The Big Short to Spotlight: Films based on true stories

Thimmaiah PU

Sep 27, 2023

Tick, Tick… BOOM!: Netflix

Andrew Garfield plays Jonathan Larson, the writer of the record-breaking Broadway musical RENT

The Big Short: YouTube

Steve Carrell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, and Christian Bale star in this film that explains the 2008 financial crash

Spotlight: YouTube

The film follows the story of the  journalism team that exposed widespread sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests

Hustlers: Amazon Prime Video

This movie, starring Jennifer Lopez, is the story of strippers who steal money from rich CEOs and bankers

Lion: YouTube

Dev Patel plays an Indian adoptee who was adopted by Australian parents, played by Nicole Kidman and David Wenham

Erin Brockovich: SonyLIV

Julia Roberts plays Erin Brockovich, a struggling single mother who turns whistleblower against a gas conglomerate

BlacKkKlansman: Amazon Prime Video

Starring John David Washington and Adam Driver, this is about a Black police officer who infiltrates the Klu Klux Klan

Catch Me If You Can: Netflix

This film tells the story of Frank Abagnale Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio), a young con man in the 1960s and 1970s who was hunted by the FBI