Rating of films based on real events: list of Russian and foreign

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

The mere appearance of the phrase "Based on true events" in the credits of any picture plunges the viewer into a state of quivering anticipation. Needless to say, film stories taken from life, even though largely embellished by their creators, in most cases have a greater chance of popularity compared to their fictional "brothers". After all, in our wonderful and diverse life, what just happened, and it was always natural for a person to learn both from his own or other people's mistakes, and from someone else's example. Therefore, there are a lot of films based on historical facts or biographies of great people, allowing you to plunge into the past or get in touch with the victories and defeats of famous personalities. There are hundreds, if not thousands. And our task today will be to compile lists of the best and most outstanding works, indicating a kind of rating of films based on realevents.

The main criterion for our list will be the popularity indicator, based on the assessment of one of the largest domestic Internet resources in the field of cinema - the site "KinoPoisk". For convenience, we will indicate the rating of each of the following films in points next to its title.

Foreign films from the 60s-90s

Perhaps it would be appropriate to start this brief review with foreign biopics, quite popular among Western directors of all levels.

In the 60s, the best such films were:

1. "Spartacus" (1960) - 7, 87.
2. "300 Spartans" (1962) - 7, 68.

In the nineties, the rating of films based on real events is as follows:

1. "Schindler's List" (1993) - 8, 82.
2. "Awakening" (1990) - 8, 44.
3. "Titanic" (1997) - 8, 37.
4. "October Sky" (1999) - 8, 02.
5. "Saving Private Ryan" (1998) - 8, 18.
6. "Chaplin" (1992) - 7, 96.
7. "Basketball Diary" (1995) - 7, 84.
8. "Seven Years in Tibet" (1997) - 7, 76.
9. "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" (1998) - 7, 59.
10. "Ed Wood" (1994) - 7, 57.

The photo is a frame from the painting "Schindler's List".

2000-2005

During the beginning of the 2000s, the following films were included in the rating of films based on real events:

1. "Mind Games" (2001) - 8, 55.
2. "Catch Me If You Can" (2002) - 8, 51.
3. "Pianist" (2002) - 8, 45.
4. "Terminal" (2004) - 8, 07.
5. "Ray" (2004) - 8, 05.
6. "Military Diver" (2000) - 8, 05.
7. "Coach Carter" (2005) - 8, 04.
8. "I Am Sam" (2001) - 8, 00.
9. Pearl Harbor (2001) - 7, 92.
10. "Walk the Line" (2005) - 7, 74.
11. "Experiment" (2000) - 7, 72.
12. "Monster" (2003) - 7, 35.
13. "Alexander" (2004) - 7, 18.
14. "Open Sea" (2003) - 6, 18.

The photo is a frame from the painting "Ray".

2005-2010

The rating of films based on real events of this period is as follows:

1. "Hachiko: Best Friend" (2009) - 8, 34.
2. "The Pursuit of Happyness" (2006) - 8, 25.
3. "Knockdown" (2005) - 8, 20.
4. "Before the class" (2008) - 8, 07.
5. "Change" (2008) - 7, 93.
6. "Into the Wild" (2007) - 7, 92.
7. "Space Suit and Butterfly" (2008) - 7, 70.
8. "Aviator" (2005) - 7, 58.
9. "Julie & Julia: Cooking Happy Recipe" (2009) - 7, 56.
10. "Last Sunday" (2009) - 7, 36.
11. "Zodiac" (2007) - 7, 33.
12. "Miss Potter" (2006) - 7, 27.
13. "Soloist" (2009) - 7, 21.
14. "Johnny D." (2009) - 7, 05.
15. "Bronson" (2008) - 7, 02.

Below in the photo is a frame from the painting "The Aviator".

2010-2015

During this period, the rating of films based on real events included the following tapes:

1. "1+1" (2011) - 8, 81.
2. "Race" (2013) - 8, 08.
3. "The King speaks!" (2010) - 7, 98.
4. "Stephen Hawking Universe" (2014) - 7, 90.
5. "Impossible" (2012) - 7, 90.
6. "Earthquake" (2010) - 7, 87.
7. "The Wolf of Wall Street" (2013) - 7, 85.
8. "Dallas Buyers Club" (2013) - 7, 82.
9. "The Social Network" (2010) - 7, 73.
10. "Soul Surfer" (2011) - 7, 73.
11. "12 Years a Slave" (2013) - 7, 71.
12. "The Man Who Changed Everything" (2011) - 7, 67.
13. "Save Mr. Banks" (2013) - 7, 65.
14. "Sentence" (2010) - 7, 62.
15. "The Imitation Game" (2015) - 7, 60.
16. "Spotlight" (2015) - 7, 49.
17. "Bridge of Spies" (2015) - 7, 48.
18. "Philomena" (2013) - 7, 46.
19. "Unbroken" (2014) - 7, 36.
20. "Walk" (2015) - 7, 31.
21. "Everest" (2015) - 7, 17.
22. "Big Eyes" (2014) - 7, 11.
23. "Sacrificing a Pawn" (2014)- 6, 97.
24. "7 Days and Nights with Marilyn" (2011) - 6, 93.
25. "J. Edgar" (2011) - 6, 69.
26. "Foxcatcher" (2014) - 6, 49.

