Movies Based on a True Story #1

Can you identify these recent films which were based on actual events?

This quiz does NOT imply that the events of the movie actually happened like they did in the movie

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Year	Description	Movie
2023	Physicist leads the American program to build the atomic bomb	Oppenheimer
2023	University of Washington rowers win a gold medal at the 1936 Olympics	The Boys in the Boat
2021	Man from Compton has a harebrained scheme to turn his daughters into champion tennis players	King Richard
2019	American car company wants to defeat an Italian car company at the 24 Hours of Le Mans race	Ford v Ferrari
2017	British soldiers evacuate from France in the opening days of WWII	Dunkirk
2016	Heroic pilot saves airplane from crashing after a bird strike	Sully
2015	Eccentric investor makes money by betting against the U.S. housing market	The Big Short
2015	In the Old West, a fur trapper is attacked by a bear and then left to die by his compatriots	The Revenant
2014	Alan Turing builds a machine to decode German messages in WWII	The Imitation Game
2014	British physicist makes insights into black holes but suffers from ALS disease	The Theory of Everything
2013	Merchant mariner is taken hostage by Somali pirates	Captain Phillips
2013	Rodeo cowboy smuggles drugs to his fellow AIDS patients	Dallas Buyers Club
2012	Fake film crew rescues American diplomats in Iran in 1979	Argo
2011	The 2002 Oakland Athletics build a roster of undervalued players	Moneyball
2010	King George VI suffers from a stammer	The King's Speech
2010	Mark Zuckerberg creates Facebook, but makes a few enemies along the way	The Social Network
2009	Family adopts a future NFL offensive lineman	The Blind Side
2008	Soldier becomes addicted to the thrill of defusing bombs in Iraq	The Hurt Locker

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Level 88

Dec 23, 2017

Dunkirk description also fits Darkest Hour.

Level 50

Feb 27, 2018

The Dunkirk dilemma, though central to Darkest Hour's storytelling and purpose, was really more of a subplot than anything. Actual Dunkirk is on-screen for less than ten minutes, and the subplot isn't completely resolved within the movie, instead leaving the viewer to figure out how it ended for themselves.

Level 73

Feb 27, 2018

I know most people thought Dunkirk was fantastic, but I was disappointed in it, and all members of my family who saw it agreed. I suppose it was a case of unfulfilled expectations. But I immediately knew which film it was from the description. (Great quiz, BTW.)

Level 92

Mar 18, 2021

Please add The Greatest Showman and maybe Togi as well

Level 66

Aug 11, 2021

What! No Cool Runnings?

Level 79

Aug 24, 2025

Missed Sully and Boys in the Boat

Level 78

Aug 25, 2025

Ford v Ferrari was released as Le Mans in some countries. Should be an optional answer.

Level 65

Aug 28, 2025

It was Le Mans '66 in the UK

Level 58

Aug 25, 2025