Netflix Movies and Categories Finder: Dramas basados en la vida real
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Schindler's List
Oskar Schindler becomes an unlikely humanitarian, spending his entire fortune to help save 1,100 Jews from Auschwitz during World War II.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 03:15:04
Netflix ID: 60036359
GoodFellas
This gripping gangster opus follows real-world mobster Henry Hill, who dreamed of making it big but landed in the Witness Protection Program instead.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:25:23
Netflix ID: 70002022
The Pianist
Famed Polish pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman struggles to survive the onslaught of Nazi tyranny during World War II in this drama based on his memoirs.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:28:58
Netflix ID: 60025061
Black Friday
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.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:41:49
Netflix ID: 70077720
Dangal
A once-promising wrestler pursues the gold medal he never won by training two of his daughters to compete at the Commonwealth Games.
Released: 2017-06-21
Runtime: 02:40:39
Netflix ID: 80166185
Braveheart
Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a local English lord's soldiers, which leads to an epic revolt.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:57:38
Netflix ID: 60000540
Lawrence of Arabia: Restored Version
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.
Released: 2015-09-01
Runtime: 03:47:04
Netflix ID: 70012020
The Wolf of Wall Street
Martin Scorcese's high-rolling Wall Street drama is based on the memoirs of stockbroker Jordan Belfort, whose giddy career ended in federal prison.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:59:52
Netflix ID: 70266676
Downfall
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.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:35:44
Netflix ID: 70023508
A Beautiful Mind
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.
Released: 2015-09-01
Runtime: 02:15:40
Netflix ID: 60021793
Guilty
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.
Released: 2016-06-01
Runtime: 02:07:19
Netflix ID: 80080618
Paan Singh Tomar
Paan Singh Tomar goes from celebrated runner to star brigand and rebel when life after sports fails to unfold as planned.
Released: 2018-11-01
Runtime: 02:08:36
Netflix ID: 70123126
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
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.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 01:32:58
Netflix ID: 70118677
Hotel Rwanda
Amid the holocaust of tribal fighting in Rwanda, one ordinary hotel manager musters the courage to save more than 1,000 refugees.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:01:50
Netflix ID: 70019224
Catch Me If You Can
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.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:21:06
Netflix ID: 60024942
Into the Wild
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.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:28:02
Netflix ID: 70075064
12 Years a Slave
A freeborn black man is abducted from New York and sold into slavery in this historical drama based on the autobiography of Solomon Northup.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:14:08
Netflix ID: 70284282
Rush
This dramatic portrayal of the intense 1970s rivalry between race drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt captures the contrasts between the two champions.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:02:41
Netflix ID: 70253165
Hachi-Ko
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.
Released: 2015-09-01
Runtime: 01:47:46
Netflix ID: 80068148
In the Name of the Father
This biopic examines the Irishman Gerry Conlon, who was wrongfully sentenced to life in prison for an IRA terrorist attack that killed four people.
Released: 2016-02-10
Runtime: 02:12:52
Netflix ID: 624536
Spotlight
A team of reporters and editors at the Boston Globe relentlessly investigate a shocking child molestation cover-up by the Catholic Church.
Released: 2016-06-22
Runtime: 02:08:38
Netflix ID: 80061341
Silenced
Amid a multitude of cover-ups, a caring teacher attempts to publicly expose faculty members who are molesting some hearing-impaired students.
Released: 2016-09-16
Runtime: 02:04:16
Netflix ID: 70241118
Hacksaw Ridge
During World War II, Army medic and conscientious objector Desmond Doss becomes an unlikely hero on an Okinawa battlefield without bearing arms.
Released: 2017-05-02
Runtime: 02:19:04
Netflix ID: 80108975
The Legend of Bhagat Singh
This biopic chronicles the life and times of iconic Indian revolutionary Bhagat Singh, who led an armed resistance against the British in the 1920.
