TC Lazy Screening: Movies Based On True Stories

• Adrift (2018) - A true story of survival, as a young couple's chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history.

• Alpha Dog (2006) - Johnny and his pals kidnap Jake's 15-year-old brother Zach, then assign his buddy Frankie to be Zach's minder. They develop a brotherly friendship. Zach parties with his captors as things begin to spin out of control.

• The Social Network (2010) - The story of the founding and rise of Facebook, directed by David Fincher.

• Schindler's List (1993) - Based on the true story of Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand Jewish refugees during World War II, directed by Steven Spielberg.

• Catch Me If You Can (2002) - The incredible life story of Frank Abagnale Jr., a skilled con artist who successfully impersonated various professionals while eluding capture from the FBI, directed by Steven Spielberg.

• Hidden Figures (2016) - This film tells the untold story of three African-American mathematicians working at NASA during the Space Race in the 1960s, directed by Theodore Melfi.

• The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) - Based on Chris Gardner's memoir about his struggles as a homeless salesman and single father trying to secure a better future for himself and his son, starring Will Smith.

• 127 Hours (2010) - A survival drama based on Aron Ralston's harrowing experience when he became trapped under a boulder while hiking alone in Utah's Canyonlands National Park, directed by Danny Boyle.

• Dallas Buyers Club (2013) - Set in mid-1980s Texas during the AIDS crisis, it follows Ron Woodroof's fight against pharmaceutical companies after being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, starring Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto.

• Hacksaw Ridge (2016) – The extraordinary true story of Desmond Doss, an American Army medic who served during WWII without carrying any weapons due to religious beliefs but saved numerous lives during one of history’s bloodiest battles, directed by Mel Gibson.

• The Imitation Game (2014) - A biographical drama about Alan Turing, the British mathematician who played a vital role in breaking Nazi Germany's Enigma code during World War II, starring Benedict Cumberbatch.

• Apollo 13 (1995) - Based on the real-life events of the aborted Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970 and the efforts made to bring the astronauts safely back to Earth, directed by Ron Howard.

• Oppenheimer (2023) - A 2023 epic biographical thriller film[5] written and directed by Christopher Nolan. Based on the 2005 biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, the film chronicles the career of American theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer

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