10 Lifetime Movies Based On True Events Ranked By Accuracy (2023)

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What is the most accurate movie based on true story? ›

'All the President's Men' (1976)

Considered to be the most factually accurate film ever made, All the President's Men is based on the 1974 non-fiction book of the same name.

The Lifetime Network has been notorious for making movies based on true and haunting stories that audiences have been sucked into.

"Based on" a True Story

There are creative liberties taken for sure, but most of the depictions within the script are based on what actually happened and how it happened.

These are the films that actually got history right. These films informed, inspired and moved its audience with it's true to life dedication to its characters, setting and story; they also made for great entertainment in the process.

Lifetime is an American basic cable channel that is part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, a subsidiary of A&E Networks, which is jointly owned by Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company.

A biopic is a movie that dramatizes the life of a real, non-fictional individual. Short for “biographical motion picture,” a biopic can cover a person's entire life or one specific moment in their history.

What is it called when movies are based on true stories? ›

A docudrama is defined as: “is a genre of radio and television programming, feature film, and staged theatre, which features dramatized reenactments of actual events.” (Wikipedia). A documentary is defined as: “a movie or a television or radio program that provides a factual record or report.” (

Despite the title itself suggesting that the series is based on real events, True Story is a work of fiction, but there are some elements of the story that are accurate to Kevin Hart's real life.

In 2001, Christian Longo, an Oregon man whose wife and three children have been discovered murdered, is arrested by police in Mexico, where he had been identifying himself as a reporter for The New York Times named Michael Finkel.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Christopher Nolan's Tenet takes the top spot as the most confusing movie of all time according to viewers, who search for an explanation to the film 70,000 times a month on average.

Historical accuracy does not matter too much if you make it clear that you are presenting a fictionalized telling of events. That makes it clear that they may have been altered to add more drama to the story. Dramatizing private events leads to historical inaccuracies and it usually does not matter too much.

What is the #1 rated movie in the world? ›

1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Fastest to $1 billion

Titanic became the first movie to gross over $1 billion worldwide on March 1, 1998, in 74 days of release.

David Mamet (playwright, film director, and screenwriter) wrote that there are only four perfect movies: The Godfather, A Place in the Sun, Dodsworth, and Galaxy Quest.

2023 and Beyond

All of that is true, even if total viewers are only nominally the same. Comparing the first 32 Hallmark movies (including Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) of 2022 with the first 32 from 2021, ratings are — on average — down 130K.

Which is better Hallmark or Lifetime? ›

Lifetime is pretty far ahead of Hallmark when it comes to appealing to new, younger, more diverse audiences. But they're also not afraid of trying out new things in terms of the stories they tell.

The Amityville Horror (1979) Arguably the most famous horror film based on horrifying, allegedly real events, The Amityville Horror has spent more than four decades giving audiences a permanent case of night terrors with the story of a young couple and their house in Amityville, New York haunted by violent spirits.

Most importantly, a film should adapt the real events and show them in a way that is inherently cinematic. Some of the best biographical films, like Braveheart or A Beautiful Mind, are very loosely based on a true story and change much of what actually happened.

While Forrest Gump includes several real-world events, fictitiously impacted or influenced by Forrest's unwitting interference, Forrest himself isn't a real person. However, he was inspired by a small number of real people.

Cinematic realism is simply an academic term for a category of film which is part of the realism in art movement. This cinematic realism can also be called “slice of life cinema” as its style is meant to recreate all of the small and intimate sights, sounds, and feelings of everyday life — but on the big screen.

True Story is an American drama limited series created by Eric Newman for Netflix. The series premiered on November 24, 2021, and consists of seven episodes.

“The Watcher” Trailer – Ryan Murphy's Netflix Series Based on Creepy True Story Arrives in October.

Chris Hemsworth appears in a fictional movie in Kevin Hart's new Netflix series, "True Story." "True Story" creator Eric Newman got Hemsworth because he's producing his next movie, "Escape from Spiderhead."

What hotel is True Story filmed at? ›

Alternatively, most of the exterior shots took place in Philadelphia – known as Pennsylvania's largest city. A few locations of interest in the series include the Four Seasons Hotel and the Wells Fargo Stadium – home to the Philadelphia Flyers.

Based of a memoir written by an actual Holocaust survivor, The Pianist may even be the saddest movie of all time.

Despite the title itself suggesting that the series is based on real events, True Story is a work of fiction, but there are some elements of the story that are accurate to Kevin Hart's real life.

While Forrest Gump includes several real-world events, fictitiously impacted or influenced by Forrest's unwitting interference, Forrest himself isn't a real person. However, he was inspired by a small number of real people.

The Watcher is inspired by the events detailed in a New York Magazine/The Cut article by Reeves Wiedeman, first published in 2018. It tells the true story of Derek and Maria Broaddus, a couple who in 2014 bought 657 Boulevard, a sprawling house in the idyllic New Jersey suburb of Westfield.

Tom Hanks won an Oscar for his portrayal of Forrest Gump, and the role remains one of his most memorable to this day. However, John Travolta was actually the studio's first choice for the part. He turned it down in favor of playing Vincent Vega in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction.

What did Forrest Gump suffer from? ›

Forrest was born with strong legs but a crooked spine. He was forced to wear leg braces which made walking difficult and running nearly impossible.

Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump: At an early age, Forrest is deemed to have a below-average IQ of 75. He has an endearing character and shows devotion to his loved ones and duties, character traits that bring him into many life-changing situations.