10 Tubi Movies Based On True Stories

• IMDb rating: N/A
• Genre: Action and Drama
• Cast members: China Magee, Phil Kyzer, Andrew Gannum, Aaliyah Bolling and Charles Adams
• Duration: 2 hours and 16 minutes
• Where to watch: Tubi 

The movie A Body to Kill For is an action drama based on the book of the same title written by Qeiyona Ne'Cole. Not only that, she is also the director and the writer of the movie.

She wrote the book based on real-life incidents that happened to her.

The story details the life of China White, who had always been a protective sphere under her parents. But when she wanted to spread her wings, she fell in love with a handsome hunk, Shake.

But the handsome hunk was just a facade to lure the unknown and innocent girls into his trap. Once his dark secrets are exposed, her innocence which her parents always protected, bursts like a bubble. 

She is betrayed by her lover Shake, but that will not be her only betrayal as she will be heartbroken by countless other people. Now, she is praying for her body, mind and soul not to be forgone in the dark side of the city. 

• IMDb rating: 5.2/10
• Genre: Biography and Drama
• Cast members: Brenda Hawkins Bailey, Jay Dent, Michele George, Tamara Givens and Maria McCormick
• Duration: 1 hour and 45 minutes
• Where to watch: Tubi, Amazon Video, Prime Video and Apple TV

Still Got Joy is a biographial movie of Dr. Shonda Reynolds Christian. The movie depicts her struggle in her drug-addicted days when she wanted drugs to survive. 

According to Boro Pulse, in her early teens days, she is shown to have been addicted to smoking weed and cocaine together. 

But the more she got addicted to drugs, the more she couldn't control her life as it spiraled out of her hand. She began to lose all her respect for herself.

She lost the respect of the people surrounding her and had lost any desire to do anything. But when all hope was lost, she remembered her coach's words from years back. After that, she went to rehab and she totally reformed herself. 

• IMDb rating: 6.9/10
• Genre: Thriller 
• Cast members: Tammin Sursok, Monroe Cline, Kaylan Montgomery, Aliyah J. Vasquez and John Paul Kakos
• Duration: 1 hour and 35 minutes
• Where to watch: Tubi, Amazon Video and Prime Video

Blood, Sweat and Cheers is a Tubi original comedy thriller movie loosely based on a true story in Wisconsin. The movie shows the mother posing as her daughter to get the dance opportunity. 

Though the movie depicts real-life events, not all the details that happened in the movie are true. According to Tv Tropes, the story is of a mother from Wisconsin who poses as her daughter and enrolls in a local high school. 

While going to school, she even tried for the cheer squad. But she was caught later on because she stopped attending school after the first week. She was evicted with identity theft and fraud.

• IMDb rating: 6.1/10
• Genre: Drama and Thriller 
• Cast members: Shad Moss, Chyna Layne, Curtis Hamilton, Michael Arnold and Tamara Austin
• Duration: 1 hour and 21 minutes
• Where to watch: Tubi, Philo and PlexTv

In Broad Daylight is based on the story where Jordan Boudreaux suffered from her boyfriend. The story of Jordan showing her abduction by her ex-boyfriend is true. 

The movie shows Jordan surrounded by her friends and family. Steve was also a charismatic-looking guy, and his smile would make girls easily fall in love with him. 

The pair met each other at a party in Jordan's family home. There Steve took an interest in Jordan, and he began to court her, which was filled with bliss.

Jordan, too blinded by his charm, gave in and decided to date him. 

Their relationship reached the point of them moving in together. Though he was jealous and obsessive, the issue intensified when she became pregnant. 

He made her quit her job and kept her from family and friends. As it was enough for Jordan, she tries to escape from Steve with her cousin's help but was unsuccessful. Later Steve simply kidnaps Jordan. 

• IMDb rating: 6.9/10
• Genre: Drama and Thriller 
• Cast members: Niatia 'Lil Mama' Kirkland, Lance Gross, Tami Romand, Walter Fauntleroy, Karon Riley 
• Duration: 1 hour and 23 minutes
• Where to watch: Tubi, Plex TV, Philo, Prime Video and Apple TV

The movie When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story is a real event story that happened in 2002. Though there are variations in the movie from the real event, the story is not much different than the incident. 

Falicia was a young girl from Florida who was neglected by her parents. So, to earn some extra cash, she made a fake id and started working at an exotic dance club.

She dropped out of her school when she was able to make enough for her. 

One thing led to another, and she was pregnant while working. She gave birth to a girl in the movie.

While working in the club, she meets Big Dino, who exploits her physically and emotionally.

Later she kills three men in the movie, though, in real life, Falicia had only committed two murders along with her accomplice Ameshia Ervin. 

