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Rocketman: History vs. Hollywood

Music | Does this Elton John biopic get drowned out by too much fiction?

Tolkien: History vs. Hollywood

Drama | Are the biopic's facts lost in the fires of Mount Doom?

Breakthrough: History vs. Hollywood

Drama | How much of the movie's miraculous survival story is true?

The Dirt: History vs. Hollywood

Music | We dig into The Dirt to reveal how much of the Netflix movie is factual.

I Am the Night: History vs. Hollywood

Crime | Are the shocking revelations in this noir miniseries rooted in fact?

The Upside: History vs. Hollywood

Comedy | Is too much fiction the downside to this movie about a quadriplegic who hires a parolee to care for him?

The Mule: History vs. Hollywood

Crime | Does this story of an elderly drug courier deliver too much fiction?

Green Book: History vs. Hollywood

Drama | A white bouncer takes a job driving a black pianist in the 1960s South, but does the truth get lost along the way?

The Act: History vs. Hollywood

Crime | How much of this story of a mother who lies and convinces the world her child is gravely ill is true?

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile: History vs. Hollywood

Serial Killer | Does this story of serial killer Ted Bundy butcher the facts?

The Best of Enemies: History vs. Hollywood

Political | Activist Ann Atwater takes on Klan leader C.P. Ellis, but how much is true?

Fighting with My Family: History vs. Hollywood

Comedy | Do the facts get pinned by the fiction in this story of WWE wrestler Paige?

Vice: History vs. Hollywood

Political | Does the Dick Cheney biopic attempt to rewrite history?

Welcome to Marwen: History vs. Hollywood

Comedy | A man suffering from PTSD after a brutal attack finds solace in a miniature world of dolls, but how much of this Robert Zemeckis film is actually true?

The Favourite: History vs. Hollywood

Drama | Was Queen Anne really caught up in a high-stakes love triangle with two other women?

Outlaw King: History vs. Hollywood

War | Does this tale of Robert the Bruce do battle with the facts?

LATEST ADDITIONS

Does this Elton John biopic contain too much fantasy and not enough fact?

How accurate is this story of a mother who keeps her daughter captive by fake illnesses?

The film explores the formative years of author J.R.R. Tolkien.

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

Does fiction suffocate the facts in this Ted Bundy film?

Is the movie's miraculous survival story fact or mostly fiction?

The Best of Enemies

A civil rights activist works with a Klan leader, but is the story accurate?

Did rock band Mötley Crüe really do all of the crazy things seen in the movie?

Fighting with My Family

Does this story of WWE wrestler Paige get pinned by too much fiction?

A ruined reporter helps a young woman investigate the mystery of her birth, but how much really happened?

How much fiction is in this story of a wealthy quadriplegic who hires a convict to take care of him?

Christian Bale captures Dick Cheney physically, but does the movie bear any resemblance to the truth?

Welcome to Marwen

A man (Steve Carell) creates a miniature WWII town in his yard to deal with PTSD.

Is this story of an elderly WWII veteran who transports drugs for a Mexican cartel filled with fiction.

Lady Sarah becomes jealous of Queen Anne's affection for her new servant, but is the ensuing love triangle real?

Is the truth reinvented in this story of a bouncer who drives a black pianist through the 1960s South?

How accurate is this film about the 14th century Scottish 'Outlaw King' Robert the Bruce?

How true is this film about Norway's worst terrorist attack, which claimed the lives of 77 people?

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Does this movie about a literary forger invent certain parts of the story?

Does this story of a father trying to help his drug-addicted son leave out certain facts?

The Old Man & the Gun

We compare the real-life bank robber to the Robert Redford movie.

Operation Finale

In 1960, a group of secret agents attempt to capture Adolf Eichman, an architect of the Holocaust.

Bohemian Rhapsody

Does the movie stay in tune with the facts?

A Prayer Before Dawn

An English boxer finds himself in a savage Thai prison, but how much is fact?

Does this story of a 14-year-old FBI informant turned drug dealer stick to the facts?

Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer, goes undercover to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan in the 1970s.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Meet the real people portrayed in Tarantino's film. Which parts are reality?

Is this new horror villain based in reality or is it a complete work of fiction?

UPCOMING MOVIES

December 2018

On the Basis of Sex (12/25)

January 2019

The Upside (1/11)

Stan & Ollie (1/11)

I Am the Night (1/28)

February 2019

Fighting with My Family (2/15)

March 2019

Saint Judy (3/1)

The Act (3/20)

The Dirt (3/22)

Hotel Mumbai (3/22)

Unplanned (3/29)

April 2019

The Best of Enemies (4/5)

Stockholm (4/12)

Breakthrough (4/17)

Gentleman Jack (4/22)

May 2019

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (5/3)

Chernobyl (5/6)

Tolkien (5/10)

When They See Us (5/31)

Deadwood (5/31)

Rocketman (5/31)

July 2019

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (7/26)

September 2019

Judy (9/27)

November 2019

Ford v Ferrari (11/15)

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (11/22)

Unknown 2019

The Current War

Unknown 2020

Thailand Cave Rescue movie

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