Movies based on true stories usually come out decades after the fact, but there are other cases when a movie is ripped from the headlines and released while the story is still fresh in the memory.

The film is based on the real-life phenomena and subsequent tragedy that occurred in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, during 1966 and 1967. Hundreds of residents reported sightings of a giant, winged ...

The 2017 film was inspired by a real-life businessman and has been hailed 'one of the best musical films in the 21st century' ...

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.

Hunter S. Thompson once said, “Without gambling, I would not exist.” Well, neither would some of our favorite blockbuster movies. It may interest you to know that some top Hollywood movies are based ...