Based On A True Story
Any kind of programming based on a true story.
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- DirectorJohn G. AvildsenStarsMorgan FreemanBeverly ToddRobert GuillaumeThe dedicated but tyrannical Joe Clark is appointed the principal of a decaying inner-city school he is determined to improve by any and all means.
- DirectorLinda OttoStarsBill SmitrovichKathleen YorkRobert JoyGregory Kingsley is placed in a boys' ranch after his mother can't take care of him and his two brothers; there he meets a lawyer who wants to adopt him.
- DirectorRon HowardStarsViggo MortensenColin FarrellJoel EdgertonA rescue mission is assembled in Thailand where a group of young boys and their soccer coach are trapped in a system of underground caves that are flooding.
- DirectorMichael SwitzerStarsRichard ThomasBrooke ShieldsViveka DavisA young beautiful computer technician starting off her career in Silicon Valley during the 1980s is stalked and harassed by a deranged colleague with a twisted obsession.
- DirectorTom McLoughlinStarsValerie BertinelliStephen CaffreyGraham BeckelNewlywed Laurie Wade's marriage and eventually her whole life shatters because of her deep-rooted psychotic behavior. She goes from brief "short circuits" to overtly murderous behavior. The film never tries to explain the cause of her mental collapse, except for a hint or two, but instead takes us into her frightening state of mind.
- DirectorJoanna KernsStarsAnnie PottsMichael O'KeefeCarl MarotteAfter a paedophile approaches her daughter in an on-line chat room, a homemaker (Annie Potts) poses as a lonely teenager to help expose sexual predators.
- DirectorThora BirchStarsSkyler SamuelsEvan HallThora BirchFollows Gabby's tragic murder, centering on her complicated relationship with her fiancé Brian Laundrie and what might have gone wrong during their cross-country trip.
- DirectorRichard A. CollaStarsHolly Marie CombsDavid LipperCassidy RaeDiane 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.
- DirectorNorma BaileyStarsMary-Margaret HumesJennifer FinniganMarnette PattersonA teenage girl becomes entangled in a volatile relationship with a pair of high-school lovers.
- DirectorStephen TolkinStarsCybill ShepherdSteve GuttenbergSandy Minh AbleyNancy Crampton-Brophy, who had a knack for writing about murder and wrote about tumultuous relationships, fantasies about killing or running from her husband, and faking her own death, was arrested in 2022 for murdering her husband.
- DirectorRama RauStarsTricia BlackAdriano Sobretodo Jr.Lynn RaffertyA whole new side of infamous murderess Jodi Arias and how her story captivated the world for nearly a decade. A follow-up to one of Lifetime's most successful true-crime movies, "Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret" (2013).
- DirectorMarta BorowskiStarsJaime KingMatt HamiltonJosh CollinsIn 2016 Sherri Papini went for a run and didn't come home. This Northern California missing-person case quickly became a national story--especially after she returned and her story about being abducted wasn't adding up.
- DirectorKasi LemmonsStarsCynthia ErivoJanelle MonáeLeslie Odom Jr.The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
- DirectorJohn L'EcuyerStarsJennifer GreyVincent WalshAlain GoulemGwen Shamblin, a charismatic with a curated image, became known with her Christian diet program "Weigh Down Workshop", and was accused of exploitation and emotional, psychological, and physical abuse by the church's alleged cult practices.
- DirectorSimone StockStarsKatie DouglasCara BuonoKristian BruunIt follows Kara Robinson as she survives an abduction and ultimately brings down a serial killer.
- DirectorErik S. WeigelStarsKara Robinson ChamberlainAveri WhiteHal DionWhen 15 year-old Kara Robinson is abducted in broad daylight, she plots her escape from a serial killer.
- DirectorMaritte Lee GoStarsChrishell StauseColin EgglesfieldLaura RamseyIt follows the crimes of serial wife-killer Randy Roth and the woman who ultimately brought him to justice.
- DirectorCourteney CoxStarsGarret DillahuntBrando EatonLaura San GiacomoThomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.