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Top Classic True Story (based on) Movies

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RankTitleCastBuy
1 . Bye Bye Birdie (1963)Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margret , Maureen Stapleton score
2 . Anatomy of a Murder (1959)James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell score
3 . On the Waterfront (1954)Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger score
4 . Ace in the Hole (1951)Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, Porter Hall score
5 . The General (1926)Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Frank Hagney score
6 . Calamity Jane (1953)Doris Day, Howard Keel, Philip Carey, Dick Wesson score
7 . Boys Town (1938)Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull, Leslie Fenton score
8 . Anastasia (1956)Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes, Akim Tamiroff score
9 . Annie Get Your Gun (1950)Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern, J. Carrol Naish score
10 . The Public Enemy (1931)James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell score
11 . The Great Race (1965)Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk score
12 . The King and I (1956)Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Rita Moreno, Martin Benson score
13 . Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Herbert Mundin score
14 . The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)Fredric March, Alexis Smith, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale Sr. score
15 . Above and Beyond (1952)Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, James Whitmore, Larry Keating score
16 . The Night of the Hunter (1955)Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason score
17 . Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich score
18 . Abandon Ship (1957)Tyrone Power, Mai Zetterling, Lloyd Nolan, Stephen Boyd score
19 . Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Neville Brand score
20 . Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda, Van Johnson, Tom Bosley score
21 . Boomerang (1947)Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Cara Williams score
22 . Johnny Belinda (1948)Jane Wyman, Lew Ayres, Charles Bickford, Agnes Moorehead score
23 . Broken Arrow (1950)James Stewart, Jeff Chandler, Debra Paget, Basil Ruysdael score
24 . My Sister Eileen (1942)Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne, George Tobias, Grant Mitchell score
25 . In Old Chicago (1937)Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Alice Brady score
26 . Written on the Wind (1956)Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone score
27 . Brigham Young (1940)Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Dean Jagger, Brian Donlevy score
28 . I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson, Preston Foster score
29 . The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)Gary Cooper, Basil Rathbone, George Barbier, Binnie Barnes score
30 . The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento, Harry Andrews score
31 . Hans Christian Andersen (1952)Danny Kaye, Farley Granger, Philip Tonge, John Qualen score
32 . The Toast of New York (1937)Edward Arnold, Cary Grant, Frances Farmer, Jack Oakie score
33 . For Me and My Gal (1942)Judy Garland, George Murphy, Gene Kelly, Ben Blue score
34 . Allegheny Uprising (1939)Claire Trevor, John Wayne, George Sanders, Brian Donlevy score
35 . Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Jo Van Fleet score
36 . Gentleman Jim (1942)Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Alan Hale Sr. score
37 . Beloved Infidel (1959)Gregory Peck, Deborah Kerr, Eddie Albert, Philip Ober score
38 . Queen Christina (1933)Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone score
39 . Buffalo Bill (1944)Joel McCrea, Maureen O'Hara, Linda Darnell, Thomas Mitchell score
40 . Three Little Words (1950)Fred Astaire, Red Skelton, Vera- Ellen, Arlene Dahl score
41 . Lilies of the Field (1963)Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Stanley Adams, Ralph Nelson score
42 . To Hell and Back (1955)Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, Gregg Palmer score
43 . Night and Day (1946)Cary Grant, Alexis Smith, Monty Woolley, Ginny Simms score
44 . The Benny Goodman Story (1956)Steve Allen, Donna Reed, Herbert Anderson, Jack Kruschen score
45 . A Man for All Seasons (1966)Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Robert Shaw score
46 . Shine On, Harvest Moon (1944)Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, S.Z. Sakall score
47 . Inherit the Wind (1960)Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York score
48 . He Walked by Night (1948)Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts, Whit Bissell score
49 . The Glenn Miller Story (1954)James Stewart, June Allyson, Harry Morgan, Charles Drake score
50 . Belle Starr (1941)Randolph Scott, Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Shepperd Strudwick score
