Dark Waters

2019-11-22

cow, biography, pollution, lawsuit, west virginia, based on a true story, cancer, lawyer, farmer, water pollution, government corruption, 1990s, based on magazine, newspaper or article, chemical contamination, dupont chemical company, blood test

The Devil We Know

2018-01-21

cover-up, corporate greed, virginia, water pollution, birth defect, epa, toxic waste, toxin, teflon

Queen of Katwe

2016-09-23

chess, based on novel or book, biography, sports, based on a true story, woman director, life in the slums, based on magazine, newspaper or article

Pawo

2016-04-11

biography, based on a true story

The Devil Has a Name

2019-08-04

pollution, oil, farmer, court trial

Erin Brockovich

2000-03-17

biography, based on a true story, single mother, water pollution, environmental law, corporate negligence

Trial by Fire

2019-05-17

falsely accused, texas, biography, based on a true story, trial, arson, based on magazine, newspaper or article, death of a child

Bad Education

2019-09-08

long island, based on a true story, school, embezzlement, based on magazine, newspaper or article, 2000s

Whose Dominion?

2017-05-05

pollution, water pollution, industrial pollution

Smoke & Mirrors

2016-09-23

paris, france, corruption, spain, biography, based on a true story, thriller, espionage, eta terrorist group, terrorism, 1990s

Bari zôgon

1996-05-25

Crick in the Holler

chemistry, west virginia, appalachia, working class, family drama, class differences, environmentalism, eco thriller, chemical disaster, sisters

Doomwatch

1972-03-01

fish, violence, contamination, chemical leak

Gasland

2010-01-24

gas, pollution, energy, polluted river, contamination, water pollution, fracking

Bloodeaters

1980-10-01

chemical, panic, pollution, cruelty, violence, drugs, death

Stockholm

2019-04-12

stockholm syndrome, 1970s, hostage, based on a true story, based on magazine, newspaper or article

Monstroid

1980-07-11

monster, colombia, based on a true story, water pollution, lake monster

The Post

2017-01-19

washington d.c., journalism, newspaper, 1970s, vietnam war, biography, politics, richard nixon, based on a true story, pentagon papers, government cover-up, publisher, political thriller

Mosul

2019-09-04

isis (daesh), based on magazine, newspaper or article

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

2019-09-07

journalist, male friendship, tv star, biography, friendship, estranged father, 1990s, based on magazine, newspaper or article, mister rogers, children's tv show

Prithvi

2010-04-23

King of Thieves

2018-09-04

london, england, based on a true story, burglary, diamond heist, one last job, elderly man, based on magazine, newspaper or article

소년들

2021-12-31

based on a true story

Bernie

2012-04-27

texas, carthage, based on a true story, dark comedy, stockbroker, prison visit, missing person, funeral director, funeral home, amateur theater, embezzlement, hidden corpse, estranged family member, jury trial, hick, confession of crime, duringcreditsstinger, 1990s, based on magazine, newspaper or article

The Sellout

1952-05-30

corruption, newspaper, noir, small town sheriff

Scorned and Swindled

1984-10-09

con artist, swindler, based on magazine, newspaper or article

A Private War

2018-11-16

journalist, war correspondent, biography, middle east conflict, syria, based on magazine, newspaper or article

Justice in a Small Town

1994-09-23

based on a true story

Cole Porter's Aladdin

1958-02-21

fairy tale, musical, orient, genie, arabian nights, magic lamp, dupont chemical company

Wild

2014-01-16

wilderness, biography, hiking, based on a true story, memory, based on memoir or autobiography, divorcee, llama, 1990s

Overload: America's Toxic Love Story

2019-10-04

pollution, toxin, chemical industry

What Lies Upstream

2017-01-20

Corp.

2016-10-25

corruption, exploitation, pollution, free market, corporation, mega corporation

Notes for My Son

2020-11-24

cancer

Hustlers

2019-09-12

new york city, hustler, strip club, wall street, stripper, exotic dancer, economic crisis, inspired by a true story, based on magazine, newspaper or article, 2000s, inspired by an article

The Falcon and the Snowman

1985-01-25

spy, based on novel or book, biography, government secrets

Company Town

2017-09-08

Blood & Oil

2019-03-06

A Dark Reflection

2015-02-27

based on a true story

The Subjection

2010-04-23

A Dark Truth

2012-11-29

corruption, water purification, epiphany, ecuador, natural resources, field agent, water conflict, eco thriller

