List of 2020s films based on actual events

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.

2020[edit]

• 2 Hearts (2020) – romantic drama based on the true story of Leslie and Jorge Bacardi and Christopher Gregory^[1]
• 18 Presents (Italian: 18 regali) (2020) – Italian drama film based on an actual Italian woman, Elisa Girotto, who had planned and allocated 17 years of birthday gifts for her daughter Anna before her death in September 2017 due to a terminal breast cancer.^[2]
• AK-47 (Russian: Kalashnikov) (2020) – Russian biographical film about the experiences of Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of the AK-47 assault rifle^[3]
• Alex Wheatle (2020) – made-for-television historical drama film about Alex Wheatle, a Black British novelist who was sentenced to a term of imprisonment after the 1981 Brixton uprising^[4]
• All My Life (2020) – romantic drama film based on the true story of Solomon Chau and Jennifer Carter, a young couple that rushes to put their wedding together after Solomon is diagnosed with liver cancer^[5]
• Ammonite (2020) – British-Australian romantic drama film written and directed by Francis Lee. It is based on the life of English fossil collector, dealer, and palaeontologist Mary Anning^[6]
• BAC Nord (2020) – French crime drama film based on a scandal that took place in 2012 within the anti-crime brigade (BAC) of Marseille: eighteen of its members had been referred to correctional for drug trafficking and racketeering^[7]
• The Banker (2020) – drama film following Joe Morris and Bernard Garrett, two of the first African-American bankers in the United States who bought banks in Texas to give lending opportunities to blacks who aspired to own homes and start business, while Jim Crow laws made such ambitions nearly impossible in the Deep South in the 1950s^[8]
• Barbarians (German: Barbaren) (2020) – German historical war drama miniseries based on events during the Roman Empire's occupation of Germania, and the resulting rebellion of the Germanic tribes led by Arminius.^[9]
• Beans (2020) – Canadian drama film directed by Mohawk filmmaker Tracey Deer, telling the story of the Oka Crisis, which Deer experienced herself as a child, through the story of Tekehentahkhwa (nicknamed "Beans"), a young Mohawk girl whose perspective on life is radically changed by the events of the crisis^[10]
• Betrayer (2020) – Czech made-for-television historical drama film about Emanuel Moravec^[11]
• Beyond That Mountain (Korean:Jeo San Neo-meo) (2020) – South Korean biographical film about the childhood of Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, former Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Seoul^[12]
• The Big Hit (2020) – An actor past his prime gives drama lessons to prisoners in an attempt to stage "Waiting for Godot."
• Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story (2020) – biographical sports drama film depicting the story of Brooklyn-based streetball player Jack Ryan^[13]
• Capone (2020) – biographical film starring Tom Hardy as the notorious gangster Al Capone^[14]
• Caught in Time (Chinese: Chúbào) (2020) – Chinese crime film based on the robber and serial killer Zhang Jun^[15]
• Centigrade (2020) – survival thriller film based on the real-life case of Peter Skyllberg, a Swedish man who was pulled barely alive from his snow-covered car having survived on nothing but snow for two months in sub-zero temperatures^[16]
• The Champion (Polish: Mistrz) (2020) – Polish sports drama film about Tadeusz Pietrzykowski, a real-life Polish boxer who became famous for his nearly undefeated strings of victories in the Nazi concentration camps^[17]
• Charlatan (Czech: Šarlatán) (2020) – Czech-Polish-Irish-Slovak drama film based on the healer Jan Mikolášek (1889–1973), who cured hundreds of people using plant-based remedies^[18]
• Chhapaak (2020) – Indian Hindi-language drama film based on the life of Laxmi Agarwal^[19][20]
• The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel (2020) – biographical film about Gospel group The Clark Sisters^[21]
• Clouds (2020) – biographical romantic musical drama teen film based upon the memoir Fly a Little Higher: How God Answered a Mom's Small Prayer in a Big Way by Laura Sobiech about the life of Zach Sobiech, a teenager from Minnesota who had osteosarcoma and decided to follow his dream of becoming a musician, after finding out he is dying^[22]
• The Courier (2020) – historical spy film starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Greville Wynne, a British businessman who was recruited by the Secret Intelligence Service to deliver messages to secret agent Oleg Penkovsky during the Cuban Missile Crisis in the 1960s^[23][24]
• Critical Thinking (2020) – biographical drama film based on the true story of the 1998 Miami Jackson High School chess team^[25]
• Curveball (2020) – German political satire film based on true events leading up to the Iraq War of 2003.^[26]
• De Gaulle (2020) – French biographical historical drama film based on married couple, Charles de Gaulle and his wife Yvonne, during military and political collapse as the Battle of France rages^[27]
• Des (2020) – British drama miniseries based on the 1983 arrest of Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen after the discovery of human remains causing the blockage of a drain near his home^[28]
• Dream Horse (2020) – drama film about thoroughbred racehorse Dream Alliance who won the 2009 Welsh Grand National Race^[29]
• The Duke (2020) – British drama film based on the real-life theft of the Portrait of the Duke of Wellington^[30][31]
• The East (Dutch: De Oost) (2020) – Dutch war film set in the Dutch East Indies of 1946 during the Indonesian National Revolution^[32]
• Education (2020) – drama film based on real-life events of the 1970s, when some London councils followed an unofficial policy of transferring disproportionate numbers of black children from mainstream education to schools for the so-called "educationally subnormal"^[33]
• The Eight Hundred (Chinese: 八佰) (2020) – Chinese historical war drama film based on real life events: the defense of Sihang Warehouse in 1937 Shanghai by Chinese NRA troops during the Battle of Shanghai and the Second Sino-Japanese War^[34]
• Emperor (2020) – historical drama film based on the true story of Shields Green, an African American slave nicknamed "Emperor", who escaped to freedom and participated in abolitionist John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry^[35]
• The English Game (2020) – British historical sport drama miniseries about the origins of modern association football in England^[36]
• Escape from Pretoria (2020) – Australian biographical thriller film based on the real-life prison escape by three young political prisoners from jail in South Africa in 1979^[37][38]
• Fatima (2020) – faith-based drama film based on the 1917 Our Lady of Fátima events^[39]
• The Forgotten Battle (Dutch: De Slag om de Schelde) (2020) – Dutch World War II film depicting the Battle of the Scheldt in 1944^[40]
• Forgotten We'll Be (Spanish: El olvido que seremos) (2020) – Colombian drama film based on the true story of Héctor Abad Gómez, a Colombian university professor who challenges the country's establishment.^[41]
• Four Good Days (2020) – drama film based upon Eli Saslow's 2016 Washington Post article "How's Amanda? A Story of Truth, Lies and an American Addiction"^[42]
• Fukushima 50 (2020) – Japanese drama film based on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster which was caused by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami^[43]
• The Glorias (2020) – biographical film starring Julianne Moore as American activist and journalist Gloria Steinem^[44][45]
• Grant (2020) – Historical drama miniseries chronicling the life of Ulysses S. Grant, the eighteenth President of the United States.^[46]
• The Great (2020) – comedy miniseries loosely based on the rise of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia^[47]
• Greyhound (2020) – war film based on the 1955 novel The Good Shepherd by C. S. Forester^[48][49]
• Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl (2020) – Indian biographical drama film starring Janhvi Kapoor as Indian Air Force pilot Gunjan Saxena, one of the first Indian female air-force pilots in combat^[50]
• Hamilton – historical fiction musical drama film inspired by the 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow^[51]
• Havel (2020) – Czech historical film based on the life of dissident and former Czech president Václav Havel^[52]
• The Heist of the Century (Spanish: El robo del siglo) (2020) – Argentine comedy thriller based on a true story, the robbery of the Banco Río branch in the Buenos Aires town of Acassuso on January 13, 2006, which was attacked by a gang of six robbers armed with toy weapons^[53]
• Honour (2020) – British drama miniseries depicting the investigation into the real-life disappearance and murder of honour killing victim Banaz Mahmod^[54]
• I Carry You with Me (Spanish: Te Llevo Conmigo) (2020) – Mexican Spanish-language romantic-drama film based on the true story of an aspiring chef and a teacher and the societal pressures they faced^[55]
• I Still Believe (2020) – Christian biographical drama film based on the life of singer-songwriter Jeremy Camp and his first wife, Melissa Lynn Henning-Camp, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer shortly before they married^[56]
• I Was Lorena Bobbitt (2020) – biographical drama film about John and Lorena Bobbitt, a Virginia couple whose troubled marriage became international news in 1993 when Lorena cut off her husband's penis with a knife^[57]
• The Investigation (Danish: Efterforskningen) (2020) – Danish crime drama miniseries based on the investigation of the death of Kim Wall, a 30-year-old Swedish journalist^[58]
• Joe Bell (2020) – biographical drama road film following the true story of a father and his gay son who set out to bond while walking across the country^[59]
• Leap (2020) – Chinese biographical sports film based on the China women's national volleyball team's stories spread over more than 40 years^[60]
• The Liberator (2020) – adult animated war drama miniseries about World War II where maverick U.S. Army officer Felix Sparks and the 157th Infantry Regiment fought for over five hundred days alongside the Allied forces during the Italian campaign^[61]
• Lost Girls (2020) – drama mystery film based on the life of American activist and murder victim advocate Mari Gilbert, a woman tirelessly looking for her missing daughter Shannan, during her search, police found 10 other bodies across Long Island during the Long Island killings^[62]
• Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) – biographical drama film based on the 1982 play of the same name by August Wilson, focusing on Ma Rainey, an influential blues singer, and dramatises a turbulent recording session in 1920s Chicago^[63]
• The Man Standing Next (2020) – South Korean political drama film telling the story of the high-ranking officials of the Korean government and the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) during the presidency of Park Chung Hee 40 days before his assassination in 1979^[64]
• Mank (2020) – biographical drama film about screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz, and his battles with director Orson Welles over screenplay credit for Citizen Kane (1941)^[65]
• The Marijuana Conspiracy (2020) – Canadian drama film based on a group of young women in 1972, who have been confined to a hospital for 98 days and made to smoke marijuana daily as part of a medical research study into the effects of cannabis on women.^[66]
