•
3 Heroines (Indonesian:
3 Srikandi) (2016) –
Indonesian biographical sports drama film telling the story of three Indonesian
archers (
Kusuma Wardhani,
Nurfitriyana Saiman and
Lilies Handayani) who won Indonesia's first Olympic medal at the
1988 Seoul Olympics •
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016) –
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, 2012 •
100 Meters (Spanish:
100 metros) (2016) –
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 year •
150 Milligrams (French:
La Fille de Brest) (2016) –
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 Servier •
A Prominent Patient (Czech:
Masaryk) (2016) –
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 (2016) –
British biographical drama film about the life of
American poet Emily Dickinson •
A Real Vermeer (Dutch:
Een echte Vermeer) (2016) –
Dutch biographical drama film about art forger
Han van Meegeren directed by
Rudolf van den Berg •
A Street Cat Named Bob (2016) –
British biographical drama film telling the story of homeless man and former
heroin addict,
James Bowen and Bob the cat •
A United Kingdom (2016) –
biographical romantic drama film based on the true-life romance between
Seretse Khama, heir to the throne of
Bechuanaland (later
Botswana, of which he became president), and his wife
Ruth Williams Khama •
A Wedding (French:
Noces) (2016) –
French-
Pakistani crime drama film based on the
honour killing of Sadia Sheikh •
The African Doctor (French:
Bienvenue à Marly-Gomont) (2016) –
French comedy drama film based on the life of Seyolo Zantoko, the father of the musician
Kamini •
Afterimage (Polish:
Powidoki) (2016) –
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 obstacles •
Airlift (Hindi:
विमान सेवा) (2016) –
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 War •
All the Way (2016) –
biographical drama television film based on events during
the presidency of
Lyndon B. Johnson •
Alone in Berlin (2016) –
German-
French-
British war drama film based on the story of
Otto and Elise Hampel •
Amateur Night (2016) –
crime erotic comedy film based on the early experiences of film writers Joe Syracuse and Lisa Addario in Hollywood •
Anna (Hindi:
अन्ना: किसन बाबूराव हजारे) (2016) –
Indian Hindi-language biographical drama film based on the life of Indian social activist
Anna Hazare •
Anthropoid (2016) –
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, 1942 •
Army of One (2016) –
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
Pakistan •
Athirah (2016) –
Indonesian drama film inspired by the life of the mother of Vice President
Jusuf Kalla •
Azhar (Hindi:
अज़हर) (2016) –
Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film based on the life of Indian cricketer and former national team captain
Mohammad Azharuddin •
Barry (2016) –
biographical drama film about
Barack Obama's life at
Columbia University in 1981 •
The Birth of a Nation (2016) – 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 1831 •
Birth of the Dragon (2016) –
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 Francisco •
Bleed for This (2016) –
biographical sports film based on the life of former world champion boxer
Vinny Paz •
Brain on Fire (2016) – 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 Najjar •
Brock (2016) –
Australian biographical sports miniseries based on the life of motor racing driver
Peter Brock •
The Bronx Bull (2016) –
biographical sports drama film based on the story of the legendary boxing champion
Jake LaMotta and the struggles he faced outside of the boxing ring •
Budhia Singh – Born to Run (Hindi:
बुधिया सिंह) (2016) –
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 old •
Call Me Thief (Afrikaans:
Noem My Skollie) (2016) –
South African crime drama film based on the life of the film's writer, John W. Fredericks •
Cézanne and I (French:
Cézanne et moi) (2016) –
French biographical drama film based on the friendship between 19th century novelist
Émile Zola and painter
Paul Cézanne •
Chocolat (2016) –
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 time •
Christine
(2016) –
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:
Melānijas hronika) (2016) –
Latvian biographical drama film based on the real life of
Melānija Vanaga •
Chuck (2016) –
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'' (2016) –
British biographical television film depicting how
Winston Churchill suffered from a stroke in the summer of 1953 •
Confirmation (2016) –
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 Thomas •
The Conjuring 2 (2016) –
supernatural horror film based on purportedly real-life reports that inspired
The Amityville Horror story •
Dalida (2016) –
French biographical drama film about the life of singer and actress
Dalida •
Damilola, Our Loved Boy (2016) –
British biographical television film about the events surrounding the 27 November 2000
death of Damilola Taylor •
The Dancer (French:
La Danseuse) (2016) –
French biographical historical drama film about
Loie Fuller •
Dangal (Hindi:
दंगल) (2016) –
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 (2016) –
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:
Der kommer en dag) (2016) –
Danish drama film based on real stories from
Godhavn, where lots of boys were victims of violent and sexual abuse and medical neglect •
The Death of Louis XIV (French:
La Mort de Louis XIV) (2016) –
French historical drama film depicting the final days of
Louis XIV of France •
Deepwater Horizon (2016) –
biographical disaster film based on the
Deepwater Horizon explosion and
oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico •
Denial (2016) –
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
libel • ''
Devil's Bride (Finnish: Tulen morsian'') (2016) –
Finnish historical drama film based on the
Kastelholm witch trials • ''
The Devil's Mistress'' (2016) –
Czech-
Slovak historical biographical film about
Lída Baarová, the mistress of Nazi
propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels •
Doctor Rakhmabai (Marathi:
डॉक्टर रखमाबाई) (2016) –
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 doctor • ''
Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie (2016) – satirical parody film loosely based on the 1987 autobiographical book Trump: The Art of the Deal'' •
Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet (Korean:
동주) (2016) –
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 movement •
Down by Love (French:
Éperdument) (2016) -
French drama film based on the life of Sorour Arbabzadeh and Florent Goncalves in 2010 •
Down Under (2016) –
Australian black comedy drama film based on a true story which happened during the aftermath of the
2005 Cronulla riots • ''
Durant's Never Closes'' (2016) –
biographical mystery thriller film portraying the story of Jack Durant, notorious restaurateur and ladies man whose connections to the mafia remain a mystery •
Earthquake (Armenian:
Երկրաշարժ; Russian:
Землетрясение) (2016) –
Armenian-
Russian disaster drama film based on the
1988 Armenian earthquake •
Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden (German:
Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden) (2016) –
Austrian-
Luxembourg biographical film based on the life of
Egon Schiele •
Ek Thi Marium (Urdu:
اک تھی مریم) (2016) –
Pakistani biographical drama television film based on the life of Pakistani female
fighter pilot Marium Mukhtiar •
El Amparo (2016) –
Colombian-
Venezuelan drama film based on the 1988
Massacre of El Amparo, where the Venezuelan army killed several fishermen, accusing them of being Colombian guerillas •
El Inca (2016) –
Venezuelan biographical sports drama film about professional boxer
Edwin Valero •
Elvis & Nixon (2016) –
comedy drama film based on the 21 December 1970 meeting of
Elvis Presley and President
Richard Nixon at the
White House •
Endless Poetry (Spanish:
Poesía Sin Fin) (2016) –
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 1950s •
Ethel & Ernest (2016) –
British animated biographical film following
Raymond Briggs' parents, Ethel and Ernest, through their period of marriage from the 1920s to their deaths in the 1970s • ''
Fanny's Journey (French: Le Voyage de Fanny'') (2016) –
French-
Belgian children's war drama film inspired by an autobiographical book by Fanny Ben Ami, a girl escaping the
Holocaust •
Finding Altamira (Spanish:
Altamira) (2016) –
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 day •
The Finest Hours (2016) –
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 coast •
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) –
British-
French biographical drama film about
Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress known for her poor singing and generosity •
The Founder (2016) –
biographical drama film based on a true story about
Ray Kroc and the start of the
McDonald's franchise •
Free State of Jones (2016) –
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 War •
Genius (2016) –
British-American
biographical drama film based on the 1978
National Book Award-winner
Max Perkins: Editor of Genius by
A. Scott Berg •
Goat (2016) –
drama film telling the true story of a 19-year-old and his brother who pledge the same
fraternity and experience
hazing •
Gold (2016) –
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 Indonesia •
Greater (2016) –
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 League •
Guernica (Spanish:
Gernika) (2016) –
Spanish-
British-American
war drama film about the
1937 bombing of
Guernica •
Guerrero (2016) –
Peruvian biographical sports drama film telling the story of soccer player
Paolo Guerrero •
Hacksaw Ridge (2016) – 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 kind •
Hands of Stone (2016) –
biographical sports film about the career of Panamanian former
professional boxer Roberto Durán •
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (Finnish:
Hymyilevä mies) (2016) –
Finnish biographical drama film telling the true story of
Olli Mäki, the famous Finnish
boxer who had a shot at the 1962