Perseverance

2017-01-01

biography, slovenia

Contaminated

mutant, hunger, flesh, contaminate

De Proefkonijnen

1979-12-01

chemical, hospital, death

Michael Clayton

2007-07-12

new york city, killing, restaurant, chambers of a barrister, scandal, pretended suicide, lawsuit, business ethics, crooked lawyer, lawyer, law firm, legal thriller

Vita & Virginia

2019-05-02

biography, based on a true story, polyamory, lgbt, 1920s, inspired by a true story, virginia woolf

El Noa Noa

1981-02-19

biography, based on a true story

Coal Rush

2012-03-29

Driven

2018-09-08

delorean, fbi, biography, based on a true story

Percy

2020-09-17

based on a true story

First Man

2018-10-11

moon, based on novel or book, nasa, obsession, sacrifice, space travel, space mission, wife, biography, engineer, moon landing, based on a true story, history, space, cancer, astronaut, historical event, death of daughter, compromise, test pilot, 1960s, apollo program, neil armstrong

Joy

2015-12-24

factory, inventor, strong woman, biography, based on a true story, entrepreneur, mop, 1990s, upstate new york, stolen patent

The County

2019-08-14

iceland, dairy cow, dairy farmer

Cows

2001-01-01

The Birth of a Nation

2016-09-09

southern usa, slavery, biography, based on a true story, preacher, virginia, 19th century

Above Dark Waters

2013-09-06

The Mule

2018-12-14

mexico, drug crime, drug mule, based on a true story, drug cartel, dea agent, korean war veteran, based on magazine, newspaper or article, 2000s, sinaloa

Breathe

2017-10-13

biography, based on a true story

Blaze

2018-08-17

country music, musician, biography, based on a true story, based on memoir or autobiography, songwriter

Dance of the 41

2020-11-19

based on a true story, period drama, fictional biography, latinx lgbt, gay history, lgbt history

The Bourne Ultimatum

2007-08-03

paris, france, corruption, madrid, spain, assassin, based on novel or book, europe, prosecution, dangerous, false identity, revelation, government, weapon, interpol, sequel, flashback, conspiracy, shootout, espionage, motorcycle, violence, foot chase, dark past, langley virginia, moscow, russia, security leak

Jack Strong

2014-02-07

spy, cia, husband wife relationship, 1970s, cold war, soviet union, kgb, martial law, biography, anti-communism, based on a true story, 1980s, 1990s, warsaw, poland, checkpoint charlie, soviet defector, father son relationship, polish history

The Fighting Sullivans

1944-02-03

world war ii, biography

Amundsen

2019-02-15

based on a true story, explorer

Dog Day Afternoon

1975-09-21

new york city, bank, hostage, fbi, police, bank robbery, brooklyn, new york city, bank cashier, car procession, attica, unhappy marriage, based on magazine, newspaper or article

She Has a Name

2016-12-02

slavery, based on a true story, sex trafficking, christian film

Ladybug Ladybug

1963-12-23

nuclear war, cold war, panic, elementary school, bomb shelter, based on magazine, newspaper or article

Crude

2009-09-09

Frankie & Alice

2010-12-10

dancer, biography, racist, based on a true story, illness, mental

Firefighters

2021-12-31

based on a true story, firefighter

Justice

1999-01-14

mafia, lawyer, u.s. marshal

Blue Caprice

2013-09-12

prison, sniper, biography, psychopath, based on a true story, serial killer, lawyer, car, gun violence, anti-social behaviour

Sons of the Mountains

1956-12-21

based on a true story, based on short story

The Glorias

2020-12-18

based on novel or book, feminism, biography, based on a true story, history

River of Hope

2020-02-15

civil war, black people, slavery, college, west virginia, history, murder, trial, racism, court trial, virginia, generational, emancipation, confederacy, salt, african american history

Past

2020-02-16

based on novel or book, based on a true story

Spotlight

2015-11-06

child abuse, journalism, newspaper, judge, florida, boston, massachusetts, pedophilia, sex scandal, victim, court, cover-up, based on a true story, priest, conspiracy, lawyer, catholic, catholic church, lgbt, catholicism, archdiocese, investigative journalism, cardinal

The Unheard Woman

2016-10-06

biography, portrait

Past Life

2016-12-01

based on a true story

Hella W

2011-01-01

biography, based on a true story, finland, 1940s