Best True Story Movies of 2022


10 Rescued by Ruby

Rescued by Ruby

Ruby had an awful lot of energy. Her original owner surrendered her to the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals because of her generally “unmanageable” personality. The cute pup was quickly adopted and then returned – five times. Things were looking pretty grim for the border collie/Australian shepherd mix. Hours away from being euthanized, officer Daniel O’Neil was smitten with her. He thought she had potential and decided to pursue his dream of being a canine officer. Could this be his new partner? This is the true story of how these two underdogs found their dream together.

Director: Katt Shea
Writers:
Karen Janszen, Squire D. Rushnell, Louise DuArt
Starring: Grant Gustin, Scott Wolf, Kaylah Zander

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9 Argentina, 1985

Argentina, 1985

‘Argentina, 1985’ is inspired by the true story of Julio Strassera, Luis Moreno Ocampo and their young legal team of unlikely heroes in their David-vs-Goliath battle to prosecute Argentina’s bloodiest military dictatorship against all odds and in a race against time to bring justice to the victims of the Military Junta.

Director: Santiago Mitre
Writers:
Mariano Llinás, Martín Mauregui, Santiago Mitre
Starring: Ricardo Darín, Gina Mastronicola, Francisco Bertín
Box office: $905 000

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8 Call Jane

Call Jane

Set in the late 1960s, a pregnant housewife finds out she has a potentially life threatening illness, and the only treatment is to have an abortion. Declined by the hospital board of directors, she sets out to find an alternative to hospital treatment. Upon finding a group who offer services to facilitate illegal abortions, she then gets more involved in the service, “Call Jane.”

Director: Phyllis Nagy
Writers:
Hayley Schore, Roshan Sethi
Starring: Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Chris Messina
Box office: $694 000

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7 Emily

Emily

“Emily” imagines Emily Brontë’s own Gothic story that inspired her seminal novel, ‘Wuthering Heights.’ Haunted by her mother’s death, Emily struggles within the confines of her family life and yearns for artistic and personal freedom, and so begins a journey to channel her creative potential into one of the greatest novels of all time.

Director: Frances O’Connor
Writer:
Frances O’Connor
Starring: Emma Mackey, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Fionn Whitehead
Box office: $4 147 000

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6 Rogue Agent

Rogue Agent

The extraordinary and chilling story of career conman Robert Freegard who masqueraded as an MI5 agent and fooled people into going into hiding, and the woman who fell for him, and then brought him down.

Director: Adam Patterson
Writers:
Adam Patterson, Michael Bronner
Starring: James Norton, Gemma Arterton, Marisa Abela
Box office: $192 000

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5 Elvis

Elvis

The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.

Director: Baz Luhrmann
Writers:
Sam Bromell, Craig Pearce, Baz Luhrmann
Starring: Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge
Budget: $85 000 000
Box office: $287 740 000

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4 Bandit

Bandit

After escaping a Michigan prison, a charming career criminal assumes a new identity in Canada and goes on to rob a record 59 banks and jewellery stores while being hunted by a police task force. Based on the story of The Flying Bandit.

Director: Allan Ungar
Writers:
Kraig Wenman, Robert Knuckle
Starring: Josh Duhamel, Elisha Cuthbert, Mel Gibson
Box office: $467 000

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3 Babylon

Babylon

A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.

Director: Damien Chazelle
Writer:
Damien Chazelle
Starring: Margot Robbie, Olivia Wilde, Brad Pitt
Budget: $78 000 000
Box office: $63 379 000

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2 The Greatest Beer Run Ever

The Greatest Beer Run Ever

A man’s story of leaving New York in 1967 to bring beer to his childhood buddies in the Army while they are fighting in Vietnam.

Director: Peter Farrelly
Writers:
Peter Farrelly, Brian Hayes Currie, Pete Jones
Starring: Zac Efron, Russell Crowe, Jake Picking

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1 Thirteen Lives

Thirteen Lives

A 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.

Director: Ron Howard
Writers:
William Nicholson, Don MacPherson
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, Joel Edgerton
Budget: $55 000 000

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