| Oppenheimer (2023) | 8.2 | |
| She Said (2022) | 7.3 | |
| Catch Me If You Can (2002) | 8.1 | |
| The Big Short (2015) | 7.8 | |
| Moneyball (2011) | 7.6 |
Based on real people movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant based on real people movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out period drama, interesting, realistic, dramatic, historical drama and inspirational films and TV shows about / with based on real people, biopic, husband wife relationship, life, storytelling, dialogue, profanity, mentor, father son relationship and justice plots mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as based on real people: A Beautiful Mind (2001), The Founder (2016), She Said (2022), Unbroken (2014), Apollo 13 (1995), Moneyball (2011), Catch Me If You Can (2002), I, Tonya (2017), Oppenheimer (2023), Elvis (2022).
Best films
New films
| Swiped (2025) | 6.4 | |
| Maryam: The Untold Story (2025) | 6.4 | |
| The Alto Knights (2025) | 5.9 | |
| Komang (2025) | 7.4 | |
| Duse (2025) | 6.0 |
List of based on real people movies
Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
At Princeton University, John Nash struggles to make a worthwhile contribution to serve as his legacy to the world of mathematics. He finally makes a revolutionary breakthrough that will eventually earn him the Nobel Prize. After graduate school he ...
Style:
psychological, touching, cerebral, dramatic, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
mathematics, mental illness, schizophrenia, genius, paranoia, insanity, imagination, scientist, prodigy, nobel prize, imaginary friend, mathematician ...
Time:
year 2001, 60s, 1940s, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
harvard university, boston, new jersey, detroit, persia ...
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202K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise ...
Style:
inspirational, motivational, realistic, cerebral, uplifting ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens
Plot:
business, businessman, fast food, capitalism, rags to riches, entrepreneurship, entrepreneur, salesman, money, marketing, greed, food ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 2010s, year 2016, year 1954 ...
Place:
usa, america, california, arizona, illinois ...
Is relevant?
28K
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.
Style:
sexual, serious, sexy, f word, interesting
Plot:
journalism, based on real people, sexism, sexual harassment, film industry, sex crime, sexual assault, women's rights, rapist, film producer, sexual abuse, rape ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, year 2016, 2020s, year 1992 ...
Place:
italy, hong kong, manhattan new york city, new york, ireland ...
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198K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport, War
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.
Style:
dramatic, epic, motivational, uplifting, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
world war two, war, survival, soldier, jail, motivation, biopic, prisoners of war, hopes, prison, torture, captivity ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 2014, 2010s, 1930s ...
Place:
japan, pacific ocean, asia, germany, berlin germany ...
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334K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1971, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from ...
Style:
factual, realistic, inspirational, suspense, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, boys' night
Plot:
astronaut, nasa, survival, space travel, moon, disaster, rescue, space program, space exploration, race against time, trapped in space, against the odds ...
Time:
70s, year 1970, 20th century, year 1969, 60s ...
Place:
houston texas, usa, north america, texas, pacific ocean ...
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504K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
Style:
inspirational, feel good, clever, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
baseball, mathematics, underdog, success, rise to the top, strategy, business, entrepreneurship, based on real people, biopic, entrepreneur, motivation ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, year 2002, 2000s, 80s ...
Place:
boston, california, usa, san francisco, bay area ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not ...
Style:
clever, exciting, captivating, entertaining, inspirational ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
con artists, adaptation, master criminal, creativity, deception, fbi, fraud, con man, impostor, prodigy, business, biopic ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1967, 70s, year 2002 ...
Place:
los angeles, new orleans, new york, washington d.c., france ...
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259K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK, Qatar
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U. S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, visually stunning, suspense, rough ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
competition, abusive mother, ice skater, figure skating, female protagonist, strong female lead, violence, mother daughter relationship, winter olympics, skating, emotional abuse, domestic violence ...
Time:
2010s, 90s, year 2017, year 1992, 80s ...
Place:
oregon, detroit, portland oregon, minneapolis minnesota
Is relevant?