• Misbehaviour (2020) – British comedy drama about Jennifer Hosten, the first black competitor in the 1970 Miss World competition^[67]
• Minamata (2020) – biographical drama film starring Johnny Depp as W. Eugene Smith, an American photojournalist who documented the effects of mercury poisoning on the citizens of Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan^[68]
• Mrs. America (2020) – historical drama depicting the unsuccessful political movement to pass the Equal Rights Amendment and the unexpected backlash led by conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly in the 1970s^[69]
• My Left Nut (2020) – Northern Irish comedy-drama miniseries drawing heavily on Michael Patrick's own teenage years, following a 15-year old as he discovers a swelling on his left testicle^[70]
• The One and Only Ivan (2020) – fantasy drama film inspired by the true story of Ivan the gorilla^[71]
• One Night in Miami... (2020) – drama film depicting a fictionalized account of a real February 1964 meeting of Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke in a room at the Hampton House, celebrating Ali's surprise title win over Sonny Liston^[72]
• Operation Buffalo (2020) – Australian comedy-drama miniseries inspired by true events of British nuclear bomb tests in the 1950s at remote Maralinga, in outback South Australia, specifically the four tests codenamed Operation Buffalo^[73]
• Operation Christmas Drop (2020) – Christmas romantic comedy film loosely based on the real-life U.S. Air Force Operation Christmas Drop humanitarian mission^[74]
• The Outpost (2020) – war film based on the 2012 non-fiction book The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor by Jake Tapper^[75]
• Penguin Bloom (2020) – Australian/American drama film based on the book of the same name about the struggling Bloom family in the aftermath of an accident which left Sam Bloom with partial paralysis^[76]
• Percy (2020) – Canadian-American-Indian biographical drama film about 70-year-old small-town Saskatchewan farmer Percy Schmeiser, who takes on a giant corporation after their GMOs interfere with his crops^[77]
• Quiz (2020) – British crime drama miniseries focusing on Charles Ingram, a former army major in the Royal Engineers, and how he unexpectedly won the £1,000,000 jackpot on the quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in 2001, followed by a criminal trial in which he and his wife were convicted of cheating their way to success.^[78]
• Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020) – Bosnian film dramatizing the events of the Srebrenica massacre, during which Serbian troops sent Bosniak men and boys to death in July 1995 led by Serbian convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić^[79]
• Resistance (2020) – biographical drama film based on the life of French actor and mime artist Marcel Marceau^[80]
• Rise of Empires: Ottoman (2020) – Turkish historical drama miniseries based on the Ottoman Empire and Mehmed the Conqueror and tells the story of the Fall of Constantinople^[81]
• Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse (2020) – made-for-television drama film inspired by the true story of a six-year-old Roald Dahl meeting his idol Beatrix Potter^[82]
• Roe V. Wade (2020) – political legal drama film that serves as a dramatization of the 1973 landmark decision of the same name, rendered by the U.S. Supreme Court on the issue of the constitutionality of laws that criminalized or restricted access to abortions^[83]
• Rose Island (Italian: L'incredibile storia dell'Isola delle Rose) (2020) – Italian comedy-drama film based on the true story of engineer Giorgio Rosa and the Republic of Rose Island.^[84]
• Safety (2020) – biographical sports drama family film based on the story of Ray McElrathbey, a football player who battled family adversity to join the Clemson Tigers^[85]
• The Salisbury Poisonings (2020) – British biographical drama miniseries which portrays the 2018 Novichok poisonings and decontamination crisis in Salisbury, England, and the subsequent Amesbury poisonings^[86][87]
• Self Made (2020) – biographical drama based on the biography On Her Own Ground by A'Lelia Bundles^[88]
• Sergio (2020) – biographical drama film about United Nations diplomat Sérgio Vieira de Mallo^[89]
• Shakuntala Devi (2020) – Indian Hindi-language biographical drama film tracing the life of mathematician Shakuntala Devi, who was also known as the "human computer"
• Shirley (2020) – biographical drama film about novelist Shirley Jackson's life during the time period she was writing her 1951 novel Hangsaman^[90]
• Sitting in Limbo (2020) – made-for-television drama film about the Windrush scandal focusing on the real-life experiences of a Jamaican-born British man, Anthony Bryan, one of the victims of the UK Home Office hostile environment policy on immigration^[91]
• Son of the South (2020) – biographical historical drama film, based on Bob Zellner's autobiography, The Wrong Side of Murder Creek: A White Southerner in the Freedom Movement^[92]
• Stardust (2020) – British-Canadian biographical film about English singer-songwriter David Bowie and his alter-ego Ziggy Stardust^[93]
• Street Survivors: The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash (2020) – musical survival drama film about the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, whose plane crashed on 20 October 1977, killing three band members and the two pilots, while the tour plane ran out of fuel over Mississippi^[94]
• Suarez: The Healing Priest (2020) – Philippine biographical film depicting the life of Filipino priest and faith healer Fernando Suarez.^[95]
• Tanhaji (2020) – Indian Hindi-language biographical period action film set in the 17th century, and revolving around the life of Tanhaji Malusare, depicting his attempts to recapture the Kondhana fortress once it passes on to Mughal emperor Aurangzeb who transfers its control to his trusted guard Udaybhan Singh Rathore^[96]
• Tesla (2020) – biographical film about Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer and futurist Nikola Tesla^[97][98]
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) – crime drama film based on the story of the Chicago Seven, a group of seven defendants charged by the federal government with conspiracy, inciting to riot, and other charges related to anti-Vietnam War and countercultural protests that took place in Chicago, Illinois, on the occasion of the 1968 Democratic National Convention^[99]
• Tove (2020) – Finnish biographical film of Swedo-Finnish author and illustrator Tove Jansson^[100]
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) - An American historical legal drama film.The film follows the Chicago Seven, a group of anti–Vietnam War protesters charged with conspiracy and crossing state lines with the intention of inciting riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
• Washington (2020) – War drama miniseries chronicling the life of George Washington, the first President of the United States.^[101]
• White House Farm (2020) – British crime drama miniseries based on the real-life events that took place in August 1985^[102]
• The Windermere Children (2020) – biographical drama film based on the experience of child survivors of the Holocaust, it follows the children and staff of a camp set up on the Calgarth Estate in Troutbeck Bridge, near Lake Windermere, England, where the survivors were helped to rehabilitate, rebuild their lives, and integrate into the British society^[103]
• Worth (2020) – biographical film depicting depicts Kenneth Feinberg's handling of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund^[104]

2021[edit]

• 4 Kings (Thai: 4 KINGS อาชีวะ ยุค) (2021) – Thai drama-crime film based on actual events in Thai society about the issue of quarrels among teenage vocational students which injures unrelated persons as well^[105]
• 12 Mighty Orphans (2021) – sports film based upon the non fiction book Twelve Mighty Orphans: The Inspiring True Story of the Mighty Mites Who Ruled Texas Football by Jim Dent^[106]
• 83 (2021) – Indian Hindi-language sports drama film based on the India national cricket team led by Kapil Dev, which won the 1983 Cricket World Cup^[107]
• A Dog Named Palma (Russian: Пальма) (2021) – Russian children's drama film based on real events that took place in 1974–1976 at the Moscow's Vnukovo International Airport^[108]
• A Journal for Jordan (2021) – drama film based on the memoir A Journal for Jordan: A Story of Love and Honor by Dana Canedy^[109]
• A Very British Scandal (2021) – British historical-drama miniseries depicting the story of events surrounding the notorious divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll during the 1960s^[110]
• Aik Hai Nigaar (2021) – Pakistani made-for-television biographical drama film based on three-star general of Pakistan Army, Nigar Johar and centers on her life and career from 1975 (when Johar was young) to present time
• Aileen Wuornos: American Boogeywoman (2021) – horror thriller film based on the facts of the biography of serial killer Aileen Wuornos and supplemented with elements of fiction^[111]
• Aline (2021) – musical comedy-drama film depicting a fictionalized portrayal of the life of Céline Dion^[112]
• All Our Fears (Polish: Wszystkie nasze strachy) (2021) – Polish biographical film based on the catholic gay activist Daniel Rycharski^[113]
• American Underdog (2021) – biographical sports film about National Football League (NFL) quarterback Kurt Warner's journey as an undrafted player who ascended to winning Super Bowl XXXIV^[114]
• American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally (2021) – drama film based on the life of Mildred Gillars, an American singer and actor who during World War II broadcast Nazi propaganda to US troops and their families back home^[115]
• Amina (2021) – Nigerian biographical action film about the life of 16th century Zazzau empire warrior Queen Amina^[116]
• Animals (2021) – psychological thriller based on the 2012 murder of gay man Ihsane Jarfi in Liège. The murder was denounced as a hate crime and became the first case of homophobic violence recognized by law in Belgium^[117]
• Anita (Chinese: 梅艷芳) (2021) – Hong Kong biographical musical drama film about Cantopop star Anita Mui^[118]
• Anne Boleyn (2021) – British psychological thriller miniseries set in Anne's final five months prior to her execution by beheading for treason in 1536.^[119]
• Asakusa Kid (Japanese: 浅草キッド) (2021) – Japanese biographical drama film based on the apprenticeship of Takeshi Kitano by Senzaburo Fukami, and adapted from Kitano's 1988 memoir of the same name.^[120]
• The Auschwitz Report (Slovak: Správa) (2021) – Slovak biographical drama film based on the true story of Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler, two prisoners at the Auschwitz concentration camp who manage to escape with details about the camp's operation including a label from a canister of the pesticide Zyklon-B, used in the murders there^[121]
• Baggio: The Divine Ponytail (Italian: Il Divin Codino) (2021) – Italian biographical sports film based on real life events of Italian footballer Roberto Baggio^[122]
• Being the Ricardos (2021) – biographical drama film about the relationship between I Love Lucy stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz^[123]
• Benedetta (2021) – biographical drama film based on Benedetta Carlini, a novice nun in the 17th century who joins an Italian convent and has a lesbian love affair with another nun^[124]
• Benediction (2021) – historical drama biographical film about Siegfried Sassoon^[125]
