Movies tagged with the "based-on-fact" keyword

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Bread and Roses (2000, UK, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Switzerland) from $1.99
The Balance Of Power Is About To Change.

Genres:	Drama \|

Actors:	Pilar Padilla, Adrien Brody, Elpidia Carrillo, Jack McGee, Monica Rivas, Frankie Davila, Lillian Hurst, Mayron Payes, Maria Orellana, Melody Garrett, Gigi Jackman, Beverly Reynolds, Eloy Méndez, Elena Antonenko, Olga Gorelik,

Directors:	Ken Loach,

Plot Summary:
Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a non-union janitorial service has the contract, the foul-mouthed supervisor can fire workers on a whim, and the service-workers' union has assigned organizer Sam Shapiro to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign to the building. Sam finds Maya a willing listener, she's also attracted to him. Rosa resists, she has an ailing husband to consider. The workers try for public support; management intimidates workers to divide and conquer. Rosa and Maya as well as workers and management may be set to collide.

Buster (1988, UK) from $1.99
Charming, lovable... and wanted for the crime of the century! (4 more taglines...)

Genres:	Adventure \| Biography \| Comedy \| Crime \| Drama \| Romance \|

Actors:	Phil Collins, Julie Walters, Larry Lamb, Stephanie Lawrence, Ellie Beaven, Michael Attwell, Ralph Brown, Christopher Ellison, Sheila Hancock, Martin Jarvis, Clive Wood, Anthony Quayle, Michael Byrne, Harold Innocent, Rupert Vansittart,

Directors:	David Green,

Plot Summary:
Buster is a small time crook who pulls a big time job. When he finds that the police will not let the case drop, he goes into hiding and can't contact his wife and child. He arranges to meet them in Mexico where he thinks they can begin again, but finds that he must choose between his family and freedom.

Catch a Fire (2006, France, UK, South Africa, USA) from $1.99
The spark that ignites us, unites us. (2 more taglines...)

Genres:	Drama \| History \| Thriller \|

Actors:	Tim Robbins, Derek Luke, Bonnie Mbuli, Mncedisi Shabangu, Tumisho Masha, Sithembiso Khumalo, Terry Pheto, Michele Burgers, Mpho Lovinga, Mxo, Jessica Anstey, Charlotte Savage, Nomhlé Nkyonyeni, Michael Mabizela, Eduan van Jaarsveldt,

Directors:	Phillip Noyce,

Plot Summary:
A political thriller: the real-life story of a South African hero's journey to freedom. In the country's turbulent and divided times in the 1980s, Patrick Chamusso is an oil refinery foreman and soccer coach who is apolitical - until he and his wife Precious are jailed. Patrick is stunned into action against the country's oppressive reigning system, even as police Colonel Nic Vos further insinuates himself into the Chamussos' lives.

Hunt for the Unicorn Killer, The (1999, USA) from $1.99

Genres:	Drama \| Thriller \|

Actors:	Kevin Anderson, Tom Skerritt, Naomi Watts, Kellie Overbey, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Brian Kerwin, Josef Sommer, William G. Schilling, Albert Schultz, Mimi Kuzyk, Gregory Itzin, Rosemary Murphy, Bill MacDonald, Martin Donovan, Wanda Cannon,

Directors:	William A. Graham,

Plot Summary:
Fact-based story about Ira Einhorn (Kevin Anderson), a 70's peace-nik who is generally credited as one of the founders of Earth Day. In the late 60's and early 70's, Ira lived with Holly Maddux (Naomi Watts). But when she tries to leave him in 1977, she suddenly disappears. Later her body is discovered in a trunk in Einhorn's apartment. Let out on bail, Einhorn flees from the country and manages to elude authorities for years. Meanwhile he is convicted in absentia and sentenced to prison. Holly's father (Tom Skerritt) is determined to see his daughter's murderer brought to justice and has him tracked and is eventually caught in France in 1997. Martin Donovan appears as the assistant D.A. who put the case together. Today, Einhorn is now appealing his conviction.

In the Valley of Elah (2007, USA) from $1.99
Sometimes finding the truth is easier than facing it.