1.0M
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
Style:
period piece, epic, exciting, captivating, dramatic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
nuclear, scientist, world war two, atomic bomb, american politics, physics, laboratory, arizona desert, top secret, husband wife relationship, moral dilemma, desert ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, 1950s, year 1954, year 1943 ...
Place:
new mexico, england, zurich switzerland, north america, soviet union ...
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259K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
The life story of Elvis Presley as seen through the complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
Style:
costume drama, touching, historical drama, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot:
rock music, musician, career, based on real people, music, singer, biopic, singing, rock and roll, manager, death of protagonist, king ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 2020s, 70s, 60s ...
Place:
las vegas, memphis, nevada, germany
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.
Style:
feel good, inspirational, touching, uplifting, sincere ...
Audience:
date night, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
friendship, disability, unlikely friendships, life philosophy, friendship between men, disabled person, human relationship, handicapped, interracial friendship, culture clash, caregiver, friends ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france
Is relevant?
104K
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A platoon of Navy SEALs embarks on a dangerous mission in Ramadi, Iraq, with the chaos and brotherhood of war retold through their memories of the event.
Style:
tension, independent film, suspense, period piece, epic war ...
Plot:
iraq war, survival, based on real people, sniper, chaos, war zone, blood, war violence, brutality, realism, military, soldier ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
iraq
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Brazil, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
In Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, during the dictatorship, former deputy Rubens Paiva was taken from his home by soldiers to be interrogated. He was never found again. The search for truth lasts 30 long years. And when the answers begin to appear, ...
Style:
historical drama, realistic, independent film, hood, factual ...
Plot:
brazilian military dictatorship, dictatorship, military dictatorship, based on real people, loss, missing father, female nudity, loss of husband, widow, husband, wrongful arrest, female protagonist ...
Time:
year 1971, 20th century, year 2014, year 1996, 70s ...
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro, sao paulo, brazil, sao paulo brazil
Is relevant?
116K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph, under the shadow of their domineering father and coach, the brothers ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, compassionate, grim, powerful ...
Plot:
wrestling, suicide, death, brother brother relationship, professional wrestling, bare chested male, based on real people, domineering father, male masturbation, wrestler, brothers, biopic ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1979, year 1980, year 1983 ...
Place:
texas, mexico, dallas texas
Is relevant?
533K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
Style:
intellectual, realistic, tense, inspirational, intelligent ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly, girls' night, date night, teen drama ...
Plot:
finance, wall street, business, stock market, financial crisis, money, greed, banking, economic crisis, bank, loan, analysis ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, year 2015, future, year 2016 ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, las vegas, california
Is relevant?
149K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A biopic of the writer, Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book, 'In Cold Blood'.
Style:
sexy, captivating, dark, dramatic, talky ...
Plot:
prison, writers, lgbtq, literature, biopic, murder, moral dilemma, murderer, journalism, investigation, manipulation, eccentricity ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 1950s, 20th century, year 2005 ...
Place:
kansas, new york, new orleans, europe, spain ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, sentimental, uplifting, motivational ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, teens, family friendly
Plot:
homeless, life, human spirit, rags to riches, life philosophy, success, single father, poverty, rise to the top, family drama, life is a bitch, biopic ...
Time:
80s, year 2006, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california, bay area, san francisco, america
Is relevant?
202K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, China
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Molly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a successful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game.
Style:
freeze frame, art house, social, thought provoking, political ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
poker, trial, gambling, father daughter relationship, lawyer, female protagonist, court, card playing, strong female lead, woman, illegal gambling, fbi ...
Time:
year 2017, future, 2000s, 2010s
Place:
new york, colorado, los angeles, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Bonnie and Clyde is based on the true stories of the gangster pair Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow who in the 1930s began robbing banks in U.S. cities until they were eventually killed. The film is a major landmark in the aesthetic movement known as ...
Style:
road movie, controversial, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
lovers on the run, on the run, heist, bank robbery, fugitives, gang, true crime, bank robber, shootout, great depression, love and romance, crime spree ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1967, 60s
Place:
texas, oklahoma, missouri, midwest, usa ...
Is relevant?
