leahs top 40 true movies :)
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1. Walk the Line (2005)
PG-13 | 136 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.
Director: James Mangold | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick
Votes: 265,761 | Gross: $119.52M
2. Sid and Nancy (1986)
R | 112 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The relationship between Sid Vicious, bassist for British punk group Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen is portrayed.
Director: Alex Cox | Stars: Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, David Hayman, Debby Bishop
Votes: 34,667 | Gross: $2.83M
3. Candy (2006)
R | 108 min | Drama, Romance
A poet falls in love with an art student who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle -- and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and despair.
Director: Neil Armfield | Stars: Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish, Geoffrey Rush, Tom Budge
Votes: 47,733 | Gross: $0.04M
4. The Fourth Kind (2009)
PG-13 | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A thriller involving an ongoing unsolved mystery in Alaska, where one town has seen an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances during the past 40 years and there are accusations of a federal cover up.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi | Stars: Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, Hakeem Kae-Kazim
Votes: 81,820 | Gross: $25.46M
5. Nil by Mouth (1997)
R | 128 min | Drama
A rough, short-tempered patriarch of a working-class family sees his life and the relationships around him slowly unravel.
Director: Gary Oldman | Stars: Ray Winstone, Kathy Burke, Charlie Creed-Miles, Laila Morse
Votes: 10,189
6. And Then There Was One (1994 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
After struggling and finally conceiving a child, Roxy and Vinnie Ventola, a successful television writing couple, learns that their newborn has AIDS. Soon afterward, the two parents are also diagnosed with the fatal virus.
Director: David Hugh Jones | Stars: Amy Madigan, Dennis Boutsikaris, Jane Daly, Jennifer Hetrick
Votes: 263
7. Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder (1997 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 93 min | Drama
Diane and David love each other, but when they go to separate army academies, David has an affair. Diane snaps and ultimately something very sinister happens that the couple get involved in.
Director: Richard A. Colla | Stars: Holly Marie Combs, David Lipper, Cassidy Rae, Dee Wallace
Votes: 806
8. Cross Fire (1989 TV Movie)
R | 200 min | Biography, Drama
Story of the rise and fall of 1920s' Ku Klux Klan leader D.C. Stephenson.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: John Heard, Mel Harris, David Morse, George Dzundza
Votes: 333
9. Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (1992 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
An AIDS-stricken woman becomes a leader in the struggle to educate people about the disease and its prevention.
Director: Tom McLoughlin | Stars: Molly Ringwald, Lee Grant, Perry King, Roxana Zal
Votes: 487
10. Mockingbird Don't Sing (2001)
Not Rated | 98 min | Biography, Drama
Based on the actual events of one of the most horrific cases of child abuse ever to be documented, this haunting drama tells the tale of a young girl that was locked in a room for over 12 years.
Director: Harry Bromley Davenport | Stars: Melissa Errico, Michael Lerner, Joe Regalbuto, Sean Young
Votes: 2,249
11. A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story (1989 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A victim of domestic violence winds up in an ongoing struggle to get the police to take her seriously, until the abuse escalates to the worst extreme.
Director: Robert Markowitz | Stars: Nancy McKeon, Dale Midkiff, Graham Jarvis, Yvette Heyden
Votes: 1,629
12. Ted Bundy (2002)
R | 99 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of serial killer Ted Bundy.
Director: Matthew Bright | Stars: Michael Reilly Burke, Boti Bliss, Julianna McCarthy, Jennifer Tisdale
Votes: 8,138 | Gross: $0.01M
13. The Hillside Strangler (2004)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Kenneth is obsessed with the police, he moves to LA with his cousin, Angelo convinces him to start a prostitution business. Frustrated decide on revenge, feeling a great pleasure with her death. The two cousins become addicted to death.
Director: Chuck Parello | Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Nicholas Turturro, Allison Lange, Marisol Padilla Sánchez
Votes: 1,982 | Gross: $0.00M
14. Too Young to Die? (1990 TV Movie)
R | 92 min | Crime, Drama
An abused 15-year-old is charged with a murder that carries the death penalty.
