Movie: Based on a True Story

Top 10 Billed Cast

Emmanuelle Seigner
Emmanuelle Seigner

Delphine

Eva Green
Eva Green

Elle

Vincent Perez
Vincent Perez

François

Dominique Pinon
Dominique Pinon

Raymond

Brigitte Roüan
Brigitte Roüan

The Documentalist

Camille Chamoux
Camille Chamoux

The Press Agent

Josée Dayan
Josée Dayan

Karina

Noémie Lvovsky
Noémie Lvovsky

The Exhibition Curator

Leonello Brandolini
Leonello Brandolini

The Italian Editor

Édith Le Merdy
Édith Le Merdy

The Neighbor

Video Trailer Based on a True Story

All 1 videos

Trailer (English Subs)

Trailer (English Subs) - Trailer

Recommendations Movies

A Woman's Life
56%

A Woman's Life(fr)

2016-11-23

Normandy, 1819. Jeanne is a young woman full of childish dreams and innocence when she returns home after finishing her schooling in a convent. She marries a local Viscount, Julien de Lamare, who soon reveals himself to be a miserly and unfaithful man. Little by little Jeanne’s illusions are stripped away.

Ghost Patrol
41%

Ghost Patrol(en)

2016-10-23

Gabi and Spence, and Spooky the dog, are the “Ghost Patrol,” their town’s supernatural pest control, but they’ve never seen a real ghost. When they get a call to investigate the old Geist Manor, they are about to find the proof they have been looking for – and a whole lot more.

Khibula
47%

Khibula(ka)

2017-07-02

The screenplay for Khibula was inspired by the real events taking place in Georgia briefly after the country regained its independence in 1991. Zviad Gamsakhurdia, the first president of Georgia, elected by the majority of votes, was driven into exile by coup d'etat. Even though he returned to regain power soon after, political clashes once again forced him to flee into the mountains. Based on the final chapter of the first President's life, the film starts off by following his journey accompanied and pursued by both friend and foe.

Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
74%

Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt(en)

2015-06-30

The life and work of German political philosopher of Jewish descent Hannah Arendt (1906-75), who caused a stir when she coined a subversive concept, the banality of evil, in her 1963 book on the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolph Eichmann (1906-62), held in Israel in 1961, which she covered for the New Yorker magazine.

Our Eternal Summer
51%

Our Eternal Summer(fr)

2022-04-27

To live and to love at the age of 18, immersing yourself in the carefree summer days and nights, losing your best friend suddenly, and realizing that nothing lasts forever. It’s a time of decisive encounters in order to be reborn.

The Taste of the Black Earth
68%

The Taste of the Black Earth(pl)

1970-03-06

During the 1920 Silesian uprising, seven brothers take part in the struggle with the Germans to keep the region in the Polish hands.

The Barber
56%

The Barber(en)

2002-12-31

In the small town of Revelstoke, Alaska, local barber Dexter is surprised to learn that the body of Lucy Waters has been discovered. Having killed this woman, days ago, he hoped her body wouldn't be found until spring. Through the eyes of a serial killer, we discover the chilling layer of a weary town whose only concern is another long, dark winter.

Melvin and Howard
64%

Melvin and Howard(en)

1980-09-19

The story of hard-luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes. Inspired by real events.

In arte Nino
71%

In arte Nino(it)

2016-12-07

Biopic about Italian actor Nino Manfredi, focusing on the period between 1939 and 1959, depicting his difficult beginnings, his passion for acting and the encounter with the love of his life, Erminia.

Demonlover
57%

Demonlover(fr)

2002-11-06

A French corporation goes head-to-head with an American web media company for the rights to a 3-D manga pornography studio, resulting in a power struggle that culminates in violence and espionage.

I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster
73%

I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster(fr)

2008-03-26

Told in four vignettes, this existential comedy relates the exploits of four aspiring criminals who hope to improve their lot, but find that they might not have what it takes for a life of crime.