Released: 2017-06-16
Runtime: 02:35:45
Netflix ID: 60033227
The Pursuit of Happyness
When Chris and his son are evicted, they face trying times as a desperate Chris accepts an unpaid internship at a stock brokerage firm.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 01:57:25
Netflix ID: 70044605
Gandhi
Ben Kingsley stars as the diminutive attorney who stood up against British rule in India and became a global symbol of nonviolence and understanding.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 03:08:23
Netflix ID: 60010384
The King's Speech
In this biographical drama, Britain's King George VI struggles with an embarrassing stutter until he seeks help from speech therapist Lionel Logue.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 01:53:23
Netflix ID: 70135893
Dallas Buyers Club
Refusing to accept a death sentence from his doctor after being diagnosed with AIDS in 1986, Ron Woodroof smuggles medications from abroad.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 01:56:54
Netflix ID: 70275751
The Imitation Game
During World War II, a brilliant mathematician leads a team of cryptanalysts as they work feverishly to break the Germans' notorious Enigma code.
Released: 2015-05-20
Runtime: 01:54:12
Netflix ID: 70295172
The Revenant
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.
Released: 2016-09-03
Runtime: 02:36:20
Netflix ID: 80064516
Lion
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.
Released: 2017-05-30
Runtime: 01:58:23
Netflix ID: 80108447
Manjhi: The Mountain Man
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.
Released: 2017-06-05
Runtime: 01:58:34
Netflix ID: 80165852
Pad Man
Despite public humiliation and resistance, an entrepreneur markets a hygienic, low-cost sanitary pad that even India's poorest women can afford.
Released: 2018-08-21
Runtime: 02:10:17
Netflix ID: 81016191
Wonder
After being homeschooled all his life, a boy with facial differences attends a traditional school, where he must find friends among his bullies.
Released: 2018-09-26
Runtime: 01:53:09
Netflix ID: 80147986
Letters from Iwo Jima
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.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:20:30
Netflix ID: 70058006
Straight Outta Compton
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.
Released: 2017-03-20
Runtime: 02:26:38
Netflix ID: 80041415
Dunkirk
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.
Released: 2018-06-14
Runtime: 01:46:34
Netflix ID: 80170278
The Fighter
After a string of defeats, a boxer rediscovers his fighting will with help from his trainer and half-brother, a once-talented pugilist.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 01:55:33
Netflix ID: 70113534
Walk the Line
This acclaimed biopic follows country singer Johnny Cash from his hardscrabble days on an Arkansas farm to his time inside Memphis's Sun Studios.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:15:48
Netflix ID: 70023968
The Motorcycle Diaries
A 23-year-old Che Guevara motorcycles across South America with friend Alberto, a trek that crystallizes the future revolutionary's political beliefs.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:00:40
Netflix ID: 60034802
Captain Phillips
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.
Released: 2015-08-21
Runtime: 02:14:08
Netflix ID: 70243460
Vengeance Is Mine
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.
Released: 2015-10-01
Runtime: 02:20:22
Netflix ID: 70067850
The Big Short
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.
Released: 2016-06-17
Runtime: 02:10:16
Netflix ID: 80075560
Hidden Figures
Three brilliant African-American women overcome bigotry and sexism to become the brains behind the launch of the first American astronaut into space.
Released: 2017-09-01
Runtime: 02:06:44
Netflix ID: 80123775
Marathon
Based on the true story of Bae Hyeong-jin of South Korea, this film follows autistic Cho-won, who dreams of running a marathon.
Released: 2017-09-30
Runtime: 01:56:49
Netflix ID: 70205147
Sanju
From the depths of addiction to the heights of stardom to underworld entanglements, this biopic traces the checkered past of Indian actor Sanjay Dutt.
Released: 2018-10-15
Runtime: 02:38:56
Netflix ID: 81020508
Ethel and Ernest
Based on author Raymond Briggs' memoir, this animated film honors his parents’ steadfast marriage amidst 20th-century Britain's most critical events.
