List of 2010 films based on actual events

This is a list of films and miniseries released in that are based on actual events. All films on this list are from American production unless indicated otherwise.

2010 2 Frogs in the West (French: 2 frogs dans l'ouest) (2010) – Canadian comedy drama film inspired by director Papineau's own experience travelling from his home province of Québec to Alberta during his undergraduate degree 22 Bullets (French: L'Immortel) (2010) – French gangster-action film telling a part of the life story of Jacky Imberthttp://www.lemag-vip.com/stars_cinema/6577-limmortel-avec-kad-merad-et-jean-reno-tournage.html Le mag VIP 71: Into the Fire (Korean: 포화 속으로) (2010) – South Korean war drama film based on a true story of a group of 71 under-trained and under-armed, outgunned student-soldiers of South Korea during the Korean War, who were mostly killed on August 11, 1950, during the Battle of P'ohang-dong 127 Hours (2010) – biographical psychological survival film based on the story of Aron Ralston, the American mountain climber who amputated his own arm to free himself after being trapped by a boulder for six days in Bluejohn Canyon in 2003 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 Aftershock (Mandarin: 唐山大地震) (2010) – Chinese disaster drama film depicting the aftermath of the 1976 Tangshan earthquake All Good Things (2010) – crime romantic drama film inspired by the life of accused murderer Robert Durst, the film chronicles the life of the wealthy son of a New York real estate tycoon, a series of murders linked to him, and his volatile relationship with his wife and her subsequent unsolved disappearance Amish Grace (2010) – biographical crime drama television film based on the 2006 West Nickel Mines School shooting at Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, and the spirit of forgiveness the Amish community demonstrated in its aftermath Among Wolves (Spanish: Entrelobos) (2010) – Spanish adventure drama film based on the true story of feral child Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja"Twelve years among wolves", El País. Angel of Evil (Italian: Vallanzasca – Gli angeli del male) (2010) – Italian crime film about Italian bank robber and mobster Renato Vallanzasca Animal Kingdom (2010) – Australian crime drama film inspired by events which involved the Pettingill criminal family of Melbourne Antardwand (Hindi: अंतरद्वन्द) (2010) – Indian Hindi-language crime film based on the cases of groom kidnapping reported in Bihar in India The Arbor (2010) – British biographical film about Andrea Dunbar The Assault (French: L'Assaut) (2010) – French action thriller film based on the 1994 hijacking of Air France Flight 8969 by Algerian Islamic fundamentalist terrorists and the raid to free the hostages by the GIGN, the elite counter-terrorism unit of the French National Gendarmerie The Bang Bang Club (2010) – Canadian-South African biographical drama film based on the lives of four photojournalists active within the townships of South Africa during apartheid, especially between 1990 and 1994 Belgrano (2010) – Argentine biographical adventure drama television film based on the life of the Argentine national hero Manuel Belgrano"Los ideales que tenía Belgrano hoy parecerían utópicos Beneath Hill 60 (2010) – Australian war drama film set during World War I, telling the story of the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company's efforts in mining underneath Hill 60 in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front, during the war, a series of mines filled with explosive charges were placed beneath the German lines to aid the advance of British troops Bernhard, Scoundrel of Orange (Dutch: Bernhard, schavuit van Oranje) (2010) – Dutch biographical drama miniseries depicting the life of Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld Black Venus (French: Vénus noire) (2010) – French drama film based on the life of Sarah Baartman, a Khoikhoi woman who in the early 19th century was exhibited in Europe under the name "Hottentot Venus" Blood Done Sign My Name (2010) – drama film based on the autobiographical book Blood Done Sign My Name (2004) by historian Timothy Tyson Bond of Silence (2010) – thriller drama television film based on the 1997 Murder of Bob Hutchinson in Squamish, British Columbia Bonded by Blood (2010) – British crime film loosely based on the Rettendon murders in 1995 The Breath of Heaven (German: Der Atem des Himmels) (2010) – Austrian biographical disaster film based on the worst avalanche catastrophe in Alpine history Bruce Lee, My Brother (Cantonese: 李小龍) (2010) – Hong Kong biographical martial arts film based on the life of Bruce Lee from his teenage years through part of his adult years Burke & Hare (2010) – British black comedy film, loosely based on the Burke and Hare murders in 1828 Carlos (2010) – French-German biographical miniseries about the life of the 1970s Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal Casino Jack (2010) – biographical crime drama film focusing on the career of Washington, D.C. lobbyist and businessman Jack Abramoff, who was involved in a massive corruption scandal that led to his conviction as well as the conviction of two White House officials Caterpillar (Japanese: キャタピラー) (2010) – Japanese drama film depicting a critique of the right-wing militarist nationalism that guided Japan's conduct in Asia during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II Centurion (2010) – British historical action film loosely based on the disappearance of the Roman Empire's Ninth Legion in Caledonia in the early second century AD The Chameleon (2010) – Canadian-French-American biographical drama film based upon the true story of Frédéric Bourdin who impersonated a missing child named Nicholas Barclay in San Antonio, Texas, in the 1990s Chico Xavier (2010) – Brazilian drama film about the Brazilian medium Chico Xavier The Client List (2010) – drama television film based on the Odessa, Texas prostitution scandal of 2004 The Clinic (2010) – Australian horror thriller film following six abducted women and their newborn babies, according to the poster it's "inspired by true events" Cold Fish (Japanese: 冷たい熱帯魚) (2010) – Japanese crime drama film about a quiet and unambitious owner of a tropical fish shop whose life and family are taken over by a fellow fish entrepreneur who happens to be a serial killer, loosely based on the exploits of two Tokyo serial killers, Sekine Gen and Hiroko Kazama, a husband and wife duo who owned a pet shop and murdered at least four people Confucius (Mandarin: 孔子) (2010) – Chinese biographical drama film depicting the life of Confucius The Conspirator (2010) – mystery historical drama film telling the story of Mary Sturratt, the only female conspirator charged in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the first woman to be executed by the United States federal government Conviction (2010) – biographical legal drama film based on the story of a single mother, Betty Anne Waters, who goes to law school so she can become her brother Kenny's attorney after Kenny is wrongly convicted of murder Cornelis (2010) – Swedish biographical drama film about the life of the musician Cornelis Vreeswijkwww.svd.se, Svenska Dagbladet review. Crook (Hindi: क्रूक) (2010) – Indian Hindi-language action thriller film based on the controversy regarding the allegedly racial attacks on Indian students in Australia between 2007 and 2010 Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer (2010) – thriller horror film based on real events regarding a serial killer by the name of Cyrus D.C. Sniper (2010) – thriller drama film based on the Beltway sniper attacks of October 2002 committed by John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo Dear Mr. Gacy (2010) – Canadian thriller drama film based on the book The Last Victim by Jason MossDear Mr. Gacy Teaser, Clip, and Q&A with William Forsythe Death and Glory in Changde (Mandarin: 喋血孤城) (2010) – Chinese war film based on the events in the Battle of Changde in 1943 during the Second Sino-Japanese War Dersimiz: Atatürk (2010) – Turkish biographical film based on the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Dumas (French: L'Autre Dumas) (2010) – French biographical drama film about 19th-century French author Alexandre Dumas Eat Pray Love (2010) – biographical romantic drama film starring Julia Roberts as Elizabeth Gilbert, based on Gilbert's 2006 memoir of the same nameShah, Riddhi. The "Eat, Pray, Love" guru's troubling past." Salon.com, August 14, 2010. Retrieved November 22, 2011 The End Is My Beginning (German: Das Ende ist mein Anfang) (2010) – German-Italian biographical drama film based on the posthumous autobiographical best-seller with the same name written by Tiziano Terzani The Enlightener (Indonesian: Sang Pencerah) (2010) – Indonesian biographical film about Ahmad Dahlan and how he came to found the Islamic organisation Muhammadiyah The Esmeralda 1879 (Spanish: La Esmeralda 1879) (2010) – Chilean historical drama film about the naval Battle of Iquique, which took place on May 21, 1879, in the harbor of this coastal town in the Tarapacá Region Even the Rain (Spanish: También la lluvia) (2010) – Spanish-Mexican-French drama film based on real events in the year 2000, the Cochabamba Water War, when the population of one of the poorest nations in South America rose up against a powerful American company, Bechtel, and recovered a basic good: water The Experiment (2010) – thriller drama film about an experiment which resembles Philip Zimbardo's Stanford prison experiment in 1971, the film is a remake of the 2001 German film Das ExperimentBD Horror News – Paul Scheuring to Write and Direct 'The Experiment' Remake Extraordinary Measures (2010) – medical drama film based on the story of John Crowley and Aileen Crowley, whose children have Pompe diseaseRoger Ebert (January 20, 2010). Extraordinary Measures . Sun Times. Accessed 2011-08-01. Fair Game (2010) – biographical political drama film based on Valerie Plame's 2007 memoir Fair Game and Joseph C. Wilson's 2004 memoir The Politics of Truth The Fighter (2010) – biographical sports drama film based on the life of boxer Micky Ward and his half-brother, Dicky Eklund The First Grader (2010) – British-American-Kenyan biographical drama film based on the true story of Kimani Maruge, a Kenyan farmer who enrolled in elementary school at the age of 84 following the Kenyan government's announcement of free universal primary education in 2003 Fortress of War (Russian: Брестская крепость) (2010) – Russian-Belarusian war film recounting the June 1941 defense of Brest Fortress against invading Wehrmacht forces in the opening stages of Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II Frankie & Alice (2010) – Canadian drama film based on a true story about a popular go-go dancer/stripper in the 1970s who has dissociative identity disorder Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (French: Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque)) (2010) – French biographical drama film based on the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg The Great Vazquez (Spanish: El gran Vázquez) (2010) – Spanish biographical comedy drama film about Manuel Vázquez Gallego Green Zone (2010) – British action thriller film depicting the events from the end of the invasion phase of the 2003 invasion of Iraq until the transfer of power to the Iraqis The Hammer (2010) – biographical film about Matt Hamill, a deaf wrestler and mixed martial artist Henry of Navarre (German: Henri 4) (2010) – German historical film about the life of Henry IV of France Hildalgo: The Untold Story (Spanish: Hidalgo: La historia jamás contada) (2010) – Mexican historical biographical film about Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla and his part in the Mexican War of Independence