• Bhuj: The Pride of India (2021) – Indian Hindi-language biographical film depicts the true story of Indian Air Force Squadron Leader Vijay Karnik — then in-charge of the Bhuj Air Force Base who, with the help of 300 local women, reconstructed the damaged landing strip in 72 hours^[126]
• The Big Bull (2021) – Indian Hindi-language financial thriller film based on stockbroker Harshad Mehta who was involved in financial crimes over a period of 10 years during 1980–1990.^[127]
• The Billion Dollar Code (2021) – German miniseries based on the true story of an artist and a hacker invented "ART+COM". Years later, they reunite to sue Google for patent infringement on it.^[128]
• Blue Miracle (2021) – drama film depicting a guardian and his kids partner with a washed-up boat captain for a chance to win a lucrative fishing competition in an attempt to save their orphanage^[129]
• Body Brokers (2021) – crime thriller film based on the true story of a recovering junkie soon learns that the rehab center is not about helping people, but a cover for a multi-billion-dollar fraud operation that enlists addicts to recruit other addicts^[130]
• Break Every Chain (2021) – Christian biographical drama film based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by Jonathan Hickory^[131]
• Charlotte (2021) – Canadian-Belgian-French animated biographical drama film about German painter Charlotte Salomon^[132]
• Chernobyl: Abyss (Russian: Чернобыль) (2021) – Russian disaster film about a firefighter who becomes a liquidator during the Chernobyl disaster^[133]
• Colin in Black & White (2021) – Biographical drama miniseries depicting a dramatization of the teenage years of athlete Colin Kaepernick and the experiences that led him to become an activist.^[134]
• The Colour Room (2021) – British biographical drama film based on the life of 1920s/30s ceramic artist Clarice Cliff^[135]
• Come from Away (2021) – biographical drama musical film which tells the true story of 7,000 airline passengers who were stranded in a small town in Newfoundland, where they were housed and welcomed, after the 9/11 terrorist attacks^[136]
• The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021) – supernatural horror film based on purportedly real-life reports that inspired The Amityville Horror story^[137]
• Creation Stories (2021) – biographical film about Alan McGee and Creation Records^[138]
• Death Saved My Life (2021) – made-for-television thriller film inspired on the story of Noela Rukundo^[139]
• Deceit (2021) – British crime drama, thriller miniseries based on the true story of a controversial undercover operation carried out by the Metropolitan Police in 1992 ^[140][141]
• The Dig (2021) – British drama film based on the 2007 novel of the same name by John Preston, which reimagines the events of the 1939 excavation of Sutton Hoo^[142]
• Dopesick (2021) – drama miniseries on "the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction" across the U.S.,^[143] on how individuals and families are affected by it, on the alleged conflicts of interest involving Purdue Pharma and various government agencies
• Edge of the World (2021) – adventure drama film based on the British soldier and adventurer James Brooke^[144]
• Eiffel (2021) – French romantic drama film depicting the life of Gustave Eiffel^[145]
• The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021) – British biographical film depicting the life of British painter Louis Wain^[146]
• Escape from Mogadishu (Korean: Mogadisyu) (2021) – South Korean action drama film set during the Somali Civil War and the two Koreas' efforts to be admitted to the United Nations in the late 1980s and early 1990s and depicts details of perilous escape attempt made by North and South Korean embassy workers stranded during the conflict^[147]
• Everybody's Talking About Jamie (2021) – biographical coming-of-age musical comedy-drama film based upon the true-life story of 16-year-old British schoolboy Jamie Campbell, as he overcomes prejudice and bullying, to step out of the darkness and become a drag queen^[148]
• Everything Went Fine (French: Tout s'est bien passé) (2021) – French drama film about a young woman as she is confronted with her father's declining health, and his request for her help in committing medically assisted suicide^[149]
• The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) – biographical drama film based on the 2000 documentary of the same name by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, the film depicts the history of controversial televangelists Tammy Faye Bakker and Jim Bakker^[150]
• Firebird (2021) – romantic drama film based on the memoir The Story of Roman by Sergey Fetisov, which is set during the Cold War^[151]
• Flag Day (2021) – drama film depicting the daughter of a con artist struggles to come to terms with her father's past, involving the fourth-largest seizure of counterfeit bills in U.S. history, nearly $20 million.^[152] Based on Jennifer Vogel's 2004 book, Flim-Flam Man : A True Family History.^[153][154]
• Halston (2021) – biographical drama miniseries based on the life of designer Halston^[155]
• Hive (Albanian: Zgjoi) (2021) – Kosovan drama film about a woman, Fahrije, with a missing husband, who becomes an entrepreneur and starts selling her own ajvar and honey, recruiting other women in the process^[156]
• House of Gucci (2021) – biographical crime drama film based on the 2001 book The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed by Sara Gay Forden. The film follows Patrizia Reggiani and Maurizio Gucci as their romance transforms into a fight for control of the Italian fashion brand Gucci^[157]
• I Am All Girls (2021) – South African mystery thriller film depicting a special crimes investigator forms an unlikely bond with a serial killer to bring down a global child sex trafficking syndicate^[158]
• Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) – biographical drama film about the betrayal of Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party in late-1960s Chicago, at the hands of William O'Neal, an FBI informant^[159]
• The King of Laughter (Italian: Qui rido io) (2021) – Italian-Spanish biographical drama film about actor and playwright Eduardo Scarpetta's legal battle against Gabriele D'Annunzio^[160]
• King Richard (2021) – biographical drama film that follows the life of Richard Williams, the father and coach of famed tennis players Venus and Serena Williams^[161]
• Kurup (2021) – Indian biopic of Sukumara Kurup, a wanted notorious criminal from the Indian state of Kerala
• The Lady of Heaven (2021) – British epic historical drama film on the life of the historical figure, Fatimah, during and after the era of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. In addition to the Islamic story of 7th century, the film also deals with Islamic State in the 21st century and the origins of Islamic terrorism^[162]
• Landscapers (2021) – British true crime black comedy-drama miniseries based on the true story of the 1998 murders of William and Patricia Wycherley^[163]
• Lansky (2021) – biographical crime drama about the famous gangster Meyer Lansky^[164]
• The Last Duel (2021) – historical drama film based on the 2004 book of the same name by Eric Jager, set in medieval France, the film follows Jean de Carrouges, a knight who challenges his friend and squire Jacques Le Gris to a duel after Carrouges's wife, Marguerite, accuses Le Gris of raping her^[165]
• Leave No Traces (Polish: Żeby nie było śladów) (2021) – Polish drama film based on the state-sanctioned murder of high school student Grzegorz Przemyk^[166]
• Madame Claude (2021) – French biographical film about the infamous French brothel-keeper Madame Claude^[167]
• Maid (2021) – biographical drama miniseries inspired by New York Times best-selling memoir Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land which tells the story of Land's experience of working as a maid walking the tightrope of poverty and homelessness for years chasing the American dream^[168]
• Man of God (Greek: Ο Άνθρωπος του Θεού) (2021) – Greek biographical drama film depicting the trials and tribulations of Saint Nektarios of Aegina, as he bears the unjust hatred of his enemies while preaching the Word of God^[169]
• Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea (Malayalam: Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham) (2021) – Indian epic war film set in the 16th century Calicut, the film is based on the fourth Kunjali Marakkar named Muhammad Ali, the admiral of the fleet of the Zamorin^[170]
• Margrete: Queen of the North (Danish: Margrete den Første) (2021) – Danish historical drama film based on the 'False Oluf', an impostor who in 1402 claimed to be the deceased King Olaf II/Olav IV of Denmark-Norway, son of the title character Margrete I of Denmark^[171]
• The Mauritanian (2021) – British/American legal thriller film following Mauritanian Mohamedou Ould Salahi, who was captured by the U.S. government and detained in Guantanamo Bay detention camp without charge or trial^[172][173]
• Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea (2021) – Spanish-Greek drama film dramatizing the genesis of the Open Arms rescue vessel by Òscar Camps^[174]
• The Most Reluctant Convert (2021) – British biographical drama film about the life and conversion of British writer and lay theologian C. S. Lewis, author of The Chronicles of Narnia series^[175]
• Mumbai Diaries 26/11 (2021) – Indian miniseries set during the 2008 Mumbai attacks, it follows the staff of Bombay General Hospital and their travails during the fateful night of November 26, 2008^[176]
• Munich – The Edge of War (2021) – German/British drama film based upon the 2017 novel Munich by Robert Harris^[177]
• Nitram (2021) – Australian biographical psychological drama film based on Martin Bryant, and the events leading to his involvement in the 1996 Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania, Australia^[178]
• No Man of God (2021) – crime mystery film based on real life transcripts selected from conversations between serial killer Ted Bundy and FBI Special Agent Bill Hagmaier that happened between 1984 and 1989^[179]
• Nyaay: The Justice (2021) – Indian Hindi-language biographical drama film based on Sushant Singh Rajput and Rhea Chakraborty^[180]
• Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle (French: Onoda, 10 000 nuits dans la jungle) (2021) – French highly fictionalized biographical drama film about Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese soldier who refused to believe that World War II had ended and continued to fight on a remote Philippine island until 1974^[181]
• Oslo (2021) – made-for-television drama film about the secret negotiation of the Oslo Accords^[182]
• Paper (Hindi: Kaagaz) (2021) – Indian Hindi-language biographical comedy film based on the life and struggle of Lal Bihari, a farmer from the small village of Amilo Mubarakpur, who was declared dead on official papers^[183]
• Passport to Freedom (Portuguese: Passaporte para Liberdade) (2021) – Brazilian miniseries telling the story of Aracy de Carvalho, an employee of the Brazilian consulate in Hamburg, Germany.^[184]
• The Pembrokeshire Murders (2021) – British three-part television drama miniseries, based on the Pembrokeshire murders by Welsh serial killer John Cooper^[185]
• The Phantom of the Open (2021) – British biographical comedy-drama film based on the life and career of Maurice Flitcroft^[186]
• The Pilot. A Battle for Survival (Russian: Лётчик) (2021) – Russian WWII film based on the real story of pilot Aleksey Maresyev^[187]
• Respect (2021) – biographical drama film based on the life of American singer Aretha Franklin^[188]
