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Comedy-drama films based on actual events
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The list Comedy-drama films based on actual events includes
Magic Mike, We Bought a Zoo, Riding in Cars with Boys, Patch Adams and Julie & Julia.
The list consists of 56 members.
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Magic Mike
2012 film by Steven Soderbergh
Overview: Magic Mike is a 2012 American comedy-drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, and Matthew McConaughey. The plot revolves around ...
Release date: 29 June 2012Genre: Comedy, Drama, BiographyDirector: Steven SoderberghCast: Matthew McConaughey, Channing Tatum, Olivia Munn, Alex Pettyfer, James Martin Kelly, Cody HornProducer: Reid Carolin, Gregory JacobsWriter: Reid CarolinA male stripper teaches a younger performer how to party, pick up women, and make easy money.
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We Bought a Zoo
2011 film by Cameron Crowe
Overview: We Bought a Zoo is a 2011 American family comedy-drama film loosely based on the 2008 memoir of the same name by Benjamin Mee. It was co-written and directed by Cameron Crowe and stars Matt Damon as widowed ...
Release date: 22 December 2011Genre: Comedy, Drama, FamilyDirector: Cameron CroweCast: Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church, Colin Ford, Maggie Elizabeth Jones, Angus MacfadyenProducer: Cameron Crowe, Paul DeasonWriter: Aline Brosh McKenna, Cameron CroweSet in Southern California, a father moves his young family to the countryside to renovate and re-open a struggling zoo. 0
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Yours, Mine and Ours
1968 film by Melville Shavelson
Overview: Yours, Mine and Ours is a 1968 American family comedy film directed by Melville Shavelson and starring Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda and Van Johnson. Before its release, it had three other working titles: ...
Release date: 24 April 1968Genre: Comedy, FamilyDirector: Melville ShavelsonProducer: Desi Arnaz, Lucille BallWriter: Melville Shavelson, Mort LachmanA widower with ten children falls for a widow with eight, and they must decide about forming a huge, unconventional family. 0
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Funny Girl
1968 film by William Wyler
Overview: Funny Girl is a 1968 American biographical musical comedy-drama film directed by William Wyler. The screenplay by Isobel Lennart was adapted from her book for the stage musical of the same name. It is ...
Release date: 18 September 1968Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical, RomanceDirector: William WylerProducer: Ray StarkWriter: Isobel LennartThe life of Fanny Brice, famed comedienne and entertainer of the early 1900s. We see her rise to fame as a Ziegfeld girl, subsequent career, and her p ... 0
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Magic Mike XXL
2015 comedy-drama film by Gregory Jacobs
Overview: Magic Mike XXL is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed by Gregory Jacobs, written by Reid Carolin and starring Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, Kevin Nash and Joe Manganiello. A sequel to 2012's Magic ...
Release date: 25 June 2015Genre: Comedy, Drama, MusicDirector: Gregory JacobsProducer: Julie M. Anderson, Reid CarolinWriter: Reid CarolinThree years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to Myrtle Beach to put on ... 0
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The Sessions
2012 American film
Overview: The Sessions (originally titled The Surrogate) is a 2012 American independent erotic comedy drama film written and directed by Ben Lewin. It is based on the 1990 article "On Seeing a Sex Surrogate" by ...
Release date: 19 October 2012Genre: Drama, Comedy, RomanceDirector: Ben LewinProducer: Doug Blake, Julius ColmanWriter: Ben Lewin, Mark O'BrienA man in an iron lung who wishes to lose his virginity contacts a professional sex surrogate with the help of his therapist and priest. 0
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Riding in Cars with Boys
2001 American biographical film directed by Penny Marshall
Overview: Riding in Cars with Boys is a 2001 American biographical film based on the autobiography of the same name by Beverly Donofrio, about a woman who overcame difficulties, including being a teen mother, and ...
Release date: 19 October 2001Genre: Biography, Comedy, DramaDirector: Penny MarshallProducer: Julie Ansell, Timothy M. BourneWriter: Beverly D'Onofrio, Morgan WardA single mother, with dreams of becoming a writer, has a son at the age of 15 in 1965, and goes through a failed marriage with the drug-addicted father ... 0
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Patch Adams
1998 film by Tom Shadyac
Overview: Patch Adams is a 1998 American semi-biographical comedy-drama film directed by Tom Shadyac and starring Robin Williams, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton, Daniel London, and Peter Coyote ...
Release date: 21 October 1998Genre: Comedy, DramaDirector: Tom ShadyacCast: Robin Williams, Daniel London, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton, Josef SommerProducer: Allegra Clegg, Alan B. CurtissWriter: Patch Adams, Maureen MylanderThe true story of a heroic man, Hunter "Patch" Adams, determined to become a medical doctor because he enjoys helping people. He ventured where ... 0
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Newsies
1992 musical film directed by Kenny Ortega
Overview: Newsies (released as The News Boys in the United Kingdom) is a 1992 American musical comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and directed by choreographer Kenny Ortega in his film directing ...
Release date: 8 April 1992Genre: Drama, Family, Musical, HistoryDirector: Kenny OrtegaProducer: Michael Finnell, Ira ShumanWriter: Bob Tzudiker, Noni WhiteA musical based on the New York City newsboy strike of 1899. When young newspaper sellers are exploited beyond reason by their bosses they set out to enact ... 0
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Julie & Julia
2009 film by Nora Ephron
Overview: Julie & Julia is a 2009 American biographical comedy-drama film written and directed by Nora Ephron starring Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, and Chris Messina. The film contrasts the life of chef ...