Director: Robert Markowitz | Stars: Michael Tucker, Juliette Lewis, Brad Pitt, Alan Fudge
Votes: 4,262
15. Darkness Before Dawn (1993 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
A nurse at a methadone clinic, with her own secret, falls in love and marries an addict that doses there. Together, they fall down a hole of addiction while trying to keep a marriage and family.
Director: John Patterson | Stars: Meredith Baxter, Stephen Lang, Gwynyth Walsh, L. Scott Caldwell
Votes: 262
16. Stolen from the Heart (2000 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Drama
A former prostitute kidnaps a newborn baby boy to satisfy her drug-dealing husband, who has threatened that he will divorce her and put her out on the streets if she cannot give him a son; ... See full summary »
Director: Bruce Pittman | Stars: Tracey Gold, Barbara Mandrell, Lisa Zane, William R. Moses
Votes: 157
17. The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story (1994 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama
Married couples unable to conceive are thrilled to find they are going to become parents, thanks to a larger-than-life "miracle doctor" and his unusual treatments. However, joy soon turns ... See full summary »
Director: Arlene Sanford | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Shanna Reed, Tom Verica, Shannon Lawson
Votes: 289
18. Against Their Will (1994 TV Movie)
91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Behind prison walls, corruption, sex and power make criminals out of the guards and heroes out of the guarded. For more than a decade, the lawless guards inside a maximum security women's ... See full summary »
Director: Karen Arthur | Stars: Judith Light, Stacy Keach, Chelcie Ross, Tonya Pinkins
Votes: 219
19. Not in My Family (1993 TV Movie)
87 min | Drama
Dark memories of her father are revealed by a new mother's nightmares and depression after childbirth.
Director: Linda Otto | Stars: Joanna Kerns, Michael Brandon, Shelley Hack, Richard Gilliland
Votes: 219
20. And the Violins Stopped Playing (1988)
116 min | Biography, Drama, War
This is the true story about a group of Romani's (gypsy) in occupied Poland during World War II as they confront the atrocities and tragedies of a forgotten holocaust.
Director: Alexander Ramati | Stars: Horst Buchholz, Didi Ramati, Piotr Polk, Maya Ramati
Votes: 199
21. Schindler's List (1993)
R | 195 min | Biography, Drama, History
In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall
Votes: 1,449,837 | Gross: $96.90M
22. The Pianist (2002)
R | 150 min | Biography, Drama, Music
During WWII, acclaimed Polish musician Wladyslaw faces various struggles as he loses contact with his family. As the situation worsens, he hides in the ruins of Warsaw in order to survive.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Emilia Fox
Votes: 911,618 | Gross: $32.57M
23. Pure (I) (2002)
R | 96 min | Drama
A young boy trying to deal with his mother's heroin addiction befriends a waitress who helps him cope with the tough situation.
Director: Gillies MacKinnon | Stars: Harry Eden, Vinnie Hunter, Molly Parker, David Wenham
Votes: 2,785 | Gross: $0.10M
24. Not Without My Daughter (1991)
PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, Thriller
An American woman trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutal husband must find a way for her and her daughter to escape.
Director: Brian Gilbert | Stars: Sally Field, Alfred Molina, Sheila Rosenthal, Roshan Seth
Votes: 14,619 | Gross: $14.79M
25. The Accused (1988)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama
After a young woman suffers a brutal gang rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Kelly McGillis, Jodie Foster, Bernie Coulson, Leo Rossi
Votes: 39,992 | Gross: $32.07M
26. An American Crime (2007)
R | 98 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.
Director: Tommy O'Haver | Stars: Elliot Page, Hayley McFarland, Nick Searcy, Romy Rosemont
Votes: 36,963
27. Flowers in the Attic (1987)
PG-13 | 93 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Children are hidden away under an attic by their conspiring mother and grandmother.
Director: Jeffrey Bloom | Stars: Louise Fletcher, Victoria Tennant, Kristy Swanson, Jeb Stuart Adams
Votes: 11,267 | Gross: $15.15M
28. Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 100 min | Drama
A caring community and variety of people nationwide come together to rescue a baby who is trapped in an abandoned water well, but they have a short time before something bad might happen.