• Saina (2021) – Indian biographical sports film based on the life of badminton player Saina Nehwal
• Sardar Udham (2021) – Indian Hindi-language biographical historical drama film based on the life of Udham Singh Kamboj , a freedom fighter from Punjab who assassinated Michael O'Dwyer in London to avenge the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar^[189]
• The Serpent (2021) – British crime drama eight-part mini-series based on the crimes of serial killer Charles Sobhraj, who murdered young tourists between 1975 and 1976^[190]
• Shershaah (2021) – Indian Hindi-language biographical war film following the life of Param Vir Chakra-awardee Captain Vikram Batra, from his first posting in the army to his death in the Kargil War^[191]
• The Shrink Next Door (2021) – psychological black comedy-drama miniseries based on the real life story of psychiatrist Isaac Herschkopf, who in 2021 was determined by New York's Department of Health to have violated "minimal acceptable standards of care in the psychotherapeutic relationship"^[192]
• Sky (Russian: Небо) (2021) – Russian aviation action war film about the Russian military pilots in Syria, and the 2015 shootdown of an Su-24 over Turkey-Syrian airspace^[193]
• Somos. (2021) – Mexican miniseries depicting the story of the massacre perpetrated by the Los Zetas cartel on the border town of Allende, Coahuila, in 2011.^[194]
• Spencer (2021) – biographical psychological drama film about Diana, Princess of Wales (née Spencer), and follows Diana's decision to end her marriage to Prince Charles and leave the British royal family^[195]
• The Summit of the Gods (French: Le Sommet des Dieux) (2021) – French animated film about George Mallory and Andrew Irvine and their attempt to climb Mount Everest^[196]
• The Survivor (2021) – biographical drama film depictuing the story of Harry Haft, a real-life survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp, where he boxed fellow inmates to survive^[197]
• Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021) – historical Crime film based on the life of serial killer Ted Bundy
• Ted K (2021) – historical crime drama film depicting the true story of Ted Kaczynski, otherwise known as the Unabomber, and the events leading to his arrest^[198]
• Thalaivii (2021) – Indian biographical drama film based on the life of Indian actress-politician J. Jayalalithaa^[199]
• Three Families (2021) – British drama miniseries set in Northern Ireland between 2013 and 2019 when abortion was de facto decriminalised, it is a dramatisation of true stories from families who were affected by its restrictive abortion laws^[200]
• Tick, Tick... Boom! (2021) – biographical musical drama film based on the stage musical of the same name by Jonathan Larson, a semi-autobiographical story about Larson's writing a musical to enter the industry^[201]
• To Olivia (2021) – drama film depicting the true story of Roald Dahl and Patricia Neal as they grapple with the loss of their daughter, Olivia^[202]
• Under the Stadium Lights (2021) – sports drama film based on the nonfiction book Brother's Keeper by Al Pickett and Chad Mitchell, about the players, coach, and team chaplain of a high school football team in Abilene, Texas in 2009^[203]
• The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021) – biographical film about singer Billie Holiday, based on the book Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs by Johann Hari^[204]
• Valiant Hearts (2021) – French-Belgian World War II drama film based on the real-life story of director Mona Achache's grandmother, Suzanne Achache–Wiznitzer, who was a Jewish child placed in foster care to escape the Holocaust.^[205][206]
• V2. Escape from Hell (2021) – Russian prison action thriller war biopic film based on Mikhail Devyatayev in the Great Patriotic War^[207]
• The War Below (2021) – British war film about a group of British miners (known as "Claykickers" or "Manchester Moles") recruited during World War I to tunnel underneath no man's land and set bombs below the German front at the Battle of Messines in 1917^[208]
• Wendy Williams: The Movie (2021) – made-for-television biographical film based on the life of entertainer Wendy Williams^[209]
• Zátopek (2021) – Czech biographical drama film depicting the life and career of Emil Zátopek^[210]
• Zero to Hero (Chinese: 媽媽的神奇小子) (2021) – Hong Kong biographical drama film about So Wa Wai, Hong Kong's first athlete to win gold at the Paralympic Games^[211]

2022[edit]

• 42 Days of Darkness (Spanish: 42 días en la oscuridad) (2022) – Chilean biographical drama miniseries based on the true story of the disappearance in 2010 of Viviana Haeger and on the search for answers undertaken by her sister, Cecilia^[212]
• 892 (2022) – thriller drama film about the final day of the life of war veteran Lance Corporal Brian Brown-Easley^[213]
• A Friend of the Family (2022) – drama miniseries based on the true events of Robert Berchtold, a close friend of the Broberg family, who kidnaps Jan Broberg twice over a period of two years^[214]
• Abraham Lincoln (2022) – Historical drama miniseries chronicling the life of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States^[215]
• Against the Ice (2022) – historical survival film based on the true story recounted in Two Against the Ice by Ejnar Mikkelsen^[216]
• All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) – German-British anti-war film describing the German soldiers' extreme physical and mental stress during the war, and the detachment from civilian life felt by many of these soldiers upon returning home from the front ^[217]
• American Dreamer (2022) – black comedy film based on a segment from the radio show This American Life, it stars Peter Dinklage as a professor who tries to buy the estate of a lonely widow^[218]
• American Murderer (2022) – American true-crime drama based on the true story of Jason Derek Brown - a charismatic con man turned party king who bankrolls his luxurious lifestyle through a series of scams^[219]
• Amsterdam (2022) – Historical comedy thriller film based on the Business Plot, a 1933 political conspiracy in the US^[220]
• Angelyne (2022) – biographical drama miniseries about Angelyne, an enigmatic blonde bombshell who rose to fame in the 1980s with billboard advertisements featuring her image and a journalists endeavours trying to uncover her true identity and life story^[221]
• Anne (2022) – British historical drama miniseries revolving around the Hillsborough disaster of 1989 and its aftermath^[222]
• Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood (2022) – animated coming-of-age film loosely based on the childhood of writer, director, and producer Richard Linklater^[223]
• Argentina, 1985 (2022) – Argentine-American based on real events, the story follows the events surrounding the 1985 Trial of the Juntas, which prosecuted the ringleaders of Argentina's last civil-military dictatorship (1976–1983), and centers on the titanic work of a group of lawyers led by prosecutors Julio César Strassera and Luis Moreno Ocampo against those responsible for the most bloody dictatorship in the history of Argentina^[224]
• A Spy Among Friends (2022) – British espionage thriller television series follows the defection of notorious British intelligence officer and KGB double agent, Kim Philby and through the lens of his complex relationship with MI6 colleague and close friend, Nicholas Elliott.^[225]
• Babylon (2022) – Epic period comedy-drama film chronicling the rise and fall of multiple characters during Hollywood's transition from silent films to sound films in the late 1920s^[226]
• Bali 2002 (2022) – Australian-Indonesian drama miniseries revolving around the 2002 Bali bombings^[227]
• Bandit (2022) – Canadian biographical crime film based on the true life story of Gilbert Galvan Jr (also known as The Flying Bandit), who still holds a record for the most consecutive robberies in Canadian history^[228]
• Becoming Elizabeth (2022) – historical drama miniseries following the younger years of Queen Elizabeth I^[229]
• Black Bird (2022) – crime drama miniseries telling the real-life story of convicted drug dealer Jimmy Keene who is forced to get a confession out of suspected serial murderer Larry Hall while in a maximum-security prison^[230]
• Blonde (2022) – biographical drama film about actress, model and singer Marilyn Monroe^[231]
• The Bohemian (Italian: Il Boemo) (2022) – Italian biographical drama film about the life and career of the Czech composer Josef Mysliveček^[232]
• Candy (2022) – crime drama miniseries depicting the real-life Candy Montgomery, who was accused of the axe murder of her neighbor, Betty Gore in 1980, in Texas^[233]
• Chevalier (2022) – biographical film based on the life of the titular French-Caribbean musician Chevalier de Saint-Georges^[234]
• Clark (2022) – Swedish drama miniseries based on the life of Clark Olofsson and includes the events of the Norrmalmstorg robbery^[235]
• The Conference (2022) – German TV docudrama about the Wannsee Conference in Berlin-Wannsee held on January 20, 1942, German Nazi officials meet midst the Second World War to determine the so-called “Final Solution to the Jewish Question”.^[236]
• Corsage (2022) – drama film depicting an account of the later years of Empress Elisabeth of Austria^[237]
• Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022) – biographical crime drama miniseries following the murders of infamous serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer as told from a point of view style through the lens of his victims^[238]
• Dalíland (2022) – biographical film bout the tempestuous marriage of the painter Salvador Dalí and his wife and muse, Gala, in their later years in the 1970s^[239]
• Devil in Ohio (2022) – Suspense thriller miniseries inspired by true events from a story about a fragile teenager who flees from a cult into the arms of a psychiatrist, and mother of three^[240]
• Devotion (2022) – war drama film about the comradeship between naval officers Jesse Brown and Tom Hudner who become the U.S. Navy’s most celebrated wingmen during the Korean War^[241]
• Dharmaveer (2022) – Indian Marathi-language biographical political drama film based on the story of late Shiv Sena leader Anand Dighe^[242]
• Dreamin' Wild (2022) – biographical drama film following the life and work of Donnie and Joe Emerson^[243]
• The Dropout (2022) – drama miniseries chronicling Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes' attempt to revolutionize the healthcare industry after dropping out of college and starting a technology company^[244]
• Elesin Oba, The King's Horseman (2022) – Nigerian biographical drama film based on true life events of Elesin Oba, the king's chief horseman, in the 1940s Oyo State who must perform ritual suicide in light of the death of the King^[245]
• Elvis (2022) – biographical musical drama film about singer and actor Elvis Presley^[246][247]
• Emancipation (2022) – dramatic historical action thriller film based on the real-life story of Gordon (named "Peter" in the film), a former slave, and the photographs of his bare back, heavily scourged from an overseer's whippings, that were published worldwide in 1863, giving the abolitionist movement proof of the cruelty of slavery^[248]
• Emergency Situation (Czech: Mimořádná událost) (2022) – Czech comedy film based on a real event, when in February 2019, a train with passengers ran several kilometers without a driver on the Křižanov–Studenec railway line.^[249]
• Emily (2022) – biographical drama film depicting the brief life of English writer Emily Brontë^[250]
