List of 2016 films based on actual events
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.
2016
3 Heroines – Indonesian biographical sports drama film telling the story of three Indonesian archers who won Indonesia's first Olympic medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi – biographical action war film following six members of Annex Security Team who fought to defend the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya after waves of attacks by militants on September 11, 2012100 Meters – Spanish biographical sports film based on the true story of a Ramón Arroyo, a Spanish man with multiple sclerosis who tried to finish an Ironman triathlon –3,8 km swimming, 180 km cycling and 42 km running– after he received his diagnosis and was told that he would not be able to walk 100 meters within a year150 Milligrams – French biographical drama film based on the true story of French pulmonologist Irène Frachon who became noted for her investigations of the serious side effects and deaths attributed to the diabetes drug Mediator, produced by French manufacturer Laboratoires ServierA Prominent Patient – Czech-Slovak biographical drama film based on the life of Jan Masaryk when he was the Czechoslovak ambassador to the United Kingdom A Quiet Passion – British biographical drama film about the life of American poet Emily DickinsonA Real Vermeer – Dutch biographical drama film about art forger Han van Meegeren directed by Rudolf van den BergA Street Cat Named Bob – British biographical drama film telling the story of homeless man and former heroin addict, James Bowen and Bob the catA United Kingdom – biographical romantic drama film based on the true-life romance between Seretse Khama, heir to the throne of Bechuanaland, and his wife Ruth Williams KhamaA Wedding – French-Pakistani crime drama film based on the honour killing of Sadia Sheikh The African Doctor – French comedy drama film based on the life of Seyolo Zantoko, the father of the musician KaminiAfterimage – Polish biographical drama film depicting the story of charismatic painter Władysław Strzemiński, who opposed social realism and maintained his own artistic freedom in spite of political obstaclesAirlift – Indian Hindi-language action thriller film about a Kuwait-based businessman as he carries out the evacuation of Indians based in Kuwait during the Invasion of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein's Iraq which lead to the beginning of the Gulf WarAll the Way – biographical drama television film based on events during the presidency of Lyndon B. JohnsonAlone in Berlin – German-French-British war drama film based on the story of Otto and Elise HampelAmateur Night – crime erotic comedy film based on the early experiences of film writers Joe Syracuse and Lisa Addario in HollywoodAnna – Indian Hindi-language biographical drama film based on the life of Indian social activist Anna HazareAnthropoid – British-French war drama film based on the story of Operation Anthropoid, the World War II assassination of Reinhard Heydrich by exile Czechoslovak soldiers Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš on May 27, 1942Army of One – comedy drama film following Gary Faulkner, an ex-construction contractor and unemployed handy man who believes that God has sent him to capture Osama bin Laden in PakistanAthirah – Indonesian drama film inspired by the life of the mother of Vice President Jusuf KallaAzhar – Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film based on the life of Indian cricketer and former national team captain Mohammad AzharuddinBarry – biographical drama film about Barack Obama's life at Columbia University in 1981The Birth of a Nation – American-Canadian historical drama film based on the story of Nat Turner, the enslaved man who led a slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831Birth of the Dragon – martial arts action film based on the supposedly true story revolving around the young martial artist Bruce Lee, who challenged kung fu master Wong Jack-man in 1965 in San FranciscoBleed for This – biographical sports film based on the life of former world champion boxer Vinny PazBrain on Fire – American-Irish biographical drama film telling the true story of a New York Post writer who begins to suffer a mysterious illness and would have been committed to the psychiatric ward and probably died of encephalitis, if it were not for the efforts and skills of Syrian-American neurologist Souhel NajjarBrock – Australian biographical sports miniseries based on the life of motor racing driver Peter BrockThe Bronx Bull – biographical sports drama film based on the story of the legendary boxing champion Jake LaMotta and the struggles he faced outside of the boxing ringBudhia Singh – Born to Run – Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film based on the life of Budhia Singh, the world's youngest marathon runner, who ran 48 marathons, when he was only five years oldCall Me Thief – South African crime drama film based on the life of the film's writer, John W. FredericksCézanne and I – French biographical drama film based on the friendship between 19th century novelist