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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.
Real, The Movie: 2005 Documentary Explores history of Real Madrid, incorporating some fictional elements. The Game of Their Lives: 2005 Drama Based on USA's massive upset of England in the 1950 FIFA World Cup. Merry Christmas aka Joyeux Noël: 2005 Drama During World War I, soldiers put aside differences to play a game of soccer. Garpastum ...
Concussion (2015) – biographical sports drama film based on the true story of Dr. Bennet Omalu, a forensic pathologist who fights against the National Football League trying to suppress his research on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) brain degeneration suffered by professional football players [46]
This is a list of fictional sports teams, athletic groups that have been identified by name in works of fiction but do not really exist as such. Teams have been organized by the sport they participate in, followed by the media product they appear in. Specific television episodes are noted when available.
Touch of the Light (Chinese: 逆光飛翔) (2012) – Taiwanese drama film based on true events in the life of Taiwanese pianist Huang Yu-Siang [114] Tukaram (Marathi: तुकाराम ) (2012) – Indian Marathi-language biographical film on the life of Saint Tukaram , who was a 17th-century Varkari saint, spiritual poet and devotee of ...
Remember the Titans (2000) – biographical sport drama film based on the true story of coach Herman Boone and his attempt to integrate the T. C. Williams High School (now Alexandria City High School) football team in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1971 [100]
The 21st Lancers (Empress of India's) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1858 and amalgamated with the 17th Lancers in 1922 to form the 17th/21st Lancers. Perhaps its most famous engagement was the Battle of Omdurman , where Winston Churchill (then an officer of the 4th Hussars ), rode with the unit.
Based on a true story about a Virginia high school coach, starring Denzel Washington. The Replacements: 2000 Comedy Keanu Reeves in a fictional story about replacement players on a pro team during a league strike, loosely based on the 1987 National Football League strike which resulted in team's using replacement players. Brian's Song: 2001 Drama