51 . Words and Music (1948)June Allyson, Perry Como, Judy Garland, Lena Horne score
52 . The Three Faces of Eve (1957)Joanne Woodward, David Wayne, Lee J. Cobb, Nancy Kulp score
53 . Fighting 69th (1940)James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Jeffrey Lynn score
54 . The Dolly Sisters (1945)Betty Grable, John Payne, June Haver, S.Z. Sakall score
55 . The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)Lynn Bari, Akim Tamiroff, Francis Lederer, Alla Nazimova score
56 . Jesse James (1939)Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, Randolph Scott score
57 . Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)June Allyson, Lucille Bremer, Judy Garland, Kathryn Grayson score
58 . The Jolson Story (1946)Larry Parks, Evelyn Keyes, William Demarest, Ludwig Donath score
59 . The Emperor Waltz (1948)Bing Crosby, Joan Fontaine, Lucile Watson, Richard Haydn score
60 . I'll See You in My Dreams (1951)Doris Day, Danny Thomas, Frank Lovejoy, Patrice Wymore score
61 . Fort Apache (1948)John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Ward Bond score
62 . Moulin Rouge (1952)Jos? Ferrer, Colette Marchand, Mary Clare, Jill Bennett score
63 . Christopher Columbus (1949)Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Francis L. Sullivan, Linden Travers score
64 . The Great Waltz (1938)Luise Rainer, Miliza Korjus, Hugh Herbert, Lionel Atwill score
65 . Stars and Stripes Forever (1952)Clifton Webb, Debra Paget, Robert Wagner, Ruth Hussey score
66 . Love Me or Leave Me (1955)Doris Day, James Cagney, Robert Keith, Tom Tully score
67 . Seven Angry Men (1955)Raymond Massey, Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter, James Best score
68 . The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, Shelley Winters, Richard Beymer score
69 . The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)James Stewart, Murray Hamilton, Paul Birch, Paul Brinegar score
70 . Deep in My Heart (1954)Jos? Ferrer, Merle Oberon, Walter Pidgeon, Paul Henreid score
71 . Wake Island (1942)Brian Donlevy, Macdonald Carey, Robert Preston, William Bendix score
72 . A Man Called Peter (1955)Richard Todd, Jean Peters, Marjorie Rambeau, Jill Esmond score
73 . Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)James Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer, Marjorie Rambeau score
74 . Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)Edward G. Robinson, Francis Lederer, George Sanders, Paul Lukas score
75 . The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, William Lundigan, Sara Allgood score
76 . The V.I.P.s (1963)Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Louis Jourdan, Elsa Martinelli score
77 . Daniel Boone (1936)George O'Brien, Heather Angel, John Carradine, Clarence Muse score
78 . The Spoilers (1942)Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne, Margaret Lindsay score
79 . The Babe Ruth Story (1948)William Bendix, Claire Trevor, Charles Bickford, Sam Levene score
80 . Star! (1968)Julie Andrews, Richard Crenna, Daniel Massey, Robert Reed score
81 . Lillian Russell (1940)Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Henry Fonda, Edward Arnold score
82 . With a Song in My Heart (1952)Susan Hayward, Rory Calhoun, David Wayne, Thelma Ritter score
83 . The Magnificent Yankee (1950)Louis Calhern, Ann Harding, Philip Ober, Ian Wolfe score
84 . I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Eddie Albert, Jo Van Fleet score
85 . Young Man with a Horn (1950)Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Jerome Cowan score
86 . Beloved Enemy (1936)Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, Karen Morley, Henry Stephenson score
87 . The Far Horizons (1955)Fred MacMurray, Charlton Heston, Donna Reed, Barbara Hale score
88 . A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)James Cagney, Barbara Hale, Anne Francis, Warner Anderson score
89 . The Great Caruso (1951)Mario Lanza, Ann Blyth, Richard Hageman, Carl Benton Reid score
90 . Interrupted Melody (1955)Glenn Ford, Eleanor Parker, Roger Moore, Cecil Kellaway score
91 . Strauss' Great Waltz (1934)Esmond Knight, Jessie Matthews, Edmund Gwenn score
92 . Fury (1936)Sylvia Sidney, Spencer Tracy, Walter Abel, Bruce Cabot score
93 . American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)Tyrone Power, Tom Ewell, Jack Elam, Robert Barrat score
94 . Too Much, Too Soon (1958)Dorothy Malone, Errol Flynn, Murray Hamilton, Martin Milner score
95 . Song of Scheherazade (1947)Yvonne De Carlo, Brian Donlevy, Eve Arden, Phillip Reed score
96 . The Spoilers (1955)Anne Baxter, Jeff Chandler, Rory Calhoun, John McIntire score
97 . Pretty Boy Floyd (1960)Jason Evers, Peter Falk, Al Lewis score
98 . The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan score
99 . My Gal Sal (1942)Rita Hayworth, Victor Mature, Carole Landis, James Gleason score
100 . Swanee River (1940)Don Ameche, Andrea Leeds, Al Jolson, Felix Bressart score

This chart uses a weighted rating based on the average rating per film and the number of votes per film.