Based on real people movies and TV shows – page 4
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List of based on real people movies
Genre: Biography
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A solitary, disappointed, proud and educated old man meets and becomes the teacher of an intelligent, clumsy, middle-class, young would-be writer.
Style:
reflective, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, art house ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
intimate, writers, life, relationships, social problems, social relations, regret, novelist, mentor, solitude, literary, memory ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
sicily
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France, Latvia
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Growing up in an environment torn apart by violence and alcohol, a young woman finds her voice through the written word and her salvation as a swimmer.
Style:
reflective, intense, non-linear
Plot:
alcoholism, coming of age, female protagonist, personal growth, resilience, mental health, soul searching, escape, domestic violence, literary, university, bittersweet ...
Time:
90s
Place:
poetic realism
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Genre: History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The story of Holocaust survivor Emil A. Fish, who was nine years old when he and his family in Bardejov, Slovakia were sent to a concentration camp.
Style:
historical drama, bleak, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, european history, jewish history, war crime, rescue, memories, persecution, survival, deportation, auschwitz, heroism ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
slovakia, central europe
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Follows the murderous Baladro sisters which crimes were inspired by the Mexican serial killers known as Las Poquianchis.
Style:
dark, disturbing, intense, historical drama, creepy ...
Plot:
female nudity, killing spree, sisters, sociopathy, sex trafficking, police investigation, corruption, trauma, small town, poverty, organized crime, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
year 1950, year 1964, 20th century, 1950s, 70s ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Betrayed by her husband, a woman must step up and run an erotic magazine that becomes a symbol of empowerment in '70s Rome. Inspired by true events.
Style:
period drama
Plot:
female protagonist, sexual freedom, bisexual man, based on real people, photographer, gay bar, gigolo, male nudity, bisexual, naked breasts, sex starved woman, cheating girlfriend ...
Time:
year 1974, year 1967, 70s, year 1965, 60s
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, War
Country: Sweden
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
In the middle of the Cold War, a Soviet submarine runs aground outside Karlskrona and suddenly Sweden finds itself at the center of events. Prime Minister Thorbjörn Fälldin tries to resolve the conflict and avoid a world war between two nuclear ...
Style:
suspenseful, historical drama, satirical, political drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
submarine, cold war, satire, prime minister, diplomacy, international crisis, showdown, moral dilemma, based on real people, international law, espionage, biopic ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 20th century
Place:
soviet union, eastern europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, Belgium, Bulgaria
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Secretary of the most influential Communist Party in the Western world, Enrico Berlinguer challenged the international balance by seeking to bring the Communists to government in Italy and achieve socialism in a democratic country. From 1973, when ...
Style:
informative, tragic, political drama
Plot:
based on real people, communist party, politics, communism, italian politics, kidnapping, career, communist, newspaper, life, blackmail, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 1973, year 1984, 20th century, 80s, year 1975 ...
Place:
rome italy, soviet union
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Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
Eddsworld is about a guy named Edd that is constantly getting himself into weird situations and hi jinks that require a puny attitude and a great "edducation". (Puns are Edd's thing.)
Style:
humorous, not serious, realistic, adult animation, light ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
hoodie, friends, silly humor, addiction, buddies, suburbs, doctor who, crossover, coca cola, zombie, based on real people, meme ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports broadcasting crew finds itself thrust into covering the hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes.
Style:
period piece, period drama
Plot:
terrorism, hostage, media, hostage situation, unhappy ending, translator, violence, based on real people, terrorist, television, olympics, palestinian-israeli conflict ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1972
Place:
munich germany, germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A revolutionary militant, a thug, an underground writer, a butler to a millionaire in Manhattan. But also a switchblade-waving poet, a lover of beautiful women, a warmonger, a political agitator, and a novelist who wrote of his greatness. Eduard ...
Style:
black and white, period drama, f word
Plot:
female nudity, poet, novelist, prison, voice over narration, sex scene, based on real people, blood, biopic, sick woman, writers, homeless man ...
Time:
year 1989, 20th century, year 1972, year 1976, year 1975 ...