• Father Stu (2022) – biographical drama film following the true-life story of Father Stuart Long^[251]
• The First Lady (2022) – anthology drama miniseries portraying the life and family events of three First Ladies of the United States: Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Ford, and Michelle Obama^[252]
• Fisherman's Friends: One and All (2022) – British comedy-drama film about the famous sea shanty singing group from Port Isaac, Cornwall^[253]
• Five Days at Memorial (2022) – disaster medical drama television miniseries depicting the difficulties a New Orleans hospital endures after Hurricane Katrina makes landfall on the city^[254]
• Four Lives (2022) – British drama miniseries following the true story of the families of four young gay men who in 2014 and 2015 were murdered by Stephen Port^[255][256]
• Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022) – Indian Hindi-language biographical crime drama film based on the true story of Gangubai Kothewali^[257]
• Gaslit (2022) – political thriller miniseries focusing on Martha Mitchell, a celebrity Arkansan socialite and wife to Nixon's loyal Attorney General, John N. Mitchell during the Watergate scandal^[258]
• George and Tammy (2022) – American biographical drama television miniseries about country music legends George Jones and Tammy Wynette, chronicling their tumultuous relationship and intertwined careers.^[259]
• The Girl from Plainville (2022) – drama miniseries based on the events leading to the death of Conrad Roy and his girlfriend Michelle Carter's conviction for involuntary manslaughter.^[260]
• Girl in the Shed: The Kidnapping of Abby Hernandez (2022) – made-for-television film depicting the kidnapping of 14-year-old Abby Hernandez^[261]
• The Good Nurse (2022) – crime drama film depicting the story of Charles Cullen, an American serial killer who confessed to murdering up to 40 patients during the course of his 16-year career as a nurse in New Jersey^[262]
• The Greatest Beer Run Ever (2022) – biographical war action comedy-drama film based on the book of the same name by Joanna Molloy and John "Chickie" Donohue^[263]
• Head Bush (2022) – Indian Kannada-language political-crime drama film about M. P. Jayaraj^[264]
• Home Team (2022) – sports comedy film about New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton who coached his 12-year-old son's football team during his one-year suspension from the NFL^[265]
• How We Roll (2022) – Sitcom inspired by the life of professional bowler Tom Smallwood^[266]
• Infinite Storm (2022) – drama adventure film based on a true story of Pam Bales, a mountain guide who set out on a solitary trek up Mount Washington in October 2010 and the rescue of an incoherent man she encounters^[267]
• The Inspection (2022) – American drama film inspired by Bratton's real-life experiences, the film follows a young man who faces homophobia, both at a Marines boot camp and at home from his mother^[268]
• Inventing Anna (2022) – drama miniseries inspired by the story of Anna Sorokin, a con artist and fraudster who posed as a wealthy German heiress to access the upper echelons of the New York social and art scenes from 2013 to 2017^[269]
• Jerry & Marge Go Large (2022) – comedy-drama film based on Jason Fagone's 2018 HuffPost article of the same name^[270]
• Jhund (2022) – Indian Hindi-language biographical film based on the life of Vijay Barse, the founder of NGO Slum Soccer^[271]
• Joe vs. Carole (2022) – drama limited series following the criminal case of Joe Exotic, a zookeeper who has been convicted of murder-for-hire^[272][273]
• The Kashmir Files (2022) – Indian Hindi-language drama film centred around the 1990s exodus of Kashmiri Hindus from Indian-administered Kashmir.centred around the 1990s exodus of Kashmiri Hindus from Indian-administered Kashmir^[274]
• Kingmaker (Korean: 킹메이커) (2022) – Korean political drama film based on anecdotal accounts of the working relationship between Kim Dae-jung and his political strategist Uhm Chang-rok during his political career^[275]
• Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend (2022) – biographical drama about Italian entrepreneur Ferruccio Lamborghini^[276]
• The Last Race (Czech: Poslední závod) (2022) – Czech historical sports drama film story of Bohumil Hanč and Václav Vrbata who died during a 1913 race in Giant Mountains.^[277]
• Litvinenko (2022) – British miniseries depicting a dramatisation of the 10-year fight of Marina Litvinenko and the London police force as they work to prove the guilt and release the names of those responsible for the 2006 poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko^[278]
• The Lost King (2022) – British biographical film it is a dramatisation of the story of Philippa Langley, the woman who initiated the search to find King Richard III's remains under a car park in Leicester, and her treatment by the University of Leicester in the claiming of credit for the discovery^[279]
• Major (2022) – Indian biographical action drama film following the life of Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, an army officer who was killed in the 2008 Mumbai attacks^{[citation needed]}
• Mat Kilau (2022) – Malaysian biographical historical epic film based on Mat Kilau bin Imam Rasu, a Malay warrior who fought the British colonialists during the Pahang Uprising in Pahang, British Malaya before independence^[280]
• Medieval (2022) – Czech historical action drama film about the life of Jan Žižka, a Bohemian military commander who never lost a battle^[281]
• Mike (2022) – biographical sports drama miniseries centering on the life of boxer Mike Tyson^[282]
• Miracle at Manchester (2022) – family drama film based on a true story from 2015 about Brycen Newman's brain cancer diagnosis and recovery at Cathedral Catholic High School^[283]
• My Son Hunter (2022) – biographical drama film about Hunter Biden, the son of US president Joe Biden and how, in 2021, Donald Trump accused Hunter Biden of corruption^[284]
• Narco-Saints (Korean: 수리남) (2022) – Korean drama miniseries depicting the true story of an ordinary entrepreneur who has no choice but to risk his life in joining the secret mission of government agents to capture a Korean drug lord operating in Suriname^[285]
• Narvik (Norwegian: Kampen om Narvik) (2022) – Norwegian historical war drama film depicting the Battles of Narvik from 9 April to 8 June 1940^[286]
• Norbourg (2022) – Canadian drama film based on the real-life Norbourg scandal of 2005^[287]
• Notre-Dame on Fire (French: Notre-Dame brûle) (2022) – French disaster film based on the Notre-Dame de Paris fire that occurred on 15 April 2019^[288]
• The Offer (2022) – biographical drama miniseries about the development and production of Francis Ford Coppola's landmark New York City gangster film The Godfather^[289]
• Olympics (Spanish: 42 segundos) (2022) – Spanish sports drama film depicting a dramatization of the Spain men's national water polo team's run at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona^[290]
• Operation Mincemeat (2022) – British war drama film based upon Ben Macintyre's book on the British Operation Mincemeat during the Second World War^[291]
• Oussekine (2022) – French drama miniseries based on the events of December 5, 1986 which led to the assassination of Malik Oussekine, a young 22-year-old student, by police^[292]
• Padre Pio (2022) – Italian-German biographical drama film following Roman Catholic Saint Padre Pio in his early years^[293]
• Pam & Tommy (2022) – biographical drama miniseries chronicling the marriage between actress Pamela Anderson and Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee^[294]
• Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game (2022) – biographical comedy drama film based on true events around the story of Roger Sharpe, GQ journalist and real-life "pinball wizard" who in 1976 helped overturn New York City's 35-year ban on pinball^[295]
• Pistol (2022) – biographical drama miniseries that follows Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones and the band's rise to prominence and notoriety^[296]
• The Playlist (2022) – drama miniseries based on the story of the birth of the Swedish music streaming company, Spotify along with its early challenges^[297]
• Ponniyin Selvan: I (2022) – Indian Tamil-language epic period drama film revolving around the early life of Chola Prince Arulmozhi Varman who was later known as the great Chola emperor Raja Raja Chola^[298]
• Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher (2022) – British-American biographical drama film exploring the life of Jem Belcher who became the youngest ever world champion in boxing^[299]
• Rescued by Ruby (2022) – biographical drama film following a state trooper named Dan, who dreams of joining the K-9 search and rescue team of the state police, however has been unsuccessful in doing so until he befriends a shelter dog named Ruby^[300]
• Rhinegold (German: Rheingold) (2022) – German biographical gangster drama film based on the life of Iranian-Kurdish hip-hop rapper, entrepreneur, and ex-convict Giwar Hajabi^[301]
• Rise (2022) – biographical sports-drama film based on the true story of three young Nigerian-Greek brothers, Giannis, Thanasis and Kostas Antetokounmpo, who emigrate to the United States and rise to fame and success within the National Basketball Association^[302]
• Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (2022) – Indian biographical drama film based on the life of Nambi Narayanan, a former scientist and aerospace engineer of the Indian Space Research Organisation who was falsely accused of espionage^[303]
• Rogue Agent (2022) – British thriller film based on the article "Chasing Agent Freegard" by Michael Bronner^[304]
• RRR (2022) – Indian Telugu-language epic period action drama film about two Indian revolutionaries, Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaram Bheem, and their fight against the British Raj^[305][306]
• Samrat Prithviraj (2022) – Indian Hindi-language historical action drama film based on the life of Prithviraj Chauhan, a Rajput king from the Chahamana dynasty^[307]
• SAS: Rogue Heroes (2022) – British historical drama miniseries depicting the formation of the Special Air Service during World War II^[308]
• Save the Cinema (2022) – British comedy-drama film based on the true story of Liz Evans on her quest to save her local theater^[309]
• Shabaash Mithu (2022) – Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film based on the life of former Test and ODI captain of the India women's national cricket team, Mithali Raj^[310]
• She Said (2022) – drama film depicting the work done by journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey to break the story of Harvey Weinstein's sexual misconduct allegations^[311]
• Silverton Siege (2022) – South African film based on the real life siege that took place in Silverton, Pretoria in 1980^[312]
• The Silent Twins (2022) – internationally co-produced biographical drama film about the twin sisters, June and Jennifer Gibbons, who were institutionalized at Broadmoor Hospital following years of silence and teenage rebellion.^[313]
• Simone Veil, A Woman of the Century (2022) – French biographical drama film which explores the life of [Simone Veil] - the famous French figure who survived the Holocaust and went on to become a leading politician, human rights campaigner, and feminist - through a series of non-chronological memories ^[314]
• The Staircase (2022) – true crime miniseries depicting Michael Peterson, a writer convicted of murdering his wife Kathleen Peterson, who was found dead at the bottom of the staircase in their home^[315]
