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This is an index of articles that features lists of films based on real-life events. As new entries are produced, they should be included to ensure the list remains current and complete. List of films based on actual events (before 1940)
(1943) – war film based somewhat on the real-life World War II Makin Island raid led by Lieutenant Colonel Evans Carlson's 2nd Marine Raider Battalion [121] Hangmen Also Die! (1943) – war drama film loosely based on the 1942 assassination of Heydrich, the Nazi Reich Protector of German-occupied Prague during World War II [122]
Pages in category "World War II films based on actual events" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 327 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Based on the true story of allied prisoners planning a mass escape from a German prison camp, the jauntiness of much of The Great Escape jars with the grim reality of the executions of many of the ...
The film or miniseries must be concerned with World War II (or the War of Ethiopia and the Sino-Japanese War) and include events which feature as a part of the war effort. For short films, see the List of World War II short films. For documentaries, see the List of World War II documentary films and the List of Allied propaganda films of World ...
A Call to Spy (2019) – historical drama film inspired by the true stories of three women who worked as spies in World War II [7] [8] A Girl from Mogadishu (2019) – Irish - Belgian semi-biographical film based on the testimony of Ifrah Ahmed , who having escaped war-torn Somalia , emerged as one of the world's foremost international ...
Passchendaele is a 2008 Canadian war film, written, co-produced, directed by, and starring Paul Gross.The film, which was shot in Calgary, Alberta, Fort Macleod, Alberta, and in Belgium, focuses on the experiences of a Canadian soldier, Michael Dunne, at the Battle of Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, inspired by stories that Gross heard from his grandfather, a First ...
The Wings of Eagles (1957) – biographical war drama film based on the life of Frank "Spig" Wead and the history of U.S. Naval aviation from its inception through World War II [309] Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957) – British war drama film telling the story of the British sloop HMS Amethyst caught up in the Chinese Civil ...