Top 10 Movies Based On True Stories

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7. My Left Foot (1989)

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My Left Foot is a drama movie directed by Jim Sheridan who starred Daniel Day-Lewis to represent Christy Brown, who was an Irishman and was disabled with cerebral palsy and only could control his left foot. He learns to control his left foot and learns to write and paint with it. The movie received very good reviews from audiences and the film critics. Lewis was awarded with the Academy Award for Best Actor and Fricker, who appeared on the side roles also won the Best Supporting Actress award. This classic movie is very sensuous to have roused the struggle a disabled person does apart from the ostracization that he receives from people who laugh at him. This movie based on true stories is surely going to make people sad as well as hopeful. It arouses the feeling of determination, love and care that needs to be shown to every people. Every child is special. This classic movie is rated 7.8 in IMDB.

6. The Sea Inside (2004)

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The Sea Inside is a movie written, produced and directed by Alejandro Amenabar and is based on the real-life story of Ramon Sampedro. The movie shows the life event of Sampedro who went on a 30-year campaign to win the right on ending his life with his dignity. Despite the man wished to die, he teaches everyone with the meaning of life and the value that keeps to the world. He has an uncanny nature to move people he encounters though he did not even change his thoughts for a while. He gets paralyzed below his neck after a diving accident and wishes to die. The movie might seem complex and confusing at times where it says things differently about life, death and suicide, the movie clearly shows how to deal with euthanasia and suicide. The movie has an IMDB rating of 8.0.

5. A Beautiful Mind (2001)

A Beautiful Mind-Movie Based on True Stories

A Beautiful Mind is an American movie based on the life of a Nobel Laureate John Nash. This film was directed by Ron Howard and was inspired from the book A beautiful mind by Sylvia Nasar. Russell Crowe has starred in the movie in the leading roles. This film shows the life-events of a young prodigy John Nash who develops paranoid schizophrenia after he joins a secret cryptography work. A Beautiful Mind presents itself with the life of the economics professor, who defines mathematical relations that change the world. Nash then goes to a medication regiment to cure himself from hallucinations. However, the film has several faults of showing a different plot about his family in the film. His wife got divorced and his son was mentally ill in real life but are shown differently in the movie. This movie is rated 8.1 by IMDB.

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