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The Dramas basados en la vida real category on Netflix is identified by the secret code 3653 . Below are 100 Dramas basados en la vida real titles currently traceable on Netflix, sorted by rating. Top picks include Schindler's List (1993), GoodFellas (1990), The Pianist (2002).
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Last updated: 28 Sep 2021. Independent reference, not affiliated with Netflix.
Schindler's List (1993) Oskar Schindler becomes an unlikely humanitarian, spending his entire fortune to help save 1,100 Jews from Auschwitz during World War II.
Year: 199360036359 · IMDb
GoodFellas (1990) This gripping gangster opus follows real-world mobster Henry Hill, who dreamed of making it big but landed in the Witness Protection Program instead.
Year: 199070002022 · IMDb
The Pianist (2002) Famed Polish pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman struggles to survive the onslaught of Nazi tyranny during World War II in this drama based on his memoirs.
Year: 200260025061 · IMDb
Black Friday (2004) This docudrama based on the same-titled book tracks the aftermath of a 1993 bombing in Bombay through the eyes of a journalist covering the story.
Year: 200470077720 · IMDb
Dangal (2016) A once-promising wrestler pursues the gold medal he never won by training two of his daughters to compete at the Commonwealth Games.
Year: 201680166185 · IMDb
Braveheart (1995) Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a local English lord's soldiers, which leads to an epic revolt.
Year: 199560000540 · IMDb
Lawrence of Arabia: Restored Version (1962) This Oscar-winning epic tells the true story of T.E. Lawrence, who helped unite warring Arab tribes to strike back against the Turks in World War I.
Year: 196270012020 · IMDb
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Martin Scorcese's high-rolling Wall Street drama is based on the memoirs of stockbroker Jordan Belfort, whose giddy career ended in federal prison.
Year: 201370266676 · IMDb
Downfall (2004) This portrayal of Adolf Hitler's final days is based on the memoirs of Traudl Junge, the young secretary who was with him until his death.
Year: 200470023508 · IMDb
A Beautiful Mind (2001) This Oscar-winning drama charts the life and work of famed economist John Forbes Nash Jr., a brilliant man plagued by the anguish of mental illness.
Year: 200160021793 · IMDb
Guilty (2015) When a teen and her family's hired servant turn up dead, inept police bungle the inquiry and wind up fingering a controversial prime suspect.
Year: 201580080618 · IMDb
Paan Singh Tomar (2010) Paan Singh Tomar goes from celebrated runner to star brigand and rebel when life after sports fails to unfold as planned.
Year: 201070123126 · IMDb
Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009) When his master dies, a loyal pooch named Hachiko keeps a vigil for more than a decade at the train station where he once greeted his owner every day.
Year: 200970118677 · IMDb
Hotel Rwanda (2004) Amid the holocaust of tribal fighting in Rwanda, one ordinary hotel manager musters the courage to save more than 1,000 refugees.
Year: 200470019224 · IMDb
Catch Me If You Can (2002) An FBI agent makes it his mission to put cunning con man Frank Abagnale Jr. behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.
Year: 200260024942 · IMDb
Into the Wild (2007) A young man gives up everything -- including his trust fund and ties to a seemingly stable family -- to lead a solitary life in the wild.
Year: 200770075064 · IMDb
12 Years a Slave (2013) A freeborn black man is abducted from New York and sold into slavery in this historical drama based on the autobiography of Solomon Northup.
Year: 201370284282 · IMDb
Rush (2013) This dramatic portrayal of the intense 1970s rivalry between race drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt captures the contrasts between the two champions.
Year: 201370253165 · IMDb
Hachi-Ko (1987) A devoted dog waits for his master at the train station every day, even after the man falls ill, proving how deep the bond is between humans and pets.
Year: 198780068148 · IMDb
In the Name of the Father (1993) This biopic examines the Irishman Gerry Conlon, who was wrongfully sentenced to life in prison for an IRA terrorist attack that killed four people.
Year: 1993624536 · IMDb
Spotlight (2015) A team of reporters and editors at the Boston Globe relentlessly investigate a shocking child molestation cover-up by the Catholic Church.
Year: 201580061341 · IMDb
Silenced (2011) Amid a multitude of cover-ups, a caring teacher attempts to publicly expose faculty members who are molesting some hearing-impaired students.
Year: 201170241118 · IMDb
Hacksaw Ridge (2016) During World War II, Army medic and conscientious objector Desmond Doss becomes an unlikely hero on an Okinawa battlefield without bearing arms.
Year: 201680108975 · IMDb
The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002) This biopic chronicles the life and times of iconic Indian revolutionary Bhagat Singh, who led an armed resistance against the British in the 1920.
Year: 200260033227 · IMDb
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) When Chris and his son are evicted, they face trying times as a desperate Chris accepts an unpaid internship at a stock brokerage firm.