Release date: 30 July 2009Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, RomanceDirector: Nora EphronProducer: John Bernard, Dianne DreyerWriter: Nora Ephron, Julie PowellJulia Child's story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell's 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child's ... 0
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I Love You Phillip Morris
2009 American comedy/drama film
Overview: I Love You Phillip Morris is a 2009 biographical black comedy drama film based on a 1980s and 1990s real-life story of con artist, impostor and multiple prison escapee Steven Jay Russell, as played by ...
Release date: 18 January 2009Genre: Comedy, Drama, RomanceDirector: Glenn Ficarra, John RequaProducer: Luc Besson, Bethany BilskyWriter: John Requa, Glenn FicarraA cop turns con man once he comes out of the closet. Once imprisoned, he meets the second love of his life, whom he'll stop at nothing to be with. 0
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Chaplin
1992 film by Richard Attenborough
Overview: Chaplin is a 1992 biographical comedy-drama film about the life of British comedian Charlie Chaplin. It was produced and directed by Richard Attenborough and stars Robert Downey Jr., Marisa Tomei, Dan ...
Release date: 18 December 1992Genre: Biography, Drama, ComedyDirector: Richard AttenboroughProducer: Richard Attenborough, Terence A. CleggWriter: David Robinson, Charles ChaplinAn elderly Charlie Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor, recounting his amazing journey from his poverty-stricken childhood to world-wide ... 0
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War Dogs
2016 film by Todd Phillips
Overview: War Dogs is a 2016 American black comedy crime film directed by Todd Phillips and written by Phillips, Jason Smilovic and Stephen Chin, based on a 2011 Rolling Stone article by Guy Lawson, as well as Efraim ...
Release date: 19 August 2016Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller, War, CrimeDirector: Todd PhillipsProducer: Zakaria Alaoui, Scott BudnickWriter: Stephen Chin, Todd PhillipsLoosely based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a three hundred million dollar contract from the Pentagon ... 0
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The Big Short
2015 American biographical drama film directed by Adam McKay
Overview: The Big Short is a 2015 American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Adam McKay. Written by McKay and Charles Randolph, it is based on the 2010 book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by ...
Release date: 11 December 2015Genre: Drama, Biography, Comedy, HistoryDirector: Adam McKayProducer: Dede Gardner, Jeremy KleinerWriter: Charles Randolph, Adam McKayIn 2006-2007 a group of investors bet against the US mortgage market. In their research, they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is. 0
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Taking Woodstock
2009 American film
Overview: Taking Woodstock is a 2009 American comedy-drama film about the Woodstock Festival of 1969, directed by Ang Lee. The screenplay by James Schamus is based on the memoir Taking Woodstock: A True Story of ...
Release date: 16 May 2009Genre: Comedy, Music, DramaDirector: Ang LeeProducer: Celia D. Costas, Patrick CupoWriter: James Schamus, Elliot TiberA man working at his parents' motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generation-defining concert in the summer of 1969. 0
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The Dish
2000 Australian film
Overview: The Dish is a 2000 Australian historical comedy-drama film that tells the story of the Parkes Observatory's role in relaying live television of humanity's first steps on the Moon during the Apollo 11 ...Release date: 15 September 2000Genre: Comedy, DramaDirector: Rob SitchProducer: Debra Choate, Santo CilauroWriter: Santo Cilauro, Tom GleisnerA remote Australian antenna, populated by quirky characters, plays a key role in the first Apollo moon landing. 0
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Running with Scissors
2006 film by Ryan Murphy
Overview: Running with Scissors is a 2006 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Ryan Murphy, based on Augusten Burroughs' 2002 memoir of the same name, and starring Joseph Cross, Annette Bening, Brian ...
Release date: 20 October 2006Genre: Comedy, DramaDirector: Ryan MurphyProducer: Augusten Burroughs, Dede GardnerWriter: Ryan Murphy, Augusten BurroughsYoung Augusten Burroughs absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father and an unstable mother, he's handed ... 0
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Radio Days
1987 film by Woody Allen
Overview: Radio Days is a 1987 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen, who also narrates. The film looks back on an American family's life during the Golden Age of Radio using both music ...Release date: 30 January 1987Genre: Comedy, MusicDirector: Woody AllenProducer: Robert Greenhut, Charles H. JoffeWriter: Woody AllenA nostalgic look at radio's golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium. 0
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Man on the Moon
1999 film by Miloš Forman
Overview: Man on the Moon is a 1999 biographical comedy-drama film about the late American entertainer Andy Kaufman, starring Jim Carrey as Kaufman. The film was directed by Miloš Forman and also features Danny ...
Release date: 20 December 1999Genre: Biography, Comedy, DramaDirector: Milos FormanProducer: Pamela Abdy, Danny DeVitoWriter: Scott Alexander, Larry KaraszewskiThe life and career of legendary comedian Andy Kaufman. 0
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Kids in America
2005 American film
Overview: Kids in America is a 2005 American comedy film directed by Josh Stolberg. It was written by Andrew Shaifer and Stolberg. The film is inspired by real events. It received negative reviews from film critics ...Release date: 21 October 2005Genre: Drama, ComedyDirector: Josh StolbergCast: Gregory Smith, Stephanie Sherrin, Chris Morris, Caitlin Wachs, Emy Coligado, Crystal Celeste GrantProducer: Franny Baldwin Benullo, B. Billie GreifWriter: Andrew Shaifer, Josh StolbergA diverse group of high school students band together to peacefully stick it to their overbearing principal. 0
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