This is a list of films and miniseries released in 2013 that are based on actual events. All films on this list are from American production unless indicated otherwise.
11.6 (2013) – Frenchbiographicaldrama film depicting the real-life story of criminal Toni Musulin, who pulls off one of the largest heists in France's history without the aid of firearms[1]
Akte Grüninger (2013) – Swiss-Austrianwardrama film focusing on events in late summer 1938, when Paul Grüninger saved the lives of up to 3,600 Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria by pre-dating their visas, enabling them to migrate 'illegally' to Switzerland[9]
The Bling Ring (2013) – satiricalcrime film based on the Bling Ring, also known as the Hollywood Hills Burglar Bunch, who broke into Hollywood Hills homes from October 2008 through August 2009[24]
The Closed Circuit (Polish: Układ zamknięty) (2013) – Polishaction film inspired by the true story of businessmen struggling with the accusations made by the prosecutor's office and the tax office. Some of them ended up in mining arrest, and their company was brought to collapse[39]
Dallas Buyers Club (2013) – biographicaldrama film telling the story of Ron Woodroof, an AIDS patient diagnosed in the mid-1980s when HIV/AIDS treatments were under-researched, while the disease was not understood and highly stigmatized[42]
Empire State (2013) – crimedrama film based on based on a true story of two childhood friends who rob an armored car repository and the NYPD officer who stands in their way [49]
Free the Nipple (2013) – comedydrama film based on true events of a mass movement of topless women, backed by First Amendment lawyers, graffiti installations, and national publicity stunts, who invade New York City to protest censorship hypocrisies and promote gender equality legally and culturally in the U.S[53]
Gimme Shelter (2013) – religiousdrama film based on a true story about a runaway teenage girl who becomes pregnant and is placed in a home for pregnant girls[59]
Hope (Korean: 소원) (2013) – South Koreancrimedrama film based on the true story of the infamous Cho Doo-Soon case in 2008, in which an 8-year-old girl, named "Na-young" in the South Korean press, was raped and beaten by a drunk 57-year-old man in a public bathroom[66]
Like the Wind (Italian: Come il vento) (2013) – Italianbiographical film telling the story of Armida Miserere, the first woman to direct a high security jail in Italy[86]
My Paparotti (Korean: 파파로티) (2013) – South Koreanbiographicalcomedy-drama based on the real-life story of Kim Ho-joong, who first appeared on the variety show Star King in July 2009, where he talked about growing up as a thug and joining gangs, until his grandmother encouraged him to pursue singing and in 2020 became one of the seven finalists of the trot audition program Mr. Trot[102]
Philomena (2013) – Britishdrama film based on the true story of Philomena Lee's 50-year search for her adopted son and Sixsmith's efforts to help her find him[112]
The Quispe Girls (Spanish: Las niñas Quispe) (2013) – Chileanbiographical film based on the true story of the Quispe sisters and on Juan Radrigán's play "Las Brutas"[114]
U Want Me 2 Kill Him? (2013) – Britishthrillerdrama film based on a true story and follows two teenage schoolboys who are drawn into a complicated world of online chatrooms, eventually leading to bizarre consequences[137]
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