Year: 200670044605 · IMDb
Gandhi (1982) Ben Kingsley stars as the diminutive attorney who stood up against British rule in India and became a global symbol of nonviolence and understanding.
Year: 198260010384 · IMDb
The King's Speech (2010) In this biographical drama, Britain's King George VI struggles with an embarrassing stutter until he seeks help from speech therapist Lionel Logue.
Year: 201070135893 · IMDb
Dallas Buyers Club (2013) Refusing to accept a death sentence from his doctor after being diagnosed with AIDS in 1986, Ron Woodroof smuggles medications from abroad.
Year: 201370275751 · IMDb
The Imitation Game (2014) During World War II, a brilliant mathematician leads a team of cryptanalysts as they work feverishly to break the Germans' notorious Enigma code.
Year: 201470295172 · IMDb
The Revenant (2015) In the 1820s, a fur trapper struggles for survival to exact retribution against a ruthless mercenary who left him to die along the Missouri River.
Year: 201580064516 · IMDb
Lion (2016) An Indian man who was separated from his mother at age 5 and adopted by an Australian couple returns home, determined to find his birth family.
Year: 201680108447 · IMDb
Manjhi: The Mountain Man (2015) After his wife falls to her death crossing a mountain, a laborer spends decades carving a path through the mountain with nothing but simple tools.
Year: 201580165852 · IMDb
Pad Man (2018) Despite public humiliation and resistance, an entrepreneur markets a hygienic, low-cost sanitary pad that even India's poorest women can afford.
Year: 201881016191 · IMDb
Wonder (2017) After being homeschooled all his life, a boy with facial differences attends a traditional school, where he must find friends among his bullies.
Year: 201780147986 · IMDb
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) As tens of thousands of Allied troops push further inland, the Japanese troops defending Iwo Jima during World War II prepare to meet their fate.
Year: 200670058006 · IMDb
Straight Outta Compton (2015) In the mid-1980s, rap group N.W.A. bursts from the mean streets of Compton, revolutionizing hip-hop culture with its raw, provocative authenticity.
Year: 201580041415 · IMDb
Dunkirk (2017) In May 1940, soldiers and civilians struggle by land, sea and air to evacuate the British army and their allies, Europe's last hope, from Dunkirk.
Year: 201780170278 · IMDb
The Fighter (2010) After a string of defeats, a boxer rediscovers his fighting will with help from his trainer and half-brother, a once-talented pugilist.
Year: 201070113534 · IMDb
Walk the Line (2005) This acclaimed biopic follows country singer Johnny Cash from his hardscrabble days on an Arkansas farm to his time inside Memphis's Sun Studios.
Year: 200570023968 · IMDb
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) A 23-year-old Che Guevara motorcycles across South America with friend Alberto, a trek that crystallizes the future revolutionary's political beliefs.
Year: 200460034802 · IMDb
Captain Phillips (2013) In this exciting adventure based on true events, Tom Hanks portrays a captain who is taken hostage by Somali pirates after they hijack his cargo ship.
Year: 201370243460 · IMDb
Vengeance Is Mine (1979) Legendary Japanese director Shohei Imamura (The Eel) helms this chilling tale of horror and revenge based on actual events about a seemingly harmless young man who blossomed into a cold-blooded, remorseless murderer.
Year: 197970067850 · IMDb
The Big Short (2015) A group of wily opportunists make a fortune off of the U.S. economic crash by sniffing out the situation in advance and betting against the banks.
Year: 201580075560 · IMDb
Hidden Figures (2016) Three brilliant African-American women overcome bigotry and sexism to become the brains behind the launch of the first American astronaut into space.
Year: 201680123775 · IMDb
Marathon (2005) Based on the true story of Bae Hyeong-jin of South Korea, this film follows autistic Cho-won, who dreams of running a marathon.
Year: 200570205147 · IMDb
Sanju (2018) From the depths of addiction to the heights of stardom to underworld entanglements, this biopic traces the checkered past of Indian actor Sanjay Dutt.
Year: 201881020508 · IMDb
Ethel and Ernest (2016) Based on author Raymond Briggs' memoir, this animated film honors his parents’ steadfast marriage amidst 20th-century Britain's most critical events.
Year: 201680226801 · IMDb
Black Hawk Down (2001) When U.S. forces attempt to capture two underlings of a Somali warlord, their helicopters are shot down and the Americans suffer heavy casualties.
Year: 200160022056 · IMDb
Donnie Brasco (1997) When FBI agent Joe Pistone goes undercover to infiltrate the mob, he starts to identify with the made men he's charged with taking down.
Year: 19971151721 · IMDb
Finding Neverland (2004) This Oscar-winning film reveals how imaginative author J.M. Barrie envisioned a world that was at once so wondrous and perilous.
