Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "based-on-supposedly-true-story"

51. Dark Mountain (2013)

Not Rated | 82 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

In March of 2011, three filmmakers disappeared in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona while documenting their search for the Lost Dutchman mine. Their bodies were never found... but their camera was.

Director: Tara Anaïse | Stars: Ron Eagle D'Andre II, Adam Haley, Sage Howard, George E. Johnston

Votes: 980

52. The Dead Talk Back (1994 Video)

65 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A psychic researcher attempts to solve a murder by using a radio that enables him to speak with the dead.

Director: Merle S. Gould | Stars: Aldo Farnese, Scott Douglas, Laura Brock, Earl Sands

Votes: 994

53. The King Maker (2005)

R | 92 min | Adventure, Drama

Fernando De Gama, a Portuguese mercenary, sets sail for the Orient, where he reaches the Thai kingdom of Ayutthaya, in a bid to find the man that murdered his father.

Director: Lek Kitaparaporn | Stars: Gary Stretch, John Rhys-Davies, Cindy Sirinya Bishop, Yoe Hassadeevichit

Votes: 747

54. Al-ayyam al-tawila (1980)

150 min | Action, Drama, History

In 1959 underground revolutionaries try to assassinate Prime Minister Abd al-Karim Kassem in Baghdad. News reports claim they have failed, and at first the revolutionaries lay low, but as ... See full summary »

Directors: Tewfik Saleh, Terence Young, Khairiya A-Mansour | Stars: Saddam Kamel, Nada Siham, Mohsin al-Azzawi, Ibrahim Jalai

Votes: 91

55. Fremragende timer (2003)

17 min | Short, Drama

True story of a 30 something man arrested for having sex with a young man under the age of consent. The younger man (resident of a group home) made the initial contact and claimed to be old enough to consent.

Directors: Jan Dalchow, Lars Daniel Krutzkoff Jacobsen | Stars: Tord Vandvik Haugen, Even Rasmussen, Toril Martinussen, Wiggo Farberg

Votes: 225

56. Love You to Death (2006–2007)

22 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

A round-up of stories about marriages that end with one spouse murdering the other

Stars: John Waters, Bill Lake, Joe Bostick, Karen Cliche

Votes: 308

57. Miss Morison's Ghosts (1981 TV Movie)

103 min | Fantasy, Thriller

Two British women claim to have been thrown into a time warp where they saw Marie Antoinette as they were strolling through the gardens at Versailles Palace in France. After they tell their... See full summary »

Director: John Bruce | Stars: Wendy Hiller, Hannah Gordon, Bosco Hogan, Vivian Pickles

Votes: 144

58. Chop Shop (2003 Video)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

The story of a woman who has to lose everything to find the strength to fight back and get her dignity back.

Director: Simuel Denell Rankins | Stars: Shannon Michaels, Shannon Greer, Rob Rose, Marck Schell

Votes: 63

59. Caramuru: The Invention of Brazil (2001)

85 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Diogo Álvares, a Portuguese map illustrator, reaches the Brazilian coast, after his caravel sinks. He is saved by the Indian chief Itaparica and his two daughters, Paraguaçu and Moema. They... See full summary »

Director: Guel Arraes | Stars: Selton Mello, Camila Pitanga, Deborah Secco, Tonico Pereira

Votes: 1,513

60. Snuff Perversions: Bizarre Cases of Death (1999 Video)

102 min | Horror

A criminal psychologist and a police detective introduce what purports to be an educational police film intended to be shown to law enforcement cadets showing nearly every type of unnatural death and murder imaginable.

Directors: Pete Jacelone, D.J. Kary, Marcus Koch | Stars: Paige Turner, Pamela Sutch, Steven Steel, D.J. Kary

Votes: 107

61. Pulkownik Kwiatkowski (1995)

123 min | Adventure, Comedy, History

In 1945, military doctor Andrzej Kwiatkowski pretends to be a communist army colonel in order to save innocent people from Stalinist imprisonment and to get the heart of the girl he's in love with.