• The Stranger (2022) – Australian crime thriller film about two strangers who meet and strike up a friendship, while one of them is a veteran undercover police officer working to secure a conviction for an unsolved murder committed years earlier^[316]
• Studio 666 (2022) – comedy horror film based on a story from Dave Grohl inspired by the Foo Fighters experiences recording their tenth album^[317]
• Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber (2022) – drama biopic dramatizing the foundation of the ride-hailing company Uber from the perspective of the company's CEO Travis Kalanick, who is ultimately ousted in a boardroom coup^[318]
• The Swimmers (2022) – drama film telling the story of teenage Olympian refugee, Yusra Mardini, who dragged a dinghy of refugees to safety across the Aegean Sea^[319]
• Tchaikovsky's Wife (Russian: Жена Чайковского) (2022) – Russian biographical drama film about the wife of the composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky^[320]
• Thai Cave Rescue (Thai: ถ้ำหลวง: ภารกิจแห่งความหวัง) (2022) – Thai miniseries based on the events of the Tham Luang cave rescue that occurred in Tham Luang-Khun Nam Nang Non National Park during June and July 2018, in which twelve members of the Wild Boars youth football team and their assistant coach were rescued from the flooded Tham Luang Nang Non cave system^[321]
• Then Barbara Met Alan (2022) – British television drama film telling the story of two cabaret performers, comedian Barbara and activist-performer Alan who help find DAN, the Disabled People's Direct Action Network and lead protests for disabled people's rights which eventually lead to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.^[322]
• Theodore Roosevelt (2022) – Historical drama miniseries chronicling the life of Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth President of the United States^[323]
• The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe (2022) – British drama miniseries dramatizing the John Darwin disappearance case, where prison officer and teacher John Darwin hoaxed his own death and reappeared, five and a half years after he was believed to have died in a canoeing accident^[324]
• The Thing About Pam (2022) – crime drama miniseries detailing the involvement of Pam Hupp in the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria^[325]
• Thirteen Lives (2022) – biographical survival drama film about the events of the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue that saw a junior football team and their coach trapped in a cave for a period of 18 days^[326]
• This England (2022) – British docudrama miniseries depicting the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom based on testimonies of people in the Boris Johnson administration, on the various intergovernmental advisory groups (including the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies), and in other affected British institutions such as care homes and hospitals^[327]
• Till (2022) – biographical drama film based on the real-life story of Mamie Till-Mobley (Deadwyler), an American educator and activist who pursues justice after the 1955 lynching of her 14-year-old son Emmett Till^[328]
• Tokyo Vice (2022) – American crime drama television series based on the career of American journalist Jake Adelstein, who explores into the dark and dangerous world of the Japanese Yakuza.^[329]
• Underbelly: Vanishing Act (2022) – drama miniseries based on the story of high-roller Melissa Caddick who was alleged to have embezzled $40 million before vanishing in November 2020 the day after the Australian Securities & Investments Commission executed a search warrant on her Dover Heights, Sydney home^[330]
• Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama (2022) – British courtroom drama based on the Wagatha Christie events and subsequent high-profile court case.^[331]
• The Wannsee Conference (German: Die Wannseekonferenz) (2022) – German made-for-television docudrama about a conference held in Berlin-Wannsee in 1942 to organise the extermination of the Jews^[332][333]
• The Watcher (2022) – crime drama miniseries following the true story of a married couple who, after moving into their dream home in New Jersey, are harassed through letters signed by a stalker named "The Watcher"^[334]
• The Walk-In (2022) – British true crime television series based on the true story of how Matthew F. Collins of activist group Hope not Hate infiltrated British neo-Nazi terrorist group National Action, foiling a plot to assassinate Labour MP Rosie Cooper. Jack Renshaw was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for his plan to kill Cooper.^[335]
• We Own This City (2022) – crime drama miniseries depicting the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force and the corruption surrounding it^[336]
• WeCrashed (2022) – drama miniseries about Adam and Rebekah Neumann, the real-life married couple at the heart of WeWork, a coworking space company whose valuation reached $47 billion in 2019 before crashing as a result of financial revelations^[337]
• Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022) – biographical parody film loosely based on Yankovic's life and career as an accordionist and parody songwriter^[338]
• Welcome to Chippendales (2022) – drama miniseries telling the origin story of Somen 'Steve' Banerjee, the founder of Chippendales^[339]
• Whina – New Zealander biographical film about the life of Dame Whina Cooper^[340]
• Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022) – biographical musical drama film about singer and actress Whitney Houston^[341]
• Who is Pravin Tambe? (Hindi: Kaun Pravin Tambe?) (2022) – Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film based on the life of Indian cricketer Pravin Tambe^[342]
• The Woman King (2022) – historical epic film about the Agojie, the all-female warrior unit who protected the African kingdom of Dahomey in the 19th century^[343]
• Women of the Movement (2022) – historical drama miniseries based on Mamie Till-Mobley who devoted her life to seeking justice for her murdered son Emmett^[344]

2023[edit]

• 80 for Brady (2023) – sports comedy film following four lifelong friends who travel to watch Tom Brady and his New England Patriots play in Super Bowl LI in 2017; inspired by a real-life group of Patriots fans known as the "Over 80 for Brady" club^[345]
• 2018 (2023) – Indian Malayalam-language survival drama film based on the severe 2018 Kerala floods that devastated Kerala^[346]
• A Million Miles Away (2023) – biographical drama film detailing the life of José M. Hernández, the first Mexican-American astronaut^[347]
• A Small Light (2023) – biographical drama miniseries telling the story of Miep Gies and how she helped her Jewish employer Otto Frank, his family, and other Jewish refugees go into hiding during World War II after the German invasion of the Netherlands^[348]
• Abbé Pierre – A Century of Devotion (French: L'Abbé Pierre – Une vie de combats) (2023) – French biographical drama film based on the life of Abbé Pierre, a Catholic priest and national hero in France who devoted his life to helping the poor, homeless people and refugees^[349]
• About My Father (2023) – comedy film loosely based on Sebastian Maniscalco's life and his relationship with his father^[350]
• Air (2023) – biographical drama film based on true events about the origin of Air Jordan, a basketball shoeline, of which a Nike employee seeks to strike a business deal with rookie player Michael Jordan^[351]
• All the World Is Sleeping (2023) – drama film depicting a young woman resolved not to make the same mistakes as her parents but addiction issues threatens her life with her own daughter. Inspired by the true stories of Carly Hicks, Patricia Marez, Jade Sanchez, Myra Salazar, Kayleigh Smith, Malissa Trujillo, and Doralee Urban, a collective of New Mexico women with their own separate histories of substance abuse ^[352]
• Archie (2023) – British television drama series about the life of Cary Grant^[353]
• Bank of Dave (2023) – British biographical comedy film based on the story of a Burnley working class and self-made millionaire, who struggles to set up a community bank to help the town's local businesses not only survive, but thrive. To do so, he must battle London's elite financial institutions and compete for the first banking licence in over 100 year^[354]
• The Beanie Bubble (2023) – comedy-drama film based on the 2015 book The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute by Zac Bissonnette about the Beanie Babies bubble^[355]
• Big George Foreman (2023) – biographical sports drama film based on the life of world heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman^[356]
• BlackBerry (2023) – Canadian biopic film about the history of the BlackBerry line of mobile phones^[357]
• Bonnard, Pierre and Marthe (French: Bonnard, Pierre et Marthe) (2023) – French biographical drama film depicting the love story and romance between the painter Pierre Bonnard and his wife, model, and muse Marthe^[358]
• Boston Strangler (2023) – historical crime drama film based on the true story of the Boston Strangler, who in the 1960s killed 13 women in Boston, Massachusetts^[359]
• The Boys in the Boat (2023) – biographical drama film based on the 2013 book of the same name by Daniel James Brown^[360]
• Cassandro (2023) – biographical drama film following the true story of Cassandro, the exotico character created by Saúl Armendáriz, gay amateur wrestler from El Paso who rose to international stardom^[361]
• Cocaine Bear (2023) – comedy horror thriller film inspired by the true story of the "Cocaine Bear", an American black bear that ingested nearly 75 lb (34 kg) of lost cocaine^[362]
• Comandante (2023) – Italian war drama film telling an episode of the Battle of the Atlantic, when the Italian submarine Comandante Cappellini sunk the Belgian ship Kabalo^[363]
• The Crowded Room (2023) – psychological thriller miniseries following Danny Sullivan (a character based on Billy Milligan) after he was arrested for his involvement in a New York City shooting in 1979^[364]
• Dark October (2023) – Nigerian film telling the true story of four university students in Nigeria, who went to a particular area in search of a debtor who owed one of them, unfortunately, the debtor raised a false alarm and alleged that the boys came to rob him of his valuables, mobs then paraded the boys as thieves and lynched them, this mob attack however sparked a nationwide crisis.^[365]
• Dog Gone (2023) – biographical drama film based on the book Dog Gone: A Lost Pet’s Extraordinary Journey and the Family Who Brought Him Home by Pauls Toutonghi^[366]
• Dumb Money (2023) – biographical comedy drama film based on the 2021 book The Antisocial Network by Ben Mezrich and chronicles the GameStop short squeeze of January 2021^[367]
• Fairyland (2023) – coming-of-age drama film based on Alysia Abbott's experiences of being raised by her father Steve Abbott, a poet and activist who came out as gay and fell victim to the AIDS crisis^[368]
• Ferrari (2023) – biographical sports thriller film follows the personal and professional struggles of Enzo Ferrari, the Italian founder of the car manufacturer Ferrari S.p.A., during the summer of 1957^[369]
• Flamin' Hot (2023) – biographical drama film depicting the story of Richard Montañez, the Frito-Lay janitor who claimed to have invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos^[370]
• The Gallows Pole (2023) – British-Irish historical miniseries depicting a fictionalized account of the Cragg Vale Coiners at the onset of the industrial revolution in 18th-century Yorkshire^[371]