Genres:	Crime \| Drama \| Mystery \| Thriller \|

Actors:	Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Jason Patric, Susan Sarandon, James Franco, Barry Corbin, Josh Brolin, Frances Fisher, Wes Chatham, Jake McLaughlin, Mehcad Brooks, Jonathan Tucker, Wayne Duvall, Victor Wolf, Brent Briscoe,

Directors:	Paul Haggis,

Plot Summary:
When Hank Deerfield is told by the military that his son Mike, who only recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq, has gone AWOL he travels to the military base to see if he can make any sense of the young man's disappearance. Hank is himself a retired military investigator and is frustrated by both the military and the civilian police's apparent lack of interest in the case. In the end he does manage to get help from Det. Emily Sanders and together they piece together the events that led to Mike's disappearance. In the end, this is a story of how war dehumanizes individuals to the point where the taking of life makes no sense and has no purpose

Karla (2006, USA) from $1.99
The Barbie and Ken of serial killers. (5 more taglines...)

Genres:	Drama \| Thriller \|

Actors:	Laura Prepon, Misha Collins, Patrick Bauchau, Emilie Jacobs, Alex Boyd, Carole Ita White, Fiona Manners, Shawn Hoffman, Adam Lieberman, Cherilyn Hayres, William Duffy, Tanya Lemelle, Tony Shawkat, Kristen Swieconek, Cole James,

Directors:	Joel Bender,

Plot Summary:
Based on real events, Paul Bernardo (Collins) and his wife, Karla Homolka (Prepon), kidnap, sexually abuse, and murder three young girls.

Queen, The (2006, UK, France, Italy) from $1.99
Tradition Prepared Her. Change Will Define Her. (1 more taglines...)

Genres:	Biography \| Drama \|

Actors:	Helen Mirren, James Cromwell, Alex Jennings, Roger Allam, Sylvia Syms, Tim McMullan, Robin Soans, Lola Peploe, Douglas Reith, Joyce Henderson, Pat Laffan, Amanda Hadingue, John McGlynn, Gray O'Brien, Dolina MacLennan,

Directors:	Stephen Frears,

Plot Summary:
The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair during their struggle, following the death of Diana, to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal family and the public's demand for an overt display of mourning.

Rohtenburg (2006, Germany) from $1.99
Inspired By the True Story That Shocked A Nation (1 more taglines...)

Genres:	Crime \| Drama \| Horror \| Thriller \|

Actors:	Keri Russell, Thomas Kretschmann, Thomas Huber, Rainier Meissner, Angelika Bartsch, Alexander Martschewski, Nils Dommning, Marcus Lucas, Pascal Andres, Stefan Gebelhoff, Jonas Gruber, Bojan Heyn, Nikolai Kinski, Jörg Reimers, André Reissig,

Directors:	Martin Weisz,

Plot Summary:
In Germany, as graduate student Katie Armstrong researches cannibal killer Oliver Hagen for her thesis, she becomes obsessed with her subject and ultimately plunges into a lifestyle similar to Hagen's and the thousands of people like him.

World's Fastest Indian, The (2005, New Zealand, USA) from $1.99
Based On One Hell Of A True Story

Genres:	Adventure \| Biography \| Drama \| Sport \|

Actors:	Anthony Hopkins, Iain Rea, Tessa Mitchell, Aaron Murphy, Tim Shadbolt, Annie Whittle, Greg Johnson, Antony Starr, Kate Sullivan, Craig Hall, Jim Bowman, Alison Bruce, Phoebe Falconer, Charles Pierard, Barry Ryan,

Directors:	Roger Donaldson,

Plot Summary:
In `60s New Zealand, at the bottom of the world, Burt Munro takes a 1920 Indian motorcycle and, delightfully without resources other than his own obsession and a Kiwi #8 wire mentality, spends his retirement rebuilding the bike and following his dream to go to Speed Week at Salt Lake in Utah. Under funded, without the support of a team and against all the odds he not only makes it to Bonneville, he sets a world land spend record, not once, but again and again.