• IMDb rating: 5.2/10
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery and Thriller 
• Cast members: Mena Suvari, Karla Mosley, Tommi Rose, Grace Patterson and Hannah Hueston
• Duration: 1 hour and 27 minutes
• Where to watch: Tubi and Amazon Video

The movie Deadly Cheer Mom is based on a true event that happened in the state of Pennsylvania. Though the event of the movie doesn't match entirely with the actual event, there are many similarities. 

The movie follows the story of Beth Hartford who is the star cheerleader of Bridgebay High School. And she is very good at it but there is tough competition.

Beth was allowed to be the cheerleader captain, which in itself is good but coincidently, her mother is the coach of the cheerleaders group. And many people are grumbling about this issue. 

While she is competing for a scholarship at the university, a video goes viral of Beth drinking tequila and dissing her teammates on her social media using a deep fake video.  

But trying to prove that the video is fake, she gets accused of a murder that she has no idea about. Will she be able to save herself from this predicament? 

• IMDb rating: 3.8/10
• Genre: Horror and Thriller 
• Cast members: Marcus Jean Pirae, Lucey Cofran, Paula Marcenaro Solinger, Rachel Alig and Larry Wade Carrell
• Duration: 1 hour and 42 minutes
• Where to watch: Tubi, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max and Filmzie

The movie Girl Next is loosely based on true events.

Though the movie is not accurately the depiction of a true story, it takes the inspiration of torture techniques from the real-life incident of the CIA project of MK-Ultra. 

The project was run by the CIA from 1953 to 1973, where they used various mind control techniques and various psychological torment to brainwash them brutally. The movie has a similar story. 

Lorian is just going to her daily work when she is kidnapped by unknown individuals. When she wakes up, she is in a countryside manor of two cruel people. 

They use mind control techniques and hallucinogenic drugs to transform people into docile with nary distinct personalities called Sofia Dolls. 

• IMDb rating: 6.9/10
• Genre: Drama 
• Cast members: Nicole Beharie, Tim Blake Nelson, Will Patton, Michael O'Keefe and Xzibit
• Duration: 1 hour and 43 minutes
• Where to watch: Tubi, Amazon Prime Videos, Vudu, Plex TV and Apple TV

American Violet is an American drama movie inspired by the story of a victim of Texas police drug enforcement tactics that occurred in 2000.

It is based on core story is from the civil rights lawsuit Regina Kelly v. John Paschall. 

The movie follows the story of a young mother named Dee Roberts in the midst of 2000. Dee is a single mother of four children living in a town while working in a local diner. 

But one day, the district attorney comes to the diner where she was working. There he leads a group in the diner, takes her under custody, and also sweeps her house during the process. 

Dee is dumped in the women's county prison under the charge of drug dealing, which she had never come close to.

Even without any prior records and no evidence collected, she was given the choice to plead guilty and go home as a convicted fellow or rot in prison and fight the case. 

• IMDb rating: 5.3/10
• Genre: Crime, Drama and Thriller
• Cast members: Nicholle Tom, Adam Mayfield, Lauren LaStrada, Markell Williams and Albert William Bach
• Duration: 1 hour and 43 minutes
• Where to watch: Tubi, Amazon Videos, Plex TV and DirecTV

The movie Prisoner of Love is a story inspired by a true story that occurred between a corrections officer and an inmate who fall in love.

In the movie, Vicky White is working at the Lauderdale County Jail. Vicky has been madly in love with Casey White, who is an inmate of the jail. 

When the pair were planning to make their escape in 2020, the judge who was supposed to be at the court hearing decided to take a break. This led them to postpone their plan and wait for two more years. 

After the pair escaped from the jail, there was a nationwide manhunt. After 11 days of searching and manhunt, the pair were caught in a car chase, which led to an accident.

Not wanting to be taken to jail, Casey took her own life and Casey was captured again. 

• IMDb rating: 4.8/10
• Genre: Drama
• Cast members: Hayden Christensen, Kate Bosworth, Dwight Yoakam, Michael W. Smith and Hudson Meek
• Duration: 2 hours and 1 minute
• Where to watch: Tubi, Amazon Videos, Vudu, Netflix, Apple TV and DirecTV

90 Minutes in Heaven movie is based on the bestselling novel of the same name. The event behind the movie happened to the pastor who had passed away but came alive after 90 minutes from a comatose state. 

The movie follows the story of Don Piper, who is working as a pastor and is on his home from a church conference. The day was very rainy, and with a low visibility, a big truck ran over his car. 

The pastor was announced to have passed away due to his mangled state by the first rescue worker. The car and his body were covered in a tarp for the next 90 minutes. 

Through the same route, another pastor was also passing by. When he heard about the news, he went to rescue workers to let the pastor pray for the unfortunate soul.

But after a few moments in prayer, the deceased pastor's heart began to thump, and a miracle occured.