• Golda (2023) – American-British biographical drama film depicting the life of Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel, particularly during the Yom Kippur War^[372]
• The Gold (2023) – British biographical crime drama miniseries about the 1983 Brink's Mat robbery in which £26 million (equivalent to £93.3 million in 2021) worth of gold bullion, diamonds, and cash was stolen from a warehouse near Heathrow Airport. At the time it was the biggest robbery in history^[373]
• GomBurZa (2023) – Philippine historical biographical film it features and follows the lives of the Gomburza, three native Filipino Roman Catholic priests executed during the latter years of the Spanish colonial era in the Philippines^[374]
• Gran Turismo (2023) – biographical coming-of-age sports drama film based on the true story of teenage Gran Turismo player Jann Mardenborough aspiring to be a race car driver^[375]
• The Great Escaper (2023) – biographical drama film based on the true story of a British World War II Royal Navy veteran who in June 2014 "broke out" of his nursing home to attend the 70th anniversary D-Day commemorations in France. It is also based on that of Bernard Jordan, who was 89 years old when he made his journey to France^[376]
• Guardians of the Formula (Serbian: Čuvari formule) (2023) – Serbian drama film follows the aftermath of the 1958 reactor incident at Vinča Nuclear Institute and the subsequent treatment of irradiated Yugoslav physicists at the Curie Institute in Paris, which involved the first bone marrow grafts between unrelated donors and hosts ever made in the world^[377]
• He Went That Way (2023) – crime drama film based on an account where the serial killer Larry Ranes encountered animal trainer Dave Pitts, who survived^[378]
• The Hill (2023) – biographical sports drama film about baseball player Rickey Hill overcoming a physical handicap in order to try out for a legendary major league scout^[379]
• Hit Man (2023) – romantic action comedy film it the plot follows an undercover Houston police officer who poses as a reliable hitman as he tries to save a woman in need^[380]
• Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert (2023) – European co-production biopic-drama film depicting the life of Austrian poet and author Ingeborg Bachmann, who lived through 1926 to 1973^[381]
• The Iron Claw (2023) – biographical sport film based on the life of professional wrestler Kevin Von Erich and the Von Erich family^[382]
• Jeanne du Barry (2023) – biographical historical drama film its plot centres on Madame du Barry, who uses her intelligence and allure to climb the social ladder. She becomes King Louis XV's favourite, they fall in love and against all propriety and etiquette, du Barry moves to Versailles, where her arrival scandalises the court^[383]
• Jesus Revolution (2023) – Christian drama film based on the book of the same name, the film follows youth minister Greg Laurie, Christian hippie Lonnie Frisbee, and pastor Chuck Smith as they take part in the Jesus movement in California during the late 1960s^[384]
• Kandahar (2023) – action film based it on his experiences working for the Defense Intelligence Agency and being deployed to Afghanistan in 2013 during the Snowden leaks^[385]
• The Kerala Story (2023) – Indian Hindi-language drama film plot follows the story of a group of women from Kerala who are converted to Islam and join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The film is premised on the conspiracy theory of "love jihad", and falsely claims that thousands of women from Kerala are being converted to Islam and recruited into ISIS^[386]
• Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) – Epic film its plot centers on a series of Oklahoma murders in the Osage Nation during the 1920s, committed after oil was discovered on tribal land^[387]
• Last King of the Cross (2023) – Australian drama miniseries inspired by the autobiography of nightclub owner John Ibrahim and his experiences in Sydney's Kings Cross.^[388]
• Late Night with the Devil (2023) – supernatural horror film incorporating elements of documentary filmmaking and found footage, the film follows the events of a late-night talk show episode aired on the night of Halloween 1977, during which the host attempts to boost ratings by inviting an allegedly possessed girl onto the show^[389]
• Lee (2023) – British biographical drama film Lee Miller goes from a career as a model to enlisting as a photographer to chronicle the events of World War II for Vogue magazine^[390]
• Little Girl Blue (2023) – biographical docudrama based on the life of her mother, the writer and set photographer Carole Achache^[391]
• Love and Death (2023) – crime drama miniseries based on the true story of Wylie, Texas, housewife Candy Montgomery, who was accused of the brutal axe murder of her friend Betty Gore in 1980^[392]
• The Machine (2023) – action comedy film inspired by the 2016 stand-up routine of the same name created by Bert Kreischer^[393]
• Maestro (2023) – biographical drama film that centers on the relationship between American composer Leonard Bernstein and his wife Felicia Montealegre^[394]
• The Man Who Stood in the Way (Czech: Muž, který stál v cestě) (2023) – Czech historical drama film focusing on František Kriegel, the only political leader who, during the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, declined to sign the Moscow Protocol^[395]
• Marinette (2023) – French biographical sports drama film depicting the life of footballer Marinette Pichon^[396]
• Miranda's Victim (2023) – crime-drama film based on the life of Patricia "Trish" Weir, who was kidnapped and raped by Ernesto Miranda in 1963^[397]
• Mission Majnu (2023) – Indian Hindi-language spy thriller film based on true events from the 1970s, an undercover Indian spy takes on a deadly mission to expose a covert nuclear weapons program in the heart of Pakistan^[398]
• Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway (2023) – Indian Hindi-language legal drama film based on the real-life story of an Indian couple whose children were taken away by Norwegian authorities in 2011^[399]
• Napoleon (2023) – epic historical drama film depicts Napoleon's rise to power through the lens of his addictive and volatile relationship with Empress Joséphine^[400]
• Next Goal Wins (2023) – biographical sports comedy-drama based on the 2014 documentary of the same name by Mike Brett and Steve Jamison about Dutch-American coach Thomas Rongen's efforts to lead the American Samoa national football team, considered the weakest football team in the world, to qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup^[401]
• Nolly (2023) – British biographical miniseries exploring the reign, and fall from grace of British soap opera star Noele Gordon.^[402]
• Nyad (2023) – biographical sports drama film about swimmer Diana Nyad's 2013 attempt to swim the Straits of Florida^[403]
• One Life (2023) – biographical drama film about British humanitarian Nicholas Winton as he looks back on his past efforts to help groups of Jewish children in German-occupied Czechoslovakia to hide and flee in 1938–39, just before the beginning of World War II^[404]
• On a Wing and a Prayer (2023) – biographical survival film based on the 2009 true story of Doug White, an airline passenger who was forced to land the King Air 200 plane he was traveling on with his wife and children after the pilot unexpectedly died mid-flight, with no co-pilot on board.^[405]
• Oppenheimer (2023) – biographical film follows the life of theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory during the Manhattan Project, and his contributions that led to the creation of the atomic bomb^[406]
• Pain Hustlers (2023) – crime drama film based on the 2022 book of the same name by Evan Hughes, which tells the inside story of a band of entrepreneurial upstarts (Insys Therapeutics) who made millions selling painkillers—until their scheme unraveled, putting them at the center of a landmark criminal trial^[407]
• Painkiller (2023) – biographical drama miniseries focusing on the birth of the opioid crisis, with an emphasis on Purdue Pharma, a company owned by Richard Sackler and his family that was the manufacturer of OxyContin^[408]
• The Pope's Exorcist (2023) – supernatural horror film based on the 1990 book An Exorcist Tells His Story and the 1992 book An Exorcist: More Stories by Father Gabriele Amorth^[409]
• Priscilla (2023) – biographical drama film it follows the life of Priscilla Presley and her complicated romantic relationship with Elvis Presley^[410]
• The Promised Land (2023) – epic historical drama film based on the book The Captain and Ann Barbara by Ida Jessen^[411]
• Radical (2023) – Mexican comedy-drama film based on the 2013 Wired article, "A Radical Way of Unleashing a Generation of Geniuses" by Joshua Davis^[412]
• Reality (2023) – biographical drama film depicts the interrogation of whistleblower Reality Winner, a former enlisted US Air Force member and NSA translator, leaked an intelligence report about Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections to the news website The Intercept. Winner was confronted at her home in Augusta, Georgia by FBI agents R. Wallace Taylor and Justin C. Garrick, who interrogated her over the course of an hour in an unused room in the house.^[413]
• Reba McEntire's The Hammer (2023) – biographical drama television film inspired by the life of Kim Wheeler, one of the last traveling circuit judges in the U.S.^[414]
• Rustin (2023) – biographical drama film based on the true story of gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, who helped Martin Luther King Jr. and others organize the 1963 March on Washington^[415]
• Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes (German: Seneca – Oder: Über die Geburt von Erdbeben) (2023) – German-Moroccan historical drama dark comedy film about the last days of the ancient philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca and the beginnings of Emperor Nero's despotic regime in Ancient Rome^[416]
• Shooting Stars (2023) – biographical sports drama film about the high school sports career of LeBron James and based on James' 2009 memoir of the same name, co-authored by Buzz Bissinger^[417]
• Sisi & I (German: Sisi & Ich) (2023) – German-Swiss-Austrian biographical film telling the story of Empress Elisabeth of Austria from the point of view of her lady-in-waiting, Irma Sztáray, during a period in which the Empress was separated from her husband for many years and was surrounded only by other women, travelling throughout Europe, mastering six languages and practising high-performance sports^[418]
• The Sixth Commandment (2023) – British crime drama miniseries exploring the deaths of Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Martin in Buckinghamshire in 2014 and 2017 and the subsequent events including the police investigation and 2019 criminal trial of Ben Field^[419]
• Society of the Snow (2023) – survival thriller film about the Uruguayan 1972 Andes flight disaster^[420]
• Sound of Freedom (2023) – crime thriller film about Tim Ballard, a former U.S. government agent who embarks on a mission to rescue children from sex traffickers in Colombia^[421]
• Spinning Gold (2023) – biographical drama film based on the life and career of record producer and Casablanca Records founder Neil Bogart, who was credited with discovering many iconic musical acts such as Donna Summer, KISS, Village People; and signing and pushing acts including Gladys Knight and the Pips, the Isley Brothers, and Parliament to greater heights^[422]