Lola Versus
50%

Lola Versus(en)

2012-04-24

Just three weeks before her wedding, Lola's longtime fiance, Luke, dumps her. With her 30th birthday looming and being forced to re-enter the New York City dating scene, she feels adrift in a cold world. She leans on her friends for support but, after a series of romantic humiliations, professional blunders and boozy antics, Lola realizes that she alone is in charge of her fate.

Little Tito and the Aliens
54%

Little Tito and the Aliens(it)

2018-07-07

Professor Biondi is a depressed scientist. After his wife's death, he lives isolated from the world in the Nevada desert, near Area 51. He supposedly works on a top-secret project for the US government, but in actuality, he spends his days on the couch, listening to the sound of the Universe. His only contact with the outside world is Stella, who organizes alien-themed weddings for tourists on the prowl for extra-terrestrials. One day the Professor receives a message from Naples: his dying brother is entrusting him with his two children, so that they may live with him in America.

The Girl Without Hands
71%

The Girl Without Hands(fr)

2016-12-14

A poor miller gets tricked by the Devil and accidentally sells his daughter for a bit of gold. But Satan can't take her because she's too pure and has wept on her hands. So Satan orders the miller to cut her hands off. It's the beginning of the young girl's journey towards freedom.

Shade
62%

Shade(en)

2003-05-18

Tiffany, Charlie and Vernon are con artists looking to up the ante from their typical scams. They figure a good way of doing this is taking down Dean "The Dean" Stevens, a well-known cardsharp, in a rigged game. However, they first need enough money to enter a game with Stevens, so they decide to strike a deal with fellow crook Larry Jennings to scam a local gangster -- which turns out to be a bad idea.

Night of the Living Deb
52%

Night of the Living Deb(en)

2015-05-30

After a one night stand Deb wakes up in the middle of a zombie apocalypse.

French Cuisine
48%

French Cuisine(fr)

2015-12-30

François and Charlotte directed together a gourmet hotel and restaurant on the edge of the sea, but their marital relationship is not fixed beauty: obsessive hard, Francis wants his first star in the Michelin Guide while Charlotte, at the dawn of the quarantine, dreams of a first child. This already complicated situation will literally explode the day where Charlotte's first husband, Alex, disembarked in their lives while everyone believed him dead in the terrible tsunami of 2004...

The Whispering Star
72%

The Whispering Star(ja)

2015-09-10

A humanoid robot deliverywoman muses on the mystery of human nature as she drops off parcels around the galaxy.

Guilty as Sin
56%

Guilty as Sin(en)

1993-06-04

Before a criminal lawyer knows what has happened, she is forced to defend a wife killer she knows is guilty.

Nobody from Nowhere
64%

Nobody from Nowhere(fr)

2014-11-19

Sebastien Nicolas is a reclusive realtor leading a double life – in his spare time he creates complex disguises based on acquaintances. Combined with minutely studied and rehearsed impersonations, Sebastien can disappear completely into other people's lives. Things spiral out of control after he impersonates the wrong man.

Similar Movies

The Saint
61%

The Saint(en)

1997-04-03

Simon Templar (The Saint), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its secret.

Desperation
55%

Desperation(en)

2006-05-23

When a sheriff arrests a writer, a family, a couple, and a hitchiker and throws them in a jail cell in the deserted town of Desperation, they must fight for their lives.

District B13
68%

District B13(fr)

2004-11-09

Set in the ghettos of Paris in 2010, an undercover cop and ex-thug try to infiltrate a gang in order to defuse a neutron bomb.

The Ring Two
58%

The Ring Two(en)

2005-03-10

After the ordeal with Samara, Rachel and Aiden move to a rural town. But soon Rachel learns about the death of a girl in a similar fashion. To save Aiden, she must dig into Samara's past even further.

The Dark Half
60%

The Dark Half(en)

1993-04-23

Following the public's realization that Thad Beaumont and George Stark are one and the same, the former stages a mock funeral, only for a series of gruesome murders to begin occurring as in his books.

Purple Noon
76%

Purple Noon(fr)

1960-03-10

Tom Ripley is a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to Tom Ripley than even he can guess.