Released: 2018-11-01
Runtime: 01:34:49
Netflix ID: 80226801
Black Hawk Down
When U.S. forces attempt to capture two underlings of a Somali warlord, their helicopters are shot down and the Americans suffer heavy casualties.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:24:36
Netflix ID: 60022056
Donnie Brasco
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.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:06:45
Netflix ID: 1151721
Finding Neverland
This Oscar-winning film reveals how imaginative author J.M. Barrie envisioned a world that was at once so wondrous and perilous.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 01:41:12
Netflix ID: 70001999
The Social Network
Director David Fincher's biographical drama chronicles the meteoric rise of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg from Harvard sophomore to Internet superstar.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:00:41
Netflix ID: 70132721
Ray
In this biopic, Jamie Foxx portrays rhythm and blues legend Ray Charles, who rose from obscurity and overcame his struggles to become world famous.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:32:17
Netflix ID: 70001994
Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story
When high school football coach Charlie Wedemeyer is diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, he perseveres in leading his team despite becoming disabled.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 01:33:27
Netflix ID: 70206819
Argo
In 1979, six Americans take shelter from Iranian militants in the Canadian embassy, prompting the CIA to concoct an elaborate plot to rescue them.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:00:18
Netflix ID: 70231922
Zodiac
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.
Released: 2015-04-22
Runtime: 02:37:45
Netflix ID: 70044686
Shine
Troubled virtuoso David Helfgott triumphs over a domineering father, schizophrenia and an obsession with Rachmaninoff's 'Piano Concerto No. 3.'
Released: 2015-10-22
Runtime: 01:40:57
Netflix ID: 958964
The Theory of Everything
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.
Released: 2016-08-03
Runtime: 02:03:25
Netflix ID: 80000644
A Man for All Seasons
When Henry VIII seeks approval from the aristocracy to divorce, Sir Thomas More finds himself caught between the king and the Roman Catholic Church.
Released: 2016-08-16
Runtime: 02:00:27
Netflix ID: 732905
Mountain Patrol: Kekexili
In the remote mountains of Tibet, a team of volunteer rangers struggles against all odds to save the endangered Tibetan antelope.
Released: 2016-10-14
Runtime: 01:28:54
Netflix ID: 70052560
Only the Brave
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.
Released: 2018-09-05
Runtime: 02:14:08
Netflix ID: 80182216
Blow
Cocaine smuggler George rises from poverty to become one of the biggest drug dealers in America before his eventual downfall.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:03:20
Netflix ID: 60020891
The Impossible
Tracking one family's harrowing experiences, this gripping drama depicts the chaos generated by the massive 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 01:53:40
Netflix ID: 70251895
Escape from Alcatraz
Lifer Frank Morris plans his unauthorized departure from Alcatraz in this thriller based on the penitentiary's only successful jailbreak.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 01:51:52
Netflix ID: 480144
The Thin Red Line
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.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:50:35
Netflix ID: 18171134
The Blind Side
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.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:08:28
Netflix ID: 70119811
Carandiru
A doctor connects with the inmates at the severely overcrowded São Paulo House of Detention. But hostilities boil over, resulting in a fatal riot.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:25:20
Netflix ID: 60033309
Carlos
Carlos the Jackal is a Venezuelan terrorist who executed scores of assassinations, abductions and bombings across Europe and the Middle East.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:45:26
Netflix ID: 70170424
Moneyball
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.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:13:16
Netflix ID: 70201437
Apollo 13
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.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:19:46
Netflix ID: 262866
Philomena
An aging Irishwoman teams with a floundering journalist to find the son she was forced to give up for adoption 50 years ago.
Released: 2015-09-22
Runtime: 01:38:03
Netflix ID: 70293789
Bridge of Spies
A Brooklyn attorney enters into intense negotiations for the release of American pilot Gary Powers after his spy plane is downed by the Soviets.
Released: 2016-05-17
Runtime: 02:21:26
Netflix ID: 80050060
Midnight Express
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.
Released: 2017-01-11
Runtime: 02:00:59
Netflix ID: 759396
127 Hours
From director Danny Boyle comes this harrowing tale of a real-life mountain climber who literally cuts himself loose from danger.
Released: 2017-02-15
Runtime: 01:33:41
Netflix ID: 70141813
Jodhaa Akbar
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.
Released: 2018-09-30
Runtime: 03:33:37
Netflix ID: 70090035
A Twelve Year Night
Future Uruguayan president José Mujica and his fellow Tupamaro political prisoners fight to survive 12 years of solitary confinement and torture.
