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.
2023 12.12: The Day (Korean: 서울의 봄) (2023) – South Korean historical action drama film set against the backdrop of the 12 December 1979, military coup from the late 1970s to early 1980s 12th Fail (2023) – Indian Hindi-language biographical drama film about Manoj Kumar Sharma, who overcame extreme poverty to become an Indian Police Service officer 80 for Brady (2023) – sports comedy film following four lifelong friends who travel to watch Tom Brady and his New England Patriots play in Super Bowl LI in 2017; inspired by a real-life group of Patriots fans known as the "Over 80 for Brady" club 800 (2023) – Indian Tamil-language biographical sports drama film based on the life and career of Sri Lankan international cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan, the highest wicket-taker in the history of cricket 2018 (2023) – Indian Malayalam-language survival drama film based on the severe 2018 Kerala floods that devastated Kerala A Million Miles Away (2023) – biographical drama film detailing the life of José M. Hernández, the first Mexican-American astronaut A Small Light (2023) – biographical war drama miniseries telling the story of Miep Gies and how she helped her Jewish employer Otto Frank, his family, and other Jewish refugees go into hiding during World War II after the German invasion of the Netherlands Abbé Pierre – A Century of Devotion (French: L'Abbé Pierre – Une vie de combats) (2023) – French biographical drama film based on the life of Abbé Pierre, a Catholic priest and national hero in France who devoted his life to helping the poor, homeless people and refugees About My Father (2023) – comedy film loosely based on Sebastian Maniscalco's life and his relationship with his father Air (2023) – biographical drama film based on true events about the origin of Air Jordan, a basketball shoeline, of which a Nike employee seeks to strike a business deal with rookie player Michael Jordan All the World Is Sleeping (2023) – drama film inspired by the true stories of Carly Hicks, Patricia Marez, Jade Sanchez, Myra Salazar, Kayleigh Smith, Malissa Trujillo, and Doralee Urban, a collective of New Mexico women with their own separate histories of substance abuse Angela (2023) – Brazilian crime drama film inspired by the life and murder of Minas Gerais mining socialite Ângela Diniz Archie (2023) – British drama miniseries about the life of Cary Grant Atatürk 1881 – 1919 (2023) – Turkish epic historical drama film following the life of the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Baltimore (2023) – British-Irish biographical thriller film based on the life of Rose Dugdale, a British heiress-turned-IRA member Bank of Dave (2023) – British biographical comedy film based on the story of a Burnley working class and self-made millionaire, Dave Fishwick, who struggles to set up a community bank to help the town's local businesses not only survive, but thrive Bardot (2023) – French biographical drama miniseries following the career of the actress and model Brigitte Bardot, from her first casting at the age of 15 until the filming of Henri-Georges Clouzot's film La Vérité ten years later The Beanie Bubble (2023) – comedy drama film telling the story behind the 1990s Beanie Babies craze Bernadette (2023) – French biographical comedy film about Bernadette Chirac, the French politician and the widow of the former president Jacques Chirac Big George Foreman (2023) – biographical sports drama film based on the life of world heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman BlackBerry (2023) – Canadian biographical comedy drama film about the history of the BlackBerry line of mobile phones The Blue Star (Spanish: La estrella azul) (2023) – Spanish-Argentine drama film about 1990s rock star Mauricio Aznar and his life-changing travel to Argentina Bonnard, Pierre and Marthe (French: Bonnard, Pierre et Marthe) (2023) – French biographical drama film depicting the love story and romance between the painter Pierre Bonnard and his wife, model, and muse Marthe Boston Strangler (2023) – historical crime drama film based on the true story of the Boston Strangler, who in the 1960s killed 13 women in Boston, Massachusetts The Boys in the Boat (2023) – biographical sports drama film following the University of Washington rowing team, and their quest to compete in the 1936 Summer Olympics Buying Back My Daughter (2023) – drama television film based on a true story of a mother trying to get her daughter back when she goes missing and is placed into sex trafficking Cassandro (2023) – biographical drama film following the true story of Cassandro, the exotico character created by Saúl Armendáriz, gay amateur wrestler from El Paso who rose to international stardom The Clearing (2023) – Australian psychological thriller miniseries inspired by a fictionalised account of the Australian cult group The Family Cocaine Bear (2023) – comedy horror thriller film inspired by the true story of the "Cocaine Bear", an American black bear that ingested nearly of lost cocaine Comandante (2023) – Italian war drama film telling an episode of the Battle of the Atlantic, when the Italian submarine Comandante Cappellini sunk the Belgian ship Kabalo The Crowded Room (2023) – psychological thriller miniseries following Danny Sullivan (a character based on Billy Milligan) after he was arrested for his involvement in a New York City shooting in 1979 Dance First (2023) – British-Belgian-Hungarian biographical film about Irish playwright Samuel Beckett Dark October (2023) – Nigerian drama film centring on the lynching of four young students at University of Port Harcourt, popularly known as the Aluu Four lynching Dog Gone (2023) – biographical drama film based on the book Dog Gone: A Lost Pet's Extraordinary Journey and the Family Who Brought Him Home by Pauls Toutonghi