Movies based on true stories usually come out decades after the fact, but there are other cases when a movie is ripped from the headlines and released while the story is still fresh in the memory.

War movies have always tapped into our morbid curiosity, perhaps largely because war, to most of the Westernized world, has become somewhat of an alien concept. There is a detachment, a disconnect, ...

These based on a true story movies are pretty accurate — aside from their fictionalized main characters. Does knowing that ...

This unbelievable true story about a World War II veteran may be one of the most impressive movies on Netflix in October ...

Nothing brings a chilling fear down someone’s spine like a horror movie teasing that its plot is based on real events. Weapons, released on August 8, 2025, is the latest Warner Bros. film to haunt ...

Mystery has never been bigger: the proliferation of true crime has brought real-life murder and detection into our living rooms, while movies like Knives Out have seen a revival of cozy, funny, and ...

Zach Cregger’s Weapons has garnered critical acclaim, with several critics praising it as one of the best horror movies of 2025. But fans are now interested to know whether the story is based on a ...