Based on a True Story
Anything that's based upon something/events that's happened.
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- DirectorStephen TolkinStarsCybill ShepherdSteve GuttenbergSandy Minh AbleyNancy Crampton-Brophy, who had a knack for writing about murder and wrote about tumultuous relationships, fantasies about killing or running from her husband, and faking her own death, was arrested in 2022 for murdering her husband.
- DirectorDanishka EsterhazyStarsNiamh WilsonJorja CadenceLuke HumphreyAn immigrant bride to a battered wife into an unlikely media sensation.
- DirectorJace AlexanderStarsTania RaymondeJesse Lee SofferLeah PipesBased on the disturbing murder trial that gripped the nation, this Lifetime Original Movie tells the story of a seductive, aspiring photographer found guilty of killing her former lover.
- DirectorRama RauStarsTricia BlackAdriano Sobretodo Jr.Lynn RaffertyA whole new side of infamous murderess Jodi Arias and how her story captivated the world for nearly a decade. A follow-up to one of Lifetime's most successful true-crime movies, "Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret" (2013).
- DirectorThora BirchStarsSkyler SamuelsEvan HallThora BirchFollows Gabby's tragic murder, centering on her complicated relationship with her fiancé Brian Laundrie and what might have gone wrong during their cross-country trip.
- DirectorMarta BorowskiStarsJaime KingMatt HamiltonJosh CollinsIn 2016 Sherri Papini went for a run and didn't come home. This Northern California missing-person case quickly became a national story--especially after she returned and her story about being abducted wasn't adding up.
- DirectorJohn L'EcuyerStarsJennifer GreyVincent WalshAlain GoulemGwen Shamblin, a charismatic with a curated image, became known with her Christian diet program "Weigh Down Workshop", and was accused of exploitation and emotional, psychological, and physical abuse by the church's alleged cult practices.
- DirectorRobert GreenwaldStarsFarrah FawcettPaul Le MatRichard MasurAn abused battered wife has had enough of her husband beating up on her. Everywhere she turns for help, there's not much anyone will do. After he rapes her one night, she sets the bed on fire with him in it asleep.
- DirectorSimone StockStarsKatie DouglasCara BuonoKristian BruunIt follows Kara Robinson as she survives an abduction and ultimately brings down a serial killer.
- DirectorMaritte Lee GoStarsChrishell StauseColin EgglesfieldLaura RamseyIt follows the crimes of serial wife-killer Randy Roth and the woman who ultimately brought him to justice.
- DirectorTed KotcheffStarsMatthew SettleCassidy RaeBarry FlatmanAbout a notorious Connecticut convicted rapist.
- DirectorArmand MastroianniStarsJaclyn SmithBrad JohnsonHilary SwankHooked on steroids and unable to control his bursts of sudden rage, a police officer keeps his wife under his thumb and routinely abuses her behind the closed doors of their house.
- DirectorJohn GrayStarsCheryl PollakDale MidkiffKirk BaltzAn aspiring model moves to New York City and meets a man during a photo shoot who helps her get an apartment in one of the buildings he manages. He then keeps hitting on her but she keeps rejecting him. Out of spite, he sends two men to assault her. She is left disfigured and is further traumatised when she has to fight justice for herself at the trial.
- DirectorWaris HusseinStarsPriscilla LopezTony PerezRobin ThomasA couple decides to birth another child as a bone-marrow donor to save their teenager from a terminal illness. When the public finds out about this, serious ethical questions about life and bodily autonomy arise.
- DirectorMichael SwitzerStarsRichard ThomasBrooke ShieldsViveka DavisA young beautiful computer technician starting off her career in Silicon Valley during the 1980s is stalked and harassed by a deranged colleague with a twisted obsession.
- DirectorAllan KroekerStarsRena SoferVictor GarberMaria RicossaKerry Ellison is sexually harassed at work. No matter how much she complains, the problem, Jack Gilcrest, is unstoppable. Kerry's only left option is court. Will she win?
- DirectorMichael M. ScottStarsAdam StorkeMaria PitilloBrad DourifTeresa Walden-Stamper is happily married to her husband Paul Stamper and together they have one daughter Katie Stamper. The marriage seems happy until Paul starts abusing Teresa and becomes obsessed with her. Teresa divorces Paul and gets a restraining order against him but this doesn't stop Paul and he kidnaps Teresa and shoots her boyfriend Chris Butler. Paul is later caught by the police and is taken to jail but later escapes from jail and Teresa knows that now she must protect herself and her daughter and that they're in real danger. Based on a story from Unsolved Mysteries.