Year: 200470001999 · IMDb
The Social Network (2010) Director David Fincher's biographical drama chronicles the meteoric rise of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg from Harvard sophomore to Internet superstar.
Year: 201070132721 · IMDb
Ray (2004) In this biopic, Jamie Foxx portrays rhythm and blues legend Ray Charles, who rose from obscurity and overcame his struggles to become world famous.
Year: 200470001994 · IMDb
Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story (1988) When high school football coach Charlie Wedemeyer is diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, he perseveres in leading his team despite becoming disabled.
Year: 198870206819 · IMDb
Argo (2012) In 1979, six Americans take shelter from Iranian militants in the Canadian embassy, prompting the CIA to concoct an elaborate plot to rescue them.
Year: 201270231922 · IMDb
Zodiac (2007) Based on real events, this chilling drama recounts the actions of a killer who stalked the streets of San Francisco and left clues in the newspaper.
Year: 200770044686 · IMDb
Shine (1996) Troubled virtuoso David Helfgott triumphs over a domineering father, schizophrenia and an obsession with Rachmaninoff's 'Piano Concerto No. 3.'
Year: 1996958964 · IMDb
The Theory of Everything (2014) As his esteem grows in the world of physics, Stephen Hawking's body is ravaged by ALS, forcing his increasing dependence on his devoted wife, Jane.
Year: 201480000644 · IMDb
A Man for All Seasons (1966) When Henry VIII seeks approval from the aristocracy to divorce, Sir Thomas More finds himself caught between the king and the Roman Catholic Church.
Year: 1966732905 · IMDb
Mountain Patrol: Kekexili (2004) In the remote mountains of Tibet, a team of volunteer rangers struggles against all odds to save the endangered Tibetan antelope.
Year: 200470052560 · IMDb
Only the Brave (2017) While others flee fires, the Granite Mountain Hotshots run toward them. A fateful blaze forges an elite firefighting team of heroes in this true tale.
Year: 201780182216 · IMDb
Blow (2001) Cocaine smuggler George rises from poverty to become one of the biggest drug dealers in America before his eventual downfall.
Year: 200160020891 · IMDb
The Impossible (2012) Tracking one family's harrowing experiences, this gripping drama depicts the chaos generated by the massive 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia.
Year: 201270251895 · IMDb
Escape from Alcatraz (1979) Lifer Frank Morris plans his unauthorized departure from Alcatraz in this thriller based on the penitentiary's only successful jailbreak.
Year: 1979480144 · IMDb
The Thin Red Line (1998) In this lyrical account of the 1942 battle for Guadalcanal, several soldiers become a tight-knit group as they each struggle with the horrors of war.
Year: 199818171134 · IMDb
The Blind Side (2009) In this sports drama based on a true story, an affluent couple takes in a homeless teenager and nurtures his growth into a football powerhouse.
Year: 200970119811 · IMDb
Carandiru (2003) A doctor connects with the inmates at the severely overcrowded São Paulo House of Detention. But hostilities boil over, resulting in a fatal riot.
Year: 200360033309 · IMDb
Carlos (2010) Carlos the Jackal is a Venezuelan terrorist who executed scores of assassinations, abductions and bombings across Europe and the Middle East.
Year: 201070170424 · IMDb
Moneyball (2011) This drama follows the true story of a former jock turned general manager who uses unusual methods to bring the best players to the Oakland A's.
Year: 201170201437 · IMDb
Apollo 13 (1995) Technical troubles scuttle the Apollo 13 mission in 1971, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew in this chronicle of a true story.
Year: 1995262866 · IMDb
Philomena (2013) An aging Irishwoman teams with a floundering journalist to find the son she was forced to give up for adoption 50 years ago.
Year: 201370293789 · IMDb
Bridge of Spies (2015) A Brooklyn attorney enters into intense negotiations for the release of American pilot Gary Powers after his spy plane is downed by the Soviets.
Year: 201580050060 · IMDb
Midnight Express (1978) Arrested in 1970 after trying to smuggle two kilos of hash out of Turkey, American student Billy Hayes faces a nightmare 30-year jail sentence.
Year: 1978759396 · IMDb
127 Hours (2010) From director Danny Boyle comes this harrowing tale of a real-life mountain climber who literally cuts himself loose from danger.
Year: 201070141813 · IMDb
Jodhaa Akbar (2008) In 16th-century India, what begins as a strategic alliance between a Mughal emperor and a Hindu princess becomes a genuine opportunity for true love.
Year: 200870090035 · IMDb
A Twelve Year Night (2018) Future Uruguayan president José Mujica and his fellow Tupamaro political prisoners fight to survive 12 years of solitary confinement and torture.