Director: Kazimierz Kutz | Stars: Marek Kondrat, Renata Dancewicz, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Adam Ferency

Votes: 947

62. The Mighty Pawns (1987 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 57 min | Drama, Family, Sport

Caring and tough: That's how you could describe the principal, teacher, and parent who combined their efforts to transform a struggling bunch of misfits, otherwise known as D Class, into a united team of national chess contenders.

Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Paul Winfield, Alfonso Ribeiro, Terence Knox, Rosalind Cash

Votes: 55

63. The Girly Ghosthunters (2005– )

Adventure

Best friends Dana, Jen, Corrie and Nicole are a team of brave young girls on a mission to uncover the secrets of the supernatural world!

Stars: Nicole Dobie, Dana Newkirk, Corrie Matthews, Jen Kieswetter

Votes: 45

64. Down on Us (1984)

R | 117 min | Biography, Drama, Music

The story of Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and Janis Joplin, and how their message for their generation made them targets of a US government plot.

Director: Larry Buchanan | Stars: Sandy Kenyon, Joe Camp, Toni Sawyer, Steven Tice

Votes: 127

65. Jag är din krigare (1997)

96 min | Family, Drama

13 year old Kim feels at home in the wilderness. One night, nature's soul appears to him in the form of an Indian, and designates him nature's protector. Kim decides to remain out in the ... See full summary »

Director: Stefan Jarl | Stars: Robin Milldoff, John Belindo, Jan Malmsjö, Mikael Persbrandt

Votes: 263

66. Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn (1989)

R | 93 min | Biography, Drama

The supposed story of superstar Marilyn Monroe's death...as told by a "friend" of hers. Watch flashbacks from "Goodbye Norma Jean" as it leads up to the night when Marilyn Monroe died.

Director: Larry Buchanan | Stars: Paula Lane, Misty Rowe, Jeremy Slate, Joyce Lower

Votes: 79

67. Moxina (2012)

Unrated | 16 min | Short, Adventure, Fantasy

In the winter of 2008, two climbers encountered the Taiwanese legendary monster Moxina (a.k.a. Mô-sîn-á) at the evil mountain Wuzhishan. Ryota Nakanishi presents sixteen minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.

Director: Ryota Nakanishi | Stars: Mario Bava, Pengquang Chen, Shunji Chen, Sean S. Cunningham

Votes: 766

68. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1983 Video Game)

Unrated | Action, Horror

You control leatherface as you murder women with your chainsaw while trying to avoid obstacles.

Votes: 148

69. Spiritual Warfare (2010)

90 min | Action, Biography, Drama

The true life story of Joshua Sheese and his spiritual warfares. The warfares he went thru in his past, that now haunts him as an adult. He finds his faith and is able to conquer the demons... See full summary »

Director: Joshua Sheese | Stars: Joshua Sheese, Devin Kerr, Cheryl Sheese, Anakin Leigh Sheese

70. Das Tagebuch der Grete Müller (2014 Video)

74 min | Horror, Thriller

Ivana, the only survivor of the happenings within the woods years ago, is contacted by a TV production company to shoot her version of the story about the legend of Grete Müller.

Director: Marcel Walz | Stars: Ivana Konovic, Jace Rashid, Armin Barwich, Roland Freitag

Votes: 57

71. Book of Songs (2010 Video)

PG-13 | 88 min | Drama

High school dropout and aspiring musician, Mike, spends his days hanging out with his friends and confronting the members of the church next door. Most members have learned to keep their ... See full summary »

Director: Noel Howell | Stars: Digo, Carol Jackson, Brendon G. Katon Donegal, Reggie James

Votes: 31

72. Human Nature (2004 Video)

R | 81 min | Horror

The shocking life of a married man who abducts and tortures women in his garage, while keeping his wife, who longs for his attention, in the dark.