Émile Zola and painter Paul CézanneChocolat – French drama film loosely based on the real life of Rafael Padilla, a clown who performed in a Paris circus around the 1900s and son of a slave from Cuba, a Spanish colony at the timeChristine – British-American biographical drama film about Christine Chubbuck, a news reporter who struggles with depression, along with professional and personal frustrations as she tries to advance her career The Chronicles of Melanie – Latvian biographical drama film based on the real life of Melānija VanagaChuck – biographical sports drama film based on the life of heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner and his 1975 title fight with the heavyweight champion, Muhammad Ali, which inspired Sylvester Stallone's character and screenplay for the 1976 film Rocky Churchill's Secret – British biographical television film depicting how Winston Churchill suffered from a stroke in the summer of 1953Confirmation – political thriller television film about Clarence Thomas' Supreme Court nomination hearings, and the controversy that unfolded when Anita Hill alleged she was sexually harassed by ThomasThe Conjuring 2 – supernatural horror film based on purportedly real-life reports that inspired The Amityville Horror storyDalida – French biographical drama film about the life of singer and actress DalidaDamilola, Our Loved Boy – British biographical television film about the events surrounding the 27 November 2000 death of Damilola TaylorThe Dancer – French biographical historical drama film about Loie FullerDangal – Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film based on Mahavir Singh Phogat, a pehlwani amateur wrestler who trains his daughters Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari to become India's first world-class female wrestlers Dark Angel – British historical drama miniseries about Mary Ann Cotton, widely regarded as Britain's first known female serial killer, who was found guilty of murder in March 1873 for the murder of three of her husbands, allegedly in order to collect on their insurance policies The Day Will Come – Danish drama film based on real stories from Godhavn, where lots of boys were victims of violent and sexual abuse and medical neglectThe Death of Louis XIV – French historical drama film depicting the final days of Louis XIV of FranceDeepwater Horizon – biographical disaster film based on the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of MexicoDenial – biographical court drama film dramatizing the Irving v Penguin Books Ltd case, in which Lipstadt, a Holocaust scholar, was sued by Holocaust denier David Irving for libelDevil's Bride – Finnish historical drama film based on the Kastelholm witch trialsThe Devil's Mistress – Czech-Slovak historical biographical film about Lída Baarová, the mistress of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph GoebbelsDoctor Rakhmabai – Indian Marathi-language biographical drama film following the real life story of Doctor Rakhmabai and how she won one of India's first divorce cases and then travelled to the UK to get her medical degree to become India's first female practicing doctorDonald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie – satirical parody film loosely based on the 1987 autobiographical book Trump: The Art of the DealDongju: The Portrait of a Poet – South Korean black-and-white biographical period drama film based on the life of poet Yun Dong-ju and his eventual imprisonment by the Japanese government for being involved in the Korean independence movementDown by Love - French drama film based on the life of Sorour Arbabzadeh and Florent Goncalves in 2010Down Under – Australian black comedy drama film based on a true story which happened during the aftermath of the 2005 Cronulla riotsDurant's Never Closes – biographical mystery thriller film portraying the story of Jack Durant, notorious restaurateur and ladies man whose connections to the mafia remain a mysteryEarthquake – Armenian-Russian disaster drama film based on the 1988 Armenian earthquakeEgon Schiele: Death and the Maiden – Austrian-Luxembourg biographical film based on the life of Egon SchieleEk Thi Marium – Pakistani biographical drama television film based on the life of Pakistani female fighter pilot Marium MukhtiarEl Amparo – Colombian-Venezuelan drama film based on the 1988 Massacre of El Amparo, where the Venezuelan army killed several fishermen, accusing them of being Colombian guerillasEl Inca – Venezuelan biographical sports drama film about professional boxer Edwin ValeroElvis & Nixon – comedy drama film based on the 21 December 1970 meeting of Elvis Presley and President Richard Nixon at the White HouseEndless Poetry – French-Chilean biographical drama film about Alejandro Jodorowsky's adolescence and youth in the bohemian Matucana neighborhood of Santiago, in the late 1940s and early 1950sEthel & Ernest – British animated biographical film following Raymond Briggs' parents, Ethel and Ernest, through their period of marriage from the 1920s to their deaths in the 1970sFanny's Journey – French-Belgian children's war drama film inspired by an autobiographical