Life scenarios. Seven movies about love based on real events

7. "Sid and Nancy"

• 1986
• Great Britain
• Drama, music, biography, melodrama
• Director: Alex Cox
• Starring: Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, David Heyman, Debbie Bishop, Andrew Schofield
• IMDb Rating: 7.0

The turbulent 70s. Punk culture is in its heyday and the musical group "Sex Pistols" are at the peak of their popularity. Bassist Sid Vicious (Gary Oldman) meets drug addict Nancy Spungen (Chloe Webb), who dreams of sleeping with all the members of the punk band. The musician falls in love with the girl, but Nancy's heavy craving for heroin drags Sid down with her.

The movie is based on real events that happened to the performer Sid Vicious and his lover Nancy, as well as the history of the "Sex Pistols". The movie includes several recordings of concert performances of the musicians.

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6. "Loving"

• 2016
• UK, USA
• Drama, melodrama, biography
• Director: Jeff Nichols
• Starring: Ruth Negga, Joel Edgerton, Nick Kroll, Terry Abney, Christopher Mann
• IMDb Rating: 7.0

1958, Virginia. Mixed marriages are illegal by law, but Richard (Joel Edgerton) and Mildred (Ruth Negga) go against the rules and marry in another state. Soon the couple is arrested and sentenced to prison for breaking the law. To avoid prison, the couple are offered to leave the state, but Richard and Mildred refuse and begin to fight for their rights.

The drama is based on real events and tells about the Loving couple who fought for their interracial marriage. They were actually arrested and sentenced to exile from Virginia, but after 9 years they managed to get their marriage recognized as legal. The movie was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Actress (Ruth Negga).

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5. "Dirty Dancing"  

• 1987
• USA
• Drama, melodrama, music
• Director: Emile Ardolino
• Starring: Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes, Jack Weston
• IMDb Rating: 7.0

17-year-old Frances Houseman (Jennifer Grey) travels with her family to a summer resort in the Catskills where she meets Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze), a professional dancer. Plunged into the world of forbidden pleasures, Frances literally becomes sick of dancing, which soon becomes the cause of a scandal with her conservative parents.

Screenwriter Eleanor Bergstein wrote a story about her own youth. She was also vacationing with her parents at a summer resort in the Catskills. While on vacation, Bergstine earned the nickname Baby and participated in local "dirty dancing" competitions.

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4. "Out of Africa"

• 1985
• USA
• Great Britain
• Drama, melodrama, biography
• Director: Sydney Pollack
• Starring: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen, Malik Bowens
• IMDb Rating: 7.1

Karen (Meryl Streep), a Danish woman, moves to Kenya with her entrepreneur husband to grow coffee. There the woman meets a local hunter Dennis (Robert Redford) and realizes that it is next to him that she feels safe. This simple and open man gradually captures her heart. Karen could not have imagined that she would meet in distant Kenya the greatest love of her life.

"Out of Africa" is an autobiography of Danish writer Karen Blixen. The film was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and won in seven categories, including three major ones: Best Film, Best Director (Sydney Pollack), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Kurt Luedtke).

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3. "Boys Don't Cry" 

• 1999
• USA
• Biography, Drama, Melodrama, Crime
• Director: Kimberly Peirce
• Starring: Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton III, Alicia Goranson
• IMDb Rating: 7.5

Brandon Tina (Hilary Swank) considers herself a man, even though she was recorded as a girl at birth. When Brandon turns 20, he forges documents, thus formally changing his gender from female to male, and moves to a small Nebraska town where he starts his life from scratch. There he meets a local beauty Lana Tisdel (Chloë Sevigny). The couple falls in love with each other, but the girl has yet to learn the main secret of Brandon.

"Boys Don't Cry" filmed based on real events that unfolded in 1993 in Nebraska. The performer of the main role Hilary Swank was awarded several film awards: Oscar, Golden Globe, and Independent Spirit award. Chloë Sevigny also received an Oscar nomination for her supporting role.

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2. "Walk the Line"

• 2005
• Germany, USA
• Biography, drama, melodrama, music
• Director: James Mangold
• Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick, Dallas Roberts
• IMDb Rating: 7.8

Country music star Johnny Cash's (Joaquin Phoenix) path to fame began tragically. His brother died, and his family disapproved of Johnny's aspirations to become a musician. He went into the military and served in Germany after the war ended. Upon returning, he got married, but the marriage was not a happy one for him. After the success of his music album, Johnny does decide to leave his wife for a woman he truly loves, June (Reese Witherspoon).

The real Johnny Cash and June Carter personally cast the actors for the lead roles. The movie won Best Picture at the Golden Globes and Reese Witherspoon won an Oscar, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award, and BAFTA for her role as June Carter.

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1. "A Beautiful Mind"

• 2001
• USA
• Melodrama, drama, biography
• Director: Ron Howard
• Starring: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, Paul Bettany
• IMDb Rating: 8.2

John Forbes Nash Jr. (Russell Crowe), a promising student, goes to Princeton to study science. After receiving his degree, he teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he meets a beautiful student, Alicia (Jennifer Connelly), who later becomes his wife. One day Nash is invited to work for the CIA, where the professor must decipher the messages of Russian special agents and thus serve for the good of U.S. security. But only the tasks become more and more strange, and Nash himself can no longer ignore the questions of his wife.

The basis of the movie was a real biography of prominent mathematician Dr. John Nash, who in 1994 won the Nobel Prize in Economics. With a budget of $58 million, the film grossed more than $170 million in US theaters alone. The film won four Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Connelly).

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