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.
2017 6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain (2017) – survival drama film based on the true story of former professional hockey player Eric LeMarque, who finds himself stranded in the High Sierra during a fierce snowstorm and must use his wit and willpower to survive 6 Days (2017) – British-New Zealand action thriller film based on the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege in London The 8-Year Engagement (Japanese: 8年越しの花嫁 奇跡の実話) (2017) – Japanese romantic drama film based on an autobiographical book by Hisashi Nishozawa and Mai Nakahara 9/11 (2017) – action drama film depicting five elevator passengers trapped during the September 11 attacks The 12th Man (Norwegian: Den 12. mann) (2017) - Norwegian historical drama film about Jan Baalsrud, who escapes from occupying Nazi Germans on the island of Rebbenesøya, via the Lyngen Fjord and Manndalen, to neutral Sweden in the spring of 1943 55 Steps (2017) – German-Belgian drama film based on the true story of Eleanor Riese 1987: When the Day Comes (2017) – South Korean political thriller film focusing on the events that led up to the June Democratic Uprising in Korea A Bag of Marbles (French: Un sac de billes) (2017) - French biographical drama film about two young Jewish brothers who were sent by their parents to the Zone libre from occupied France during World War II A Prayer Before Dawn (2017) - British-American-French biographical prison drama film depicting the true story of English boxer, Billy Moore who was incarcerated in one of Thailand's most notorious prisons as he fights in Muay Thai tournaments to earn his freedom A Taxi Driver (Korean: 택시운전사) (2017) – South Korean drama film centring on a taxi driver from Seoul who unintentionally becomes involved in the events of the Gwangju Uprising in 1980, based on German journalist Jürgen Hinzpeter's interactions with driver Kim Sa-bok Above the Law (French: Tueurs) (2017) – French-Belgian crime thriller film based on the true story of a career criminal, who commits a bank heist with his crew, and is set up by corrupt police, for the murder of a judge investigating the 30 year old unsolved case of the mass murders of Brabant who had been duped into being at the getaway scene, and for killing bystanders who witness the murder Adiwiraku (2017) – Malaysian drama film chronicling the experiences of Cheryl Ann Fermando, a rural schoolteacher Aftermath (2017) – thriller film based on events and people surrounding the 2002 Überlingen mid-air collision of a passenger airline with a cargo jet The Age of Pioneers (Russian: Время первых) (2017) – Russian historical drama film about cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, the first human to perform a spacewalkРежиссёр фильма «Время первых» объяснил провал своей картины — «Life.ru» Alias Grace (2017) – Canadian drama miniseries based on the life and trials of Irish-Canadian maid Grace Marks All Eyez on Me (2017) – biographical drama film based on the life and death of the American rapper Tupac Shakur All Saints (2017) – religious drama film about a small-town Tennessee preacher, Michael Spurlock, who attempts to save his struggling church as well as a group of refugees from Karen State, Myanmar, in Southeast Asia All the Money in the World (2017) – American-British crime thriller film depicting the events surrounding the actual 1973 kidnapping of John Paul Getty III in Italy and the refusal of his grandfather, The multi-billionaire oil tycoon, J Paul Getty, to cooperate the extortion demands of the Italian organized crime group known as ‘Ndrangheta American Made (2017) – biographical crime comedy film about Barry Seal, a former TWA pilot who became a drug smuggler for the Medellín Cartel in the 1980s and then, in order to avoid jail time, became an informant for the DEA American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story (2017) – biographical drama miniseries covering the launch of the magazine as well as the next six decades of Hugh Hefner's personal life and career Anarchist from Colony (Korean: 박열) (2017) – South Korean biographical period drama film about the life of independence activist Park Yeol Another Mother's Son (2017) – British war drama film based on a true story from the German occupation of the Channel Islands, about a Jersey woman named Louisa Gould, who takes in an escaped young Russian war prisoner Babs (2017) – British biographical drama television film about the life of British actress Dame Barbara Windsor Bad Genius (Thai: ฉลาดเกมส์โกง) (2017) – Thai heist thriller film inspired by real-life news reports of a major SAT cheating scandal Battle of the Sexes (2017) – British-American biographical sports drama film about the 1973 exhibition tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs The Battleship Island (Korean: 군함도) (2017) – South Korean epic historical action film about an attempted prison break from a forced labor camp on Hashima Island during Imperial Japan's occupation of Korea Beauty and the Dogs (Arabic: على كف عفريت) (2017) – Tunisian drama film about a college student seeks help after a brutal assault but faces a bureaucratic nightmare when she reveals that her perpetrators are police officers, based on a true story Beauty Mark (2017) – drama film following a poverty-stricken young mother who has to get money from a man from her abusive past in order to save her family, based on true events Becoming Bond (2017) – biographical drama film exploring the early life and casting of Australian actor George Lazenby as James Bond in the film On Her Majesty's Secret Service, his eventual decision to leave the role and the effect it all had on his career and the rest of his life The Big Sick (2017) – romantic comedy film loosely based on the real-life romance between Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani Bingo: The King of the Mornings (Portuguese: Bingo: O Rei das Manhãs) (2017) – Brazilian