10 Movies Based On A True Story You Need To Watch Before You Die
Truth is better than fiction, sometimes...
One of the joys about filmmaking is the ability to tell exhilarating and entertaining stories in any setting you desire.
Whether that means a fantasy epic about the battles between good and evil or a science-fiction adventure going where no man has gone before, films based on fiction can transport us to exciting and interesting worlds where we can become attached to new and memorable characters.
However it is often the films based on real events that can be the most captivating stories of them all, mostly because it can be hard to believe they really happened. They also have an entirely different empathetic impact, because we know that real people lived through these extraordinary stories.
And these are some of the ones you need to have seen...
10. Spotlight
When you learn a film has a cast of Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci, Brian d’Arcy James, Liev Schreiber and Billy Crudup, you know you're in for something interesting. And Spotlight does not disappoint.
The film revolves around The Boston Globes “Spotlight” team, the oldest continuously operating investigative journalist unit in the United States, as they write their story about widespread cases of child sex abuse throughout Boston by Roman Catholic priests. What started out as an investigation into one priest in the city of Boston, soon evolves into a list of 87 individual priests across the entire state of Massachusetts and multiple attempts to hide the story.
The film also highlights the difficulties the team face when conducting their investigation. From the September 11 attacks forcing the team to focus their efforts elsewhere, to the moral dilemma of continuing the investigation to fully understand and expose the problem over revealing what they have learned early in order top prevent more victims.
The film is a testament to the hard work of the Spotlight team and how their work sparked multiple countries to investigate similar cases of abusive priests.