book by Fanny Ben Ami, a girl escaping the HolocaustFinding Altamira – Spanish biographical drama film chronicling the groundbreaking discovery of Stone Age cave paintings in the Cave of Altamira in Cantabria, Spain, and the subsequent controversy by leading religious and scientific figures of the dayThe Finest Hours – action thriller film based on the historic 1952 United States Coast Guard rescue of the crew of, after the ship split apart during a nor'easter off the New England coastFlorence Foster Jenkins – British-French biographical drama film about Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress known for her poor singing and generosityThe Founder – biographical drama film based on a true story about Ray Kroc and the start of the McDonald's franchiseFree State of Jones – historical war film inspired by the life of Newton Knight and his armed revolt against the Confederacy in Jones County, Mississippi, throughout the American Civil WarGenius – British-American biographical drama film based on the 1978 National Book Award-winner Max Perkins: Editor of Genius by A. Scott BergGoat – drama film telling the true story of a 19-year-old and his brother who pledge the same fraternity and experience hazingGold – crime drama film based on the true story of the 1993 Bre-X mining scandal, when a massive gold deposit was supposedly discovered in the jungles of IndonesiaGreater – biographical sports film about American football player Brandon Burlsworth, a walk-on college player who became an All-American, dying in a car crash 11 days after being drafted high in the 3rd round to the National Football LeagueGuernica – Spanish-British-American war drama film about the 1937 bombing of GuernicaGuerrero – Peruvian biographical sports drama film telling the story of soccer player Paolo GuerreroHacksaw Ridge – American-Australian biographical war film focusing on the World War II experiences of Desmond Doss, an American pacifist combat medic who, as a Seventh-day Adventist Christian, refused to carry or use a weapon or firearm of any kindHands of Stone – biographical sports film about the career of Panamanian former professional boxer Roberto DuránThe Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki – Finnish biographical drama film telling the true story of Olli Mäki, the famous Finnish boxer who had a shot at the 1962 World Featherweight titleHarley and the Davidsons – biographical drama miniseries dramatizing the origins of motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson, and how Arthur Davidson founded the company together with his brothers Walter Davidson, Sr. and William A. Davidson, along with their childhood friend William S. HarleyHatton Garden: the Heist – British heist action film based on the true story of the Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary in Hatton Garden, London, in April 2015, carried out by a group of elderly career criminalsHidden Figures – biographical drama film about African American female mathematicians who worked at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration during the Space RaceI, Olga Hepnarová – Czech crime drama film about Olga Hepnarová, a Czechoslovakian mass murderer, who on 10 July 1973, killed eight people with a truck in PragueI'm Gilda – Argentine biographical drama film about the life of tropical singer and songwriter GildaI'm Not Ashamed – biographical drama film based on the journals of Rachel Scott, the first victim of the 1999 Columbine High School massacre in Columbine, Colorado The Icebreaker – Russian disaster film based in part on the real events that occurred in 1985 with the icebreaker Mikhail Somov, which was trapped by Antarctic ice and spent 133 days in forced driftIgnacio de Loyola – Philippine historical biographical drama film based on the memoirs of Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order who was canonized as a saint in the Catholic ChurchIn Plain Sight – British crime thriller miniseries covering the crimes committed by serial killer Peter Manuel in Lanarkshire, Scotland in the 1950sThe Infiltrator – biographical crime thriller film based on the eponymous autobiography by Robert Mazur, a U.S. Customs special agent, who in the 1980s helped bust Pablo Escobar's money-laundering organization by going undercover as a corrupt businessmanThe Innocents – French-Polish-Belgian drama film inspired by the experiences of Madeleine Pauliac, a French Red Cross doctor who worked in Poland after World War IIInseparables – Argentine comedy drama film inspired by the true story of Philippe Pozzo di Borgo and his French-Algerian caregiver Abdel SellouItalian Race – Italian sports drama film loosely based on the true story of rally driver Carlo CaponeJackie – biographical drama film following Jacqueline "Jackie" Kennedy in the days when she was First Lady in the White House and her life immediately following the assassination of her husband, United States President John F. Kennedy, in 1963Joe Cinque's Consolation – Australian drama film based on the separate trials of Anu Singh and her friend Madhavi Rao, who were accused of murdering Singh's boyfriend Joe CinqueThe Journey – British-Irish