List of 2015 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.

2015 7 Days in Hell (2015) – sports mockumentary television film inspired by the Isner–Mahut marathon men's singles match at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships 10 Days in a Madhouse (2015) – biographical film about undercover journalist Nellie Bly, a reporter for Joseph Pulitzer's New York World who had herself committed to the Women's Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island to write an exposé on abuses in the institution 13 Minutes (German: Elser – Er hätte die Welt verändert) (2015) – German historical drama film telling the true story of Georg Elser's failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler in November 1939 The 33 (Spanish: Los 33) (2015) – Chilean biographical disaster-survival drama film based on the real events of the 2010 Copiapó mining disaster 125 Years Memory (Japanese: 海難 1890) (2015) – Japanese-Turkish historical drama film about the sinking of the Turkish frigate Ertuğrul off the Japanese coast in 1890 and the evacuation of Japanese nationals from Iran in 1985 A Dark Reflection (2015) – British investigative thriller film based on actual events surrounding the issue of Aerotoxic Syndrome"Flying high in the movies to reveal a global scandal".West Sussex County Times A Song for Jenny (2015) – British crime drama television film about Julie Nicholson, whose daughter Jenny was murdered in the 7 July 2005 London bombings A Tale of Love and Darkness (Hebrew: סיפור על אהבה וחושך) (2015) – Israeli-American drama film telling the story of Amos Oz's youth, set against the backdrop of the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the early years of the State of Israel A Walk in the Woods (2015) – biographical comedy drama film chronicling Bill Bryson's attempt to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail during the spring and summer of 1996 ABCD 2 (2015) – Indian Hindi-language dance film partially inspired by the life accounts of Suresh Mukund and Vernon Monteiro Abhinetri (Kannada: ಅಭಿನೇತ್ರಿ) (2015) – Indian Kannada-language biographical drama film based on the life of actress Kalpana Abzurdah (2015) – Argentine biographical romantic drama film about the life of Cielo Latini detailing her problems with anorexia and bulimia The Adderall Diaries (2015) – crime drama film based on the memoir by Stephen Elliott depicting his experiences with addiction Airborne (Hindi: हवाईज़ादा) (2015) – Indian Hindi-language drama film about the life of Shivkar Bapuji Talpade who was claimed to have constructed and flown an unmanned, heavier-than-air aircraft in 1895 Aligarh (Hindi: अलीगढ़) (2015) – Indian Hindi-language biographical drama film telling the true story of Dr. Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras, a professor of Marathi and the head of the Classical Modern Indian Languages Faculty at the famed Aligarh Muslim University All Three of Us (French: Nous trois ou rien) (2015) – French biographical comedy drama film based on Kheiron's family's story of escaping the new repressive Iranian regime of the Ayatollah Khomeini and fleeing to France Anton Tchékhov 1890 (2015) – French biographical drama film about Anton Chekhov April 9th (Danish: 9. april) (2015) – Danish war drama film depicting the German invasion of Denmark which commenced on 9 April 1940 and following a Danish bicycle infantry company sent as a vanguard to slow down the German advance until reinforcements can arrive Armi Alive! (Finnish: Armi elää!) (2015) – Finnish biographical drama film based on the life of Finnish entrepreneur Armi Ratia through years 1949–1968 when she founded the textile and clothing company Marimekko and led it to international success Arthur & George (2015) – British drama miniseries based on the real-life Great Wyrley OutragesStephenson, David Martin Clunes: 'Everything becomes difficult at my age' The Sunday Express, 1 March 2015. Accessed 8 July 2015 Astragal (French: L'Astragale) (2015) – French drama film based on the semi-autobiographical novel L'Astragale by Albertine Sarrazin B (Spanish: B, la película) (2015) – Spanish legal drama film based on a transcription of testimony given 15 July 2013 by Luis Bárcenas, former treasurer of the Partido Popular, to Pablo Ruz, one of the judges of Spain's central criminal court, the Audiencia Nacional Bajirao Mastani (Hindi: बाजीराव मस्तानी) (2015) – Indian Hindi-language epic historical romance film narrating the story of the Maratha Peshwa Bajirao I and his second wife, Mastani Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) (French: Bang Gang (une histoire d'amour moderne)) (2015) – French drama film following a group of ordinary teenagers who live in the suburban neighborhoods of France and participate in sex parties they refer to as "bang gangs" Battle for Sevastopol (Russian: Битва за Севастополь) (2015) – Russian biographical war film about Lyudmila Pavlichenko, a young Soviet woman who joined the Red Army to fight the German invasion of the USSR and became one of the deadliest snipers in World War II[King, Gilbert (February 21, 2013). "Eleanor Roosevelt and the Soviet Sniper". Smithsonian. Retrieved 14 December 2016.] Beautiful & Twisted (2015) – crime drama television film based on the Murders of Bernice and Ben Novack, Jr. Behind 98 (Indonesian: Di Balik Pintu Istana) (2015) – Indonesian drama film telling the story about the Indonesian riot in 1998 which resulted in the fall of the three-decade-long presidency of Suharto Bessie (2015) – biographical drama television film about the American blues singer Bessie Smith, and focuses on her transformation as a struggling young singer into "The Empress of the Blues" The Big Short (2015) – biographical comedy drama film based on the 2010 book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis showing how the 2008 financial crisis was triggered by the United States housing bubble Black Mass (2015) – biographical crime drama film about Irish-American mobster Whitey Bulger Blood, Sweat & Tears (Dutch: Bloed, zweet & tranen) (2015) – Dutch biographical film about the late Dutch singer André Hazes Born to Be Blue (2015) – Canadian-British drama film about American jazz musician Chet Baker Bridge of Spies (2015) – American-German-British historical spy thriller film based on the story of lawyer James B. Donovan, who is entrusted with negotiating the release of Francis Gary Powers—a U.S. Air Force pilot whose U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960—in exchange for Rudolf Abel, a convicted Soviet KGB spy Bridgend (2015) – Danish-Welsh drama film based on the Bridgend suicide incidents Call Me Francis (Italian: Chiamatemi Francesco) (2015) – Italian biographical film about Pope Francis, from his youth in Buenos Aires and his experiences under the dictatorship of Jorge Rafael Videla to his appointment as pope in 2013 Captive (2015) – crime thriller drama film based on the true story about Brian Nichols, who escapes from the Fulton County courthouse in Atlanta on March 11, 2005, and holds Ashley Smith as a hostage Charlie (2015) – Irish historical drama miniseries depicting the central figure of Irish politics in the 1980s, Charles Haughey Child 44 (2015) – mystery thriller film loosely based on the case of Soviet serial killer Andrei Chikatilo The Clan (Spanish: El clan) (2015) – Argentine-Spanish biographical crime film based on the case of the Puccio family from Buenos Aires, that kidnapped four people—three of whom they murdered—in the 1980s The Classified File (Korean: 극비수사) (2015) – South Korean crime drama film based on a real life kidnapping case in Busan in 1978 Cleveland Abduction (2015) – crime drama television film based on the kidnapping of three Cleveland women by Ariel Castro in the early 2000s Club Life (2015) – drama film about a nightclub promoter tries to make a name for himself in New York City; loosely based on the experiences of Danny Abeckaser Coalition (2015) – political drama television film about the formation of a coalition government following the 2010 United Kingdom general election Code of a Killer (2015) – British police drama miniseries which tells the true story Alec Jeffreys' discovery of DNA fingerprinting and its introductory use by Detective David Baker in catching the double murderer Colin Pitchfork The Cokeville Miracle (2015) – biographical thriller film based on the 1986 Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis Colonia (2015) – historical thriller film based on the 1973 Chilean military coup and the real "Colonia Dignidad", a notorious cult in the South of Chile, led by German lay preacher Paul Schäfer Concussion (2015) – biographical sports drama film based on the true story of Dr. Bennet Omalu, a forensic pathologist who fights against the National Football League trying to suppress his research on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) brain degeneration suffered by professional football players The Curse of Clara: A Holiday Tale (2015) – Canadian animated biographical television film based on Vickie Fagan's experience as a young girl studying ballet at Canada's National Ballet School who is cast in the role of Clara in the school's annual production of The Nutcracker"'The Curse of Clara: A Holiday Tale' Premieres December 14". Animation World Network, December 2, 2015. Cyberbully (2015) – thriller drama television film based entirely on real experiences of cyberbullying Danny and the Human Zoo (2015) – British drama television film inspired by Lenny Henry's life as a teenager in 1970s Dudley Danny Collins (2015) – comedy drama film inspired by the true story of folk singer Steve Tilston The Danish Girl (2015) – biographical romantic drama film inspired by the lives of Danish painters Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener Deadline Gallipoli (2015) – Australian war drama miniseries exploring the Gallipoli Campaign from the point of view of war correspondents Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, Charles Bean, Keith Murdoch, and Phillip Schuler Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors (2015) – drama television film detailing Dolly Parton's upbringing in 1955 as her family struggles to live in Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains, putting a strain on love and faith Eadweard (2015) – Canadian biographical drama film about photographer Eadweard Muybridge Eddie the Eagle (2015) – biographical sports drama film based on the life of Michael Edwards, a British skier who in 1988 became the first competitor to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping since 1928 The Eichmann Show (2015) – British drama television film based on the true story of how American TV producer Milton Fruchtman and blacklisted TV director Leo Hurwitz came to broadcast the trial of one of World War II's most notorious Nazis, Adolf Eichmann, in 1961 Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015) – biographical romantic comedy-drama film based on Soviet film director Sergei Eisenstein El malquerido (2015) – Venezuelan biographical drama film portraying the life of the Venezuelan bolero singer Felipe Pirela Embrace of the Serpent (Spanish: El abrazo de la serpiente) (2015) – Colombian-Venezuelan-Argentine adventure drama film inspired by the travel diaries of Theodor Koch-Grünberg and Richard Evans Schultes, and dedicated to lost Amazonian cultures The End of the Tour (2015) – biographical drama film about writer David Foster Wallace Endgame (2015) – biographical drama film based on the true story of real life teacher Jose Juan "J.J." Guajardo The Enfield Haunting (2015) – British horror drama miniseries about a series of bizarre events around the phenomena collectively known as the "Enfield Poltergeist" that took place at a council house from August 1977 to 1979 Everest (2015) – biographical survival adventure film based on the real events of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, and focusing on the survival attempts of two expedition groups, one led by Rob Hall and the other by Scott Fischer