Best Based on a true story/History movie/series

Please add and vote for any movie/serie that is based on a true story or on real history. 

movietourist313 Jul 4, 2024
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  • Empress Ki

    1. Empress Ki

    Korean Drama - 2013, 51 episodes
    8.6
    295 points by 3 voters
    Genghis Khan built an empire that spanned vast regions in East Asia and East Europe. And there was one woman who held immense power in the Yuan Dynasty, which Genghis Khan founded, ...more
  • The Red Sleeve

    2. The Red Sleeve

    Korean Drama - 2021, 17 episodes
    8.8
    285 points by 3 voters
    In 18th-century Korea, Prince Yi San is a perfectionist haunted by his father's murder. He's set to inherit the throne once his cruel grandfather, the current king, passes away. Despite the emotional ...more
  • Kagemusha

    3. Kagemusha

    Japanese Movie - 1980
    7.7
    285 points by 3 voters
    Set in the 16th century, as a petty thief is granted reprieve from crucifixion because he is the spitting image of the warlord Shingen. Shingen often sends an impersonator out into battle ...more
  • The Throne

    4. The Throne

    Korean Movie - 2015
    8.3
    200 points by 2 voters
    In the year 1762, when King Yeong Jo of the Joseon dynasty's been ruling for 35 years already, Crown prince Sa Do is accused of plotting treason by his biological mother lady ...more
  • The Hymn of Death

    5. The Hymn of Death

    Korean Drama - 2018, 6 episodes
    8.3
    196 points by 2 voters
    Kim Woo Jin is a stage drama writer while Korea is under Japanese occupation. He is married, but he falls in love with Yun Shim Deok. Shim Deok is the first Korean ...more
  • The Assassin

    6. The Assassin

    Taiwanese Movie - 2015
    6.6
    192 points by 2 voters
    A 10-year-old general's daughter Nie Yin Niang is handed over to a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt ...more
  • The Spy Gone North

    7. The Spy Gone North

    Korean Movie - 2018
    8.0
    191 points by 2 voters
    In 1993 Korea, the only country where the Cold War continues, tensions surrounding the development of nuclear weapons escalate. Park Seok Young, an army major in the South Korea military intelligence infiltrates ...more
  • The Billionaire

    8. The Billionaire

    Thai Movie - 2011
    8.0
    184 points by 2 voters
    Based on a true story, a young Thai man goes from an online video game addict to a billionaire. How did he do it?
  • The Fortress

    9. The Fortress

    Korean Movie - 2017
    7.6
    100 points by 1 voters
    During the Qing Invasion of Korea, the king and the court take refuge in a mountain fortress, where they find themselves stranded in the cold and surrounded by the enemy. The king’s ...more
  • Silenced

    10. Silenced

    Korean Movie - 2011
    8.8
    99 points by 1 voters
    Gang In Ho is the newly appointed art teacher at Gwangju Inhwa School, a school for deaf children. He is excited to teach his new students, yet the children are aloof and ...more
  • I Can Speak

    11. I Can Speak

    Korean Movie - 2017
    8.6
    99 points by 1 voters
    Ok Boon, aka the Goblin Granny, is a feisty, elderly woman who combs through the town for any sign of trouble. Over a span of 20 years, she has filed 8000 complaints ...more
  • Story of Yanxi Palace

    12. Story of Yanxi Palace

    Chinese Drama - 2018, 70 episodes
    8.8
    96 points by 1 voters
    In 18th century Beijing, during the 6th year of Qianlong Emperor's reign, Wei Ying Luo enters the Forbidden City as an embroiderer to investigate the truth behind her older sister's rape and ...more
  • The Man Standing Next

    13. The Man Standing Next

    Korean Movie - 2020
    7.7
    94 points by 1 voters
    In the 1970s, Korea is under the absolute control of President Park who controls the KCIA, the organization with an edge over any branch of government. The director of KCIA, Kim Gyu ...more
  • Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace

    14. Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace

    Chinese Drama - 2018, 87 episodes
    8.4
    93 points by 1 voters
    The road to becoming an empress is paved with treachery. Ru Yi is a consort who quickly learns to navigate the treacherous politics of the royal court and move up the ranks. ...more
  • The Last Emperor

    15. The Last Emperor

    Chinese Movie - 1987
    8.0
    91 points by 1 voters
    A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and a brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a ...more
  • Ayla: The Daughter of War

    16. Ayla: The Daughter of War

    Korean Movie - 2017
    8.7
    90 points by 1 voters
    Süleyman was dispatched to the Korean War in 1950, and he finds a 5-year-old girl all alone in the dark. She lost her parents and couldn’t speak due to shock. Süleyman names ...more
  • Dying to Survive

    17. Dying to Survive

    Chinese Movie - 2018
    7.9
    89 points by 1 voters
    A story on how a small drug store owner became the exclusive selling agent of a cheap Indian generic drug against Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia in China. (Source: IMDb)

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