diff --git a/changes/2216-PrettyWood.md b/changes/2216-PrettyWood.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7279d4e98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/2216-PrettyWood.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+add support for `NamedTuple` and `TypedDict` types
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/usage/types.md b/docs/usage/types.md
index 9a41fb1a73..a30a71b3df 100644
--- a/docs/usage/types.md
+++ b/docs/usage/types.md
@@ -85,9 +85,17 @@ with custom properties and validation.
 `typing.Tuple`
 : see [Typing Iterables](#typing-iterables) below for more detail on parsing and validation
 
+`subclass of typing.NamedTuple (or collections.namedtuple)`
+: Same as `tuple` but instantiates with the given namedtuple.  
+ _pydantic_ will validate the tuple if you use `typing.NamedTuple` since fields are annotated.  
+  If you use `collections.namedtuple`, no validation will be done.
+
 `typing.Dict`
 : see [Typing Iterables](#typing-iterables) below for more detail on parsing and validation
 
+`subclass of typing.TypedDict`
+: Same as `dict` but _pydantic_ will validate the dictionary since keys are annotated
+
 `typing.Set`
 : see [Typing Iterables](#typing-iterables) below for more detail on parsing and validation
 
diff --git a/pydantic/fields.py b/pydantic/fields.py
index 7d848359d4..46112b4cab 100644
--- a/pydantic/fields.py
+++ b/pydantic/fields.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     get_origin,
     is_literal_type,
     is_new_type,
+    is_typed_dict_type,
     new_type_supertype,
 )
 from .utils import PyObjectStr, Representation, lenient_issubclass, sequence_like, smart_deepcopy
@@ -415,6 +416,8 @@ def _type_analysis(self) -> None:  # noqa: C901 (ignore complexity)
             return
         elif is_literal_type(self.type_):
             return
+        elif is_typed_dict_type(self.type_):
+            return
 
         origin = get_origin(self.type_)
         if origin is None:
diff --git a/pydantic/typing.py b/pydantic/typing.py
index e71228f67c..d885af69bf 100644
--- a/pydantic/typing.py
+++ b/pydantic/typing.py
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ def get_args(tp: Type[Any]) -> Tuple[Any, ...]:
     'is_literal_type',
     'literal_values',
     'Literal',
+    'is_named_tuple_type',
+    'is_typed_dict_type',
     'is_new_type',
     'new_type_supertype',
     'is_classvar',
@@ -258,6 +260,18 @@ def all_literal_values(type_: Type[Any]) -> Tuple[Any, ...]:
     return tuple(x for value in values for x in all_literal_values(value))
 
 
+def is_named_tuple_type(type_: Type[Any]) -> bool:
+    from .utils import lenient_issubclass
+
+    return lenient_issubclass(type_, tuple) and hasattr(type_, '_fields')
+
+
+def is_typed_dict_type(type_: Type[Any]) -> bool:
+    from .utils import lenient_issubclass
+
+    return lenient_issubclass(type_, dict) and getattr(type_, '__annotations__', None)
+
+
 test_type = NewType('test_type', str)
 
 
diff --git a/pydantic/validators.py b/pydantic/validators.py
index c47ee2f4f0..903d5e4e32 100644
--- a/pydantic/validators.py
+++ b/pydantic/validators.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     FrozenSet,
     Generator,
     List,
+    NamedTuple,
     Pattern,
     Set,
     Tuple,
@@ -34,12 +35,14 @@
     get_class,
     is_callable_type,
     is_literal_type,
+    is_named_tuple_type,
+    is_typed_dict_type,
 )
 from .utils import almost_equal_floats, lenient_issubclass, sequence_like
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from .fields import ModelField
-    from .main import BaseConfig
+    from .main import BaseConfig, BaseModel
     from .types import ConstrainedDecimal, ConstrainedFloat, ConstrainedInt
 
     ConstrainedNumber = Union[ConstrainedDecimal, ConstrainedFloat, ConstrainedInt]
@@ -523,6 +526,43 @@ def pattern_validator(v: Any) -> Pattern[str]:
         raise errors.PatternError()
 