Director: Mel Damski | Stars: Beau Bridges, Pat Hingle, Roxana Zal, Will Oldham
Votes: 881
29. What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
R | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of singer Tina Turner's rise to stardom and how she gained the courage to break free from her abusive husband, Ike Turner.
Director: Brian Gibson | Stars: Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne, RaéVen Kelly, Virginia Capers
Votes: 24,568 | Gross: $39.10M
30. Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)
R | 98 min | Drama
A mother and daughter find their lives adversely affected when a new man enters the picture. Will their family ever be what they expect?
Director: Anjelica Huston | Stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ron Eldard, Glenne Headly, Lyle Lovett
Votes: 4,804
31. Fire in the Sky (1993)
PG-13 | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Fantasy
An Arizona logger mysteriously disappears for five days in an alleged encounter with a flying saucer in 1975. His co-workers endure ridicule and contempt as they are wrongly accused of murder.
Director: Robert Lieberman | Stars: D.B. Sweeney, Robert Patrick, Craig Sheffer, Peter Berg
Votes: 28,403 | Gross: $20.10M
32. The Doors (1991)
R | 140 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band The Doors and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison, from his days as a UCLA film student in Los Angeles, to his untimely death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan, Frank Whaley
Votes: 99,027 | Gross: $35.18M
33. The War Zone (1999)
R | 98 min | Drama, Thriller
An alienated teenager, saddened that he has moved away from London, must find a way to deal with a dark family secret.
Director: Tim Roth | Stars: Ray Winstone, Annabelle Apsion, Kate Ashfield, Lara Belmont
Votes: 11,182 | Gross: $0.25M
34. Down Will Come Baby (1999 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Thriller
Traumatized after a tragic accident at summer camp, a 12-year-old girl finds solace in a mysterious, kind lady in the city park who seems to have a bizarre fixation on rules and order, and whose friendship grows increasingly obsessive.
Director: Gregory Goodell | Stars: Meredith Baxter, Diana Scarwid, Tom Amandes, Evan Rachel Wood
Votes: 575
35. Deadly Whispers (1995 TV Movie)
97 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A couple vows to find their murdered daughter's killer. The police investigation's suspects narrow to the father, leaving the mother torn between the love of her husband and the story revealed by the investigation.
Director: Bill Norton | Stars: Tony Danza, Pamela Reed, Ving Rhames, Heather Tom
Votes: 543
36. Detention: The Siege at Johnson High (1997 TV Movie)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A former high school student, Jason Copeland, returns to his school to take his revenge on the teachers for failing him out of school.
Director: Michael W. Watkins | Stars: Ricky Schroder, Freddie Prinze Jr., Katie Wright, Alexis Cruz
Votes: 638
37. Death of A Cheerleader (1994 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 91 min | Crime, Drama
Who could have stabbed popular, beautiful cheerleader Stacy to death? It could have been antisocial Goth girl Monica, it could've been angst-ridden Jill--or maybe it was the plain girl nobody suspected.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Kellie Martin, Tori Spelling, James Avery, Eugene Roche
Votes: 2,561
38. Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story (1993 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Biography, Drama
The take-down of an infamous leader of a small polygamous Mormon fundamentalist group, who ordered assassinations of his opponents.
Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: Brian Dennehy, William Devane, Tracey Needham, Dee Wallace
Votes: 282
39. Deadly Matrimony (1992 TV Movie)
Unrated | 182 min | Drama, Thriller
Alan Masters is a despicable businessman with his hands in organized crime. He marries Diane, a kind and gentle woman, and abuses and batters her viciously. Sergeant John Reed has had ... See full summary »
Director: John Korty | Stars: Brian Dennehy, Treat Williams, Embeth Davidtz, Xander Berkeley
Votes: 364
40. Scum (1979)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama
An uncompromising story of life in a British juvenile offender institution in the '70s.
Director: Alan Clarke | Stars: Ray Winstone, Mick Ford, Julian Firth, John Blundell
Votes: 13,073
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