Films based on True Stories

I know there is a stigma associated with made-for-TV/Lifetime movies, but there are some really good ones based on true stories:

The Siege at Ruby Ridge (1996 TV movie)
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story (1992 TV movie)
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter (part 2 of above)
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: Jon Benet and the City of Boulder (2000 TV movie)
The Late Show (1996 TV movie)
Elvis (1979 TV movie)
Victim of Love: The Shannon Moore Story (1993 TV movie)


More good movies based on true stories:

All the President's Men
The Bounty
Eight Men Out
Summer of '42
Game Change
Lenny
Midnight Express 
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Star 80
Auto Focus
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones 
Inherit the Wind
The Miracle Worker
In the Valley of Elah
Ed Wood
Zodiac
The Social Network 
Quiz Show
Mask
Goodfellas 
Casino
The Aviator
Donnie Brasco
Raging Bull
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Braveheart 
Reversal of Fortune 

Love many of the already listed. Here's some more that I like.

The Imitation Game
127 Hours
Catch Me If You Can

I also like many of the sportsmovies that are based on true stories such as:

Miracle
Remember the Titans
The Blind Side
Invictus
The Fighter

TV mini-series often can do a bang up job bringing true stories to screen:

John Adams (2008)
Band of Brothers (2001)
The Pacific (2010)
Carlos (2010)


Some movies I really liked:

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Glory (1989)
Munich (2005)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Malcom X (1992)
Schindler's List (1993)
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
Downfall (2004)
The Devils (1971)
Walk the Line (2005)
Rudy (1993)
Moneyball (2011)
Lincoln (2012)

A few from my shelves from around the world...all highly Recommended...

 Le Retour de Martin Guerre ,The Return of Martin Guerre  (1982) France, Directed by Daniel Vigne 

Based on a case of imposture in 16th century France, involving Martin Guerre The marvellous film relates a historical case of alleged identity theft. Martin Guerre leaves his young wife in a small French village to go fight in a war, and to travel. Eight or nine years later, Martin ( Depardieu) returns to resume his life. The man is initially acknowledged and welcomed by the wife, family, and friends because he knows the intimate details of his former life,  but is he really Martin?....



Дерсу Узала , Dersu Uzala (1961)  Russia, Directed by Agasi Babayan

Based on the true life adventures of Russian explorer Vladimir Arsenyev which he recounted in a series of books, telling of his military journeys to the Ussuri basin in the Russian Far east where he met Dersu Uzala a native hunter, from 1902 to 1907. He was the first to describe numerous species of Siberian flora and lifestyle of native ethnic people.


Djúpið , The Deep (2012) Iceland, Directed by  Baltasar Kormákur

Based on on the fascinating true story of Guðlaugur Friðþórsson, a fisherman who fights to survive in the freezing North Atlantic ocean for hours after his boat capsizes off the south coast of Iceland..



Ni Liv , Nine Lives (1957) Norway, Directed by Arne Skouen

Based on the compelling true adventure of Jan Baalsrud who was a member of the Norwegian resistance during World War II. In 1943, he participated in an operation to destroy a German air control tower. This mission was compromised when he and his fellow soldiers, seeking a trusted resistance contact, accidentally made contact with a civilian who betrayed them to the Nazis. On the run through the harsh snow covered mountaninous region of Norway he struggles to make it to safety in neutral Sweden.


Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd , The Flight Of The Eagle (1982) Sweden,  Directed by Jan Troell

Based on the true story of S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897, an ill-fated effort to reach the North Pole, the compelling adventure film stars  Max von Sydow

O Cangaceiro , The Bandit (1953)  Brazil, Directed by Lima Barreto

Based on the true life figure and exploits of Lampião. He was  the most famous bandit leader of the Cangaço, Cangaço was a form of banditry endemic to the Brazilian Northeast in the 1920s and 1930s. Lampião's exploits turned him into a 'folk hero', the Brazilian equivalent of Jesse James. An amazing film which re-enacts with great detail the costumes and times.

Dog Day Afternoon
Patton

Man, it's hard to bring up titles from my mind. I know I've seen others I thought were excellent.

Grey Gardens (2009) a story about Jacqueline Kennedy's somewhat eccentric aunt and cousin.


Sully (2016)
Tom Hanks really should stay away from planes.

A Night to Remember (1951)
A bit less theatricalized version of the sinking of the Titanic.

The Hurricane (1999)
True life story of a man wrongly imprisoned.

Man on the Moon (1999)
Biography of Andy Kaufman. Jim Carrey mugging less than usual.

and

The General (1926)
The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)
Two versions of the same Civil War incident.

1776
Who would have thought that the signing of the Declaration of Independence would be such a good basis for a musical ?

Donnie Brasco. I can't remember if its been mentioned yet.

TELL THEM WILLIE BOY IS HERE (1969) - an average western at best. but i'm a big fan of KATHARINE ROSS. and the film also had BLAKE and REDFORD.

from IMDB:

Fire has one of the most remarkable scenes in it.

When DB Sweeney is cowering under the table he really looks scared almost unto death. I was stricken by it and wondered ... what memory is that guy drawing on to act so incredibly real.  Very good film and not spoken of much.  Interesting cast and story.

Fire in the sky link