drama film depicting a fictional account of the true story of how political enemies Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness formed an unlikely political allianceJuana Inés – Mexican biographical miniseries based on the life and work of Sor Juana Inés de la CruzKalinka – French-German crime drama film based on the true story of the Kalinka Bamberski case which took place in 1982Kalushi – South African biographical drama film about Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu, a nineteen-year-old hawker from the streets of Mamelodi, a township outside Pretoria in South AfricaKilling Reagan – biographical television film depicting John Hinkley's 1981 assassination attempt against U.S. president Ronald ReaganKilling Veerappan – Indian Kannada-language biographical crime film based on the events leading to Operation Cocoon to capture or kill Indian bandit VeerappanKing Cobra – biographical drama film about the life and early career of gay pornographic film actor Sean Paul LockhartThe King's Choice – Norwegian biographical war film focusing on King Haakon VII and the Norwegian royal family in the days before and immediately after the German invasion of Norway in April 1940Laal Rang – Indian Hindi-language black comedy crime drama film depicting the theft of blood from blood banks and how the lives of two friends involved in the trade get affected, based on true events The Last Descent – biographical survival drama film based on the 2009 rescue attempt of John Edward Jones in Nutty Putty Cave, west of Utah LakeThe Last Family – Polish biographical film depicting the true story of the artistic Beksinski family: Zdzisław, his wife Zofia and their talented yet trouble-making son TomaszThe Last Princess – South Korean historical drama film about Princess Deokhye, the last princess of the Joseon DynastyLBJ – political drama film about the beginning of the presidency of United States President Lyndon B. Johnson following the assassination of United States President John F. KennedyThe Legend of Ben Hall – Australian bushranger film, based on the exploits of bushranger Ben HallThe Lennon Report – biographical drama film about the night John Lennon was shot and killedThe Lighthouse of the Orcas – Spanish-Argentine drama film about a mother travels with her autistic son to Patagonia to meet a park ranger and wild orcasLion – Australian-British biographical drama film based on the true story of how Saroo Brierley, 25 years after being separated from his family in India, sets out to find themLittle Secret – Brazilian-New Zealand drama film inspired by a true story involving David Schurmann's adopted sister The Lost City of Z – epic biographical adventure drama film based on the story of Percy Fawcett, who was sent to Brazil and made several attempts to find a supposed ancient lost city in the AmazonLoving – biographical romantic drama film which tells the story of Richard and Mildred Loving, the plaintiffs in the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia, which invalidated state laws prohibiting interracial marriageMadoff – biographical crime miniseries about the Madoff investment scandal, a fraud scheme perpetrated by Bernie Madoff, a former stockbroker, investment advisor, and financierMah e Mir – Pakistani biographical film based on the life of the famous poet Mir Taqi MirMandela's Gun – South African biographical drama film about Nelson Mandela's experience as a guerrilla fighter for the African National CongressMarie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge – Polish biographical drama film detailing the life of Marie Curie from 1904 to 1911Masterminds – crime comedy film based on the October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery in North CarolinaMaudie – Irish-Canadian biographical drama film about the life of folk artist Maud Lewis, who painted in Nova ScotiaMiracles from Heaven – religious drama film depicting the true story of Annabel Beam who had a near-death experience and was later cured of an incurable diseaseMolly – Australian biographical miniseries about Australian music personality Molly MeldrumM.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story – Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film based on the life of former Test, ODI and T20I captain of the Indian national cricket team, Mahendra Singh DhoniMuch Ado About Nothing – Chilean drama film inspired by a real-life political scandal in ChileMurder in Polná – Czech historical crime television film that deals with Hilsner AffairMurdered by My Father – British crime drama television film telling the story of an honour killing of a British Asian Muslim teenage girl by her fatherNeerja – Indian Hindi-language biographical thriller film based on the attempted hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73 in Karachi, Pakistan by Libyan-backed Abu Nidal Organization on 5 September 1986Nelly – biographical drama film based on Nelly Arcan, an award-winning Canadian author and former sex worker who committed suicide in 2009Neruda – biographical drama film depicting the dramatic events of the suppression of Communists in Chile in 1948 and