World Featherweight title •
Harley and the Davidsons (2016) –
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. Harley •
Hatton Garden: the Heist (2016) –
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 criminals •
Hidden Figures (2016) –
biographical drama film about African American female
mathematicians who worked at the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during the
Space Race •
I, Olga Hepnarová (Czech:
Já, Olga Hepnarová) (2016) –
Czech crime drama film about
Olga Hepnarová, a Czech mass murderer, who on 10 July 1973, killed eight people with a truck in Prague, Czechoslovakia • ''
I'm Gilda (Spanish: Gilda, no me arrepiento de este amor'') (2016) –
Argentine biographical drama film about the life of tropical singer and songwriter
Gilda • ''
I'm Not Ashamed'' (2016) –
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:
Ледокол) (2016) –
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 drift •
Ignacio de Loyola (2016) –
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 Church •
In Plain Sight (2016) –
British crime thriller miniseries covering the crimes committed by serial killer
Peter Manuel in
Lanarkshire, Scotland in the 1950s •
The Infiltrator (2016) –
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 businessman •
The Innocents (French:
Les Innocentes) (2016) –
French-
Polish-
Belgian drama film inspired by the experiences of
Madeleine Pauliac, a
French Red Cross doctor who worked in Poland after
World War II •
Inseparables (2016) –
Argentine comedy drama film inspired by the true story of
Philippe Pozzo di Borgo and his
French-Algerian caregiver Abdel Sellou •
Italian Race (Italian:
Veloce come il vento) (2016) –
Italian sports drama film loosely based on the true story of
rally driver Carlo Capone •
Jackie (2016) –
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 1963 • ''
Joe Cinque's Consolation'' (2016) –
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 Cinque •
The Journey (2016) –
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 alliance •
Juana Inés (2016) –
Mexican biographical miniseries based on the life and work of
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz •
Kalinka (French:
Au nom de ma fille) (2016) –
French-
German crime drama film based on the true story of the
Kalinka Bamberski case which took place in 1982 •
Kalushi (2016) –
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 Africa •
Killing Reagan (2016) –
biographical television film depicting
John Hinkley's 1981 assassination attempt against U.S. president
Ronald Reagan •
Killing Veerappan (Kannada:
ಕೊಲ್ಲುವುದು ವೀರಪ್ಪನ್) (2016) –
Indian Kannada-language biographical crime film based on the events leading to
Operation Cocoon to capture or kill Indian
bandit Veerappan •
King Cobra (2016) –
biographical drama film about the life and early career of gay pornographic film actor
Sean Paul Lockhart • ''
The King's Choice (Norwegian: Kongens nei'') (2016) –
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 1940 •
Laal Rang (Hindi:
लाल रंग) (2016) –
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 (2016) –
biographical survival drama film based on the 2009 rescue attempt of John Edward Jones in
Nutty Putty Cave, west of
Utah Lake •
The Last Family (Polish:
Ostatnia rodzina) (2016) –
Polish biographical film depicting the true story of the artistic Beksinski family:
Zdzisław, his wife Zofia and their talented yet trouble-making son
Tomasz •
The Last Princess (Korean:
덕혜옹주) (2016) –
South Korean historical drama film about
Princess Deokhye, the last princess of the
Joseon Dynasty •
LBJ (2016) –
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. Kennedy •
The Legend of Ben Hall (2016) –
Australian bushranger film, based on the exploits of bushranger
Ben Hall •
The Lennon Report (2016) –
biographical drama film about the night
John Lennon was shot and killed •
The Lighthouse of the Orcas (Spanish:
El faro de las orcas) (2016) –
Spanish-
Argentine drama film about a mother travels with her
autistic son to
Patagonia to meet a
park ranger and wild
orcas •
Lion (2016) –
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 them •
Little Secret (Portuguese:
Pequeno Segredo) (2016) –
Brazilian-
New Zealand drama film inspired by a true story involving
David Schurmann's adopted sister •
The Lost City of Z (2016) –
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
Amazon •
Loving (2016) –
biographical romantic drama film which tells the story of
Richard and Mildred Loving, the plaintiffs in the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court (the
Warren Court) decision
Loving v. Virginia, which invalidated state laws prohibiting
interracial marriage •
Madoff (2016) –
biographical crime miniseries about the
Madoff investment scandal, a fraud scheme perpetrated by
Bernie Madoff, a former
stockbroker,
investment advisor, and
financier •
Mah e Mir (Urdu:
ماہ میر) (2016) –
Pakistani biographical film based on the life of the famous poet
Mir Taqi Mir • ''
Mandela's Gun'' (2016) –