Dumb Money (2023) – biographical comedy drama film chronicling the GameStop short squeeze of January 2021 Fairyland (2023) – coming-of-age drama film based on Alysia Abbott's experiences of being raised by her father Steve Abbott, a poet and activist who came out as gay and fell victim to the AIDS crisis Ferrari (2023) – biographical sports thriller film following the personal and professional struggles of Enzo Ferrari, the Italian founder of the car manufacturer Ferrari S.p.A., during the summer of 1957 Firebrand (2023) – British historical drama film focusing on Katherine Parr, Queen of England and the wife and widow of Henry VIII Flamin' Hot (2023) – biographical drama film depicting the story of Richard Montañez, the Frito-Lay janitor who claimed to have invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos The Gallows Pole (2023) – British-Irish historical miniseries depicting a fictionalized account of the Cragg Vale Coiners at the onset of the industrial revolution in 18th-century Yorkshire Girl in the Closet (2023) – crime drama film based on the true story of Lauren Kavanaugh who was locked in a closet for six years and endured physical and sexual abuse by her biological mother and stepfather Girl You Know It's True (2023) – biographical film about the controversial late-1980s/early-1990s music duo Milli Vanilli, who caused one of the most infamous scandals in international pop music Golda (2023) – American-British biographical drama film depicting the life of Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel, particularly during the Yom Kippur War The Gold (2023) – British biographical crime drama miniseries about the 1983 Brink's Mat robbery in which £26 million (equivalent to £93.3 million in 2021) worth of gold bullion, diamonds, and cash was stolen from a warehouse near Heathrow Airport GomBurZa (2023) – Philippine historical biographical film following the lives of the Gomburza, three native Filipino Roman Catholic priests executed during the latter years of the Spanish colonial era in the Philippines Gran Turismo (2023) – biographical coming-of-age sports drama film based on the true story of teenage Gran Turismo player Jann Mardenborough aspiring to be a race car driver The Great Escaper (2023) – British biographical comedy drama film based on the true story of a British World War II Royal Navy veteran who in June 2014 "broke out" of his nursing home to attend the 70th anniversary D-Day commemorations in France Guardians of the Formula (Serbian: Čuvari formule) (2023) – Serbian drama film following the aftermath of the 1958 reactor incident at Vinča Nuclear Institute and the subsequent treatment of irradiated Yugoslav physicists at the Curie Institute in Paris, which involved the first bone marrow grafts between unrelated donors and hosts ever made in the world Gunjal (Urdu: گنجل) (2023) – Pakistani action crime thriller film inspired by the true story of a Pakistani child labour activist Iqbal Masih, who led a movement against child labour in the 1990s before his tragic murder He Went That Way (2023) – crime drama film based on an account where the serial killer Larry Ranes encountered animal trainer Dave Pitts, who survived The Hill (2023) – biographical sports drama film about baseball player Rickey Hill overcoming a physical handicap in order to try out for a legendary major league scout Hit Man (2023) – romantic action comedy film based on the true story of a college professor who worked for the Houston police in the late 1980s and 1990s as a fake hitman, as described in a 2001 magazine article by Skip Hollandsworth I Am Ninoy (Filipino: Ako si Ninoy) (2023) – Philippine musical drama film focusing on the lives of 11 Filipinos which draw parallels to the life of Ninoy Aquino Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert (2023) – biographical drama film depicting the life of Austrian poet and author Ingeborg Bachmann, who lived through 1926 to 1973 The Iron Claw (2023) – biographical sports film based on the life of professional wrestler Kevin Von Erich and the Von Erich family Jeanne du Barry (2023) – biographical historical drama film centring on Madame du Barry, who uses her intelligence and allure to climb the social ladder Jesus Revolution (2023) – religious drama film following youth minister Greg Laurie, Christian hippie Lonnie Frisbee, and pastor Chuck Smith as they take part in the Jesus movement in California during the late 1960s Jokes & Cigarettes (Catalan: Saben aquell) (2023) – Spanish Catalan-language biographical drama film about comedian Eugenio Kandahar (2023) – spy action thriller film following a CIA operative and his translator who flee from Afghanistan after their covert mission is exposed, loosely based on actual events The Kerala Story (2023) – Indian Hindi-language drama film following the story of a group of women from Kerala who are converted to Islam and join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) – epic crime drama film centering on a series of Oklahoma murders in the Osage Nation during the 1920s, committed after oil was discovered on tribal land Lee (2023) – British biographical drama film about Lee Miller who goes from a career as a model to enlisting as a photographer to chronicle the events of World War II for Vogue magazine Little Girl Blue (2023) – French-Belgian biographical drama film based on the life of the writer and set photographer Carole Achache Love and Death (2023) – biographical crime drama miniseries based on the true story of Candy Montgomery, who was accused of the brutal axe murder of her friend Betty Gore in 1980 The Machine (2023) – action comedy film inspired by the 2016 stand-up routine of the same name created by Bert Kreischer Maestro (2023) – biographical romantic drama film that centers on the relationship between American composer Leonard Bernstein and his wife Felicia Montealegre