War movies are a large subsection of the “based on a true story” genre; however, many of them are not great (this may also have to do with some bias against war movies by this author).

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From “The Exorcist” to “The Lighthouse,” many lauded scary movies were based on terrifying true stories ... experienced hikers leave a perfectly good tent, insufficiently clothed, in ...

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Inspired by the true story of Arunachalam Muruganantham, a social entrepreneur who created the machine for making affordable sanitary towels, Padman is both earnest and absorbing. The film starts ...

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Critic Brian Tallerico watches and writes about movies and TV every day ... Foreign Language Film is exclusively available on Max. Based on the novel of the same name by Martin Amis, it’s ...

But not all scary movies are completely fictional; some are actually based on real life. "The Conjuring" was based on the real-life Perron family in Rhode Island. Horror movies are reliably ...

The best movies on Max reflect some of the best that mainstream streaming services have to offer. That’s because it used to be called HBO Max, and we all like HBO. Now it’s just Max ...

Hulu subscribers may not have realized it yet, but the streamer shed barely any movies in September ... Laura Chinn’s Suncoast is largely based on true events that happened to her and her ...