South African biographical drama film about
Nelson Mandela's experience as a guerrilla fighter for the
African National Congress •
Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge (Polish:
Maria Skłodowska-Curie) (2016) –
Polish biographical drama film detailing the life of
Marie Curie from 1904 to 1911 •
Masterminds (2016) –
crime comedy film based on the
October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery in North Carolina •
Maudie (2016) –
Irish-
Canadian biographical drama film about the life of
folk artist
Maud Lewis, who painted in Nova Scotia •
Miracles from Heaven (2016) –
religious drama film depicting the true story of
Annabel Beam who had a
near-death experience and was later cured of an incurable disease •
Molly (2016) –
Australian biographical miniseries about Australian music personality
Molly Meldrum •
M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (Hindi:
एम एस धोनी द अनटोल्ड स्टोरी) (2016) –
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 Dhoni •
Much Ado About Nothing (Spanish:
Aquí no ha pasado nada) (2016) –
Chilean drama film inspired by a real-life
political scandal in Chile •
Murder in Polná (Czech:
Zločin v Polné) (2016) –
Czech historical crime television film that deals with
Hilsner Affair •
Murdered by My Father (2016) –
British crime drama television film telling the story of an
honour killing of a British Asian Muslim teenage girl by her father •
Neerja (Hindi:
नीरजा) (2016) –
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 1986 •
Nelly (2016) –
biographical drama film based on
Nelly Arcan, an award-winning Canadian author and former
sex worker who committed suicide in 2009 •
Neruda (2016) –
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 Andes •
The Night Stalker (2016) –
biographical drama film about the serial killer
Richard Ramirez •
Nina (2016) –
biographical drama film about American musician and civil rights activist
Nina Simone •
NSU German History X (German:
Mitten in Deutschland: NSU) (2016) –
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 2011 •
The Odyssey (French: ''L'Odyssée'') (2016) –
French-
Belgian biographical adventure film based on
Jacques-Yves Cousteau, a French ocean-going adventurer, biologist, and filmmaker •
Ola Bola (2016) –
Malaysian sport drama film inspired by the glories of the
Malaysia national football team which successfully entered the
1980 Summer Olympics •
On Wings of Eagles (2016) – American-
Chinese-
Hong Kong historical sport drama film about
Eric Liddell's experiences returning to war-torn China •
Operation Chromite (Korean:
인천상륙작전) (2016) –
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 War •
Operation Mekong (Chinese:
湄公河行动) (2016) –
Chinese-
Thai crime action film based on the 2011
Mekong River massacre • ''
Panfilov's 28 Men (Russian: 28 панфиловцев'') (2016) –
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 Moscow •
Patriots Day (2016) –
action thriller film about the
Boston Marathon bombings in 2013 and the subsequent terrorist manhunt •
Paula (2016) –
German biographical drama film depicting the life of pioneering female painter
Paula Modersohn-Becker •
Pawo (2016) –
German-
Indian-
Chinese Tibetan-language loosely based on late Jamphel Yeshi who
self-immolated in protest against human right violations in
Tibet •
Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) –
biographical sports film about the early life of
Brazilian footballer
Pelé and his journey with Brazil to win the
1958 FIFA World Cup •
The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016) –
true crime drama miniseries revolving around the
O. J. Simpson murder case •
The Ploy (Italian:
La macchinazione) (2016) –
Italian biographical drama film based on the last hours of
Pier Paolo Pasolini's life before his murder •
The Promise (2016) –
epic historical drama film set in the final years of the
Ottoman Empire •
Pyromaniac (Norwegian:
Pyromanen) (2016) –
Norwegian mystery drama film inspired by actual events in 1978 rural Norway •
Queen of Katwe (2016) –
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 Olympiads •
Race (2016) –
biographical sports drama film about African American athlete
Jesse Owens, who won a record-breaking
four gold medals at the
1936 Berlin Olympic Games •
The Rack Pack (2016) –
British comedy drama film about professional
snooker during the 1970s through the 1980s, focusing on the intense rivalry between
Alex Higgins and
Steve Davis •
Ramabai (Kannada:
ರಮಾಬಾಯಿ) (2016) –
Indian Kannada-language biographical film based on the life of
Ramabai Ambedkar, the first wife of Indian social reformer and politician
B. R. Ambedkar •
Rara (2016) –
Chilean-
Argentine coming-of-age comedy based on the true story of a judge who lost a custody battle because of her sexual orientation •
Red Dog: True Blue (2016) –
Australian family comedy film detailing the early days of the
Red Dog, the Pilbara Wanderer •
Reg (2016) –
British biographical drama television film about the campaign by
