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10 Best Movies Like Based on a True Story

If you loved Based on a True Story, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
A Woman's Life

A Woman's Life

2016★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Based on a True Story for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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...

#2
Ghost Patrol

Ghost Patrol

2016★ 4.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Based on a True Story for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

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 ol...

#3
Khibula

Khibula

2017★ 4.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Based on a True Story for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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 presid...

#4
Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

2015★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Based on a True Story for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

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 19...

#5
Our Eternal Summer

Our Eternal Summer

2022★ 5.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Based on a True Story for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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...

#6
The Taste of the Black Earth

The Taste of the Black Earth

1970★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Based on a True Story for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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