1.2M
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against ...
Style:
epic, factual, bloody, scenic, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
sword fight, war, courage, freedom, medieval, vengeance, tragic hero, battles, military, love story, warrior, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 14th century, ancient times, 20th century ...
Place:
scotland, england, europe, scottish highlands, britain ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in 19th-century Dublin and New York, the story reimagines the period immediately after the death of Sir Benjamin Guinness, the man responsible for the extraordinary success of the Guinness brewery, and the far-reaching impact of his will on the ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, family saga, dramatic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
based on real people, legacy, inheritance, ambition, dynasty, class conflict, betrayal, loyalty, family secret, entrepreneurship, city life, industrialization ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1860s
Place:
dublin ireland, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Canada, Denmark, Ireland, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A young Donald Trump, eager to make his name as a hungry scion of a wealthy family in 1970s New York, comes under the spell of Roy Cohn, the cutthroat attorney who would help create the Donald Trump we know today. Cohn sees in Trump the perfect ...
Style:
independent film, absurd, controversial, f word, period drama ...
Plot:
lawyer, aids, corruption, marriage, crooked lawyer, father son relationship, politics, mentor protege relationship, based on real people, female nudity, sex scene, real estate ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s, 70s, year 1986, year 1983 ...
Place:
atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey, manhattan new york city, florida, north america ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley overcomes adversity to become the most famous reggae musician in the world.
Style:
dramatic, absurd, romantic, earnest
Plot:
reggae, based on real people, rastafarian, cannabis, cancer, musician, political unrest, singing, pioneer, assassination attempt, biopic, weed ...
Time:
year 1976, 20th century, year 1972, 70s
Place:
jamaica, london
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: India, USA, Haiti
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
The film depicts the life of Najeeb Muhammad, an Indian abused migrant worker, who was forced to survived in a desert to herd goats in Saudi Arabia.
Plot:
desert, based on real people, immigration, slavery, worker, prison, jail, escape, dune, camel, sheep, farm ...
Place:
saudi arabia
Is relevant?
49K
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.
Style:
f word
Plot:
journalism, sexual harassment, sexual abuse, sexual assault, abuse of power, film producer, women's rights, film industry, rape, investigation, sex crime, based on real people ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, year 2017, year 1992, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, manhattan new york city, ireland, new york, venice ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The true story of Kurt Warner, who went from a stockboy at a grocery store to a two-time NFL MVP, Super Bowl champion, and Hall of Fame quarterback.
Style:
inspirational, psychological, captivating, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
american football, american football player, football team, nfl, football, supermarket, based on real people, sport team, biopic, champion, christian, athlete's life ...
Time:
year 1996, year 1992, year 1985
Place:
oklahoma city, los angeles, st. louis missouri
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, UK, Ireland
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events that occurred during the fierce rivalry between Germany (Audi) and Italy (Lancia) at the 1983 Rally World Championships.
Style:
period drama
Plot:
driver, based on real people, rivals, car race, race, rally, car, sports car, rivalry, chases and races, competitor, auto racing ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Place:
europe, italy
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The true story of Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso that rises to international stardom after he creates the character Cassandro, the “Liberace of Lucha Libre.” In the process, he upends not just the macho wrestling world ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, entertaining, f word
Plot:
gay relationship, gay interest, gay sex, gay, based on real people, wrestling, lgbt, career, professional wrestling, wrestler, professional sports, fight ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
mexico, texas, el paso texas, mexico city
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocates them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, realistic, historical drama ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, teens, manly, kids ...
Plot:
world war two, prison, prisoner, soldier, pow, freedom, prison escape, nazi, chase, war, capture, courage ...
Time:
1940s, year 1963, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
germany, america, europe, switzerland, alps ...
Is relevant?
117K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.
Style:
thought provoking, political, touching, inspirational, period piece ...
Plot:
politics, prime minister, british prime minister, british history, female protagonist, female politician, monarchy, british politics, women, biopic, alzheimer's disease, political leader ...
Time:
20th century, year 2011, 2010s, 90s, 70s ...
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, united kingdom ...
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