropical country. However, on December 26, while they were relaxing around th...
The Impossible (2012) ⭐ 7.5 | Drama, History, Thriller
Inspired by a true story, this film tells the story of the terrorist attack that occurred at the Taj Hotel by a group of terrorists in Mumbai, India. Among the hotel staff, one of the dedicated ones is famous chef Hermant Oberoi (Anupam Kher) and a w...
Hotel Mumbai (2018) ⭐ 7.6 | Action, Drama, History
A Taxi Driver is a film based on the true story of the life of taxi driver Kim Sa-bok who brought Jurgen Hinzpeter, who was a German reporter, to Gwangju. At that time there was a large-scale rebellion there which is estimated to have claimed the liv...
A Taxi Driver (2017) ⭐ 7.9 | Action, Drama, History
The film tells the story of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and its aftermath, including a citywide manhunt to find the terrorists responsible. This incident caused a number of people to panic and the bomb left several people dead and others serious...
Patriots Day (2016) ⭐ 7.3 | Action, Crime, Drama
This film tells the heroic story of Captain Sully (Tom Hanks) who piloted US Airways plane 1549 from LaGuardia airport to Charlotte, North Caroline. The plane was carrying 155 passengers, including First Officer Jeff Skiles, and three flight attendan...
Sully (2016) ⭐ 7.4 | Biography, Drama