Best Action Movies Based on True Events
Action movies based on true events offer a thrilling and impactful experience for viewers, enhancing the sense of realism through their inspiration from real-life incidents. The action sequences in these films effectively convey the intensity and tension present in the actual events, providing cinema enthusiasts with an unforgettable experience.
For Sergeant Tommy Saunders, played by Mark Wahlberg, April 15, 2013, was a significant day. He was one of the Boston Police officers tasked with protecting runners and spectators at the Boston Marathon. While the race proceeded in a celebratory atmosphe
Hugh Glass, a Scottish-born hunter played by Leonardo DiCaprio, is mauled by a bear during a hunting expedition in what is now known as Dakota. With his survival chances slim, Glass is abandoned to die in the wilderness by John Fitzgerald, played by Tom
Christopher McCandless, the star student of his school, donates his $24,000 savings to a charity after graduating in 1990 and prepares for a life-changing journey. The son of a middle-class family, Christopher's ultimate goal is to reach Alaska and live
The film is based on a true story that took place in 2009. It depicts the hijacking of the Maersk Alabama cargo ship by Somali pirates and is named after the ship's captain, Richard Phillips. Barkhad Abdi, one of the film's main actors, was nominated for
Based on Solomon Northup's 1853 memoir, the film tells the story of a free black man from upstate New York, a skilled violinist, who is kidnapped and sold into slavery. The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and Lupita Nyong'o won the Academy A
The film, produced by George Clooney's production company and directed by and starring Ben Affleck, depicts the Iran hostage crisis, focusing on the kidnapping of six American embassy personnel in Tehran and the CIA's subsequent operation to rescue them.
A boxer's rise from the bottom to the top, amidst the intensity of sibling relationships, crime, and drug use.
Bruce Lee's master, Ip Man's biography, 'Ip Man - The Movie', sheds light on the 200-year history of Wing Chun, a Kung Fu-based self-defense technique. Developed by Yim Wing Chun, Wing Chun's self-defense techniques are not a sport with exhibitions and c
The true story (so it is said) of Clint Eastwood as Morris, a bank robber who masterminded a perfect escape plan from the infamous Alcatraz Penitentiary, an escape deemed impossible, by three convicts.
In the 13th century, the English held dominion over the Scots. English nobles had the right to spend the first night with newly married Scottish women. When William Wallace, who had lost his family to the cause of Scotland as a child, also had his wife ki
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