15 good movies based on real events

a lion

• Drama, Biography.
• USA, Australia, UK, 2016.
• Duration: 118 minutes.
• IMDb: 8,1.

In search of adventure year-old boy from the Indian slums Sarah wanders to the station and accidentally falling asleep on a train. Upon waking, he discovers that the train is racing it is not clear where and get away with it does not. So the kid is away from home and into the shelter.

Soon it adopts a couple of distant Australia. It takes 25 years, but Sarah did not lose hope again to see his native land and find his real family, so goes in search of.

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Conscientious objectors

• Drama, War, History.
• USA, Australia, 2016.
• Duration: 139 minutes.
• IMDb: 8,2.

Desmond Doss has always dreamed of becoming a doctor. When World War II began, the young man decided to volunteer for the front, to become an army medic. He knew firsthand the horrors perpetrated on the battlefield, so vowed never to take up arms.

Will suffer because of this a lot of ridicule colleagues and even the threat of a military tribunal, Doss yet got to the front. He saved the lives of dozens of soldiers, while remaining a staunch pacifist, for which he received the award - the Medal of Honor.

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Eddie "Eagle"

• Drama, comedy, biography.
• UK, Germany, USA, 2016.
• Duration: 106 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,4.

Eddie from an early age wanted to achieve sporting success. That's just he was so unlucky and clumsy that peers refused to take him in command of the game, and the parents are constantly told that the boy was not created for the sport. but Eddie not give up.

Time after time, experiencing defeat, he gradually realized that capable. Find a coach, Eddie begins to engage in ski jumping and sets itself the goal - in whatever was to get to the Winter Olympics.

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hidden figures

• Drama, Biography, History.
• United States, 2016.
• Duration: 127 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,8.

The beginning of the 1960s, the United States and the Soviet Union in the space race competition is at its peak. For the US, it is very important to win in this confrontation, so the head of the group of scientists from NASA E Harrison decided to take the work of three talented African American women whose abilities may be useful in the preparation of healthy responsible space mission. The girls will have to face the racial and gender prejudices, but it will not prevent them brilliantly carry out the task.

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zookeeper's wife

• Drama, War, biography, history.
• Czech Republic, Great Britain, USA, 2017.
• Duration: 127 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,0.

During the Second World War, the zoo keepers Jan and Antonina Zhabinsky made a heroic feat, for which he received an honorary award - the title of Righteous Among the Nations. Risking their own lives, they provided shelter persecuted Jews, who secretly made their way to him from the Warsaw Ghetto. Spouses managed to save from the Nazis, hundreds of innocent people, without causing anybody virtually any suspicion.

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For Catcher in the Rye

• Drama, Biography.
• United States, 2017.
• Duration: 106 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,6.

On the life of Jerome Salinger, American writer, known not so much. At the beginning of the creative way it supported only the mother, the father also advised to go into business. Believe in yourself and develop the talent of the young man helped editor Whit Burnett, whom Salinger befriended at Columbia University.

That Whit could see in a short story of Holden Caulfield a real masterpiece, which after a while was destined to become a cult novel "The Catcher in the Rye."

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Dunkirk

• Drama, History.
• UK, Netherlands, France, USA, 2017.
• Duration: 106 minutes.
• IMDb: 8,1.

Hundreds of thousands of British, French and Belgian soldiers, pressed by the enemy, are trapped on the shoreline. The situation is almost hopeless, and the only way to save their lives - to start a risky rescue operation from the sea. The story describes Dunkirk evacuation, which was held at the beginning of the Second World War in France.

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Goodbye, Christopher Robin

• Family, biography, history.
• United Kingdom, 2017.
• Duration: 107 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,2.

Stories of cute teddy bear Winnie the Pooh and his friends, many were read as a child. But what inspired Alan Milne to create this character, known not to everyone. This touching film tells about the family of the writer, his relationship with his son Christopher Robin, and of course, how the idea was born to write such magical fairy tale.

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Made in America

• Action, thriller, drama, comedy, crime.
• United States, 2017.
• Duration: 115 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,2.

Barry Seal - a first-class pilot, brilliantly controlled from the aircraft. He is so talented that immediately attracts the attention of the CIA, who are required Barry's ability to conduct covert operations in South America. So it becomes a double agent and gradually becomes involved in working with the powerful crime syndicate.

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Stronger

• Drama, Biography.
• United States, 2017.
• Duration: 119 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,5.

The terrorist attack that occurred during the Boston Marathon, shared life of Jeff Bauman into "before" and "after." Previously, he was an ordinary guy, with hopes for a brighter future, and now can not even move freely because the blast tore off his legs.

all despair Jeff does not give the idea that it could help the police to find the villain who has arranged explosion. In order to restore justice and punish the perpetrators, Jeff will have to overcome a lot of difficulties.

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Tonya against all

• Comedy, drama, biography, sports.
• United States, 2017.
• Duration: 120 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,7.

Tonya Harding - talented figure skater and the first American, managed to perform a triple Axel. But she was not famous for this and grandiose scandal. She wanted so much to get to the Olympics, that was ready to go to any measures to eliminate the competitor, including an attack.

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The greatest showman

• Drama, Biography, musical.
• United States, 2017.
• Duration: 105 minutes.
• IMDb: 8,0.

Hard to believe, but the career of the greatest showman Phineas Barnum America began with the failure. He lost his job and was practically destitute.

Caught in a hopeless situation, Barnum recalls its long-standing idea - to organize a traveling circus, gathering in it unusual people. This enchanting show suddenly brings him enormous popularity and became his new passion for years to come.

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battle of the sexes

• Drama, comedy, biography, sports.
• United Kingdom, United States, 2017.
• Duration: 121 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,8.

This tennis match made jittery by millions of Americans. With bated breath the audience followed the rivalry aspiring tennis player Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs champion. The game was supposed to prove that athletes deserve to compete on equal terms with men and receive the same reward. The stakes were very high, and on who will get the victory, depended very much.

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dark times

• Drama, War.
• United Kingdom, 2017.
• Duration: 125 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,4.

A biopic about the decisive action taken by the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill immediately after his appointment to such a position of responsibility. Churchill was not easy: in the first months of World War II, it was extremely important to fight back the advancing enemy and also to overcome the internal disunity in the government.

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young Godard

• Drama, romance, comedy, biography.
• France, 2017.
• Duration: 107 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,8.

Jean-Luc Godard was one of the brightest representatives of the new wave of French cinema. No one even thought occurred to doubt his talent, but nevertheless, in 1960 the director experienced an identity crisis.

He had a crush on Anna Vjazemski, played a major role in his film, became interested in youth riots and started to show strong interest in the revolutionary movement. All this is not very positive impact on the work of Godard, and his personal life.

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