 
+NamedTupleT = TypeVar('NamedTupleT', bound=NamedTuple)
+
+
+def make_named_tuple_validator(type_: Type[NamedTupleT]) -> Callable[[Tuple[Any, ...]], NamedTupleT]:
+    from .main import create_model
+
+    # A named tuple can be created with `typing,NamedTuple` with types
+    # but also with `collections.namedtuple` with just the fields
+    # in which case we consider the type to be `Any`
+    named_tuple_annotations: Dict[str, Type[Any]] = getattr(type_, '__annotations__', {k: Any for k in type_._fields})
+    field_definitions: Dict[str, Any] = {
+        field_name: (field_type, ...) for field_name, field_type in named_tuple_annotations.items()
+    }
+    NamedTupleModel: Type['BaseModel'] = create_model('NamedTupleModel', **field_definitions)
+
+    def named_tuple_validator(values: Tuple[Any, ...]) -> NamedTupleT:
+        dict_values: Dict[str, Any] = dict(zip(named_tuple_annotations, values))
+        validated_dict_values: Dict[str, Any] = dict(NamedTupleModel(**dict_values))
+        return type_(**validated_dict_values)
+
+    return named_tuple_validator
+
+
+def make_typed_dict_validator(type_: Type[Dict[str, Any]]) -> Callable[[Any], Dict[str, Any]]:
+    from .main import create_model
+
+    field_definitions: Dict[str, Any] = {
+        field_name: (field_type, ...) for field_name, field_type in type_.__annotations__.items()
+    }
+    TypedDictModel: Type['BaseModel'] = create_model('TypedDictModel', **field_definitions)
+
+    def typed_dict_validator(values: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        return dict(TypedDictModel(**values))
+
+    return typed_dict_validator
+
+
 class IfConfig:
     def __init__(self, validator: AnyCallable, *config_attr_names: str) -> None:
         self.validator = validator
@@ -610,6 +650,13 @@ def find_validators(  # noqa: C901 (ignore complexity)
     if type_ is IntEnum:
         yield int_enum_validator
         return
+    if is_named_tuple_type(type_):
+        yield tuple_validator
+        yield make_named_tuple_validator(type_)
+        return
+    if is_typed_dict_type(type_):
+        yield make_typed_dict_validator(type_)
+        return
 
     class_ = get_class(type_)
     if class_ is not None:
diff --git a/tests/test_main.py b/tests/test_main.py
index e026f59d05..34e23910c7 100644
--- a/tests/test_main.py
+++ b/tests/test_main.py
@@ -1425,3 +1425,64 @@ class M(BaseModel):
         a: int
 
     get_type_hints(M.__config__)
+
+
+def test_named_tuple():
+    from collections import namedtuple
+    from typing import NamedTuple
+
+    Position = namedtuple('Pos', 'x y')
+
+    class Event(NamedTuple):
+        a: int
+        b: int
+        c: int
+        d: str
+
+    class Model(BaseModel):
+        pos: Position
+        events: List[Event]
+
+    model = Model(pos=('1', 2), events=[[b'1', '2', 3, 'qwe']])
+    assert isinstance(model.pos, Position)
+    assert isinstance(model.events[0], Event)
+    assert model.pos.x == '1'
+    assert model.pos == Position('1', 2)
+    assert model.events[0] == Event(1, 2, 3, 'qwe')
+    assert repr(model) == "Model(pos=Pos(x='1', y=2), events=[Event(a=1, b=2, c=3, d='qwe')])"
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError) as exc_info:
+        Model(pos=('1', 2), events=[['qwe', '2', 3, 'qwe']])
+    assert exc_info.value.errors() == [
+        {
+            'loc': ('events', 0, 'a'),
+            'msg': 'value is not a valid integer',
+            'type': 'type_error.integer',
+        }
+    ]
+
+
+def test_typed_dict():
+    from typing import TypedDict
+
+    class TD(TypedDict):
+        a: int
+        b: int
+        c: int
+        d: str
+
+    class Model(BaseModel):
+        td: TD
+
+    m = Model(td={'a': '3', 'b': b'1', 'c': 4, 'd': 'qwe'})
+    assert m.td == {'a': 3, 'b': 1, 'c': 4, 'd': 'qwe'}
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError) as exc_info:
+        Model(td={'a': [1], 'b': 2, 'c': 3, 'd': 'qwe'})
+    assert exc_info.value.errors() == [
+        {
+            'loc': ('td', 'a'),
+            'msg': 'value is not a valid integer',
+            'type': 'type_error.integer',
+        }
+    ]