Random Best Oscar-Winning Movies Based on True Stories (26 items)

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  (#11) The King's Speech

  • Helena Bonham Carter, Colin Firth, Guy Pearce, Michael Gambon, Geoffrey Rush, Timothy Spall, Derek Jacobi, Claire Bloom, Jennifer Ehle, Anthony Andrews, Roger Hammond, David Bamber, Adrian Scarborough, Eve Best, Simon Chandler, Robert Portal, Calum Gittins, Andrew Havill, Ramona Marquez, Patrick Ryecart, Paul Trussell, Graham Curry, Teresa Gallagher, Orlando Wells, Max Callum, Harry Sims, Freya Wilson, Jensen Freeman, John Warnaby, Michael Archer, Richard Dixon, James Currie, Tim Downie, Ben Wimsett, Dominic Applewhite, Filippo Delaunay, Pete Noakes, John Albasiny, Stuart Pollock, Mary Robinson, Charles Armstrong, Sean Talo, Dick Ward, Sarah Molkenthin, Jake Hathaway, Tony Earnshaw, Mihai Arsene, Martyn Moore, Alex Sabga, Danny Emes, Abbie Murison, Dean Ambridge, Adam Eveson, George Rodd, Roger Parrott, Tony Sweeney

  Won the Oscar for Best Picture: 2010

  This is the story of an Australian speech therapist who helps the King of England (played by Colin Firth) give his first speech to the public in 1939, when he declared war on Germany. In actuality, the King's speech lessons began almost ten years before he assumed the throne. The one issue that most historians have with the film is all the swearing. 
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  (#15) Argo

