Films Based on Actual Events

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This is a list of feature films that are based on actual events.

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  1. 47 -1

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  2. 147 -1

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
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    The General

    1926, in 34 top lists Check
  4. 87 -1

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  5. 131 -1

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  6. 54 -1

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  7. 55 -1

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  8. 184 -1

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
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    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
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    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  11. 52 -1

    The Sound of Music

    1965, in 25 top lists Check
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    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  13. 97 -1

    Amadeus

    1984, in 23 top lists Check
  14. 67 -1

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  15. 73 -1

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  16. 64 -1

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
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    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
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    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
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    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
  20. 230 -1

    The Pianist

    2002, in 21 top lists Check
  21. 157 -1

    Braveheart

    1995, in 19 top lists Check
  22. 38 -1

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  23. 239 -1

    Salinui chueok

    2003 — a.k.a. Memories of Murder, in 17 top lists Check
  24. 86 -1

    The Elephant Man

    1980, in 16 top lists Check
  25. 90 -1

    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
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    The Last Emperor

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
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    The Great Escape

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  28. 355 -1

    Zodiac

    2007, in 14 top lists Check
  29. 138 -1

    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  30. 431 -1

    The King's Speech

    2010, in 13 top lists Check
  31. 60 -1

    Patton

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
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    A Place in the Sun

    1951, in 13 top lists Check
  33. 95 -1

    The Right Stuff

    1983, in 13 top lists Check
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    The Social Network

    2010, in 13 top lists Check
  35. 211 -1

    A Beautiful Mind

    2001, in 12 top lists Check
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    Boogie Nights

    1997, in 12 top lists Check
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    The Killing Fields

    1984, in 12 top lists Check
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    Yankee Doodle Dandy

    1942, in 12 top lists Check
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    Out of Africa

    1985, in 11 top lists Check
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    Xi meng ren sheng

    1993 — a.k.a. The Puppetmaster, in 11 top lists Check
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    Bei qing cheng shi

    1989 — a.k.a. A City of Sadness, in 10 top lists Check
  42. 257 -1

    Hotel Rwanda

    2004, in 10 top lists Check
  43. 340 -1

    Into the Wild

    2007, in 10 top lists Check
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    The New World

    2005, in 10 top lists Check
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    Rope

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
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    The Straight Story

    1999, in 10 top lists Check
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    Almost Famous

    2000, in 9 top lists Check
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    Catch Me If You Can

    2002, in 9 top lists Check
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    Ed Wood

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  50. 70 -1

    Serpico

    1973, in 9 top lists Check
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