Movies based on real events: have you seen them all?

All the President's Men
Into the Wild
12 Years a Slave
I, Tonya
Lion
Erin Brockovich
A Beautiful Mind
Intouchables
The Great Escape
Goodfellas
Hachi: a Dog's Tale
The Pursuit of Happyness
The Pianist
127 Hours
Invictus
The Butler
Dallas Buyers Club
The Basketball Diaries
Hotel Rwanda
The Impossible
Alive
The Wolf of Wall Street
The King's Speech
The Post
Catch Me If You Can
Green Book
Spotlight
Schindler's List
The Conjuring
Zodiac
All the President's Men

All the President's Men (1976) with Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman as Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein

Into the Wild

Into the Wild (2007) with Emile Hirsch as Christopher McCandles

12 Years a Slave

12 Years a Slave (2013) with Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup

I, Tonya

I, Tonya (2017) with Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding

Lion

Lion (2016) with Dev Patel as Saroo Brierley

Erin Brockovich

Erin Brockovich (2000) with Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich

A Beautiful Mind

A Beautiful Mind (2001) with Russell Crowe as John Nash

Intouchables

The Intouchables (2011), Untouchable (UK) with Omar Sy and François Cluzet as Driss and Philippe

The Great Escape

The Great Escape (1963) with Steve McQueen as Hilts 'The Cooler King'

Goodfellas

Goodfellas (1990) with Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro and Ray Liotta as Tommy DeVito, Jimmy Conway and Henry Hill

Hachi: a Dog's Tale

Hachi: a Dog's Tale (2009) with Richard Gere as Parker Wilson

The Pursuit of Happyness

The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) with Will Smith as Christopher Gardner

The Pianist

The Pianist (2002) with Adrien Brody as Wladyslaw Szpilman

127 Hours

127 Hours (2011) with James Franco as Aron Ralston

Invictus

Invictus (2009) with Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon as Nelson Mandela and Francois Pienaar

The Butler

The Butler (2013) with Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines

Dallas Buyers Club

Dallas Buyers Club (2014) with Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto as Ron Woodroof and Rayon

The Basketball Diaries

The Basketball Diaries (1995) with Leonardo DiCaprio as Jim Carroll

Hotel Rwanda

Hotel Rwanda (2004) with Don Cheadle as Paul Rusesabagina

The Impossible

The Impossible (2012) with Ewan McGregor as Henry

Alive

Alive (1993) with Ethan Hawke as Nando Parrado

The Wolf of Wall Street

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) with Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort

The King's Speech

The King's Speech (2010) with Geoffrey Rush as Lionel Logue, Colin Firth as King George VI, and Helena Bonham Carter as Queen Elizabeth

The Post

The Post (2017) with Tom Hanks as Ben Bradlee and Sarah Paulson as Tony Bradlee

Catch Me If You Can

Catch Me If You Can (2002) with Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio as Carl Hanratty and Frank Abagnale Jr.

Green Book

Green Book (2018) with Mahershala Ali as Don Shirley and Viggo Mortensen as Tony Lip

Spotlight

Spotlight (2015) with John Slattery as Ben Bradlee Jr. and Rachel McAdams as Sacha Pfeiffer

Schindler's List

Schindler's List (1993) with Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler

The Conjuring

The Conjuring or The Warren Files (2013) with Vera Farmiga as Lorraine Warren

Zodiac

Zodiac (2007) with Robert Downey Jr. and Jake Gyllenhaal as Paul Avery and Robert Graysmith

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