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.
2024 The 47 (Spanish: El 47) (2024) – Spanish drama film about Manolo Vital, a bus driver who challenged the authorities in 1978 Barcelona in a struggle for the dignity of a working-class neighborhood A Complete Unknown (2024) – biographical drama film about the controversy surrounding the switch to electrically amplified instrumentation by Bob Dylan A Very Royal Scandal (2024) – British thriller drama miniseries retelling Emily Maitlis' professional and personal journey leading up to the 2019 BBC television interview of Prince Andrew by Maitlis for BBC Two news and current affairs programme Newsnight Accident or Conspiracy: Godhra (Hindi: गोधरा) (2024) – Indian Hindi-language drama film based on the events surrounding the 2002 Godhra train fire in Gujarat, India, which later led to the 2002 Gujarat riots Ae Watan Mere Watan (Hindi: ऐ वतन मेरे वतन) (2024) – Indian Hindi-language historical biographical film based on the life of Usha Mehta, a brave young girl who starts an underground radio station to spread the message of unity, setting off a thrilling chase with the British authorities during the Quit India movement Amar Singh Chamkila (Hindi: अमर सिंह चमकिला) (2024) – Indian Hindi-language biographical drama film based on the life of musician Amar Singh Chamkila Amaran (Tamil: அமரன்) (2024) – Indian Tamil-language biographical action war film based on the life of Major Mukund Varadarajan, an Indian Army officer who was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime gallantry award, for his bravery in a counter-terrorism operation in Jammu and Kashmir in 2014 The Apprentice (2024) – biographical drama film that examines Donald Trump's career as a real estate businessman in New York City in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as his relationship with attorney Roy Cohn 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 Aserb: The Squadron (Arabic: السرب) (2024) – Egyptian action film based on true events of the Egyptian National Security Agency's response to the 2015 kidnapping and beheading of Copts in Libya The Asunta Case (Spanish: El caso Asunta) (2024) – Spanish crime thriller miniseries based on the murder of Asunta Basterra Atatürk II 1881 – 1919 (2024) – Turkish epic historical drama film following the life of the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk from 1881 – 1919 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 Back to Black (2024) – British biographical musical drama film based on the life of British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse Bardejov (2024) – historical war film telling the true story of small town Jewish leader Rafuel Lowy, who found an ingenious way to save Bardejov's Jewish population from being sent to Auschwitz during World War Two Bau: Artist at War (2024) – biographical romantic drama film chronicling Holocaust survivor Joseph Bau's imprisonment in the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp during World War II, and his subsequent relationship and wedding with Rebecca Beautiful Rebel (Italian: Sei nell'anima) (2024) – Italian biographical film about the life and career of Gianna Nannini Becoming Karl Lagerfeld (2024) – French biographical drama miniseries following the rise of Karl Lagerfeld through the world of haute couture in 1970s Paris, telling the story of both his career in high fashion and personal relationships Being Maria (French: Maria) (2024) – French biographical drama film dramatizing actress Maria Schneider's experiences working on Bernardo Bertolucci's feature film Last Tango in Paris Better Man (2024) – biographical drama film about the British pop singer Robbie Williams The Big Cigar (2024) – biographical thriller miniseries following the events of the Black Panther Party in the 1970s, the series is about party founder Huey P. Newton escaping from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to Cuba with the help of Bert Schneider for an elaborate plan The Blood Brothers (2024) – Philippine biographical thriller film telling of Philippine history before Islam being told from the perspective of two indigenous brothers in Mindanao and how the education of the other drove a wedge between them and served as a catalyst to their cultural differences Blood'less' Revolution (Portuguese: Revolução sem sangue) (2024) – Portuguese historical drama film portraying events surrounding the Carnation Revolution of 1974 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 Boléro (2024) – French-Belgian biographical film about the life of musical composer Maurice Ravel during his preparation of Boléro, as commissioned by Ida Rubinstein Boneyard (2024) – crime thriller film based on the West Mesa murders Bonhoeffer (2024) – historical thriller drama film about the German theologian and anti-Nazi dissident Dietrich Bonhoeffer 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 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 Chabuca (2024) – Peruvian biographical drama film based on the life of Peruvian actor and drag queen Ernesto Pimentel 'Chola Chabuca' Chandu Champion (Hindi: चंदू चैम्पियन) (2024) – Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film about India's first Paralympics gold medallist Murlikant Petkar Clipped (2024) – sports drama miniseries it focuses on the downfall of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, amid the team's drive to win a championship under coach Doc Rivers The Correspondent (2024) – Australian biographical legal thriller film about journalist Peter Greste during the detention of Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt Cristóbal Balenciaga (2024) – Spanish biographical miniseries about Spanish fashion designer Cristóbal Balenciaga Daughter of the Nation (Czech: Dcera národa) (2024) – Czech romantic historical miniseries telling the story of Zdeňka Havlíčková, daughter of Karel Havlíček Borovský The Deliverance (2024) – supernatural horror thriller film is based on the Latoya Ammons family possession 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 Dharmaveer 2 (Marathi: धर्मवीर २) (2024) – Indian Marathi-language biographical political drama film delving into the life of Anand Dighe Disco, Ibiza, Locomía (2024) – Spanish-Mexican biographical musical drama film based on the musical ensemble Locomía Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight (2024) – South African drama film based on the experiences of Alexandra Fuller's White Zimbabwean family following the Rhodesian Bush War Escape from Germany (2024) – historical drama film based on the true story of 79 American missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints get stranded inside Nazi Germany on the eve of outbreak of WWII The Featherweight (2024) – biographical sports drama film about professional boxer Willie Pep Feud: Capote vs. The Swans (2024) – drama miniseries about writer Truman Capote and his ruined relationship with the Swans, a socialite group of New York City high society when Capote revealed intimate and scandalous secrets about his friends in an Esquire article Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist (2024) – crime drama miniseries fictionalizing an actual armed robbery at an Atlanta party on the night of Muhammad Ali's October 1970 comeback fight, after being stripped of his boxing license in 1967 for being a conscientious objector to fighting in the Vietnam War Firefighters (2024) – South Korean drama film based on the Hongje-dong arson incident in 2001 The Fire Inside (2024) – biographical sports film about American professional boxer Claressa "T-Rex" Shields training for the 2012 Summer Olympics The Firing Squad (2024) – adventure drama film inspired by the story of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, members of the Bali Nine The Flood (French: Le Déluge) (2024) – French historical drama film about Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette at the end of their reign Franklin (2024) – biographical historical drama miniseries about the United States Founding Father Benjamin Franklin 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 The Girl with the Needle (Danish: Pigen med nålen) (2024) – Danish historical psychological horror film loosely based on the true story of Danish serial killer Dagmar Overbye, who manipulated impoverished mothers into leaving their unwanted children in her care, as adoptees, and subsequently murdered them 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 Gold (2024) – Malaysian biographical sports drama film based on Cheah Liek Hou's journey on winning gold medal in 2020 Paralympic Games in badminton (category SU5) 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 The Great Ambition (Italian: Berlinguer. La grande ambiente) (2024) – Italian biographical drama film about politician Enrico Berlinguer, who led the Italian Communist Party from 1972 to 1984 The Great Lillian Hall (2024) – drama television film loosely inspired by American stage actress Marian Seldes Griselda (2024) – biographical crime miniseries about Griselda Blanco, the notorious Colombian drug lord Harbin (Korean: 하얼빈) (2024) – South Korean biographical historical drama film about Ahn Jung-geun, a Korean independence activist who assassinated Itō Hirobumi, the first Prime Minister of Japan, in 1909 Hijacking (2024) – South Korean disaster film based on the hijack attempt of a Korean Air F27 airliner in 1971 Holy Mother (Spanish: La abadesa) (2024) – Spanish historical drama film inspired by the life of Emma of Barcelona House of Ga'a (2024) – Nigerian historical drama film delving into the tumultuous ascent to power of a ruthless Prime Minister (Bashorun Ga'a) consumed by vengeance who stops at nothing to eclipse the kings he once served I'm Nevenka (Spanish: Soy Nevenka) (2024) – Spanish drama film about the sexual harassment of young municipal councillor Nevenka Fernández by her boss, the Ponferrada Mayor Ismael Álvarez I'm Still Here (Portuguese: Ainda Estou Aqui ) (2024) – Brazilian political biographical drama film about Eunice Paiva, a mother and activist coping with the forced disappearance of her husband, the dissident politician Rubens Paiva, during the military dictatorship in Brazil