| Gross: Oliver Hirschbiegel Director: Biography, Drama. A sports agent stages an unconventional recruitment strategy to get talented Indian cricket players to play Major League Baseball. To determine the best movies based on true stories, 24/7 Tempo ranked movies within the biography genre and those tagged on IMDb as being “based on a true story.” For each movie… |

Titanic. | Christopher Plummer, Votes: | Told from the perspective of Ted Bundy’s ex-girlfriend Elizabeth Kloepfer (Lily Collins), this dark biopic recounts the infamous serial killer’s "personal" life and long list of crimes.

Stars: Jesse Owens' quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy. | Suraj Sharma, Votes: John Cazale, | 123 min Jon Hamm, 232,260

| Stars: A story based on the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League of 1943 to 1954, sisters Dottie (Geena Davis) and Kit (Lori Petty) are coached by no-crying-in-baseball Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks). | Daryl Duke Scott Glenn, Votes: $18.35M, R $70.60M, Approved

Stars: | Gross: 359,390 Have tissues at the ready. 946,726 | Gross: Gary Oldman, | Gross: 263,583

An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him. Ron Howard Director: Drama, History, Thriller. | Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, houses over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda, Africa. Biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam. Treat Williams, Geoffrey Rush, | Gross: Depicts the final twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, on the day of his crucifixion in Jerusalem. Houston, we have a problem. $183.64M, R

Marie-Josée Croze, |

Just remember to buckle up, because the truth gets wild—and, as they say, it's often stranger than fiction. Ka Tung Lam, PG 425,870 Xolani Mali, Votes: 152 min | Gross: 178 min Adventure, Biography, Drama. | $33.52M, PG-13 $26.83M, PG-13 118 min | Gross: |

Stars: Steve McQueen, | Stars: | Before Instagram foodies, there was Julie Powell, a blogger who sought to cook every single recipe in Julia Child’s first cookbook (major props, since it’s hard enough to get myself to make dinner on a lazy Sunday). Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government. Gwilym Lee, Tim McGraw, Ulrich Matthes, | | Christian Bale, | Carrie Underwood, Votes: 123 min

Charlotte Le Bon, Biography, Drama, Sport. Biography, Drama, Music. Sean Bott, Votes:

| | Action, Adventure, Drama.

| Thora Birch, 112 min 136 min Sarah Drew, PG-13 Director: Gabriele Muccino Joan Chen, | | Stars: Stars: The true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit. When young Jay Moriarity discovers that the mythic Mavericks surf break, one of the biggest waves on Earth, exists just miles from his Santa Cruz home, he enlists the help of local legend Frosty Hesson to train him to survive it. After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.

Matthew Broderick, Director: 121 min He has to amputate his arm and escape, or die. | Gross: $51.97M, PG Tom Hanks, Austin Nichols, Glenne Headly,

Rooney Mara, 138 min | | Elisabeth Shue, A man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. McG Pete Postlethwaite, $50.00M, PG | | | Gross: Stars: Stephan James,

$25.01M, R Directors: Lasse Hallström |

Bruno Kirby, Votes: | Rohini Hattangadi, The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest. Also, it was the movie that broke the world record for cursing in a film. | | Gross: 86,991 115 min |

Griffin Cork, A small-town teacher relocates to one of the toughest classrooms in the country. | Biography, Drama, Sport. James Franco,

A frustrated composer finds fulfillment as a high school music teacher. 26,218 | Director: | Scottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England. Sally Field,

Oliver Stone 106 min $43.85M, R | Emile Hirsch, Director: Tim McGraw, Helena Bonham Carter, Mel Gibson Talk about badass. Drama, Music. Director: Richard Dreyfuss, $38.43M, PG-13 148 min Richard LaGravenese Director: Director: The slave Spartacus leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic. Monica Potter, | The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest. 127 min Is this the best sports movie of all time? Juan Minujín, Daniel London, In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. | | Gross: Jerry Callaghan, R Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Russell Crowe, David Lean Turns out they were onto something, since sports analytics are totally a thing now. Spike Lee $41.91M, PG-13 | Ben Kingsley, | Gross: The merciless 1970s rivalry between Formula One rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda. | Director: 102,406 Stars: The dedicated but tyrannical Joe Clark is appointed the principal of a decaying inner-city school and he is determined to improve by any and all means. | Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life. Women's Health participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. $91.13M, R | $23.38M, R

| | Gross: Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players. | $35.11M, PG

Stars: Director: 1,153,354 $5.51M, PG-13 $31.91M, Not Rated Stars: | Director: Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Sam Rockwell, Alec Guinness,

Frank Vincent, Votes: