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50 Best Movies Based on True Stories

To determine the best movies based on true stories, 24/7 Tempo ranked movies within the biography genre and those tagged on IMDb as being "based on a true story." For each movie, we considered the Rotten Tomatoes average critic rating, Rotten Tomatoes' average audience rating, and IMDb average user rating. To be considered, each film had to have at least 10,000 user ratings on both IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes and 10 approved Tomatometer critic reviews.
We averaged the user ratings from Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb and weighted them by the number of votes for each. The combined user rating was then averaged with the Rotten Tomatoes critic rating. Box office data came from IMDb and is not adjusted for inflation
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Schindler's List (1993)
Schindler's List (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
2
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
3
Goodfellas (1990)
Goodfellas (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
4
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
5
Das Boot (1981)
Das Boot (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
6
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
7
The General (1926)
The General (1926)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
8
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
9
Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)
Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
10
12 Years a Slave (2013)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
11
Raging Bull (1980)
Raging Bull (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
12
Spotlight (2015)
Spotlight (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
13
City of God (2002)
City of God (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
14
Amadeus (1984)
Amadeus (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
15
The Social Network (2010)
The Social Network (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
16
All the President's Men (1976)
All the President's Men (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
17
Badlands (1973)
Badlands (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
18
The King's Speech (2010)
The King's Speech (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
19
The Right Stuff (1983)
The Right Stuff (1983)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
20
Dunkirk (2017)
Dunkirk (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
21
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
22
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
23
The Pianist (2002)
The Pianist (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
24
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
25
The Elephant Man (1980)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
26
The French Connection (1971)
The French Connection (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
27
The Lion in Winter (1968)
The Lion in Winter (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
28
Patton (1970)
Patton (1970)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
29
Downfall (2004)
Downfall (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
30
Argo (2012)
Argo (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
31
The Killing Fields (1984)
The Killing Fields (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
32
The Great Escape (1963)
The Great Escape (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
33
Persepolis (2007)
Persepolis (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
34
Captain Phillips (2013)
Captain Phillips (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
35
Gandhi (1982)
Gandhi (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
36
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
37
A Night to Remember (1958)
A Night to Remember (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
38
Selma (2014)
Selma (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
39
Waltz With Bashir (2008)
Waltz With Bashir (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
40
Nobody Knows (2004)
Nobody Knows (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
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