True-story movies on Netflix right now

Movies based on true stories, streaming on Netflix tonight. Picked by mood from Rex’s catalog and checked against Netflix every day.

Updated October 13, 2026. Availability via JustWatch.

  1. American Factory Movie · 2019 · Steven Bognar & Julia Reichert
  2. Apollo 11 Movie · 2019
  3. My Octopus Teacher Movie · 2020 · Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed
  4. Moonage Daydream Movie · 2022
  5. 13th Movie · 2016 · Ava DuVernay
  6. Dick Johnson Is Dead Movie · 2020 · Kirsten Johnson
  7. The Edge of Democracy Movie · 2019
  8. Icarus Movie · 2017 · Bryan Fogel
  9. The Deepest Breath Movie · 2023
  10. The Tinder Swindler Movie · 2022 · Felicity Morris
  11. Meru Movie · 2015 · Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
  12. Winter on Fire Movie
  13. Miss Americana Movie · 2020
  14. Fyre Movie · 2019 · Chris Smith
  15. Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski Movie · 2018
  16. Jim & Andy Movie
  17. Operation Varsity Blues Movie
  18. 14 Peaks Movie
  19. Maestro Movie · 2023 · Bradley Cooper
  20. Zola Movie · 2021 · Janicza Bravo
  21. Straight Outta Compton Movie · 2015 · F. Gary Gray
  22. Nyad (2023) Movie · 2023 · Jimmy Chin / Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
  23. She Said Movie · 2022 · Maria Schrader
  24. Blonde Movie · 2022 · Andrew Dominik
  25. Unknown: The Lost Pyramid Movie · 2023 · Max Salomon
  26. Hillbilly Elegy Movie · 2020 · Ron Howard
  27. Somm Movie · 2013
  28. Have a Good Trip Movie
  29. Dolemite Is My Name Movie · 2019 · Craig Brewer
  30. Lion Movie · 2016 · Garth Davis
  31. UNABOMBER Movie · 2026 · Janus Metz
  32. The Trial of the Chicago Movie · 2020 · Aaron Sorkin
  33. Dallas Buyers Club Movie · 2013 · Jean-Marc Vallée
  34. The End of the Tour Movie · 2015 · James Ponsoldt
  35. Come Sunday Movie · 2018
  36. First They Killed My Father Movie · 2017 · Angelina Jolie
  37. Harriet Movie · 2019 · Kasi Lemmons
  38. Zero Dark Thirty Movie · 2013 · Kathryn Bigelow
  39. The Irishman Movie · 2019 · Martin Scorsese
  40. 42 Movie · 2013 · Brian Helgeland
  41. Society of the Snow Movie · 2024 · J.A. Bayona
  42. tick, tick... BOOM! Movie · 2021 · Lin-Manuel Miranda
  43. American Sniper Movie · 2014 · Clint Eastwood
  44. Roma Movie · 2018 · Alfonso Cuarón
  45. Lawrence of Arabia Movie · 1962 · David Lean
  46. Nouvelle Vague Movie · 2025 · Richard Linklater
  47. Mank Movie · 2020 · David Fincher
  48. The Forty-Year-Old Version Movie · 2020 · Radha Blank

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