is the perfect storm movie based on a true story
A ship similar to Andrea Gail, Lady Grace, was used during the filming of the movie. Most of the names used were not changed for the fictional film, but in response two lawsuits were later filed by certain families of the crew members. The film only claims to be ``based on a true story'', and differs in many ways from the book starting with the fictionalization of the material into a ``story''. The events shown in the film after the Andrea Gail's last radio contact are pure speculation, as the boat and the bodies of the crew were never found.
The Perfect Storm (film)