Movies based on TRUE STORIES

I've always been a fan of William H. Macey since I saw him on the TV show ER. This movie is where he became one of my all time favorite actors. It's based on the true story of Bill Porter, a door-to-door salesman with cerebral palsy. I can see why this inspiring and positive TV movie won several awards.

Sweet & interesting medical movie. Not the Robin Williams you're used to.

This is one of my all time favorite movies! The piano playing is incredible!

"This bumper is from the bus of Selena's!"
IMO, Jennifer's best movie!

Powerful movie about sexual harassment in the late 70's. It reminded me of my early years in the fire department during the same time period only my stuff was small time compared to this poor woman!

A most amazing movie that redefined some of my misconceptions about schizophrenia.

Powerful movie about the 1964 murder of 3 civil rights workers.

Incredibly moving. A must see movie!

"I hate lawyers. I only work for them"

I'm not a football fan but Denzel gives a truly inspiring performance in this movie.

I was exhausted after watching this historically correct Holocaust movie. Adrian Brody gave a masterful performance.

Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!

I'm not a horse racing fan but this was an incredibly well made movie.

I'm not a country music fan but this was very interesting!

My husband felt this film was a little biased towards the Port Authority Police and not enough was said about all the firefighters did. Other than that, it was still an intense movie movie that evoked the same feelings I had while watching the original footage of 9-11

"When I go up there on 19, I'm gonna take my entire collection of Johnny Cash along"

My husband and I both liked this movie about women in a Japanese prison camp.

Great performances by Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon. This movie gave me a new appreciation of Johnny Cash.

This is a true story about a group of boys who were expected to work the coal mines after graduation. Their participation in a high school science experiment proves to be their chance to beat this unwanted destiny.

The inspirational story of a small Texas college debate team being the first African Americans to win against Harvard in the 1930's.

This movie was made over 40 years ago but it's a true story of how blind & deaf Helen Keller learned to communicate.

The scene where she learns to associate finger spelling to objects is classic.

True story of a South Carolina high school football coach who mentors a mentally challanged boy. I think this was one of Cuba Gooding's finer acting roles.

Wow. This was based on a true story about a boy who steals $5 and gets sent to Alcatraz. He attempts to escape and is thrown into solitary confinement and brutalized for 3 years. Upon his release back into the prison population, he murders another inmate. This is about his most fascinating court defense. I was blown away by Kevin Bacon's performance.

This was one of those movies that had me thinking all night after I watched it.

The first 20 minutes were slow but as they delved into Dr. Perl's past, it became heartbreaking to witness what this Jewish doctor had to do to survive the Holocaust.

Seeing the pregnant women getting gassed and experimented on by nazi Dr. Menegle made me understand why she performed all those illegal abortions while in Auschwitz.