Place:
new york, moscow russia, paris france
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Country: UK, USA
Story:
Michael Jackson biopic from child stardom to adult solo artist.
Style:
period drama
Plot:
fashion, street dance, mannequin, performer, career, life, singing, pop music, dance, based on real people, male protagonist, singer ...
Time:
year 1982, year 1985, 20th century, year 1969, 90s ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Italy, Germany, Chile, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as she confronts her identity and life.
Style:
period piece, cerebral, emotional, period drama
Plot:
opera, singing, dog, flashback, wealth, cafe, loneliness, based on real people, flash forward, butler, mother daughter relationship, interview ...
Time:
70s, year 1977, 20th century, year 1941, 1940s ...
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An aspiring actress crosses paths with a prolific serial killer in '70s LA when they're cast on an episode of "The Dating Game."
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, period piece ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, murderer, sexual assault, problem, sexual predator, teenage runaway, rape victim, sex, based on real people, violence, actress ...
Time:
year 1978, year 1979, year 1971, year 1977, 70s ...
Place:
california, wyoming, new york, los angeles
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Hungary, Italy, UK, France
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
This is the extraordinary true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel. Through the steadfast support of her older sister and supportive trainers, she overcame adversity and the animosity of a patriarchal ...
Style:
motivational, powerful, inspirational
Plot:
sister, swimming, skinny dipping, competition, male nudity, based on real people, swimmer, women in sport, biopic, pride, wedding, new york yankees ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, year 1914
Place:
english channel, new jersey, paris france, england, coney island brooklyn new york city ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA, Hungary, Australia, Singapore
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The story of photographer Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.
Style:
surprise ending, thrilling, psychological, captivating, dramatic ...
Plot:
photographer, war photographer, world war two, nazi concentration camp, female photographer, female nudity, world war, soldier, photojournalism, military, journalism, wartime ...
Time:
year 1941, 1930s, year 1944, year 1942, year 1945 ...
Place:
former yugoslavia, munich germany, normandy, london
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
The shocking story of how fashion icon Christian Dior and his contemporaries including Coco Chanel, Pierre Balmain, and Cristóbal Balenciaga navigated the horrors of World War Il and launched modern fashion.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, period drama
Plot:
fashion, gay, empire fashion, fashion designer, fashion industry, biopic, life, career, business, ambition, seamstress, haute couture ...
Time:
year 1947, 1940s
Place:
paris france
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39K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Czech Republic, Australia, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
British stockbroker Nicholas Winton visits Czechoslovakia in the 1930s and forms plans to assist in the rescue of Jewish children before the onset of World War II, in an operation that came to be known as the Kindertransport.
Style:
dramatic, historical drama, powerful, period drama
Plot:
child, rescue, jewish family, immigration, czech history, refugee, children, based on real people, biopic, world war two, deportation, war hero ...
Time:
1930s, year 1938, 20th century, 1940s, year 1987
Place:
czechoslovakia, central europe, london
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, History, Horror
Country: Chile
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
After living for over two centuries, Augusto Pinochet is a vampire ready to die… but the vultures around him won't let him go without one last bite.
Style:
dark comedy, black and white, satirical, black comedy
Plot:
male nudity, male pubic hair, based on real people, dictator, violence, blacks and whites, satire, vampire, solitude, politics, nun, family relations ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1973
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA, New Zealand
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Dutch coach Thomas Rongen attempts the nearly impossible task of turning the American Samoa soccer team from perennial losers into winners.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, feel good, informative
Plot:
soccer, football, coach, training, transgender, career, football player, football team, team, soccer coach, playing football, rivalry ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, year 2011, year 2001, 21st century
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Germany
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In the mid-1700s, Danish King Frederik V declared that the wild heath of Jutland should be tamed, cultivated and colonized so that civilization could spread and new taxes be generated for the royal house. However, no one dared to follow the ...
Style:
period piece, captivating, exciting, epic, historical drama ...
Plot:
landowner, soldier, king, royal court, nobleman, desert, colonization, dream come true, follow your dream, following a dream, wealth, dreaming ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
denmark, germany
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 206 min.
