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.
2016 3 Heroines (Indonesian: 3 Srikandi) (2016) – Indonesian biographical sports drama film telling the story of three Indonesian archers (Kusuma Wardhani, Nurfitriyana Saiman and Lilies Handayani) who won Indonesia's first Olympic medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016) – biographical action war film following six members of Annex Security Team who fought to defend the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya after waves of attacks by militants on September 11, 2012 100 Meters (Spanish: 100 metros) (2016) – Spanish biographical sports film based on the true story of a Ramón Arroyo, a Spanish man with multiple sclerosis who tried to finish an Ironman triathlon –3,8 km swimming, 180 km cycling and 42 km running– after he received his diagnosis and was told that he would not be able to walk 100 meters within a year 150 Milligrams (French: La Fille de Brest) (2016) – French biographical drama film based on the true story of French pulmonologist Irène Frachon who became noted for her investigations of the serious side effects and deaths attributed to the diabetes drug Mediator, produced by French manufacturer Laboratoires Servier A Prominent Patient (Czech: Masaryk) (2016) – Czech-Slovak biographical drama film based on the life of Jan Masaryk when he was the Czechoslovak ambassador to the United Kingdom A Quiet Passion (2016) – British biographical drama film about the life of American poet Emily Dickinson A Real Vermeer (Dutch: Een echte Vermeer) (2016) – Dutch biographical drama film about art forger Han van Meegeren directed by Rudolf van den Berg A Street Cat Named Bob (2016) – British biographical drama film telling the story of homeless man and former heroin addict, James Bowen and Bob the cat A United Kingdom (2016) – biographical romantic drama film based on the true-life romance between Seretse Khama, heir to the throne of Bechuanaland (later Botswana, of which he became president), and his wife Ruth Williams Khama A Wedding (French: Noces) (2016) – French-Pakistani crime drama film based on the honour killing of Sadia Sheikh The African Doctor (French: Bienvenue à Marly-Gomont) (2016) – French comedy drama film based on the life of Seyolo Zantoko, the father of the musician Kamini Afterimage (Polish: Powidoki) (2016) – Polish biographical drama film depicting the story of charismatic painter Władysław Strzemiński, who opposed social realism and maintained his own artistic freedom in spite of political obstacles Airlift (Hindi: विमान सेवा) (2016) – Indian Hindi-language action thriller film about a Kuwait-based businessman as he carries out the evacuation of Indians based in Kuwait during the Invasion of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein's Iraq which lead to the beginning of the Gulf War All the Way (2016) – biographical drama television film based on events during the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson Alone in Berlin (2016) – German-French-British war drama film based on the story of Otto and Elise Hampel Amateur Night (2016) – crime erotic comedy film based on the early experiences of film writers Joe Syracuse and Lisa Addario in Hollywood Anna (Hindi: अन्ना: किसन बाबूराव हजारे) (2016) – Indian Hindi-language biographical drama film based on the life of Indian social activist Anna Hazare Anthropoid (2016) – British-French war drama film based on the story of Operation Anthropoid, the World War II assassination of Reinhard Heydrich by exile Czechoslovak soldiers Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš on May 27, 1942 Army of One (2016) – comedy drama film following Gary Faulkner, an ex-construction contractor and unemployed handy man who believes that God has sent him to capture Osama bin Laden in Pakistan Athirah (2016) – Indonesian drama film inspired by the life of the mother of Vice President Jusuf Kalla Azhar (Hindi: अज़हर) (2016) – Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film based on the life of Indian cricketer and former national team captain Mohammad Azharuddin"Emraan Hashmi turns Azharuddin on ‘Azhar’ poster" Barry (2016) – biographical drama film about Barack Obama's life at Columbia University in 1981 The Birth of a Nation (2016) – American-Canadian historical drama film based on the story of Nat Turner, the enslaved man who led a slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831 Birth of the Dragon (2016) – martial arts action film based on the supposedly true story revolving around the young martial artist Bruce Lee, who challenged kung fu master Wong Jack-man in 1965 in San Francisco Bleed for This (2016) – biographical sports film based on the life of former world champion boxer Vinny Paz Brain on Fire (2016) – American-Irish biographical drama film telling the true story of a New York Post writer who begins to suffer a mysterious illness and would have been committed to the psychiatric ward and probably died of encephalitis, if it were not for the efforts and skills of Syrian-American neurologist Souhel Najjar Brock (2016) – Australian biographical sports miniseries based on the life of motor racing driver Peter Brock The Bronx Bull (2016) – biographical sports drama film based on the story of the legendary boxing champion Jake LaMotta and the struggles he faced outside of the boxing ring Budhia Singh – Born to Run (Hindi: बुधिया सिंह) (2016) – Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film based on the life of Budhia Singh, the world's youngest marathon runner, who ran 48 marathons, when he was only five years old Call Me Thief (Afrikaans: Noem My Skollie) (2016) – South African crime drama film based on the life of the film's writer, John W. Fredericks Cézanne and I (French: Cézanne et moi) (2016) – French biographical drama film based on the friendship between 19th century novelist Émile Zola and painter Paul Cézanne