• Steeltown Murders (2023) – British biographical drama miniseries based on the real-life murders committed by Joseph Kappen in Port Talbot in South Wales^[423]
• Stonehouse (2023) – British biographical comedy-drama miniseries dramatising the life and times of disgraced British government minister John Stonehouse^[424]
• Sweetwater (2023) – biographical sports about Nat Clifton, the first African-American to sign a contract with the National Basketball Association (NBA)^[425]
• Tarla (2023) – Indian Hindi-language biographical drama film about Indian chef and cookbook author Tarla Dalal^[426]
• Tetris (2023) – biographical thriller based on true events around the race to license and patent the video game Tetris in the late 1980s during the Cold War^[427]
• Trial By Fire (2023) – Indian Hindi-language crime drama miniseries depicting two parents struggles with the Indian justice system following the Uphaar Cinema fire^[428]
• True Spirit (2023) – Australian biopic film based on the true story of Jessica Watson, an Australian sailor who was awarded the Order of Australia Medal after attempting a solo global circumnavigation at the age of 16^[429]
• The Vaccine War (2023) – Indian Hindi-language medical docudrama film it tells about the development of Covaxin during the COVID-19 pandemic in India, shedding light on the efforts of scientists involved in its creation. It is based on the book "Going Viral" by Prof Balram Bhargava of Indian Council of Medical Research^[430]
• Waco: The Aftermath (2023) – American television miniseries which is a sequel to the 2018 miniseries Waco, which dramatizes the 1993 standoff between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas. The sequel series portrays the aftermath of the siege and the trials of the surviving members of the Branch Davidians.^[431]
• Warnie (2023) – Australian television drama miniseries based on the life of cricketer Shane Warne.^[432]
• White House Plumbers (2023) – satirical political drama television miniseries based on the true story of Watergate masterminds and President Richard Nixon’s political operatives E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy, part of the “White House Plumbers” charged with plugging press leaks by any means necessary, accidentally overturn the Presidency they were trying to protect.^[433]
• Wicked Little Letters (2023) – British black comedy mystery film based on a true scandal that stunned 1920s England, the story centres on neighbours Edith Swan and Rose Gooding in the seaside town of Littlehampton^[434]
• Wildcat (2023) – biographical drama film about American novelist Flannery O'Connor struggling to publish her first novel^[435]
• Woman of the Hour (2023) – period crime drama film based on the life of serial killer Rodney Alcala, who in 1978 appeared on the television show The Dating Game in the midst of his murder spree^[436]
• The Zone of Interest (2023) – historical drama film centers on Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife as they strive to build a dream life next to the concentration camp^[437]

2024[edit]

• 695 (2024) – Indian Hindi-language adventure film based on Ram Janmabhoomi Temple and portrays the struggle of the Ram Janmabhoomi Movement^[438]
• Amar Singh Chamkila (Hindi: अमर सिंह चमकिला) (2024) – Indian Hindi-language biographical drama film based on the life of musician Amar Singh Chamkila^[439]
• Arthur the King (2024) – adventure film the captain of an adventure racing team befriends a wounded stray dog named Arthur, who accompanies the team on a grueling 435-mile (700-km) endurance race through the Dominican Republic^[440]
• Baby Reindeer (2024) – British thriller drama miniseries following the writer and performer Richard Gadd's warped relationship with his female stalker and the impact it has on him as he is ultimately forced to face a deep, dark buried trauma^[441]
• Back to Black (2024) – British biographical musical drama film based on the life of British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse^[442]
• Bob Marley: One Love (2024) – biographical musical drama film based on the life Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter Bob Marley, from his rise to fame up until his death in the early 1980s^[443]
• Boneyard (2024) – crime thriller film it is based on the West Mesa murders^[444]
• Bosco (2024) – biographical drama film based on the true story of Quawntay "Bosco" Adams who was sentenced to 35 years in 2004 for possession of marijuana, and who made a spectacular escape from prison in 2006 with the help of a woman he met through a lonely-hearts ad
• Cabrini (2024) – biographical drama film depicting the life of Catholic missionary Francesca Cabrini as she encounters resistance to her charity and business efforts in New York City^[445]
• Cristóbal Balenciaga (2024) – Spanish biographical miniseries about Spanish fashion designer Cristóbal Balenciaga^[446]
• The Devil's Bath (German: Des Teufels Bad) (2024) – German-Austrian historical horror film based on historical records and a real, unknown story of European (women's) history, the film is a deep portrait of a person who is hopeful, desperate, seeking and finally runs away from her inner prison^[447]
• Disco, Ibiza, Locomía (2024) – Spanish-Mexican biographical musical drama film based on the musical ensemble Locomía^[448]
• The Fire Inside (2024) – biographical sports film based on T-Rex, a 2015 documentary about American professional boxer Claressa "T-Rex" Shields training for the 2012 Summer Olympics^[449]
• Franklin (2024) – biographical historical drama miniseries about the United States Founding Father Benjamin Franklin^[450]
• From Hilde, with Love (German: In Liebe, Eure Hilde) (2024) – German biographical drama film about Hilde Coppi, who along with her husband Hans Coppi belonged to Red Orchestra, a German resistance group to Nazism^[451]
• The Goat Life (Malayalam: ആടുജീവിതം) (2024) – Indian Malayalam-language survival drama film based on the real-life story of Najeeb, a Malayali immigrant laborer, one among thousands of Indians who were forced into slavery in Saudi Arabia as goatherds on secluded farms in the deserts by the native Arabs^[452]
• The Good Teacher (French: Pas de Vagues) (2024) – French drama film about a high school teacher who is wrongfully accused of sexual harassment by one of his students, a teenage girl, and must fight to prove his innocence inspired by a true story that happened to Teddy Lussi-Modeste in 2020^[453]
• Griselda (2024) – biographical crime miniseries about Griselda Blanco, the notorious Colombian drug lord^[454]
• Kasoombo (Gujarati: કાસૂમ્બો) (2024) – Indian Gujarati-language historical drama film about Alauddin Khilji's invasion of Gujarat^[455]
• Maidaan (Hindi: मैदान) (2024) – Indian Hindi-language biographical sport drama film telling the story of Syed Abdul Rahim, a pioneering football coach in India between 1952 and 1962^[456]
• Main Atal Hoon (Hindi: मैं अटल हूं) (2024) – Indian Hindi-language biographical drama film following the life and political career of India's leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee^[457]
• Masters of the Air (2024) – war drama miniseries following the actions of the 100th Bomb Group, a B-17 Flying Fortress unit in the Eighth Air Force during World War II; the unit was nicknamed the "Bloody Hundredth" due to the heavy losses it suffered in combat missions^[458]
• The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024) – British-American spy action comedy film portryaing a heavily fictionalised version of Operation Postmaster^[459]
• Mr Bates vs The Post Office (2024) – British biographical drama miniseries depicting a re-telling of the British Post Office scandal^[460]
• Nickel Boys (2024) – historical drama film based on the historic reform school in 1960s Florida called the Dozier School for Boys, which was notorious for abusive treatment of students^[461]
• The Night They Came Home (2024) – Western thriller about a US Marshall who partners with Native Americans to hunt down the Rufus Buck Gang in the Indian Territory, inspired by true events^[462]
• Ordinary Angels (2024) – biographical drama film based on true events that transpired during the 1994 North American cold wave^[463]
• Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia (2024) – British-Italian sport thriller film depicting the rivalry between Roland Gumpert's team driving the Audi Quattro and the team of Cesare Fiorio in the Lancia 037 rally car at the 1983 World Rally Championship^[464]
• Piece by Piece (2024) – animated biographical musical drama film It tells the story of the life of American musician Pharrell Williams in the style of Lego animation
• Reagan (2024) – biographical historical drama film follows Ronald Reagan's life from his childhood to his years as president of the United States, told by a former KGB agent^[465][466]
• Rob Peace (2024) – biographical drama film about an intellectually brilliant young African-American man, Robert DeShaun Peace, who left Newark, New Jersey to attend Yale University, but fell back into the streets when he returned to Newark and was murdered, aged 30, "face down, knees bent", in a drug-related shooting - based on the biography The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff Hobbs^[467]
• Satyashodhak (Marathi: सत्यशोधक) (2024) – Indian Marathi-language biographical film depicting the life of Mahatma Jyotirao Phule^[468]
• Scoop (2024) – British biographical drama film it is a dramatic retelling of the process of securing the 2019 BBC television interview of Prince Andrew by presenter and journalist Emily Maitlis and the production team at BBC Two news and current affairs programme Newsnight^[469]
• See You in Another Life (Spanish: Nos vemos en otra vida) (2024) – Spanish crime drama miniseries set against the backdrop of the procurement of explosives for the 11M train bombings^[470]
• Shirley (2024) – biographical drama film it depicts the failed 1972 presidential run of Shirley Chisholm, who was already the first Black woman to be elected to the United States Congress^[471]
• Shivrayancha Chhava (Marathi: शिवरायांचा छावा) (2024) – Indian Marathi-language historical drama film about Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, the second Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire, who ruled from 1681 to 1689^[472]
• Sight (2024) – biographical drama film about Ming Wang, a Chinese immigrant to the United States who became a renowned eye surgeon^[473]
• Unfrosted (2024) – comedy film is loosely based on the true story of the creation of Pop-Tarts toaster pastries^[474]
• Vindication Swim (2024) – British biographical drama film about swimmer Mercedes Gleitze, who in 1927 became the first British woman to swim the English Channel^[475]
• We Were the Lucky Ones (2024) – historical drama miniseries depicting the Holocaust from the perspective of the Kurc family, Polish Jews based on the 2017 book of the same name by Georgia Hunter, inspired by the story of her own family^[476]
• Winner (2024) – American-Canadian black comedy film based on the life of Reality Winner who leaked an intelligence report about Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections^[477]
• Yatra 2 (Telugu: యాత్ర 2) (2024) – Indian Telugu-language biographical political drama film based on the padayatra of Jagan from 6 November 2017, to 9 January 2019, representing the YSR Congress Party for the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election^[478]
• Young Woman and the Sea (2024) – biographical drama film about Gertrude Ederle, an American competitive swimmer who became the first woman to swim across the English Channel^[479]

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