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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)
Unlucky private eye Herbie Stolz (Allen Garfield) narrates the story about an exceptional person he once met, engineer Harry Adams (David Janssen).Trapped in a marriage which has long since turned loveless (especially as his wife Marion (Stefanie Powers) is having an affair with insurance executive Joe Anasto (Anthony Eisley)) and with the background of President Kennedy's assassination, Harry ...
A Few with Courage (Spanish: Unos Pocos con Valor) (2010) – Honduran biographical crime film following a group of special forces police officers who come up against the most dangerous gang in Honduras, based on real life events [5]
City in Fear is a 1980 American made-for-television drama film directed by Jud Taylor, under the pseudonym Alan Smithee, and written by Peter Masterson based on a story by Albert Ruben. The film, starring David Janssen (in one of his final roles), Robert Vaughn , Mickey Rourke , Susan Sullivan and Perry King , follows a newspaper's attempts to ...
29th Street (1991) – comedy drama film based on the true-life story of actor Frank Pesce, who won the first New York State Lottery in 1976 [84]; A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story (1991) – biographical drama television film recounting the life of Ricky Bell, a Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back sickened with dermatomyositis, and Ryan Blankenship, a physically impaired child [85]
Corbari (1970) – Italian war drama film based on real life events of Italian partisan Silvio Corbari [11] Cromwell (1970) – British historical drama film based on the life of Oliver Cromwell, who rose to lead the Parliamentary forces during the later parts of the English Civil War and, as Lord Protector, ruled Great Britain and Ireland in ...
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.. Not all films have remained true to the genuine history of the event or the characters they are portraying, often adding action and drama to increase the substance and popularity of the film.
The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story; Backstabbing for Beginners; Bad Education (2019 film) Badge of the Assassin; The Ballad of Little Jo; Balto (film) The Barbarian and the Geisha; Basquiat (film) The Bastard (novel) The Beanie Bubble; Before Women Had Wings; Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels; Ben Banks ...