Chocolat (2016) – French drama film loosely based on the real life of Rafael Padilla, a clown who performed in a Paris circus around the 1900s and son of a slave from Cuba, a Spanish colony at the time Christine (2016) – British-American biographical drama film about Christine Chubbuck, a news reporter who struggles with depression, along with professional and personal frustrations as she tries to advance her career The Chronicles of Melanie (Latvian: Melānijas hronika) (2016) – Latvian biographical drama film based on the real life of Melānija Vanaga Chuck (2016) – biographical sports drama film based on the life of heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner and his 1975 title fight with the heavyweight champion, Muhammad Ali, which inspired Sylvester Stallone's character and screenplay for the 1976 film Rocky Churchill's Secret (2016) – British biographical television film depicting how Winston Churchill suffered from a stroke in the summer of 1953 Confirmation (2016) – political thriller television film about Clarence Thomas' Supreme Court nomination hearings, and the controversy that unfolded when Anita Hill alleged she was sexually harassed by Thomas The Conjuring 2 (2016) – supernatural horror film based on purportedly real-life reports that inspired The Amityville Horror storyThe Conjuring 2: The Enfield Case review – off-balance horror Dalida (2016) – French biographical drama film about the life of singer and actress Dalida Damilola, Our Loved Boy (2016) – British biographical television film about the events surrounding the 27 November 2000 death of Damilola Taylor The Dancer (French: La Danseuse) (2016) – French biographical historical drama film about Loie Fuller Dangal (Hindi: दंगल) (2016) – Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film based on Mahavir Singh Phogat, a pehlwani amateur wrestler who trains his daughters Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari to become India's first world-class female wrestlers Dark Angel (2016) – British historical drama miniseries about Mary Ann Cotton, widely regarded as Britain's first known female serial killer, who was found guilty of murder in March 1873 for the murder of three of her husbands, allegedly in order to collect on their insurance policies The Day Will Come (Danish: Der kommer en dag) (2016) – Danish drama film based on real stories from Godhavn, where lots of boys were victims of violent and sexual abuse and medical neglect The Death of Louis XIV (French: La Mort de Louis XIV) (2016) – French historical drama film depicting the final days of Louis XIV of France Deepwater Horizon (2016) – biographical disaster film based on the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico Denial (2016) – biographical court drama film dramatizing the Irving v Penguin Books Ltd case, in which Lipstadt, a Holocaust scholar, was sued by Holocaust denier David Irving for libel Devil's Bride (Finnish: Tulen morsian) (2016) – Finnish historical drama film based on the Kastelholm witch trials The Devil's Mistress (2016) – Czech-Slovak historical biographical film about Lída Baarová, the mistress of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels Doctor Rakhmabai (Marathi: डॉक्टर रखमाबाई) (2016) – Indian Marathi-language biographical drama film following the real life story of Doctor Rakhmabai and how she won one of India's first divorce cases and then travelled to the UK to get her medical degree to become India's first female practicing doctor Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie (2016) – satirical parody film loosely based on the 1987 autobiographical book Trump: The Art of the Deal Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet (Korean: 동주) (2016) – South Korean black-and-white biographical period drama film based on the life of poet Yun Dong-ju and his eventual imprisonment by the Japanese government for being involved in the Korean independence movement Down by Love (French: Éperdument) (2016) - French drama film based on the life of Sorour Arbabzadeh and Florent Goncalves in 2010 Down Under (2016) – Australian black comedy drama film based on a true story which happened during the aftermath of the 2005 Cronulla riots Durant's Never Closes (2016) – biographical mystery thriller film portraying the story of Jack Durant, notorious restaurateur and ladies man whose connections to the mafia remain a mystery Earthquake (Armenian: Երկրաշարժ; Russian: Землетрясение) (2016) – Armenian-Russian disaster drama film based on the 1988 Armenian earthquake Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden (German: Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden) (2016) – Austrian-Luxembourg biographical film based on the life of Egon Schiele Ek Thi Marium (Urdu: اک تھی مریم) (2016) – Pakistani biographical drama television film based on the life of Pakistani female fighter pilot Marium Mukhtiar El Amparo (2016) – Colombian-Venezuelan drama film based on the 1988 Massacre of El Amparo, where the Venezuelan army killed several fishermen, accusing them of being Colombian guerillas El Inca (2016) – Venezuelan biographical sports drama film about professional boxer Edwin Valero Elvis & Nixon (2016) – comedy drama film based on the 21 December 1970 meeting of Elvis Presley and President Richard Nixon at the White House Endless Poetry (Spanish: Poesía Sin Fin) (2016) – French-Chilean biographical drama film about Alejandro Jodorowsky's adolescence and youth in the bohemian Matucana neighborhood of Santiago, in the late 1940s and early 1950s Ethel & Ernest (2016) – British animated biographical film following Raymond Briggs' parents, Ethel and Ernest, through their period of marriage from the 1920s to their deaths in the 1970s Fanny's Journey (French: Le Voyage de Fanny) (2016) – French-Belgian children's war drama film inspired by an autobiographical book by Fanny Ben Ami, a girl escaping the Holocaust