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

1950 Annie Get Your Gun (1950) – comedy drama film loosely based on the life of sharpshooter Annie Oakley The Baron of Arizona (1950) – Western crime drama film based on the case of James Reavis whose attempted use of false documents to lay claim to the territory of Arizona late in the 19th century came close to success The Bells of Nagasaki (Japanese: 長崎の鐘) (1950) – Japanese romance film portraying the experiences of Takashi Nagai as a survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki The Big Lift (1950) – war drama film telling the story of "Operation Vittles", the 1948–49 Berlin Airlift, through the experiences of two U.S. Air Force sergeants Cheaper by the Dozen (1950) – comedy drama film based upon the autobiographical book Cheaper by the Dozen (1948) by Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey describing growing up in a family with twelve children, in Montclair, New Jersey Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) – adventure comedy film about poet and supreme swordsman Cyrano de Bergerac Fangio, the Demon of the Tracks (Spanish: Fangio, el demonio de las pistas) (1950) – Argentine sport drama film about the life of legendary Argentine motor racer Juan Manuel Fangio The Flowers of St. Francis (Italian: Francesco, giullare di Dio) (1950) – Italian biographical drama film based on the life and work of St. Francis and the early FranciscansBondanella, Peter. The Films of Roberto Rossellini. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991. 16–17. Print. Guilty of Treason (1950) – anti-Soviet biographical drama film about the story of József Mindszenty, a Roman Catholic cardinal from Hungary Highway 301 (1950) – crime drama film telling the story of a gang of career criminals, modeled on the real life Tri-State Gang, terrorizing and robbing banks and payrolls in North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland. The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) – sport drama film focusing on Robinson's struggle with the abuse of bigots as he becomes the first African-American Major League Baseball player of the modern era Julius Caesar (1950) – historical drama film about Julius Caesar, based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare Madeleine (1950) – British crime drama film based on a true story of Madeleine Smith, a young Glasgow woman from a wealthy family who was tried in 1857 for the murder of her lover, Emile L'Angelier The Magnificent Yankee (1950) – biographical drama film examining the life of United States Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. The Mudlark (1950) – British-American historical film depicting a fictional account of how Queen Victoria was eventually brought out of her mourning for her dead husband, Prince Albert Mussorgsky (Russian: Мусоргский) (1950) – Soviet biographical drama film about the emergence of Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky Never Fear (1950) – drama film based on the true story of dancer who is about to embark on a major career and is devastated to learn that she has contracted polio, she is sent to Kabat-Kaiser Institute for rehabilitation, where she meets fellow patients in recovery. By allowing others to share her grief, Carol is able to pull herself together and go on with her life Odette (1950) – British biographical war film depicting the true story of Special Operations Executive French agent, Odette Sansom, living in England, who was captured by the Germans in 1943, condemned to death and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp to be executed Over the Waves (Spanish: Sobre las olas) (1950) – Mexican biographical musical film portraying the life of the composer Juventino Rosas The Petty Girl (1950) – biographical musical film about painter George Petty who falls for Victoria Braymore, the youngest professor at Braymore College who eventually becomes "The Petty Girl"GIRL OF THE YEAR Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 17, Iss. 193, (1 Jan 1950): 172. Samadhi (Hindi: समाधि) (1950) – Indian Hindi-language war drama film concerning Subhas Chandra Bose and the Indian National Army during World War II Sending of Flowers (French: Envoi de fleurs) (1950) – French historical drama film portraying the life of the composer Paul Delmet The Sound of Fury (1950) – crime drama film based on events that occurred in 1933 when two men were arrested in San Jose, California for the kidnapping and murder of Brooke Hart Three Came Home (1950) – war drama film depicting Agnes Newton Keith's life in North Borneo in the period immediately before the Japanese invasion in 1942, and her subsequent internment and suffering, separated from her husband Harry, and with a young son to care for Three Little Words (1950) – biographical musical film about the Tin Pan Alley songwriting partnership of Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby Two Suspects (Norwegian: To mistenkelige personer) (1950) – Norwegian crime drama film about the murder of two sheriffs in Norway and the subsequent hunt for the criminals, loosely based on a real incident that happened in Ådal in 1926 The Wooden Horse (1950) – British war drama film depicting the true events of an escape attempt made by POWs in the German prison camp Stalag Luft III Young Daniel Boone (1950) – Western drama film based on the life of Daniel Boone Young Man with a Horn (1950) – musical drama film inspired by the life of jazz cornetist Bix BeiderbeckeVariety film review; 8 February 1950, page 11. Zhukovsky (Russian: Жуковский) (1950) – Soviet biographical film based on the life of Russian scientist Nikolai Zhukovsky, founding father of modern aero- and hydrodynamics