Story:
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, detective, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, native american, courtroom, genocide, fbi, interracial marriage, greed, true crime, serial murder, american indian, oil, oil field ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
oklahoma, oklahoma city, washington d.c.
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Across more than a decade, 17 teen boys and young men were murdered by convicted killer Jeffrey Dahmer. How did he evade arrest for so long?
Style:
suspense, sexual, tense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, killing spree, maniac, homicidal maniac, true crime, homosexuality, murder, woman in danger, lgbt, danger, brutality, disguise ...
Time:
year 1989, 2020s, year 1993, year 1992, year 1996 ...
Place:
usa, milwaukee wisconsin
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The remarkable true story of how retiree Jerry Selbee discovers a mathematical loophole in the Massachusetts lottery and, with the help of his wife, Marge, wins $27 million dollars and uses the money to revive their small Michigan town.
Style:
feel good, disturbing, captivating, realistic, entertaining ...
Plot:
lottery winner, small town, rich, genius, mathematics, lottery, husband wife relationship, money, couple relations, small town life, money falling through the air, satire ...
Place:
michigan, massachusetts, harvard university, boston
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
This comedic series takes on the true story behind the release of the first ever viral video in history — the sex tape of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee.
Style:
sexy, captivating, dark comedy, sex comedy, disturbing
Audience:
adult
Plot:
male nudity, toxic relationship, scandal, sex tape, life, celebrity, women, private vs public, male female relationship, sex scandal, couple relations, steamy romance ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
los angeles
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146K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Italy, Argentina, USA, Brazil
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Explores the relationship and opposing visions between two of the most powerful leaders in the Catholic Church, both of whom must address their own pasts and the demands of the modern world in order to move the church forward.
Style:
cerebral, saga, psychological, humorous, suspense thriller ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
catholic church, vatican, religion, catholic, catholic priest, pope, dark humor, priest, flashback, forgiveness, confession, guilt ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019, 21st century
Place:
rome italy, italy, argentina, buenos aires argentina
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Socialite Vita Sackville-West and literary icon Virginia Woolf run in different circles in 1920s London. Despite the odds, the magnetic Vita and the beguiling Virginia forge an unconventional affair, set against the backdrop of their own strikingly ...
Style:
historical romance, period piece, factual, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian romance, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, sapphic, sex scene, polyamory, female protagonist, doomed love, anxiety, lesbian couple ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
england
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA, China
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon Fred Rogers. After his encounter with Rogers, Vogel's perspective on life is transformed.
Style:
thought provoking, sad, inspirational, sincere, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids
Plot:
journalist, father son estrangement, death of mother, father son relationship, friendship, writers, biopic, journalism, puppet, celebrity, magazine editor, life philosophy ...
Time:
year 1998, 2010s, year 2019, 90s
Place:
new york, pittsburgh
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The crew of a Royal Naval expedition searching for the Arctic's treacherous Northwest Passage discovers instead a monstrous predator.
Style:
anthology, twist ending, spooky, psychological horror, costume drama ...
Plot:
arctic, violence, cannibalism, starvation, expedition, corpse, insanity, delusion, mysticism, desperation, north pole, british navy ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 2010s, 20th century, 1940s ...
Place:
former yugoslavia
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441K
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Follows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.
Style:
adult animation, animated comedy, parody, dark comedy, adult cartoon ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama, adult
Plot:
gross out humor, social satire, satire, elementary school, young kid, gay slur, young heroes, mischievous children, political humor, adult humor, dysfunctional society, social criticism ...
Time:
20th century, 2010s, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
colorado, nova scotia, usa, north america
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In 1830s France, pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin is pursued romantically by the determined, individualistic woman who uses the name George Sand.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, cult classic, humorous, witty ...
Plot:
classical music, writers, female artist, piano, music, women, older woman younger man relationship, renaissance, novelist, duchess, musician, art ...
Time:
19th century, regency period, year 1991, victorian era, 1830s ...
Place:
france, europe, london, seattle, england
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