Below in the photo is a frame from the movie "1+1".

Recent years

The rating of paintings of the direction in question in recent years has taken the following form:

1. Green Book (2018)- 8, 34.
2. "Survivor" (2016) - 7, 81.
3. "Bohemian Rhapsody" (2018) - 7, 80.
4. "Lion" (2016) - 7, 64 points.
5. "Big Game" (2017) - 7, 54.
6. "Eddie the Eagle" (2016) - 7, 53.
7. "Moth" (2017) - 7, 42.
8. "Miracle on the Hudson" (2016) - 7, 39.
9. "Tonya against everyone" (2017) - 7, 31.
10. "Colony Dignidad" (2015) - 7, 29.
11. "Goodbye Christopher Robin" (2017) - 7, 22.
12. "The Catcher in the Rye" (2017) - 7, 05.
13. "Jungle" (2017) - 6, 75.
14. "Joy" (2016) - 6, 67.
15. "You drive!" (2018) - 6, 60.

The photo shows a frame from the movie "Bohemian Rhapsody".

Domestic films

The list of the best Russian films based on real events is no less impressive. The time range of such paintings, compiled in chronological order, covers a whole century. So, here they are - milestones of difficult events in our historyMotherland and its extraordinary heroes.

For the period 1920-1940:

1. "Alexander Nevsky" (1938) - 8, 02.
2. "Battleship Potemkin" (1925) - 7, 95.
3. "Chapaev" (1934) - 7, 84.
4. "Suvorov" (1940) - 7, 70.

Below in the photo you can see a frame from the painting "Alexander Nevsky".

1940-1980 Film Ranking:

1. "Andrey Rublev" (1966) - 8, 17.
2. "Dersu Uzala" (1975) - 8, 03.
3. "The Tale of a Real Man" (1948) - 7, 92.

In 1980-2000:

1. "Mikhailo Lomonosov" (1984) - 8, 22.
2. "Agony" (1981) - 7, 44.

During 2000-2010:

1. "Admiral" (2008) - 7, 02.
2. "Wolves" (2009) - 6, 93.
3. "9th Company" (2005) - 6, 69.

For 2010-2015, the rating of paintings based on real events is as follows:

1. "Legend 17" (2012) - 7, 98.
2. "Once Upon a Time in Rostov" (2012) - 7, 66.
3. "Poddubny" (2014) - 7, 22.
4. "Gagarin. First in space" (2013) - 6, 99.
5. "Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive" (2011) - 6, 97.
6. "PiraMMMida" (2011) - 6, 83.
7. "Match" (2012) - 6, 22.

The photo below is a frame from the movie "Match".

In the past few years, the number of Russian films based on real events has increased markedly. The rating of such paintings is as follows:

1. "Moving Up" (2017) - 7, 64.
2. "28 Panfilov" (2016) - 7, 54.
3. "Time of the First" (2017) - 7, 50.
4. "Salyut-7" (2017) - 7, 42.
5. "Earthquake" (2016) - 6, 79.
6. "Unforgiven" (2018) - 6, 68.
7. "Icebreaker" (2016) - 6, 49.
8. "Temporary difficulties" (2017) - 6, 33.
9. "The Legend of Kolovrat" (2017) - 6, 30.
10. "Tobol" (2018) - 5, 94.
11. "Matilda" (2017) - 5, 69.

The latest film of interest to us was the action movie "The Balkan Frontier", which was released on the screens of the country quite recently, and a little later we will return to it.

Also, the article would be incomplete without a brief overview of specific examples of foreign and Russian paintings based on real events, which will be discussed later in this article.

Legend 17

One of the best domestic masterpieces of recent years, the 2013 film "Legend No. 17" is an absolutely amazingly told story of the life of Valery Kharlamov, a real legend of Soviet and world hockey of the 70s.

The lead actor Danila Kozlovsky and the creators of the picture managed to brilliantly convey not only the character of this great hockey player, but also the very patriotic spirit of the team, representing the honor of everythingSoviet Union. This tape was filmed in such a way that it seems to the viewer that he is not in the auditorium or in front of the TV screen, but directly among the players of a real, without exaggeration, ice battle being played out between the USSR national team and Canadian NHL professionals.

The picture charges with patriotism, making you proud of your Motherland and the glorious hero athletes who fought for it. A film like "Legend No. 17" is simply necessary for modern Russian society, which is beginning to forget about morality and high ideals.