Year: 201880185375 · IMDb
Lone Survivor (2013) Mark Wahlberg stars as Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrel in this action-drama based on an ill-fated real-life mission to bring down a Taliban boss.
Year: 201370259795 · IMDb
The Aviator (2004) Leonardo DiCaprio portrays eccentric tycoon Howard Hughes, who turned a small fortune into a massive one by building Hollywood and aviation empires.
Year: 200470011213 · IMDb
A Royal Affair (2012) In 18th-century Denmark, the unstable King Christian VII neglects his young queen, Mathilde, who falls in love with his German physician.
Year: 201270232004 · IMDb
United 93 (2006) Re-creating the harrowing events aboard United Airlines Flight 93 in real time, Paul Greengrass presents the devastating drama of Sept. 11, 2001.
Year: 200670048592 · IMDb
Rudy (1993) Scrawny Rudy dreams of playing football at Notre Dame. Undaunted, Rudy works assisting the groundskeeper and joins the school's practice squad.
Year: 199360002332 · IMDb
Fruitvale Station (2013) This dramatic rendering of a real-life tragedy recounts the final hours of Oscar Grant, shot by San Francisco transit police on New Year's Day, 2009.
Year: 201370267488 · IMDb
Munich (2005) A Mossad agent leads an effort to track down the Palestinian terrorists who killed a group of Israeli athletes during the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Year: 200570038133 · IMDb
42 (2013) This biopic focuses on baseball icon Jackie Robinson, who in 1947 became the first black Major League Baseball player of the modern era.
Year: 201370259169 · IMDb
Selma (2014) In the face of violent racist attacks, Martin Luther King Jr. leads a protest in Alabama that culminates in a historic march from Selma to Montgomery.
Year: 201480013278 · IMDb
Freedom Writers (2007) While her at-risk students are reading classics such as 'The Diary of Anne Frank,' a teacher asks them to keep journals about their troubled lives.
Year: 200770053462 · IMDb
Trumbo (2015) When he is blacklisted by Hollywood for his leftist political views, screenwriter Dalton Trumbo struggles to find work in secret as a ghost writer.
Year: 201580057100 · IMDb
Flying Colors (2015) A quirky social misfit at the bottom of her class sets her sights on a top-tier university and enlists the help of an inspirational mentor.
Year: 201580142650 · IMDb
100 Metros (2016) A man who is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis responds by training for an Ironman triathlon, with his cranky father-in-law's help.
Year: 201680141173 · IMDb
I, Tonya (2017) From her troubled home to the infamous incident, a tongue-in-cheek look at the forces behind the turbulent career of figure skater Tonya Harding.
Year: 201780216993 · IMDb
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008) A radical terrorist group known as the Red Army Faction uses extreme violence to combat what they perceive as a new fascist threat in 1970s Germany.
Year: 200870112501 · IMDb
Frida (2002) This Oscar-winning biopic focuses on painter Frida Kahlo's relationship with her husband and her controversial political and sexual reputation.
Year: 200260024997 · IMDb
84 Charing Cross Road (1986) Feisty New York writer Helene mails a note to a small London bookshop, sparking a touching and humorous correspondence with reserved bookseller Frank.
Year: 198660023132 · IMDb
Adam: His Song Continues (1986) After their child was abducted and murdered, John and Reve Walsh fought to raise national awareness of the problem of missing children.
Year: 198670206816 · IMDb
Triumph of the Heart (1991) This drama tells the tale of Ricky Bell, a pro running back with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who died of a muscle disease in the prime of his career.
Year: 199170206824 · IMDb
The Ryan White Story (1989) After contracting HIV from a tainted blood treatment, teenaged hemophiliac Ryan White is forced to fight for his right to attend public school.
Year: 198970206820 · IMDb
No (2012) A hot-shot Chilean ad executive creates a media campaign opposing military dictator Augusto Pinochet during the referendum on his presidency in 1988.
Year: 201270243255 · IMDb
Elizabeth (1998) This Oscar-winning treatise on absolute power and its human toll sees fledgling queen Elizabeth I sacrificing happiness for her own safety.
Year: 199817236680 · IMDb
Holding the Man (2015) In 1970s Australia, two teen boys fall in love with each other and defeat obstacles to their 15-year relationship, until a new crisis comes their way.
Year: 201580104552 · IMDb
Sully (2016) Shortly after takeoff, an Airbus 320 crash-lands on the Hudson River. There are no fatalities, but the captain faces scrutiny and the glare of fame.
Year: 201680103102 · IMDb
El Patron, Radiografia de un crimen (2014) A lawyer defends an illiterate man whose exploitation by a cruel boss while working as a butcher in Buenos Aires led to tragedy. Based on a true case.
Year: 201480187020 · IMDb
