This is a list of films and miniseries that are based on actual events. All films on this list are from American production unless indicated otherwise.
A Pearl in the Forest (Mongolian: Мойлхон) (2008) – Mongolianhistoricaldrama film about a young couple whose newly planned life was destroyed by the impact of the Great Purge of 1934–1938 in Mongolia, based on testimonies of many Buryats and Mongolians who were persecuted during the Great Purges initiated by Joseph Stalin[5]
Bronson (2008) – Britishbiographicalprisondrama film following the life of Charles Bronson, considered Britain's most violent criminal, who has been responsible for a dozen or so cases of hostage taking while incarcerated[30]
Cadillac Records (2008) – biographicaldrama film exploring the musical era from the early 1940s to the late 1960s, chronicling the life of the influential Chicago-based record-company executive Leonard Chess, and a few of the musicians who recorded for Chess Records[31]
Cape No. 7 (Mandarin: 海角七號) (2008) – Taiwanesemusicaldrama film about a Yunlin postman who successfully delivered a piece of mail addressed in the old Japanese style – the sender was the former Japanese employer of the recipient[33]
The Christmas Choir (2008) – Canadiandrama television film based upon a true story of a man who volunteered to work at a homeless shelter and started a choir with its residents[43]
Christmas Cottage (2008) – biographicaldrama film about the inspiration behind Thomas Kinkade's painting The Christmas Cottage, and how the artist was motivated to begin his career after discovering his mother was in danger of losing their family home[44]
Everlasting Moments (Swedish: Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick) (2008) – Swedishbiographicaldrama film based on the true story of Maria Larsson, a Swedish working-class woman in the early 20th century, who wins a camera in a lottery and goes on to become a photographer[63]
Machan (2008) – Italian-Sri Lankancomedy film based on the actual case of the 2004 incident, where a fake Sri Lankan national handball team tricked its way into a German tournament, lost all of their matches, and subsequently vanished[103]
Mark of an Angel (French: L'Empreinte de l'ange) (2008) – Frenchthriller film focusing on a single mother who becomes sure that the child of an affluent couple is the daughter she lost in a maternity ward fire six years earlier, based on a true story[105]
Ramchand Pakistani (Urdu: رام چند پاکستانی) (2008) – Pakistanidrama film based on a true story of a boy who inadvertently crosses the border between Pakistan and India and the following ordeal that his family has to go through[128]
Sagan (2008) – Frenchbiographicaldrama film following French author Françoise Sagan's road to fame, her drug abuse, alcoholism, and gambling, her hedonistic lifestyle spending too much and becoming poor, as well as several complex love affairs with both men and women[132]
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