biographical drama film inspired in the life of Arlindo Barreto, one of many actors who played Bozo the Clown in Brazil Bitter Harvest (2017) – Canadian-British historical romantic drama film depicting the Famine in Ukraine in the 1930s The Black Prince (2017) – Indian-British historical drama film depicting the story of Duleep Singh, the last Maharajah of the Sikh Empire and the Punjab area, and his relationship with Queen Victoria Bobbi Kristina (2017) – biographical drama television film based on the life of Bobbi Kristina Brown Bohéma (2017) – Czech historical drama miniseries about film stars of the First Republic during and after the Second World War, more precisely in a period 1938–1953 Bomb City (2017) – crime film based on the death of Brian Deneke, the homicide that revealed the cultural clash between the local jocks and the punk community in Amarillo, Texas, and the result from the subsequent court case sparked debate over injustice in the American judicial system Borg vs McEnroe (Swedish: Borg) (2017) – Swedish sports drama film focusing on the famous professional rivalry between tennis players, Björn Borg and John McEnroe at the 1980 Wimbledon Championships, culminating in their encounter in the men's singles final, one of the most dramatic tennis matches of all time The Boy with the Topknot (2017) – British romantic drama television film about a Sikh man who brings his English girlfriend home, based on the critically acclaimed memoirs of British journalist Sathnam Sanghera Bram Fischer (2017) – South African-Dutch biographical film about South African lawyer Bram Fischer who defended Nelson Mandela and his co-defendants at the Rivonia Trial of 1963–1964An Act Of Defiance , International.eyefikm.nl Breaking the Limits (Polish: Najlepszy) (2017) – Polish biographical drama film about the life of Jerzy Górski Breathe (2017) – British-American biographical drama film that tells the story about Robin Cavendish, who became paralysed from the neck down by polio at age 28 Britney Ever After (2017) – biographical drama television film based on the life of Britney Spears The Captain (German: Der Hauptmann) (2017) – German historical drama film telling the story of German war criminal Willi Herold, who assumed a stolen identity as a German officer and orchestrated the killing of deserters and other prisoners at one of the Emslandlager camps The Case for Christ (2017) – religious drama film based on the true story of atheist journalist Lee Strobel who looks to disprove his wife's Christian faith Chappaquiddick (2017) – political drama film detailing the 1969 Chappaquiddick incident in which Ted Kennedy drove his car into the Poucha Pond, killing Mary Jo Kopechne, as well as the Kennedy family's response Chasing the Dragon (Chinese: 追龍) (2017) – Chinese-Hong Kong action crime film about an illegal immigrant from China who sneaks into British-colonized Hong Kong in 1963 and transforms himself into a ruthless and emerging drug lord, based on real life gangster Ng Sik-ho Churchill (2017) – British historical war drama film about Winston Churchill in June 1944 – especially in the hours leading up to D-Day The Climb (French: L'Ascension) (2017) - French adventure comedy film telling the real-life story of Nadir Dendoune Clint (Malayalam: ക്ലിൻ്റ്) (2017) – Indian Malayalam-language biographical film about Edmund Thomas Clint, a child prodigy known for having drawn over 25,000 paintings during his short life of seven years Cocaine Godmother (2017) – biographical crime drama television film based on the life of Griselda Blanco Crowhurst (2017) – British biographical drama film based on the true story of sailor Donald Crowhurst Crown Heights (2017) – biographical crime drama film depicting the true story of Colin Warner who was wrongfully convicted of murder, and how his best friend Carl King devoted his life to proving Colin's innocence The Current War (2017) – historical drama film inspired by the 19th century competition between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse over which electric power delivery system would be used in the United States (often referred to as the "war of the currents") Cyborgs (Ukrainian: Кiборги: Герої не вмирають) (2017) – Ukrainian war drama film about the Cyborgs, the Ukrainian defenders in the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport during the war in Donbas Daddy (Hindi: पापा) (2017) – Indian Hindi-language political crime drama film portraying gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli Darkest Hour (2017) – British war drama film about Winston Churchill in his early days as prime minister during World War II and the May 1940 War Cabinet Crisis Dating Game Killer (2017) – biographical crime television film about serial killer Rodney Alcala The Death of Stalin (2017) – British satirical black comedy film that depicts the power struggle following the death of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in 1953 Detroit (2017) – historical crime drama film of the Algiers Motel incident during the 1967 Detroit riot The Disaster Artist (2017) – biographical comedy drama film chronicling an unlikely friendship between aspiring actors Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero that results in the production of Wiseau's 2003 film The Room Django (2017) – French biographical drama film about the life of Django Reinhardt Don't Tell (2017) – Australian drama film based on the true story of Lyndal, a young woman who had been sexually abused at a prestigious private school and, with the help of a determined lawyer, sued the powerful church that denied her abuse for ten years Dunkirk (2017) – British-American-French-Dutch epic historical war thriller film depicting the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II from the perspectives of the land, sea, and air England Is Mine (2017) – British biographical drama film, based on the early years of singer Morrissey, before he formed The Smiths in 1982 with Johnny Marr