In no particular order.

Antwan Fisher
The Messenger
The Killing Fields
Basquiat
Awakenings
Malcolm X
Open Water
The Doors
Before Night Falls
Hotel Rwanda

Malcolm X is above the rest for me. From what I remember Spike Lee was historically accurate in his portrayal of the civil rights leader. And beyond that it's an extremely gripping story.

I think it might be a more interesting thread if you were to narrow the focus a bit. Otherwise, I think many of the contributions are going to be biopic heavy. I think it might be more interesting to ask that overt biopics be excluded. I'll offer a few.

The Right Stuff - One of my favorites.
The Killing Fields
Chariots of Fire
Blackhawk Down
Schindler's List - I know this borders on overt biopic.
Thirteen Days
Shattered Glass
Seabiscuit - I'm kind of a sucker for horses.
Glory

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1. Touching The Void (2004).
2. Excaliber (1981).
3. Lawrence of Arabia (1962).
4. Schindler's List (1993).
5. The Aviator (2004).
6. The Hours (2003).
7. Alexander (2004).
8. Passion of the Christ (2004).
9. The Sound of Music (1965).
10. Ghandi (1982).
11. Amadeus (1984).
12. The Last Emperor (1987).
13. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988).
14. Frida (2002).
15. Fly Away Home (1996).
16. Seabiscuit (2003).
17. Evita (1996).
18. The Sound of Music (1965).
19. The Killing Fields (1984).
20. Chariots of Fire (1982).

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Originally posted by tabuno:
1. Touching The Void (2004).

Good choice.

How about Adaptation? lol

What about Casino and Goodfellas?

I enjoyed "Backbeat", the story of the Beatles in Liverpool and Hamburg, before Ringo and fame. The movie focused on Lennon's love of Sutcliff. We were allowed to see the complexity of John Lennon as an idealistic young man. We were also introduced to the great losses that shaped Lennon's view of life, and thus his music.

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Originally posted by Rev. Rikard:
I enjoyed "Backbeat", the story of the Beatles in Liverpool and Hamburg, before Ringo and fame. The movie focused on Lennon's love of Sutcliff. We were allowed to see the complexity of John Lennon as an idealistic young man. We were also introduced to the great losses that shaped Lennon's view of life, and thus his music.

I kind of liked "Backbeat" too. It was more focused on Stu Sutcliffe (the Beatles original bassist) and the time before his death. I liked how the whole film took place in a relatively short period of time unlike most biopics, which always try to span decades.

My favorite real story movie is Miracle.

From what I've read, Kurt Russell's portrayal of coach Herb Brooks was dead on, right down to the way he wrote names on his lineups.

Other notables in no particular order:
The Doors
Miracle
All the Right Stuff
Amadeus
Friday Night Lights
Chariots of Fire
Schindler's List
Ghandi
The Passion of Christ
The Killing Fields
In Cold Blood
Capote
Malcolm X
Ali

"Lorenzo's Oil". I found the movie to be pretty bland, but I thought that it was pretty cool that that really did happen.