The Player
72%

The Player(en)

1992-05-08

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

A Simple Plan
72%

A Simple Plan(en)

1998-12-11

Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 million in cash is discovered at the remote site of a downed small airplane. Their simple plan to retain the money while avoiding detection opens a Pandora's box when the fear of getting caught triggers panicked behavior and leads to virulent consequences.

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
79%

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?(en)

1962-10-31

A former vaudeville child star viciously torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.

The Great Alibi
52%

The Great Alibi(fr)

2008-04-30

Like every weekend senator Henri Pagès and his wife entertain guests at their beautiful mansion in a peaceful village near Paris. But this time around, things go awry: Pierre Collier, a psychoanalyst and consummate womanizer, is brutally murdered. Claire, his wife, dazed and confused by his corpse, with a smoking gun still in her hand, seems to be the ideal culprit...

Kiss the Girls
65%

Kiss the Girls(en)

1997-09-29

Forensic psychologist and detective Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail leads to Los Angeles, where the duo discovers that the psychopath may not be working alone.

The Nameless
56%

The Nameless(es)

1999-10-08

The mutilated body of a six year old girl is found in a water hole. The girl is identified as the missing daughter of Claudia. However, only two peices of evidence could be used to identify her; a bracelet with her name on it near the crime scene, and the fact that her right leg was three inches longer than her left. All other methods of identification were removed from her body. Five years later Claudia, now addicted to tranquilizers, receives a phone call from someone claiming to be her daughter, asking for her mother to come find her before 'they' kill her. Other mysterious clues show up, further indicating that Claudia's daughter is indeed still alive, and very much in danger. Claudia, a run-down ex-cop, and a parapsychology reporter put together the clues to discover Angela's whereabouts

Apt Pupil
65%

Apt Pupil(en)

1998-10-23

One day in 1984, Todd Bowden, a brilliant high school boy fascinated by the history of Nazism, stumbles across an old man whose appearance resembles that of Kurt Dussander, a wanted Nazi war criminal. A month later, Todd decides to knock on his door.

The Bone Collector
68%

The Bone Collector(en)

1999-11-04

Lincoln Rhyme was the department's top homicide detective and leading expert in criminal forensics until an injury left him paralyzed, depressed, and incapable of working. But when a gruesome murder in Manhattan leaves detectives baffled, they call on Rhyme to help solve the mystery. Amelia Donaghy, a rookie cop whose quick thinking preserved a gruesome murder scene, is enlisted by Rhyme to be his on-the-scene forensics expert. With Amelia reluctantly acting as Rhyme's able-bodied go-between, the pair piece together cryptic clues the killer leaves behind at the scene of the crime, hoping to catch the grisly serial killer.

Man on Fire
75%

Man on Fire(en)

2004-04-23

Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.

Chopper
68%

Chopper(en)

2000-06-21

The true and infamous story of Australia's notorious criminal Mark 'Chopper' Read and his years of crime, interest in violence, drugs and prostitutes.

Centauro
61%

Centauro(es)

2022-06-15

Rafa's hooked on the pure, fiery feelings he gets from speed racing, but when his kid's mom gets mixed up with drug dealers, he burns rubber to save her.

Lord of the Flies
67%

Lord of the Flies(en)

1963-08-13

Following a plane crash a group of schoolboys find themselves on a deserted island. They appoint a leader and attempt to create an organized society for the sake of their survival. Democracy and order soon begin to crumble when a breakaway faction regresses to savagery with horrifying consequences.

Drive
50%

Drive(hi)

2019-11-01

A notorious thief allies with a street racer for a grand heist involving an elaborate game of deceit with authorities, who have their own dirty secrets.

The Rhythm Section
55%

The Rhythm Section(en)

2020-01-31

When she discovers the plane crash that claimed the lives of her family was no accident, Stephanie Patrick enters the dark, complex world of international espionage seeking vengeance. With nothing left to lose, Stephanie transforms from victim to assassin and discovers that neither revenge nor the truth are what they appear.