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.
1994 8 Seconds (1994) – contemporary Western biographical drama film about American rodeo legend Lane Frost, focusing on his life and career as a bull riding champion A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story (1994) – biographical drama television film about the early life of Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Margaret Mitchell, who rose to fame after publishing Gone with the WindThe New York Times review A Friend to Die For (1994) – crime drama television film based on the real-life murder of Kirsten Costas, who was killed by her classmate, Bernadette Protti, in 1984Girl, 16, Convicted in Classmate's Slaying Teen-ager Feared Victim `Was Going to Tell People I Was Weird'. Los Angeles Times, 14 March 1985 A Soul Haunted by Painting (Chinese: 画魂) (1994) – Chinese biographical drama film loosely based on the life of Pan Yuliang, a former prostitute turned painter A Time to Heal (1994) – drama television film based on the true story of a young mother's painful recovery from a stroke Against the Wall (1994) – action drama television film based on the true story of the Attica Prison uprising of 1971 Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (1994) – biographical adventure television film depicting events in the life of Amelia Earhart, focusing on her final flight and disappearance in 1937, with her exploits in aviation and her marriage to publisher George P. Putnam being revealed in flashbacks"Amelia Earhart (1976): Miscellaneous Notes." Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved: 3 May 2012. And Then There Was One (1994) – drama television film about a true story of a family dealing with AIDS Andre (1994) – comedy drama film telling the true story of how a seal named Andre befriended a little girl named Toni and her family in 1962 Armed and Innocent (1994) – drama thriller television film loosely based on actual events of an 11-year-old boy who was left home alone and killed two intruders in self defense The Ascent (1994) – war adventure film based on Felice Benuzzi's Italian war memoir, No Picnic on Mount Kenya, about a series of events that took place at Camp 354 near Nanyuki, Kenya Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (1994) – thriller drama television film about Johnson Chesnut Whittaker, one of the first black cadets at West Point, and the trial that followed an assault he suffered in 1880 The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story (1994) – drama television film based on the true story of Cecil Jacobson, who used his own sperm to impregnate patients, without informing themReview by Variety Backbeat (1994) – British-German biographical drama film following The Beatles through their pre-fame Hamburg days when Stuart Sutcliffe, the band's bassist, meets German photographer Astrid Kirchherr. Bandit Queen (Hindi: दस्यु रानी) (1994) – Indian Hindi-language biographical action film based on the life of Phoolan Devi The Burning Season (1994) – biographical drama television film chronicling environmental activist Chico Mendes' fight to protect the Amazon rainforest Carl, My Childhood Symphony (Danish: Min fynske barndom) (1994) – Danish biographical drama film about the childhood of the Danish composer Carl Nielsen Cobb (1994) – biographical sport drama film about Al Stump who was hired as a ghostwriter for Ty Cobb and discovers just how dark the baseball legend's real story is Col. Billy Bibit, RAM (1994) – Filipino biographical action film based on the life of the late colonel Billy Bibit Cries from the Heart (1994) – drama television film about a seven-year-old autistic boy who has trouble with verbalization but a real talent for technology, who uses a computer to plead for help after being molested at school, based on a true storyNew York Magazine, 17 October 1994. p.96 Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story (1994) – thriller drama television film telling the story of Donna Yaklich who hired assassins to kill her husbandOverview Article The New York Times The Day the Sun Turned Cold (Mandarin: 天国逆子) (1994) – Hong Kong crime drama film about a real life murder investigation The Diary of Evelyn Lau (1994) – Canadian biographical drama television film about Evelyn Lau, a teenager who runs away from home and becomes a drug-addicted prostitute Doomsday Gun (1994) – action drama television film dramatizing the life of Canadian supergun designer Dr. Gerald Bull and his involvement in Project Babylon, Saddam Hussein's plan to build a supergun with a range of over Ed Wood (1994) – biographical comedy drama film concerning the period in Ed Wood's life when he made his best-known films as well as his relationship with actor Bela Lugosi Farinelli (1994) – biographical drama film centring on the life and career of the 18th-century Italian opera singer Carlo Broschi, known as Farinelli, considered the greatest castrato singer of all time; as well as his relationship with his brother, the composer Riccardo Broschi The Fatima Buen Story (1994) – Filipino biographical crime drama film based on the actual case of Fatima Buen, a woman jailed for illegal recruitment For the Love of Aaron (1994) – Canadian drama television film based on the true story of Margaret Gibson, a noted Canadian writer who suffered from bipolar disorder, dramatizing her custody battle for her son Aaron after her divorce"Author's `tortured life' turned into two-hour TV special". Ottawa Citizen, 24 February 1994. For the Love of Nancy (1994) – drama television film based on a true story of a woman suffering from anorexia nervosa Frank and Jesse (1994) – biographical Western drama film based on the story of Jesse James Getting Gotti (1994) – crime drama television film centring on an Assistant United States Attorney named Diane Giacalone, and her attempts to build a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) case against