Released: 2018-12-28
Runtime: 02:02:22
Netflix ID: 80185375
Lone Survivor
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.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:01:20
Netflix ID: 70259795
The Aviator
Leonardo DiCaprio portrays eccentric tycoon Howard Hughes, who turned a small fortune into a massive one by building Hollywood and aviation empires.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:50:08
Netflix ID: 70011213
A Royal Affair
In 18th-century Denmark, the unstable King Christian VII neglects his young queen, Mathilde, who falls in love with his German physician.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:17:40
Netflix ID: 70232004
United 93
Re-creating the harrowing events aboard United Airlines Flight 93 in real time, Paul Greengrass presents the devastating drama of Sept. 11, 2001.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 01:46:41
Netflix ID: 70048592
Rudy
Scrawny Rudy dreams of playing football at Notre Dame. Undaunted, Rudy works assisting the groundskeeper and joins the school's practice squad.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 01:53:57
Netflix ID: 60002332
Fruitvale Station
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.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 01:25:00
Netflix ID: 70267488
Munich
A Mossad agent leads an effort to track down the Palestinian terrorists who killed a group of Israeli athletes during the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:43:43
Netflix ID: 70038133
42
This biopic focuses on baseball icon Jackie Robinson, who in 1947 became the first black Major League Baseball player of the modern era.
Released: 2015-05-02
Runtime: 02:08:10
Netflix ID: 70259169
Selma
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.
Released: 2015-09-20
Runtime: 02:08:15
Netflix ID: 80013278
Freedom Writers
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.
Released: 2015-09-30
Runtime: 02:02:59
Netflix ID: 70053462
Trumbo
When he is blacklisted by Hollywood for his leftist political views, screenwriter Dalton Trumbo struggles to find work in secret as a ghost writer.
Released: 2016-06-24
Runtime: 02:04:07
Netflix ID: 80057100
Flying Colors
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.
Released: 2016-11-01
Runtime: 01:56:23
Netflix ID: 80142650
100 Metros
A man who is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis responds by training for an Ironman triathlon, with his cranky father-in-law's help.
Released: 2017-03-12
Runtime: 01:48:52
Netflix ID: 80141173
I, Tonya
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.
Released: 2018-07-06
Runtime: 01:59:53
Netflix ID: 80216993
The Baader Meinhof Complex
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.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:29:40
Netflix ID: 70112501
Frida
This Oscar-winning biopic focuses on painter Frida Kahlo's relationship with her husband and her controversial political and sexual reputation.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 02:02:55
Netflix ID: 60024997
84 Charing Cross Road
Feisty New York writer Helene mails a note to a small London bookshop, sparking a touching and humorous correspondence with reserved bookseller Frank.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 01:39:22
Netflix ID: 60023132
Adam: His Song Continues
After their child was abducted and murdered, John and Reve Walsh fought to raise national awareness of the problem of missing children.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 01:35:37
Netflix ID: 70206816
Triumph of the Heart
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.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 01:32:46
Netflix ID: 70206824
The Ryan White Story
After contracting HIV from a tainted blood treatment, teenaged hemophiliac Ryan White is forced to fight for his right to attend public school.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 01:34:16
Netflix ID: 70206820
No
A hot-shot Chilean ad executive creates a media campaign opposing military dictator Augusto Pinochet during the referendum on his presidency in 1988.
Released: 2015-04-14
Runtime: 01:57:44
Netflix ID: 70243255
Elizabeth
This Oscar-winning treatise on absolute power and its human toll sees fledgling queen Elizabeth I sacrificing happiness for her own safety.
Released: 2016-04-02
Runtime: 02:03:25
Netflix ID: 17236680
Holding the Man
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.
Released: 2016-07-31
Runtime: 02:07:45
Netflix ID: 80104552
Sully
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.
Released: 2017-06-22
Runtime: 01:35:48
Netflix ID: 80103102
El Patron, Radiografia de un crimen
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.
Released: 2017-07-01
Runtime: 01:39:30
Netflix ID: 80187020