  • Ben Affleck, John Goodman, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, Taylor Schilling, Adrienne Barbeau, Kyle Chandler, Victor Garber, Željko Ivanek, Philip Baker Hall, Clea DuVall, Mike Wallace, Tate Donovan, Richard Kind, Chris Messina, Tom Lenk, Titus Welliver, Rory Cochrane, Bob Gunton, Korrina Rico, Michael Parks, Scoot McNairy, Tehmina Sunny, Barry Livingston, Keith Szarabajka, Scott Elrod, Michael Cassidy, Larry Sullivan, Kerry Bishé, Omid Abtahi, Jamie McShane, Christopher Stanley, Cas Anvar, Bobby Naderi, Matthew Glave, Michael Chieffo, Clark Gilmer, John H. Tobin, Christopher Denham, Jerald Garner, Kelly Curran, Randy Oglesby, Richard Dillane, Rafi Pitts, Matt Doherty, Jean Carol, Erin Pickett, Mark Smith, Victoria Charters, Elena Kolpachikova, Alex Schemmer, Brandon Slagle, David Sullivan, David Dustin Kenyon, Roman Mitichyan, Matt Nolan, Nelson Franklin, Don Whatley, Karina Logue, Lindsey Ginter, James Shanklin, Martin Andris, John Boyd, Taies Farzan, Sean Patrick Reilly, Fahim Fazli, Nancy Stelmaszczyk, Michael Laren, Sally Spaide, Bill Blair, Ray Porter, Michael Stailey, Annie Little, Phillip Borghee, Veronika Kurshinskaya, Lucas N. Hall, Scott Anthony Leet, Rita Cannon, Rob Brownstein, Bill Tangradi, Danilo Di Julio, Daston Kalili, Houshang Touzie, Yan Feldman, Salomon Passariello, Collin McShane, Fouad Hajji, Yuriy Sardarov, Eli Jane, Fred Toma, Sandra Plazinic, Ali Saam, David Bittick, Seli Marset, Stephen Szibler, Jeremy Gram Weaver, Victor McCay, Muhammed Cangören, Brandon Tabassi, Bill Porter, Richard Allan Jones, Dawn Sobolewski, Rob Tepper, Mehrdad Sarlak, Bill Kalmenson, Sheila Vand, Desary Vailencour, Ken Edling, Vincent Rivera, Michael Lovern, Brendan Rooney, Page Leong, Mohamed Ibrahim Elkest, Michael Blumenstock, Armin Nasseri, Tyson Power, Erick Ramirez, Teemaree, Momo Casablanca, Marsad Nikui, Gabriel Aslan, Francisco Ovalle, Michelangelo Kowalski, Joseph S. Griffo, Omid Zader, Tim Quill, Koby Azarly, Shaun Daley, Hans Tester, Sepideh Haftgoli, Rafael Zubizarreta, Mihaela Lacramioara, Anthony Narvaez, Jennifer Christopher, Athena Talin Katalaris, Derek Mobraaten, Jozef Fahey, Matt Harding, Jack Topalian, Ron Vitalia, Maz Siam, Kaveh Taherian, Kevin Hawley, Aidan Sussman, Ray Remillard, Andrew Varenhorst, Kristi Faye, Nikka Far, Ryan Ahern, Ruty Rutenberg, Sahm McGlynn, Sunny Vachher, Matt McVay, Amitis Frances Ariano, Abe Rogland, Allegra Carpenter, Rita Qatami, Michael Woolston, Bahram Khosraviani, Rocky Kanaka, Josh Pellerin, Nima Azizi, Peter Henry Schroeder, Priyom Haider, Jonathan Levian, Siamak Keyvani, Chanelle Lyn, Roberto C Escobar, Gerry Rand, Eric Scott Cooper, Stephen J. Lattanzi, Ali Farkhonde, Roberto Garcia, Christina Sardinas, Ayden Mayeri, Reza Mir, Michael Klemp, Leyla Beysulen, Soheil Tasbihchi, Michael Kunselman, Amir Malaklou, Jon Woodward Kirby, Ania Spiering, Nick Santoro, Sharareh Sedghi, Sam Sheikholeslami, Xavier Wolf, Farshad Farahat, Yasmeen Yamak, Amaru Cloud, Danielle Barbosa, Saba Sarem, Ramon Calzada, Ray Haratian, Diamond Nicole Landeen, Alborz Basiratmand, Jasmin Jandreau, Danielle Beckwith, Ashley Wood, Bobby Zegar, Asal Nazerpour, Araz Vahid Ebrahim Nia, Baris Deli, Alison Fiori, Amir K, Asghar Allah Veirdi Zadeh, Dorianne Pahlavan, Mitchell Salberg, Rana Yamak, Ehab Elgharabawy, Fanshen Cox, Hovik Gharibian, Jason Kapraun, J.R. Cacia, Ayanery Reyes, Daniel Hayek, Puya Abbassi, Deborah Deimel Bean, Noah Arrue

  Won the Oscar for Best Picture:  2012

  Argo tells the story of Tony Mendez, a CIA Agent who concocts a brilliant scheme to help Canadian citizens escape from a hostage situation in Iran. In interviews, Affleck admitted to making the story much more exciting than it really was. 
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  (#22) Crash

  • Sandra Bullock, Brendan Fraser, Ludacris, Thandie Newton, Don Cheadle, Ryan Phillippe, Matt Dillon, Terrence Howard, Jennifer Esposito, Tony Danza, Marina Sirtis, Keith David, Loretta Devine, William Fichtner, Daniel Dae Kim, Michael Peña, Bahar Soomekh, Larenz Tate, Nona Gaye, Shaun Toub, Bird York, Jack McGee, Eddie J. Fernandez, Bruce Kirby, Beverly Todd, James Haggis, Curt Clendenin, Karina Arroyave, Ken Garito, Glenn Taranto, Billy Gallo, Jayden Lund, Allan Steele, Dato Bakhtadze, Art Chudabala, Ashlyn Sanchez, Alexis Rhee, Ime N. Etuk, Howard Fong, Alastair Douglas, Greg Joung Paik, Sylva Kelegian, Molly Schaffer, Paul E. Short, Nicholas George Stark, Joe Ordaz, Octavio Gómez Berríos, Sean Cory, Amanda Moresco, Kate Super, Martin Norseman, Yomi Perry