John Gotti and the Gambino crime family The Glass Shield (1994) – crime drama film based on a true story about the first black cop to be assigned to a California sheriff's department Heavenly Creatures (1994) – New Zealander biographical psychological drama film based on the notorious 1954 Parker–Hulme murder case in Christchurch I Can't Sleep (French: J'ai pas sommeil) (1994) – French drama film loosely inspired by the murders committed by Thierry Paulin Immortal Beloved (1994) – biographical drama film narrating the life of composer Ludwig van Beethoven In the Best of Families (1994) – crime drama miniseries about the North Carolina family murders from 1984 to 1985 It Could Happen to You (1994) – comedy romantic drama film about a police officer who promises to share his lottery ticket with a waitress in lieu of a tip, inspired by a real-life news story Jacob (1994) – Christian drama television film based on a biblical account from the Book of Genesis about Jacob Joan the Maid (French: Jeanne la pucelle) (1994) – French historical drama film chronicling the life of Joan of Arc from the French perspective Kabloonak (1994) – Canadian adventure drama film about the making of Nanook of the North, a 1922 film about an Inuk called Nanook and his family in the Canadian Arctic"Kabloonak captures the North". Montreal Gazette, 16 September 1994. Ladybird, Ladybird (1994) – British drama film depicting an account of an abused working-class woman whose six children are taken away by the social services, one of them almost immediately after delivery in hospital, based on a true story Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee (1994) – drama television film based on Mary Crow Dog's autobiography Lakota Woman, wherein she accounts her troubled youth, involvement with the American Indian Movement, and relationship with Lakota medicine man and activist Leonard Crow Dog Lies of the Heart: The Story of Laurie Kellogg (1994) – crime drama television film about Laurie Kellogg, who was accused of murdering her husband Bruce in May 1992Review Variety Life with Billy (1994) – Canadian drama television film about Jane Hurshman who shot her common-law husband, Billy Stafford, in his sleep The Madness of King George (1994) – British historical comedy drama film telling the true story of British King George III's deteriorating mental health, and his equally declining relationship with his eldest son, the Prince of Wales, particularly focusing on the period around the Regency Crisis of 1788–89 Madonna: Innocence Lost (1994) – biographical drama television film about the early years of Madonna's career The Maggie dela Riva Story: God... Why Me? (1994) – Filipino crime drama film dramatizing the case of actress Maggie de la Riva's ordeal in 1967 Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills (1994) – crime drama television film about Lyle and Erik Menendez, who murdered their parents in 1989 Mesmer (1994) – Austrian-Canadian-British-German biographical drama film about Franz Anton Mesmer and his radical new ways as a pioneering physician Mindbender (1994) – American-Israeli biographical drama film about the life of Uri GellerCompany Town What This Show Needs Are Awards For a New Image, the Film Market Could Honor What Its Folks Do Best: [Home Edition] Bates, James. Los Angeles Times 28 February 1995: 4. Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) – biographical drama film depicting the members of the Algonquin Round Table, a group of writers, actors and critics who met almost every weekday from 1919 to 1929 at Manhattan's Algonquin Hotel Murder or Memory? (1994) – crime drama television film about a mother who fights to prove her 14-year-old son is innocent of a murder he confessed to under hypnosis, based on a true story Nostradamus (1994) – biographical drama film recounting the life and loves of the physician, astrologer, and famed prognosticator, Nostradamus Octobre (1994) – Canadian French-language drama film depicting a version of the October Crisis from the point of view of the Chénier Cell, the FLQ terrorist cell who in 1970 kidnapped and murdered Quebec minister and Deputy Premier Pierre LaporteLes boeufs sont lents mais la terre est patiente, p.104, Pierre Falardeau, 1999 Of Love and Shadows (Spanish: De amor y de sombra) (1994) – Chilean-Argentine-American thriller drama film inspired by journalistic accounts taken from magazines, newspapers, and interviews that Isabel Allende gathered both working as a journalist in Chile before her exile and during her later career as a writer in Venezuela One of Her Own (1994) – drama television film based on a true story of a rookie policewoman who was raped by a fellow officer Out of Darkness (1994) – biographical drama television film about a paranoid schizophrenic woman who finds treatment to her mental illness after 18 years of suffering, based on a true story Pentathlon (1994) – action drama film inspired by the true story of Olympic athlete, Lutz Eigendorf, who escapes East Germany and is tracked down allegedly by Stasi and murdered The Postman (Italian: Il Postino) (1994) – Italian-French-Belgian comedy drama film about Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda Princess Caraboo (1994) – historical comedy drama film based on the real-life 19th-century character Princess Caraboo, who passed herself off in British society as an exotic princess who spoke a strange foreign language The Quality of Mercy (German: Hasenjagd – Vor lauter Feigheit gibt es kein Erbarmen) (1994) – Austrian war drama film dramatizing the events surrounding the Mühlviertler Hasenjagd, a Nazi war crime that took place near Linz, in the Mühlviertel region of Upper Austria, just before the end of the Second World WarCathy Meils, "Aktion K" Variety review. (7 November 1994) Retrieved 10 May 2010 Queen Margot (French: La Reine Margot) (1994) – historical romantic drama film based on the life of Margaret of Valois