Reg Keys to obtain answers following the death of his son Tom in the
Iraq War •
Rillington Place (2016) –
British biographical crime drama miniseries about the real life case of
serial killer John Christie, and the subsequent wrongful execution of
Timothy Evans •
Riphagen (2016) –
Dutch drama film about
Dries Riphagen, a Dutch criminal who collaborated with Nazi Germany •
Rudy Habibie (2016) –
Indonesian biographical historical drama film about
B. J. Habibie •
Rustom (Hindi:
रुस्तम) (2016) –
Indian Hindi-language crime drama film based on the
K. M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra court case •
Salute (2016) –
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 lives •
Santa Maria della Salute (2016) –
Serbian biographical film about the Serbian poet
Laza Kostić •
Sarbjit (Hindi:
सरबजीत) (2016) –
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 spying •
The Secret (2016) –
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 1991 •
She Has a Name (2016) –
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 incident •
Shepherds and Butchers (2016) –
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 events •
The Siege of Jadotville (2016) –
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 1965 •
Silence (Japanese:
沈黙 -サイレンス-) (2016) – 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 Chiara •
Smoke & Mirrors (Spanish:
El hombre de las mil caras) (2016) –
Spanish thriller film about
Francisco Paesa, a former agent of the
Spanish secret service who faked his own death after an infamous corruption scandal •
Snowden (2016) –
biographical thriller film about
Edward Snowden, a
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) subcontractor and
whistleblower who copied and
leaked highly classified information from the
National Security Agency (NSA) beginning
in 2013 •
Solo, Solitude (Indonesian:
Istirahatlah Kata-Kata) (2016) –
Indonesian biographical drama film about
disappeared activist and
poet Widji Thukul •
Southside with You (2016) –
biographical romantic drama film focusing on the
Barack Obama and
Michelle Robinson's first date in 1989 •
Spirit of the Game (2016) –
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 Olympics •
Standing in the Dust (Persian:
ایستاده در غبار) (2016) –
Iranian biographical drama film about
Ahmad Motevaselian, an Iranian commander in the
Iran-Iraq war, who
disappeared in Lebanon •
Starfish (2016) –
British drama film following a family who are thrown into turmoil when the husband contracts
sepsis, based on a true story •
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (German:
Vor der Morgenröte) (2016) –
German-
Austrian biographical drama film charting the years of exile in the life of famous Jewish Austrian writer
Stefan Zweig •
Strangled (Hungarian:
A martfűi rém) (2016) –
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 party •
Stronger Than the World (Portuguese:
Mais Forte que o Mundo - A História de José Aldo) (2016) –
Brazilian biographical sports drama film about the life of
MMA fighter José Aldo •
Sully (2016) –
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 investigation • ''
Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel'le'' (2016) –
biographical drama television film based on the true story of R&B singer,
Michel'le •
Tamara (2016) –
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 Americas •
Team Spirit (French: ''L'Outsider'') (2016) –
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 billion •
To Walk Invisible (2016) –
British biographical television film focusing on the relationship of the three Brontë sisters;
Charlotte,
Emily and
Anne, and their brother,
Branwell. • ''
Tommy's Honour'' (2016) –
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 (2016) –
biographical television film about
R&B singer
Toni Braxton •
Tutankhamun (2016) –
British adventure drama miniseries based on the
discovery of
Tutankhamun's tomb by
Howard Carter •
Unclaimed (2016) –
Canadian drama television film examining the years leading to serial killer
Robert Pickton's arrest and the court proceedings before his conviction •
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016) –
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 War •
Vangaveeti (Telugu:
వంగవీటి) (2016) –
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 Pradesh •
Veerappan (Hindi:
वीरप्पन) (2016) –
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 him •
War Dogs (2016) –
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 million •
Weeds on Fire (Chinese:
點五步) –
Hong Kong sports drama film portraying the true story of the Shatin Martins, the first
baseball team from Hong Kong to win a league •
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016) –
biographical war comedy drama film based on journalist
Kim Barker's experiences covering the
war in Afghanistan •
Xuanzang (Mandarin:
大唐玄奘) (2016) –
Chinese historical adventure film based on
Xuanzang's seventeen-year overland journey to India during the
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