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.
2013 11.6 (2013) – French biographical drama film depicting the real-life story of criminal Toni Musulin, who pulls off one of the largest heists in France's history without the aid of firearms 12 Years a Slave (2013) – biographical drama film based on Solomon Northup, a New York State-born free negro who was deceived and kidnapped in Washington, D.C., and sold into slavery 42 (2013) – biographical sports film about baseball player Jackie Robinson, the first black athlete to play in Major League Baseball during the modern eraFordin, Spencer (9 December 2011) Jackie Robinson movie to star Ford, Boseman. Mlb.mlb.com. Retrieved on 23 April 2013. 47 Ronin (2013) – historical action film telling a fictionalized account of the forty-seven rōnin, a real-life group of masterless samurai in 18th-century Japan who avenged the death of their daimyō Asano Naganori by battling his rival Kira Yoshinaka 3096 Days (German: 3096 Tage) (2013) – German biographical drama film based on the story of Natascha Kampusch who was kidnapped at age 10 and held in captivity for 8 years A Journey of Samyak Buddha (Hindi: अ जर्नी ऑफ सम्यक बुद्ध) (2013) – Indian Hindi-language film about the journey of Gautam Buddha’s miraculous birth, marriage, and his path towards enlightenment A Tale of Samurai Cooking (Japanese: 武士の献立) (2013) – Japanese romantic drama film depicting a true love story between a cook and the heir to a renowned cooking family Abuse of Weakness (French: Abus de faiblesse) (2013) – French biographical drama film based on Catherine Breillat's own experiences with notorious conman Christophe Rocancourt Akte Grüninger (2013) – Swiss-Austrian war drama film focusing on events in late summer 1938, when Paul Grüninger saved the lives of up to 3,600 Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria by pre-dating their visas, enabling them to migrate 'illegally' to Switzerland Alfredo S. Lim (The Untold Story) (2013) – Philippine biographical action film based on the life of police general Alfredo Lim Alone yet Not Alone (2013) – religious historical drama film dramatizing the true story of three preteen girls, Barbara and Regina Leininger and Marie LeRoy, whom the Lenape forcibly seized in the 1755 Penn's Creek massacre American Hustle (2013) – black comedy crime film inspired by the FBI Abscam operation of the late 1970s and early 1980s An Adventure in Space and Time (2013) – British biographical television film dramatizing the events surrounding the creation of Doctor Who in the 1960s, with emphasis on actor William Hartnell as he took on the role of the original incarnation of the show's main character Anita e Garibaldi (2013) – Brazilian historical drama film following the arrival of Giuseppe Garibaldi in Brazil, his meeting with Anita Garibaldi and the human and military learning with Luigi Rossetti in the struggle for liberation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina of the Brazilian Empire The Anna Nicole Story (2013) – biographical drama television film about late actress and Playboy Playmate, Anna Nicole Smith Ask This of Rikyu (Japanese: 利休にたずねよ) (2013) – Japanese biographical film based on Sen no Rikyū, the historical figure with the most profound influence on chanoyu, the Japanese "Way of Tea", particularly the tradition of wabi-cha The Attacks of 26/11 (2013) – Indian Hindi-language action thriller film based on the 2008 Mumbai attacks Attahasa (Kannada: ಅಟ್ಟಹಾಸ) (2013) – Indian Kannada-language biographical film based on the notorious forest brigand Veerappan Behind the Candelabra (2013) – biographical drama film based on the last ten years in the life of pianist Liberace and the relationship that he had with Scott Thorson Belle (2013) – British historical drama film inspired by the 1779 painting of Dido Elizabeth Belle beside her cousin Lady Elizabeth Murray at Kenwood House Betty & Coretta (2013) – drama television film based on the widows of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X and how they carry on as single mothers after the assassination of their husbands Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (Hindi: भाग मिल्खा भाग) (2013) – Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film based on life of Indian athlete Milkha Singh Big Sur (2013) – adventure drama film based on the time Jack Kerouac spent in Big Sur, California, and his three brief sojourns to his friend Lawrence Ferlinghetti's cabin in Bixby Canyon The Bling Ring (2013) – satirical crime film based on the Bling Ring, also known as the Hollywood Hills Burglar Bunch, who broke into Hollywood Hills homes from October 2008 through August 2009 Blue Caprice (2013) – crime drama film based on the 2002 D.C. sniper attacks Bolívar, Man of Difficulties (Spanish: Bolívar, el hombre de las dificultades) (2013) – Venezuelan historical drama film based on the obstacles that Simón Bolívar had to face in 1815 and 1816 Bonnie & Clyde (2013) – revisionist crime drama miniseries about Great Depression-era outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow Boy Golden: Shoot to Kill (2013) – Philippine biographical action film loosely based on the life of Arturo Porcuna who rises through the Manila underworld in the 1960s until his murderER Ejercito returns to MMFF as 'Boy Golden' . ABS-CBN News. 15 November 2013. Bozo (Japanese: ぼっちゃん) (2013) – Japanese drama film based on the Akihabara massacre Burning Blue (2013) – drama film based on D.M.W. Greer's experiences as a U.S. Navy aviator during the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" era"Burning Blue; Deny nothing." Official website: Burning Blue, 2015. Retrieved: 26 December 2015. Burning Bush (Czech: Hořící keř) (2013) – Czech historical drama miniseries focusing on the personal sacrifice of a Prague history student, Jan Palach, who set himself on fire in 1969 in protest against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in