how the poet Pablo Neruda had to go on the run, eventually escaping on horseback over the AndesThe Night Stalker – biographical drama film about the serial killer Richard RamirezNina – biographical drama film about American musician and civil rights activist Nina SimoneGerman History X – German historical drama miniseries dramatizing the true events and characters of the National Socialist Underground, a neo-Nazi German terrorist group that was uncovered in November 2011The Odyssey – French-Belgian biographical adventure film based on Jacques-Yves Cousteau, a French ocean-going adventurer, biologist, and filmmakerOla Bola – Malaysian sport drama film inspired by the glories of the Malaysia national football team which successfully entered the 1980 Summer OlympicsOn Wings of Eagles – American-Chinese-Hong Kong historical sport drama film about Eric Liddell's experiences returning to war-torn ChinaOperation Chromite – South Korean spy war film based on a true story of the preparatory stage of Operation Chromite (Incheon Landing Operation, Battle of Inchon) in the Korean WarOperation Mekong – Chinese-Thai crime action film based on the 2011 Mekong River massacrePanfilov's 28 Men – Russian war drama film based on a legend about a group of soldiers – Panfilov's Twenty-Eight Guardsmen – heroically halting and destroying German tanks headed for MoscowPatriots Day – action thriller film about the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013 and the subsequent terrorist manhunt Paula – German biographical drama film depicting the life of pioneering female painter Paula Modersohn-BeckerPawo – German-Indian-Chinese Tibetan-language loosely based on late Jamphel Yeshi who self-immolated in protest against human right violations in TibetPelé: Birth of a Legend – biographical sports film about the early life of Brazilian footballer Pelé and his journey with Brazil to win the 1958 FIFA World CupThe People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story – true crime drama miniseries revolving around the O. J. Simpson murder caseThe Ploy – Italian biographical drama film based on the last hours of Pier Paolo Pasolini's life before his murderThe Promise – epic historical drama film set in the final years of the Ottoman EmpirePyromaniac – Norwegian mystery drama film inspired by actual events in 1978 rural NorwayQueen of Katwe – biographical sports drama film based on the life of Phiona Mutesi, a girl living in Katwe, a slum of Kampala, the capital of Uganda who learns to play chess and becomes a Woman Candidate Master after her victories at World Chess OlympiadsRace – biographical sports drama film about African American athlete Jesse Owens, who won a record-breaking four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympic GamesThe Rack Pack – British comedy drama film about professional snooker during the 1970s through the 1980s, focusing on the intense rivalry between Alex Higgins and Steve DavisRamabai – Indian Kannada-language biographical film based on the life of Ramabai Ambedkar, the first wife of Indian social reformer and politician B. R. AmbedkarRara – Chilean-Argentine coming-of-age comedy based on the true story of a judge who lost a custody battle because of her sexual orientationRed Dog: True Blue – Australian family comedy film detailing the early days of the Red Dog, the Pilbara WandererReg – British biographical drama television film about the campaign by Reg Keys to obtain answers following the death of his son Tom in the Iraq WarRillington Place – British biographical crime drama miniseries about the real life case of serial killer John Christie, and the subsequent wrongful execution of Timothy EvansRiphagen – Dutch drama film about Dries Riphagen, a Dutch criminal who collaborated with Nazi GermanyRudy Habibie – Indonesian biographical historical drama film about B. J. HabibieRustom – Indian Hindi-language crime drama film based on the K. M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra court caseSalute – Pakistani biographical film based on the life of martyr Aitzaz Hasan who confronted a suicide bomber, preventing his attempt to detonate a bomb in his school, saving roughly 2000 livesSanta Maria della Salute – Serbian biographical film about the Serbian poet Laza KostićSarbjit – Indian Hindi-language biographical drama film based on Sarabjit Singh, an Indian man who was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court of Pakistan in 1991 and who consequently spent 22 years in prison for alleged terrorism and spyingThe Secret – British crime drama miniseries about the double murder of Lesley Howell and Constable Trevor Buchanan, whose bodies were discovered in a fume-filled car in the garage of a property in Castlerock, County Londonderry, in Northern Ireland in May 1991She Has a Name – Canadian thriller drama film about the trafficking of children into sexual slavery and was inspired by the deaths of 54 people in the Ranong human-trafficking incidentShepherds and Butchers – South African drama film about a lawyer who takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed, based on real eventsThe Siege of Jadotville – Irish-South African