MOVIES BASED ON TRUE STORIES | HEADLINES
LATEST ADDITIONS
The Big Sick
A romantic comedy based the movie's screenwriters, husband and wife Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani, who also stars.
All Eyez on Me
Chronicles the career of Tupac Shakur up until the 1996 drive-by shooting that took his life.
Megan Leavey
Megan Leavey fights to adopt her combat dog Rex in the years after they survive an IED explosion.
The Promise
We reveal how much of The Promise is based in reality and explore the controversy around the movie.
A United Kingdom
David Oyelowo is a prince who's interracial marriage changes history, but did it really?
War Dogs
Is the real story of these two stoner arms dealers as exciting as the movie?
Gold
We mine the Gold movie for the facts amongst the fiction.
The Bye Bye Man
Could the Bye Bye Man be coming for you, or is he pure fiction? Learn the truth.
Patriots Day
A chronicle of the Boston Marathon bombing and subsequent terrorist manhunt.
Hidden Figures
Is this story of three African-American women NASA mathematicians fueled by too much fiction?
The Crown
Meet the real people behind more than 16 characters from the Netflix series and find out how much is fiction.
Lion
A young Indian boy is separated from his family and uses Google Earth to try and find them 25 years later.
Bleed for This
Does this story of a boxing comeback get pinned against the ropes by too much fiction?
Loving
Does this movie about an interracial couple's right to live freely together stay faithful to the real story?
Hacksaw Ridge
Mel Gibson directs the story of a WWII Medal of Honor winner who never fired a shot.
Queen of Katwe
Does this story of a Ugandan female chess prodigy add any fictional pieces to the board?
Sully
Clint Eastwood directs Tom Hanks as Capt. Sully, but does the film leave the truth on the tarmac?
Hands of Stone
Does fiction knock out the truth in this story of boxing trainer Ray Arcel and boxer Roberto Duran?
Anthropoid
This story of the assassination of SS officer Reinhard Heydrich is refreshingly accurate.