The rating of the picture according to the popularity of the Internet resource "KinoPoisk" is 7, 98.

Once in Rostov

The main roles in the twenty-four-episode television film "Once Upon a Time in Rostov", released in 2012, were played by actors Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Sergey Zhigunov and Alena Babenko.

This picture tells the story of the criminal activities of the famous Rostov gang of the Tolstopyatov brothers, taking place against the backdrop of dramatic and little-known events in the history of the USSR, when on June 2, 1962, as a result of a decrease in wages with a simultaneous widespread increase in prices, a real riot of locals took place in the city of Novocherkassk residents blocking the railroad and administrative buildings. This protest led to a terrible tragedy - a mass execution of a demonstration of citizens …

It is known that the events of those days were successfully hushed up by the authorities, all witnesses signed a non-disclosure agreement and were silent for decades. Those whodid not agree, received long prison terms…

The rating of the series according to the popularity of the Internet resource "KinoPoisk" is 7, 66.

127 hours

The 2010 film "127 Hours" was based on the autobiographical book by Aron Ralston, who in his youth used to not tell any of his relatives about where he was going once again to please his favorite hobby - rock climbing. One fine day, this habit and bad fate led to the fact that, as a result of an accident, his hand was tightly clamped by a huge boulder in one of the clefts of the Blue John Canyon cave, and Aron himself had no choice but to spend 127 hours of fear in this place. and despair, without water and food, alone and without hope of salvation.

The only consolation for the unfortunate man, who rethought his whole life and values during these hours, was a video diary in which he recorded all the changes in his condition, as well as words of love and farewell to his family and friends. It is noteworthy that the shooting of the film, in which the main role was played by actor James Franco, was carried out directly at the very place where this incident occurred. Also, the creators of the picture exactly recreated all the equipment of Aron Ralston, who was with him on the day of those terrible events.

The rating of the picture according to the popularity of the Internet resource "KinoPoisk" is 7, 66.

Balkan Frontier

The 2019 action drama The Balkan Frontier premiered less than three weeks ago. Thisthe film, in which the main roles were played by such Russian and Serbian actors as Anton Pampushny, Gosha Kutsenko, Milos Bikovich, Milena Radulovic and even the legendary Gojko Mitic, well known to domestic viewers, is dedicated to the tragic events in Kosovo, where the infamous conflict took place in 1999 between Albanians and Yugoslavians.

The film reveals to the audience one more secret page of the activities of one of the special forces of the GRU of Russia, which in those days was tasked with taking control of a strategic object - the Slatina airport in Kosovo - and protecting it from attacks by terrorist brigades before the arrival peacekeeping forces.

According to the audience's opinion, "The Balkan Frontier" is one of the most powerful patriotic Russian films of recent times…

The rating of the picture according to the popularity of the Internet resource "KinoPoisk" - 7, 35.

The Man Who Knew Infinity

The creation of the film "The Man Who Knew Infinity" in 2015 was preceded by the memoirs of the famous British mathematician Godfrey Harold Hardy (his role went to actor Jeremy Irons), who considered it an honor to have met the self-taught Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, performed by a well-known the audience for the lead role in the drama "Slumdog Millionaire" by actor Dev Patel.

The picture tells the story of the life and rise to scientific fame of an amazing guy,born and raised in poverty in distant India and who, for the sake of his dream, managed not only to get into the University of Cambridge, but also to impress the entire scientific world of his time with almost one hundred and twenty formulas previously unknown to science.

The Indian Srinivasa Ramanujan, a genius-nugget of the early 20th century, was a true legend of mathematics. He treated numbers and formulas as if they were notes and music. And the filmmakers brilliantly managed to reflect on the screen the full depth and brightness of the personality of this extraordinary person.

Rating of the picture according to the popularity of the Internet resource "KinoPoisk" - 7, 13.

The Zookeeper's Wife

The theme of the horrors of the Great Patriotic War and the genocide of Jews has already been repeatedly used in foreign cinema in such famous films as "Schindler's List", "The Pianist", "Son of Saul" and many others. The wonderful film "The Zookeeper's Wife" of 2017 was no exception, telling about the brave feat of the spouses Jan and Antonina Zhabinsky, the zookeepers of the city of Warsaw, which really took place during the war years.

Jan and Antonina, portrayed on the screen by actors Jessica Chastain and Johan Heldenberg, risking their own lives every day, managed to secretly take more three hundred Jews.

The 2017 film "The Zookeeper's Wife" was based on the diaries of Antonina Zhabinskaya. For an unprecedented feat and self-sacrifice after the end of the war, the couple were awarded the Israeli title of Righteous Among the Nations.

Rating of the picture according to the popularity of the Internet resource "KinoPoisk" - 7, 01.