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Top 10 Romantic Movies Based on True Stories

7. Boys Don’t Cry

Boys Don’t Cry 1999

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The 1999 movie starring Hilary Swank and Chloe Sevigny is about a transgender man who attempts to find himself and love in Nebraska. He befriends Lana Tisdel who was unaware of his biological sex and gets involved romantically with her. When he was placed in a women’s prison, ex-con John Lotter and Tom Nissen gang rape him and beat him to death.

The tragic movie is based on the life of Brandon Teena, who was murdered in 1993 in a hate crime.

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