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This is an index of articles that features lists of films based on real-life events. As new entries are produced, they should be included to ensure the list remains current and complete. List of films based on actual events (before 1940)
29th Street (1991) – comedy drama film based on the true-life story of actor Frank Pesce, who won the first New York State Lottery in 1976 [84]; A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story (1991) – biographical drama television film recounting the life of Ricky Bell, a Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back sickened with dermatomyositis, and Ryan Blankenship, a physically impaired child [85]
The Tunnel (German: Der Tunnel) (2001) – German drama television film based on true events in Berlin following the closing of the East German border in August 1961 and the subsequent construction of the Berlin Wall [100] Uprising (2001) – war drama television film about the Warsaw Ghetto uprising during the Holocaust [101]
This is a list of films and miniseries that are based on actual events. All films on this list are from American production unless indicated otherwise.. True story films [1] gained popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with the production of films based on actual events that first aired on CBS, ABC, and NBC.
The Clearing (2004) – thriller drama film loosely based on the real life kidnapping of Gerrit Jan Heijn that took place in the Netherlands in 1987 [30] Clouds After Cloud (Bengali: মেঘের পরে মেঘ) (2004) – Bangladeshi historical war film based on the events of the Bangladesh Liberation War [31]
Gold Is Where You Find It (1938) – Western historical film set 30 years after the first California Gold Rush, when hydraulic mining sends floods of muddy sludge into the Sacramento Valley, destroying crops and homes, based on true events [424] The Great Waltz (1938) – biographical film loosely based on the life of Johann Strauss II [425]
5 Fingers (1952) – film noir spy film based on the true story of Albanian-born Elyesa Bazna, a spy with the code name of Cicero who worked for the Nazis in 1943–44 while he was employed as valet to the British ambassador to Turkey, Sir Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen [67]
Men of Honor (2000) – drama film based on Master Chief Petty Officer Carl Brashear the first African-American Master Diver of the U.S. Navy [77] Mermaid (2000) – drama television film based on the real-life story of Desiree Leanne Gill as she learns to accept her father's death [78]