  Won the Oscar for Best Picture: 2005

  Even though this film about racism in Los Angeles is mostly fictional, one scene in the film involving a carjacking supposedly actually happened to the writer, Paul Haggis, and it inspired him to write this film. 
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  (#19) The Sting

  • Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning, Eileen Brennan, Sally Kirkland, Harold Gould, Kathleen Freeman, Ray Walston, Dana Elcar, Larry D. Mann, Susan French, John Quade, Brad Sullivan, Ken Sansom, Bruce Kimball, William "Billy" Benedict, Arthur Tovey, Jack Kehoe, Byron Morrow, James Sloyan, Robert Earl Jones, Charles Dierkop, Avon Long, Alexander Lockwood, Arch Johnson, Dimitra Arliss, John Heffernan, Leonard Barr, Guy Way, Tom Spratley, Jack Collins, Kenneth O'Brien, Joe Tornatore, Ta-Tanisha, Pearl Shear, Paulene Myers, Robert Brubaker, Lee Paul, Ed Bakey, Chuck Morrell, Patricia Bratcher

  Won the Oscar for Best Picture: 1973

  The Sting is loosely based on the exploits of two real life brothers/con men, Fred and Charley Gondorff, that were documented in the book The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man.
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  (#18) Chariots of Fire

  • Stephen Fry, Kenneth Branagh, Ian Holm, John Gielgud, Richard Griffiths, Ruby Wax, Alice Krige, Lindsay Anderson, Brad Davis, Ian Charleson, Patrick Doyle, Ben Cross, Benny Young, Peter Egan, Michael Lonsdale, Nigel Havers, Nigel Davenport, Patrick Magee, Nicholas Farrell, Dennis Christopher, Cheryl Campbell, John Young, Derek Pringle, Peter Cellier, Daniel Gerroll, Jeremy Sinden, David Yelland, Jack Smethurst, Struan Rodger, Sarah Roache, Stephen Mallatratt, Carole Ashby, Edward Wiley, Lorraine Daniels, Yvonne Gilan, Yves Beneyton, Robin Pappas, Colin Bruce, Kim Clifford, Andrew Hawkins, Tommy Boyle, Alan Polonsky, Philip O'Brien, Mark English, Gordon Hammersley, Stephen Marzella, Roberta Morrell, Wallace Campbell, Paul Howard, Ralph Lawton, Michael Jeyes, David John, Dave Turner, Gerry Slevin, Eddie Hughson, Alan Dudley, Steve Ambrose, Tess Dignan, John Rutland, Rosy Clayton, David Kivlin, Gayle Garyson, Graham Brooke, Peter Jones

  Won the Oscar for Best Picture: 1981

  Chariots Of Fire is loosely based on a pair of athletes who compete during the 1924 Olympics for various personal reasons. Despite most of the scenes taking place during actual historic events, most of the film is a fabrication. 
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  (#5) Platoon

  • Johnny Depp, Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Forest Whitaker, Oliver Stone, Keith David, Tony Todd, John C. McGinley, Kevin Dillon, Dale Dye, Richard Edson, Cary Glover, Mark Moses, Francesco Quinn, Henry Strzalkowski, Nick Nicholson, Chris Pedersen, David Neidorf, Paul Sanchez, Reggie Johnson, Mark Ebenhoch, Terry McIlvain, Eric Hahn, Ivan Kane, Robert 'Rock' Galotti, Corkey Ford, H. Gordon Boos, Matthew Westfall, Warren McLean, Peter Hicks, Clarisa Ortacio, Bernardo Manalili, Chris Castillejo, Basile Achara, Li Mai Thao, Steve Barredo, J. Adam Glover, Andrew B. Clark, Li Thi Van, Ron Barracks, Than Rogers, Bob Orwig, Romy Sevilla, Kevin Eshelman

  Won the Oscar for Best Picture: 1986

  Platoon was based on writer and director Oliver Stone's tours in Vietnam. After the film's release he was lauded as finally bringing the psychological stress of the war to the forefront of the American media. 

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