True-story movies on HBO Max right now
Movies based on true stories, streaming on HBO Max tonight. Picked by mood from Rex’s catalog and checked against HBO Max every day.
Updated October 13, 2026. Availability via JustWatch.
- Amy Movie · 2015 · Asif Kapadia
- All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Movie · 2022 · Laura Poitras
- Hoop Dreams Movie · 1994 · Steve James
- Paris Is Burning Movie · 1990 · Jennie Livingston
- Navalny Movie · 2022 · Daniel Roher
- Buena Vista Social Club Movie · 1999 · Wim Wenders
- Going Clear Movie
- King in the Wilderness Movie · 2018
- Capturing the Friedmans Movie · 2003 · Andrew Jarecki
- Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills Movie · 1996
- The Times of Harvey Milk Movie · 1984
- 4 Little Girls Movie · 1997 · Spike Lee
- San Francisco 2.0 Movie · 2015 · Alexandra Pelosi
- Judy Movie · 2019 · Rupert Goold
- F for Fake Movie · 1973 · Orson Welles
- Basquiat Movie · 1996 · Julian Schnabel
- Bessie Movie · 2015
- Sing Sing Movie · 2024 · Greg Kwedar
- Reality Movie · 2023 · Tina Satter
- Selena Movie · 1997
- The Last Emperor Movie · 1987 · Bernardo Bertolucci
- The Smashing Machine Movie · 2025 · Benny Safdie
- Europa Europa Movie · 1990 · Agnieszka Holland
- Gia Movie · 1998 · Michael Cristofer
- Häxan Movie · 1922
- The Passion of Joan of Arc Movie · 1928
- American Made Movie · 2017 · Doug Liman
- This Is Spinal Tap Movie · 1984 · Rob Reiner
- Working Girls Movie · 1986 · Lizzie Borden
- Millennium Actress Movie · 2001
- Amarcord Movie · 1973
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