From period pieces like 'I'm Still Here' and 'The King' to quippy action comedies like 'Hit Man' with Glen Powell, here are the 29 best Netflix movies based on true stories.

Ron Howard's Eden is based on a real story of Europeans who tried to start a utopia on the Galapagos island of Floreana ...

This Oscar-nominated thriller is now streaming on Netflix.

A man balances on a wire stretched between the Twin Towers. A pilot safely lands an airliner on a river with 155 people still on board. A CIA team escapes Tehran by pretending to shoot a sci-fi film.

These true stories are so bizarre they're almost unbelievable. Thankfully, these movies are here to tell the tale.

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Despite its grittiness, horror is an inherently fantastical genre. While slashers and other horror subgenres lean towards realism, they also possess elements of a heightened reality. One could even ...

A man balances on a wire stretched between the Twin Towers. A pilot safely lands an airliner on a river with 155 people still on board. A CIA team escapes Tehran by pretending to shoot a sci-fi ...