The Best Biopics & Movies Based on a True Story

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🎬 This&That: Top 10 True Story Movies & Biopics 🎭

From financial fraud to historical reckonings, these films aren’t just based on real life — they redefine how we see it. Here's our Top 10:

Catch Me If You Can – A teenage con artist outsmarts the FBI across continents in this cat-and-mouse classic starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
The Wolf of Wall Street – Jordan Belfort’s rise and wild fall as a stockbroker is told with unrelenting energy and excess.
The Social Network – Facebook's origin story reveals the ambition, betrayal, and genius behind a global tech empire.
Goodfellas – The real-life mob story of Henry Hill pulls you into decades of crime, loyalty, and ultimate downfall.
Schindler’s List – A hauntingly powerful tale of one man’s mission to save over a thousand Jews during the Holocaust.
Spotlight – A team of Boston Globe journalists uncover a massive cover-up of child abuse in the Catholic Church.
Snowden – The whistleblower who exposed global surveillance risks everything to reveal the truth.
JFK – Oliver Stone’s provocative political thriller reopens the mystery behind President Kennedy’s assassination.
Dallas Buyers Club – A Texas cowboy becomes an unlikely hero for AIDS patients after his diagnosis and fight for treatment access.
The Post – The Washington Post risks it all to publish the Pentagon Papers and expose decades of government deception.

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