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Movies Based On Real-Life Crimes That Deserve More Attention

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There’s no shortage of great movies that are pure fiction — whether they’re based on a book or a screenplay, everything that happens in them is a figment of the author’s imagination.

Then there’s the category of great movies that are rooted in something a little more real — and in many cases, the best inspiration for an engaging movie is a real-life crime story.

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These are some of the most underrated movies that are based on real crimes.

‘The Bling Ring’

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The story The Bling Ring is based on is detailed in a recent Netflix documentary, but the dramatized version takes basically all of its cues from the true story of a group of fame-obsessed teens who made a hobby of breaking into the homes of the rich and famous.

‘The Devil Strikes at Night’

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An old-timey movie about a handyman with a dark secret (the secret is that he likes to murder people) was inspired by Bruno Lüdke, a German man who is believed to have murdered more than 80 people — depending on who you ask .

‘Vengeance is Mine’

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IMDB | UK Film Studio Pictures

The plot of Vengeance is Mine , in which a Japanese serial killer kills five people over the span of two and a half months in the 1960s, directly mirrors the real story of Nishiguchi Akira , who was eventually apprehended.

‘The Informant!’

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IMDB | Warner Bros.

This goofy crime caper stars Matt Damon as whistleblower Mark Whitacre. Even though the movie is light in tone, it’s lifted entirely from the story of the real-life Mark Whitacre, who did indeed expose price fixing at various food companies.

‘Man on a Swing’

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IMDB | Jaffifilms Inc.

This film is all but forgotten today, but is well worth a re-watch. It’s based on William Clark’s book, The Girl on the Volkswagen Floor , which delves into the unsolved murder of an Ohio woman who was found on, well, the floor of a Volkswagen.

‘The Sugarland Express’

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IMDB | Universal Pictures

Stephen Spielberg cut his teeth on the 1974 murder drama The Sugarland Express . The plot is inspired by the story of a Texas criminal, Bobby Dent, and his wife Ila Fae, who went on a crime spree back in 1969.

‘Memories of Murder’

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IMDB | Sidus

Director Bong Joon-ho is a household name these days, but one of his earlier films, Memories of Murder , flies under the radar. The plot centers around the pursuit of a serial killer, and was based on a killer who murdered at least ten women in South Korea in the late ’80s and early ’90s.

‘The Cat’s Meow’

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IMDB | Lions Gate Films

The Cat’s Meow harkens back to the early 20th century and concerns an old-timey murder mystery/cover-up. It’s based around the true story of a mysterious death — that could well have been murder — that occurred after hanging out on newspaper baron William Randolph Hearst’s yacht.

‘The Bank Job’

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IMDB | Mosaic

Jason Statham stars in this crime heist which is based on one of Great Britain’s most famous crimes: the walkie-talkie bank job . Even though the bank robbers were overheard on the radio as they planned their heist, they were still able to make off with more than half a million pounds.

‘Summer of Sam’

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IMDB | Touchstone Pictures

It should come as no surprise that Spike Lee’s Summer of Sam is based on the real-life Son of Sam serial killer who stalked New York in the late ’70s. David Berkowitz was eventually apprehended for the six murders he committed over a year-long murder spree.

‘The Snowtown Murders’

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IMDB | Carver Films

This film delves into the psychology of killers, anchored by the story of a man mentors a teenager into becoming a murderer. It’s inspired by the story of John Bunting, who recruited his girlfriend’s teenage son, Jamie Vlassakis, into committing violent crimes .

‘The Honeymoon Killers’

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IMDB | Roxanne

The Honeymoon Killers centers around a woman who’s seduced by a sadistic psychopath. It’s based on the true story of Martha Beck and Ray Fernandez, who pulled off a series of cons that eventually escalated to a double murder.

‘Bernie’

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IMDB | Mandalay Vision

Jack Black stars in this dark comedy about a mortician who befriends an elderly widow, only to get pushed too far and strike back against her. It’s based , almost beat for beat, on the true story of Bernie Tiede, who did time for his crime.

‘Changeling’

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IMDB | Imagine Entertainment

The story of a mom who’s reunited with her missing son, only to find out that he isn’t actually her son, sounds too far-fetched to be true. But incredibly, that’s exactly what happened to a mother in the 1920s after her son was murdered by a serial killer.

‘Rosewood’

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IMDB | Warner Bros.

John Singleton’s Rosewood tells the story of racism in 1920s Florida. The real story that it’s based on isn’t too different from the movie’s plot, as a lynch mob did carry out attacks on a Black community in Rosewood, Florida after a woman said she was beaten.

‘A Cry in the Dark’

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IMDB | Cannon Entertainment

You’ve probably heard the line, “The dingo’s got my baby!” or “The dingo ate my baby!”, but it actually comes from a heartbreaking case in which a baby was taken and eaten by dingoes — and the baby’s parents were not initially believed. This Meryl Streep film is based on the case.

‘The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith’

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IMDB | The Film House

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith centers around the true story of Jimmy Governor, a man born in Australia to a white father and an aboriginal mother. Although a few details have been changed, the story’s themes of racism in early 20th century Australia — and Jimmie’s brutal revenge — still ring true.

‘Bully’

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IMDB | StudioCanal

Bully concerns the story of a real-world murder in which a group of teenagers came up with a scheme to murder a bully who’d been making their lives difficult. They did commit the murder , but didn’t get away with it — and the resulting media coverage made the case quite famous.

‘Heavenly Creatures’

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IMDB | WingNut Films

This forgotten mid-’90s gem features Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey as two friends who eventually wind up committing murder. It’s based on a 1954 case in which two adolescents got a little too close to each other and killed someone.

‘Zodiac’

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IMDB | Paramount Pictures

We’ll conclude this list with a more well-known movie that still flew somewhat under the radar on its release. One of the things that makes Zodiac so compelling is the fact that the mystery it’s based on — that of the Zodiac Killer — remains unsolved to this day.

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