Director: Vince D'Amato | Stars: Donny Lucas, Cynthia Potvin, Dana McLoughlin, Tamara Pender

Votes: 105

73. Call me Matthew (2019)

13 min | Short, Comedy

After two years in a coma, Jean-Pierre finally wakes up. He's in perfect health, except that he thinks he's the American comedian Matthew McConaughey. His doctor's instructions are clear: ... See full summary »

Director: Rémy Cayuela | Stars: Jonathan Lambert, Camille Chamoux, Patrick Ligardes, Anouk Feral

Votes: 26

74. Tanta Estrela Por Aí... (1992)

19 min | Short, Comedy

Inspired by the life of the Brazilian singer and composer Raul Seixas.

Director: Tadeu Knudsen | Stars: Rita Lee, Marisa Orth, Otávio Augusto, Walter Breda

Votes: 6

75. Vampi's

Action, Comedy, Fantasy | Announced

Savannah realizes getting hired at Hollywood's next "it" spot Vampi's takes more than beauty, blood, sweat and tears, but once you're in, you're in for life.

Director: Marie Adler

76. Haunted Poland (2011)

Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

The actual tape of a couple who travel to Poland but find themselves disturbed by an evil force when the girl returns to her home town where she once played a Ouija board.

Directors: Pau Masó, Ewelina Lisek | Stars: Ewelina Lisek, Pau Masó, Irene González, Dominik Lukaszewski

Votes: 349

77. Café m/f Liebe (2007)

10 min | Short, Romance

A young man comes to a café and tries to flirt with the waitress. As their playful flirt goes on, a bet comes to mind. They want the movie to decide whether they'll go out together or not.

Director: Björn Last | Stars: Pia Hansen, Jacob Weigert

Votes: 49

78. 48 Hours Alone

Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Filming

A boy tries to capture his hallucinations on camera, but the experiment turns into a life-threatening nightmare.

Director: Sándor Tóbiás | Stars: Sándor Tóbiás, Ferenc Gyebnár

79. Cowboy & Kick (2008)

Drama

Two mentally ill misfits thrown together in a halfway house become friends despite the great obstacles they face.

Director: Randy Webb | Stars: Ryan Andrew Brandt, Shiron Butterfly, Audie Case, Sean Frost

80. Gekijôban Hontô ni atta kowai hanashi 2016 (2016)

70 min | Horror

Film version of the popular horror series "Honto ni Aru Haoshi Monogatari", in which horror stories collected from the public are made into films.

Director: Yasumasa Konno | Stars: Mina Ohba, Megumi Kobashi, Ryûju Kobayashi, Eriko Kumagai

81. The Snatching (2010)

10 min | Short, Drama, Horror

On 06/06/06 three children were snatched from their tents during a family camping trip to Wood Creek. Their bodies were never found. Six years later, thirteen-year old Jessie and her two ... See full summary »

Director: Harrison Wall | Stars: Jessica Woodgate, Dominik Reynolds, Jaymes Woodgate, Anita Constantine

Votes: 17

82. High Peril (1939)

Approved | 12 min | Short, Adventure

Another entry in the Floyd Gibbons "Your True Adventure" series, supposedly based on a real true-life incident. This one is about a young man who is delegated to repair a high-rise ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: Floyd Gibbons, Eddie Acuff, William Challee, Gerald Kent

83. Animated Stories from the New Testament (1987–2005)
Episode: The Miracles of Jesus (1989)

Not Rated | 30 min | Animation, Drama, Family

Jesus calms the storm, walks on water, heals the sick, the lame and the blind and even raises the dead- all miracles demonstrating his love and teaching his disciples the miraculous power ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Rich | Stars: Ivan Crosland, John Nicolaysen, John Runnels, Bruce Nielsen

Votes: 74

84. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Pilot (1993)

TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Agent Dana Scully is instructed to debunk an FBI project dubbed "The X-Files," paranormal cases that have been reopened by Agent Fox Mulder.

Director: Robert Mandel | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Charles Cioffi, Cliff De Young

Votes: 12,791

85. Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks (2014– )
Episode: The Entity (2015)

12 min | Documentary

Ryan Stockstad discusses the movie The Entity (1982).

Director: Ryan Stockstad | Stars: Ryan Stockstad, Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver, David Labiosa

Votes: 8