1951 A Place in the Sun (1951) – drama film inspired by the real-life murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in 1906, which resulted in Gillette's conviction and execution by electric chair in 1908 Air Cadet (1951) – war drama film about United States Air Force (USAF) pilots in training"Air Cadet (1951)." Aerofiles. Retrieved: 3 May 2016. Al Jennings of Oklahoma (1951) – Western drama film based on the story of Al Jennings, a former train robber turned attorney Appointment with Venus (1951) – British war drama film based on the evacuation of Alderney cattle from the Channel Island during World War II The Basketball Fix (1951) – sport drama film based on the CCNY point shaving scandal Casabianca (1951) – French war drama film telling the story of the French submarine in World War TwoTechnicolor Adventures in Bagdad R. N. The Christian Science Monitor 6 September 1952: 13. The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951) – biographical war film based on the book Rommel: The Desert Fox by Brigadier Desmond Young, who served in the British Indian Army in North Africa David and Bathsheba (1951) – historical epic film following King David's life and his relationship with Uriah's wife Bathsheba Dick Turpin's Ride (1951) – adventure romance film following the career of the eighteenth century highwaymen Dick Turpin Follow the Sun (1951) – biographical sport drama film about the life of golf legend Ben Hogan Fourteen Hours (1951) – drama film based on an article by Joel Sayre in The New Yorker describing the 1938 suicide of John William Warde The Franchise Affair (1951) – British mystery thriller film based on the true story of the investigation of a mother and daughter accused of kidnapping a local young woman The Frogmen (1951) – adventure drama film based on operations by United States Navy Underwater Demolition Teams, popularly known as "frogmen", against the Japanese Army and naval forces Go for Broke! (1951) – war drama film depicting the real-life story of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, which was composed of Nisei (second-generation Americans born of Japanese parents) soldiers "Robert Pirosh, 79, Veteran of Combat and Author, Is Dead," New York Times. 31 December 1989. The Great Caruso (1951) – biographical drama film about the life of famous operatic tenor Enrico Caruso The Great Missouri Raid (1951) – Western drama film about the James–Younger Gang I Was an American Spy (1951) – war drama film dramatizing the true story of Claire Phillips, an American expat who spied on the Japanese during World War II and was captured, tortured, and sentenced to death before being rescuedEisner, Peter. 2017. MacArthur's Spies: The Soldier, the Singer and the Spymaster Who Defied the Japanese in World War II. Viking. ISBN 0525429654 I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951) – biographical drama film based on Corra Harris' biographical book of a Methodist minister, called to a north-Georgia mountain-community in 1910 who, with his gently bred new bride, meets the problems and crises of his circuit-riding congregation fearlessly and honestly I'll See You in My Dreams (1951) – biographical musical film about lyricist Gus Kahn Jim Thorpe – All-American (1951) – biographical drama film about Jim Thorpe, the great Native American athlete who won medals at the 1912 Olympics and distinguished himself in various sports, both in college and on professional teams The Lady with a Lamp (1951) – British historical drama film depicting the life of Florence Nightingale and her work with wounded British soldiers during the Crimean War The Living Christ Series (1951) – drama miniseries about the life of Jesus Christ The Magic Box (1951) – British biographical drama film about William Friese-Greene, who designed and patented one of the earliest working cinematic cameras Monsieur Fabre (1951) – French historical comedy film based on the life of the entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre and his total devotion to studying insect behavior, travelling from Avignon to Paris, from Paris to his death in Sérignan Murder in the Cathedral (1951) – British historical drama film portraying the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral during the reign of Henry II in 1170 Our Lady of Fatima (Spanish: La señora de Fátima) (1951) – Spanish drama film telling the story of the 1917 miracle of Fatima, in which the Virgin Mary supposedly appeared to three children—two girls and one boy Quo Vadis (1951) – biographical drama film set in ancient Rome during the final years of Emperor Nero's reign The Red Inn (French: L'auberge rouge) (1951) – French comedy crime film based on the actual crime case of the inn l'Auberge rouge in Peyrebeille, where the innkeeper confesses to a number of serious sins The Tall Target (1951) – historical crime film based on the alleged Baltimore Plot The Tanks Are Coming (1951) – war drama film chronicling the U.S. 3rd Armored Division's advance across northern France and its attempt to pierce the Siegfried Line Taras Shevchenko (Russian: Тарас Шевченко) (1951) – Soviet biographical film about the Ukrainian writer Taras ShevchenkoReview in The New York Times Valentino (1951) – biographical drama film about Rudolph Valentino"HOLLYWOOD DOSSIER: Long Hunt for Actor to Play Valentino Finally Ends – Other Studio Items" by THOMAS F. BRADY HOLLYWOOD.. New York Times 14 Aug 1949: X3. Warsaw Premiere (Polish: Warszawska premiera) (1951) – Polish historical film portraying the life of the Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko, particularly focusing on the composition of his 1848 opera Halka The Wild Blue Yonder (1951) – war drama film dealing with the Boeing B-29 Superfortress air raids on Japan during World War II"Original print information: The Wild Blue Yonder (1951)." Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved: 14 September 2014. Wherever She Goes (1951) – Australian drama film depicting the early part of the life story of pianist Eileen Joyce The Young Caruso (Italian: Enrico Caruso: leggenda di una voce) (1951) – Italian biographical drama film about Enrico Caruso

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