Films based on true stories

[Slatz63]

Whiskey Galore

Is that the Irish version of Whisky Galore?

 

[silva fox]

Is that the Irish version of Whisky Galore?

 

[wash]

Blazing Saddles

 

[Osklen]

Beautiful Boy
The way back

 

[Roman maroni]

That Christian Bale one in Vietnam, Rescue Dawn is it?

Yeah, it's a canny film, based on a German born US fighter pilot called Dieter Dengler I think, also saw a documentary about him, interesting guy, the documentary was very good he eventually topped himself.

 

[Osklen]

The life of David Gale
Milk
Unbroken

 

[Bear]

12th Man on Netflix.

WW2 survival tale in Norway. Turn the heating on before you watch it.

Looks like a cracking film added to my list

 

[SAFCOldie]

The life of David Gale
Milk
Unbroken

Is the bottom one the war pilot turned runner , or something along those lines ?

 

[Osklen]

Is the bottom one the war pilot turned runner , or something along those lines ?

Yep. Think there is a follow up to it as well.

 

[UZZA_SPARTA]

on the horror front; Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Leatherface), Psycho (Bates), Silence of the Lambs (Buffalo Bill) and a load of other crazed killers all based directly or indirectly on the American murderer Ed Gein - bizarrely he only ever got convicted of a couple of his murders due to insanity, so some could try to argue he was therefore innocent of all his other crimes because they never found him guilty so therefore innocent!
As for his 'collection' of body suits, lampshades and masks all made of human skin, obviously just a wee bit eccentric

 

[bernardbresslaw]

The Towering Inferno.
Granted it was ahead of it's time.

 

[SAFCOldie]

The Towering Inferno.
Granted it was ahead of it's time.

You bazza.

 

[The Rat]

one coming to netflix about the central park 5

the only thing I have never grasped in that story is, maybe they didn't attack the jogger, as one man has admitted he did it, but weren't they part of the gang which committed the other attacks in the park that night

 

[seaburnmackem]

Watched The Infiltrator last night on Netflix. Based on an agent who goes undercover to infiltrate the trafficking network of Pablo Escobar. Decent watch.

 

[Roman maroni]

That Christian Bale one in Vietnam, Rescue Dawn is it?

It's on tonight at 11 on 5spike

To end all wars... A film about the thai Burma Railway adapted from the book of one of the prisoners, very harrowing as you would expect.

 

[jarramackem]

Forrest Gump
Carry on Screaming
Asian anal brides

 

[Henry_Hill]

Goodfellas

 

[englishman abroad]

Is the bottom one the war pilot turned runner , or something along those lines ?

The book is much better

But on the same subject: The Railwayman with Colin Firth

 

[maghater]

Fargo (according to the Coen Brothers)

 

[The Music Man]

Watched one last night.

Denial starring the ever excellent Timothy Spall as holocaust denier David Irving and the events in the 1990s leading to a ground-breaking libel trial on the subject.

As always with such a great bunch of actors, it is definitely worth a watch.

On BBC iplayer till the weekend.

Cheers, watched and enjoyed it.