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Aravaan (Tamil: அரவான்) (2012) – Indian Tamil-language epic historical film based on the history of Madurai from 1310 to 1910 [12] Argo (2012) – historical thriller film based on the " Canadian Caper ", in which Tony Mendez led the rescue of six U.S. diplomats from Tehran , Iran , under the guise of filming a science-fiction ...
11.6 (2013) – French biographical drama film depicting the real-life story of criminal Toni Musulin, who pulls off one of the largest heists in France's history without the aid of firearms [1] 12 Years a Slave (2013) – biographical drama film based on Solomon Northup , a New York State-born free negro who was deceived and kidnapped in ...
List of films set in ancient Greece; List of films set in ancient Egypt; List of war films and TV specials; List of English Civil War films; List of films about the American Revolution; List of films set during the French Revolution and French Revolutionary Wars; List of Napoleonic Wars films; List of films and television shows about the ...
0–9. List of 2000 films based on actual events; List of 2001 films based on actual events; List of 2002 films based on actual events; List of 2003 films based on actual events
The Eagle (2011) – British-American epic historical drama film based on the Ninth Spanish Legion's supposed disappearance in Britain [33] The Fields (2011) – thriller film loosely based on the life of screenwriter Harrison Smith as a boy growing up on a grandparents' farm on the outskirts of Easton, Pennsylvania [34]
3 Mile Limit (2014) – New Zealand drama film based on the rise of Radio Hauraki [1]; 23 Blast (2014) – sports drama film inspired by the story of Travis Freeman, a Kentucky teen who loses his sight, but eventually overcomes the challenges of his disability, and continues to live his dream of playing football [2]
The Round Up (French: La Rafle) (2010) – French historical war drama film based on the true story of a young Jewish boy, the film depicts the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv), the mass arrest of Jews by French police who were accomplices of Nazi Germans in Paris in July 1942 [117]
21 (2008) – heist drama film inspired by the story of the MIT Blackjack Team as told in Bringing Down the House, the best-selling 2003 book by Ben Mezrich [1]; 120 (2008) – Turkish war drama film based on the true story of 120 children who died in 1915 carrying ammunition for the Battle of Sarikamish against the Russians during World War I [2]