Best Based On True Story Movies & TV Series of the 1980s

3eyedraven's 55 top-rated based on true story movies and TV series of the 1980s — ordered by how strongly audiences rate them and how many actually voted, so the ranking reflects real consensus. Full details on each.

Dead Poets Society 1989 ★ 8.3
Amadeus 1984 ★ 8.0
The Elephant Man 1980 ★ 8.0
Mississippi Burning 1988 ★ 7.7
Gandhi 1982 ★ 7.6
The Last Emperor 1987 ★ 7.6
Stand and Deliver 1988 ★ 7.7
Hachiko 1987 ★ 7.8
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown 1989 ★ 7.5
Glory 1989 ★ 7.5
The Killing Fields 1984 ★ 7.5
The Seventh Continent 1989 ★ 7.5
The Right Stuff 1983 ★ 7.4
The Mission 1986 ★ 7.4
Lean On Me 1989 ★ 7.3
Missing 1982 ★ 7.3
Lion of the Desert 1981 ★ 7.3
Matewan 1987 ★ 7.4
Casualties of War 1989 ★ 7.2
Story of Women 1988 ★ 7.3
Kisapmata 1981 ★ 8.2
The Accused 1988 ★ 7.1
Brubaker 1980 ★ 7.1
Hoosiers 1986 ★ 7.0