Incredible Crime Movies That Were Based On True Events

Alpha Dog (2006)

Alpha Dog was directed by Nick Cassavetes and released as a crime film drama in 2006. The film features actors such as Bruce Willis, Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, Olivia Wilde and is based on the true story of the kidnapping and murder of Nicholas Markowitz in 2000. Although the names have been changed, the story focuses on a gang that kidnaps a small-time drug dealer’s younger step-brother as a ransom for a $1,200 debt. Even though the younger brother has been kidnapped, he befriends the kidnappers and feels he has become part of the group until the end when the gang goes past the point of no return. They then drive him to a pre-dug grave where he is shot multiple times and killed.