the previous year Burton & Taylor (2013) – British romantic drama television film based on the legendary acting duo and former husband and wife, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, during their preparation for a 1983 theatrical production of the play, Private Lives The Butler (2013) – historical drama film based on the real life of Eugene Allen, who worked in the White House for decades Camille Claudel 1915 (2013) – French biographical film based on sculptor Camille Claudel Captain Phillips (2013) – biographical action thriller film based on the story of the eponymous Captain Richard Phillips, a merchant mariner who was taken hostage by Somali pirates CBGB (2013) – biographical drama film about the former New York music venue CBGB Celluloid (Malayalam: സെല്ലുലോയ്ഡ്) (2013) – Indian Malayalam-language biographical film based on the life story of J. C. Daniel, the father of Malayalam cinema The Clerics (Indonesian: Sang Kiai) (2013) – Indonesian drama film following the Muslim cleric and founder of Indonesian Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama, Hasyim Asy'ari through the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies and the Indonesian National Revolution The Closed Circuit (Polish: Układ zamknięty) (2013) – Polish action film inspired by the true story of businessmen struggling with the accusations made by the prosecutor's office and the tax office. Some of them ended up in mining arrest, and their company was brought to collapse The Conjuring (2013) – supernatural horror film based on purportedly real-life reports that inspired The Amityville Horror story CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story (2013) – biographical television film about the R&B and hip hop musical trio TLC Dallas Buyers Club (2013) – biographical drama film telling the story of Ron Woodroof, an AIDS patient diagnosed in the mid-1980s when HIV/AIDS treatments were under-researched, while the disease was not understood and highly stigmatized The Dance of Reality (Spanish: La danza de la realidad) (2013) – Chilean-French semi-autobiographical drama film by director Alejandro Jodorowsky Decoding Annie Parker (2013) – biographical drama film telling the story of Annie Parker and the discovery of the BRCA1 breast cancer gene Devil's Knot (2013) – biographical crime drama film telling the true story of three murdered children, and the three teenagers known as the West Memphis Three who were convicted of killing them, during the Satanic ritual abuse panic The Devil's Violinist (2013) – Italian-German biographical drama film based on the life story of the 19th-century Italian violinist and composer Niccolò Paganini Diana (2013) – British biographical drama film based on the last two years in the life of Diana, Princess of Wales Drift (2013) – Australian surf drama film based on the birth of the surfing industry in the 1970s"Drift: Ben Nott and Myles Pollard interview" by Don Groves SBS Films 25 April 2013 accessed 23 June 2013. Empire State (2013) – crime drama film based on based on a true story of two childhood friends who rob an armored car repository and the NYPD officer who stands in their way Ephraim's Rescue (2013) – religious historical drama film based on the true stories of Mormon pioneers Ephraim Hanks and Thomas Dobson and their experiences in the handcart brigades The Fifth Estate (2013) – biographical thriller film about the news-leaking website WikiLeaks Free Ride (2013) – crime drama film based on the childhood experiences of director Shana Betz growing up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida Free the Nipple (2013) – comedy drama film based on true events of a mass movement of topless women, backed by First Amendment lawyers, graffiti installations, and national publicity stunts, who invade New York City to protest censorship hypocrisies and promote gender equality legally and culturally in the U.S The Frozen Ground (2013) – crime thriller film based on the crimes of the real-life Alaskan serial killer Robert Hansen Fruitvale Station (2013) – biographical drama film based on the events leading to the death of Oscar Grant, a young man killed in 2009 by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle Gagarin: First in Space (Russian: Гагарин. Первый в космосе) (2013) – Russian biographical drama film about the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, and the mission of Vostok 1 Gangster Squad (2013) - action thriller film about a group of real-life LAPD officers and detectives called the Gangster Squad who were assigned to bring down crime kingpin Mickey Cohen The German Doctor (Spanish: Wakolda) (2013) - Spanish historical drama thriller film about Nazi SS officer and physician Josef Mengele, infamous for performing human experiments in the Auschwitz concentration camp Gimme Shelter (2013) – religious drama film based on a true story about a runaway teenage girl who becomes pregnant and is placed in a home for pregnant girls The Girl with Nine Wigs (German: Heute bin ich blond) (2013) – German biographical comedy drama film based on the autobiography by Sophie van der Stap The Grandmaster (2013) – martial arts drama film based on the life story of the Wing Chun The Great Train Robbery (2013) – British crime drama miniseries telling the story of the Great Train Robbery on 8 August 1963, first from the perspective of the robbers, and then from the perspective of the police Han Gong-ju (Korean: 한공주) (2013) – South Korean crime drama film inspired by the infamous Miryang gang rape case of 2004 The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (2013) – psychological horror film inspired by the real-life events surrounding the Wyrick house in Ellerslie, Georgia, as recounted in the book The Veil: Heidi Wyrick's Story The Hijack That Went South (Finnish: Kaappari) (2013) – Finnish drama film based on real events of the 1978 Oulu Hijacking