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Behind Enemy Lines
2001 film by John Moore
docudrama
Docudrama (or documentary drama) is a genre of television and film which features dramatized re-enactments of actual events. It is described as a hybrid of documentary and drama and "a fact-based representation of real event".
Lilya 4-ever
2002 film directed by Lukas Moodysson
Knights of the Teutonic Order
1960 Polish film
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979 film by Francesco Rosi
Operation Red Sea
2018 film directed by Dante Lam
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
2011 film directed by Wei Te-Sheng
Arise, My Love
1940 film by Mitchell Leisen
Some Mother's Son
1996 film by Terry George
Hukkle
Hukkle (meaning "hiccup") is a 2002 experimental Hungarian film written and directed by György Pálfi about the daily life of people in a village. The story is based on the Angel Makers of Nagyrév.
Nova Zembla
2011 film by Reinout Oerlemans
Aftermath
2012 film by Władysław Pasikowski
V2. Escape from Hell
2021 film directed by Timur Bekmambetov and Sergei Trofimov
Death of a President
1977 film by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Yohan: The Child Wanderer
2010 film by Grete Salomonsen Hynnekleiv
Painted Faces
1988 Hong Kong film directed by Alex Law
Trivisa
Trivisa is a 2016 Hong Kong action crime thriller film produced by Johnnie To and Yau Nai-hoi, featuring the directorial debuts of newcomers Frank Hui, Jevons Au and Vicky Wong. The film is a fictionalized story about three real-life notorious Hong Kong mobsters, , Yip Kai Foon and Cheung Tze-keung, who are portrayed in the film by Gordon Lam, Richie Jen and Jordan Chan respectively. The film had its world premiere at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival's Forum section. The film also opened the 40th Hong Kong International Film Festival on 21 March 2016 and was theatrically released in
Grounding
2006 film directed by Michael Steiner
The Goldfinger
2023 film directed by Felix Chong
Fireworks
2023 film directed by Giuseppe Fiorello
Variola vera
1982 Serbian film by Goran Marković
Miss Stone
1958 film by Žika Mitrović
American Dreams in China
2013 film by Peter Chan
Ramchand Pakistani
2008 film by Mehreen Jabbar
The Tashkent Files
2019 Indian film directed by Vivek Agnihotri
Belén
2025 Argentine film by Dolores Fonzi
Meeting with Pol Pot
2024 film directed by Rithy Panh
Ellos eatnu – Let the River Flow
Saami film from 2023
Rita
2024 Guatemalan dark fantasy horror film directed by Jayro Bustamante
Souls Protest
2000 film
A Guilty Conscience
2023 film directed by Jack Ng Wai-Lun
Bride Flight
2008 film by Ben Sombogaart
Big World
2024 Chinese drama film
list of biographical films
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Bhakshak
Bhakshak () is a 2024 Indian Hindi language crime thriller film based on the Muzaffarpur shelter case. It is directed by Pulkit and produced by Gauri Khan and Gaurav Verma under banner Red Chillies Entertainment, the film stars Bhumi Pednekar, Sanjay Mishra, Aditya Srivastava and Sai Tamhankar. It premiered on Netflix on 9 February 2024.
Caught in Time
2020 film directed by Lau Ho Leung
Tale of Three Cities
2015 film by Mabel Cheung
Broken Voices
2025 Czech thriller drama film
H3
2001 film by Les Blair
No One's Child
2014 film
The Sparring Partner
2022 Hong Kong film directed by Ho Cheuk-tin
Paraguayan Hammock
2006 film by Paz Encina
Clash of Loyalties
1983 Iraqi film by Mohamed Shukri Jameel
Lee Rock II
1991 film by Lawrence Ah Mon