Fiction and art based on true stories. + indicates book also.
Film
Apollo 13 Chariots of Fire Dead Man Walking Erin Brockovich Gang Boy The Happiest Millionaire Heavenly Creatures Il Capitano (a swedish requiem) The Inn of the Sixth Happiness Mutiny on the Bounty Paths of Glory (Kubrick, 1957) Quiz Show Seabiscuit+ The Dam Busters (movie) The Sound of Music The Three Faces of Eve Touching the Void, 2004 (climbing story: survival) Walking Tall, 1974, ??, 2004 (sm-town sheriff)
Book
Celia, A Slave Daniel Defoe? Mutiny on the Bounty Nurse and Spy in the Union Army by Sarah Edmonds
Song
Pearl Jam: Jeremy ?