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.
2021 4 Kings (Thai: 4 KINGS อาชีวะ ยุค) (2021) – Thai crime drama film based on actual events in Thai society about the issue of quarrels among teenage vocational students which injures unrelated persons as well 12 Mighty Orphans (2021) – sports drama film based on the Masonic School for Orphans in Fort Worth, Texas 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 A Dog Named Palma (Russian: Пальма) (2021) – Russian family sports drama film based on real events that took place in 1974–1976 at the Moscow's Vnukovo International Airport A Journal for Jordan (2021) – romantic sports drama film based on the memoir A Journal for Jordan: A Story of Love and Honor by Dana Canedy 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 Aik Hai Nigaar (Urdu: یک ہے نگار) (2021) – Pakistani biographical drama television 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 biography of serial killer Aileen Wuornos and supplemented with elements of fiction Al Kameen (Arabic: الكمين) (2021) – Emirati action war film based on the true story of a 2018 ambush of Emirati soldiers by insurgents Aline (2021) – musical comedy drama film depicting a fictionalized portrayal of the life of Céline DionOlivia Lévy, "Aline, le film évènement porté par Valérie Lemercier". La Presse, 5 November 2021. All Our Fears (Polish: Wszystkie nasze strachy) (2021) – Polish biographical film based on the catholic gay activist Daniel Rycharski All the World Is Sleeping (2021) – drama film based on the experiences of Bold Futures (formerly known as Young Women United), which is a New Mexico-based reproductive justice nonprofit organisation American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally (2021) – biographical 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 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 Amina (2021) – Nigerian biographical action film about the life of 16th century Zazzau empire warrior Queen Amina Animals (2021) – psychological thriller film based on the 2012 murder of gay man Ihsane Jarfi in Liège, the first case of homophobic violence recognized by law in Belgium Anita (Chinese: 梅艷芳) (2021) – Hong Kong biographical musical drama film about Cantopop star Anita Mui Anne Boleyn (2021) – British historical psychological thriller miniseries set in Anne's final five months prior to her execution by beheading for treason in 1536 Asakusa Kid (Japanese: 浅草キッド) (2021) – Japanese biographical drama film based on the apprenticeship of Takeshi Kitano by Senzaburo Fukami 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 Badamasi (2021) – Nigerian-British biographical drama film about former Nigerian head of state, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida Baggio: The Divine Ponytail (Italian: Il Divin Codino) (2021) – Italian biographical sports film based on real life events of Italian footballer Roberto Baggio The Battle at Lake Changjin (Chinese: 长津湖) (2021) – Chinese war drama film depicting the story of the North Korea-allied Chinese People's Volunteer Army, forcing U.S. forces to withdraw in a fictionalized retelling of the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War Being the Ricardos (2021) – biographical drama film about the relationship between I Love Lucy stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz 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 Benediction (2021) – historical biographical drama film about Siegfried Sassoon Bhuj: The Pride of India (Hindi: भुज) (2021) – Indian Hindi-language biographical film depicting 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 The Big Bull (Hindi: द बिग बुल) (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 The Billion Dollar Code (German: Terra Vision) (2021) – German crime thriller miniseries based on the true story of an artist and a hacker invented "ART+COM" 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 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 Božena (2021) – Czech biographical drama miniseries about Božena Němcová Break Every Chain (2021) – religious biographical drama film based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by Jonathan Hickory Bruno Reidal (French: Bruno Reidal, Confession d'un meurtrier) (2021) – French crime drama film based on a real murder case that occurred in rural France in 1905 The Catholic School (Italian: La scuola cattolica) (2021) – Italian thriller drama film based on the 1975 Circeo massacre Charlotte (2021) – Canadian-Belgian-French animated biographical drama film about German painter Charlotte Salomon Chernobyl: Abyss (Russian: Чернобыль) (2021) – Russian disaster film about a firefighter who becomes a liquidator during the Chernobyl disaster Chironjeeb Mujib (Bengali: চিরনজীব মুজিব) (2021) – Bangladeshi biographical drama film about Bangabandhu, the first President of Bangladesh and Father of the Nation 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 The Colour Room (2021) – British biographical drama film based on the life of 1920s–30s ceramic artist Clarice Cliff 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 The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021) – supernatural horror film based on purportedly real-life reports that inspired The Amityville Horror story Creation Stories (2021) – biographical film about Alan McGee and Creation Records Death Saved My Life (2021) – thriller television film inspired on the story of Noela Rukundo 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 The Dig (2021) – British biographical drama film reimagining the events of the 1939 excavation of Sutton Hoo Dopesick (2021) – drama miniseries on "the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction" across the U.S., on how individuals and families are affected by it, on the alleged conflicts of interest involving Purdue Pharma and various government agencies Dr. Gama (Portuguese: Doutor Gama) (2021) – Brazilian biographical drama film based on the life of the abolitionist lawyer and writer Luís Gama, one of the most important figures in Brazilian history Edge of the World (2021) – adventure drama film based on the British soldier and adventurer James Brooke Eiffel (2021) – French romantic drama film depicting the life of Gustave Eiffel The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021) – British biographical film depicting the life of British painter Louis Wain Elk*rtuk (Hungarian: A hazugság ára) (2021) – Hungarian political action thriller film centered around the 2006 Öszöd speech, made by former Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány, the leaking of said speech, and its subsequent consequences Escape from Mogadishu (Korean: 모가디슈) (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 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 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 suicideDavid Rooney, "‘Everything Went Fine’ (‘Tout s’est bien passé’): Film Review | Cannes 2021". The Hollywood Reporter, 7 July 2021. The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) – biographical drama film depicting the history of controversial televangelists Tammy Faye Bakker and Jim Bakker Firebird (2021) – romantic drama film based on the memoir The Story of Roman by Sergey Fetisov, which is set during the Cold War 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 Based on Jennifer Vogel's 2004 book, Flim-Flam Man : A True Family History. Halston (2021) – biographical drama miniseries based on the life of designer Halston 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 House of Gucci (2021) – biographical crime drama film following Patrizia Reggiani and Maurizio Gucci as their romance transforms into a fight for control of the Italian fashion brand Gucci 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 I Am Zlatan (Swedish: Jag är Zlatan) (2021) – Swedish biographical sports drama film about Swedish footballer, Zlatan Ibrahimović Impeachment: American Crime Story (2021) – biographical drama miniseries portraying the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal and subsequent impeachment of Clinton 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 Jump!! The Heroes Behind the Gold (Japanese: ヒノマルソウル〜舞台裏の英雄たち〜) (2021) – Japanese sports drama film based on a true story of the test jumpers for the ski jumping event at the 1998 Winter Olympics, who were instrumental in giving Japan a chance at winning the gold medal Kadet 1947 (2021) – Indonesian biographical war film inspired by the first air raid mission of the Indonesian Air Force carried out by cadets on Dutch defense bases in Semarang, Salatiga, and Ambarawa on 29 July 1947 during the Police Actions