action war film about an Irish Army unit's role in the titular Siege of Jadotville during the United Nations Operation in the Congo in September 1961, part of the Congo Crisis that stretched from 1960 to 1965Silence – American-Japanese epic historical drama film following two 17th-century Jesuit priests who travel from Portugal to Edo period Japan via Macau to locate their missing mentor and spread Catholic Christianity, based on the historical Italian figure Giuseppe ChiaraSmoke & Mirrors – Spanish thriller film about Francisco Paesa, a former agent of the Spanish secret service who faked his own death after an infamous corruption scandalSnowden – biographical thriller film about Edward Snowden, a Central Intelligence Agency subcontractor and whistleblower who copied and leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency beginning in 2013Solo, Solitude – Indonesian biographical drama film about disappeared activist and poet Widji ThukulSouthside with You – biographical romantic drama film focusing on the Barack Obama and Michelle Robinson's first date in 1989Spirit of the Game – biographical drama film based on the true story of the Mormon Yankees, an American basketball team which played in exhibition games before the 1956 Summer OlympicsStanding in the Dust – Iranian biographical drama film about Ahmad Motevaselian, an Iranian commander in the Iran-Iraq war, who disappeared in LebanonStarfish – British drama film following a family who are thrown into turmoil when the husband contracts sepsis, based on a true storyStefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe – German-Austrian biographical drama film charting the years of exile in the life of famous Jewish Austrian writer Stefan ZweigStrangled – Hungarian neo-noir crime film adapted from the story of Péter Kovács, a serial killer in Hungary during the 1960s, under the rule of the communist partyStronger Than the World – Brazilian biographical sports drama film about the life of MMA fighter José Aldo Sully – biographical drama film about Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger's January 2009 emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River, in which all 155 passengers and crew survived—most suffering only minor injuries—and the subsequent publicity and investigationSurviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel'le – biographical drama television film based on the true story of R&B singer, Michel'leTamara – Venezuelan romantic drama film inspired by the life of Tamara Adrián, the first transgender person elected to the National Assembly of Venezuela and the second transgender member of a national legislature in the AmericasTeam Spirit – French biographical drama film based on the true life story of Jérôme Kerviel, a French trader who was convicted in the 2008 Société Générale trading loss for breach of trust, forgery and unauthorized use of the bank's computers, resulting in losses valued at €4.9 billionTo Walk Invisible – British biographical television film focusing on the relationship of the three Brontë sisters; Charlotte, Emily and Anne, and their brother, Branwell.Tommy's Honour – British-American historical drama film depicting the lives and careers of, and the complex relationship between, the pioneering Scottish golfing champions Old Tom Morris and his son Young Tom Morris Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart – biographical television film about R&B singer Toni BraxtonTutankhamun – British adventure drama miniseries based on the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb by Howard CarterUnclaimed – Canadian drama television film examining the years leading to serial killer Robert Pickton's arrest and the court proceedings before his convictionUSS Indianapolis: Men of Courage – war disaster film based on the true story of the loss of the ship of the same name in the closing stages of the Second World WarVangaveeti – Indian Telugu-language biographical action film based on the life of politician Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga, and his elder brother Vangaveeti Radha Krishna and their altercation with communist dominated Vijayawada of the 1970s-80s in Andhra PradeshVeerappan – Indian Hindi-language biographical crime film based on the real-life Indian bandit Veerappan and the events leading to Operation Cocoon, a mission to capture and kill himWar Dogs – biographical black comedy crime drama film about two arms dealers, Efraim Diveroli and David Packouz, who receive a U.S. Army contract to supply ammunitions for the Afghan National Army worth approximately $300 millionWeeds on Fire – Hong Kong sports drama film portraying the true story of the Shatin Martins, the first baseball team from Hong Kong to win a leagueWhiskey Tango Foxtrot – biographical war comedy drama film based on journalist Kim Barker's experiences covering the war in AfghanistanXuanzang – Chinese historical adventure film based on Xuanzang's seventeen-year overland journey to India during the Tang dynasty in the seventh centuryYear by the Sea – comedy drama film about Joan Anderson and her quest to reclaim who she was before marriage and children