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12 Mighty Orphans: History vs. Hollywood

Football | Does this inspirational football movie fumble when it comes to the facts?

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It | History vs. Hollywood

Horror | We explore the story of possession and murder that inspired the horror movie.

Dream Horse: History vs. Hollywood

Sports | Does this rags-to-riches racehorse movie stay true to the documentary that inspired it?

The Serpent: History vs. Hollywood

Serial Killer | Do the facts survive in this story of serial killer Charles Sobhraj?

How Special Effects Were Done in Silent Movies

Other | Find out how various silent movies pulled off some amazing special effects.

The Mauritanian: History vs. Hollywood

Political | Jodie Foster portrays a lawyer who fights to free an uncharged Gitmo detainee, but is the case the movie presents accurate?

The United States vs. Billie Holiday: History vs. Hollywood

Music | Is the movie's implication that the government killed Billie Holiday accurate?

Minamata: History vs. Hollywood

Drama | Does this story of photojournalist W. Eugene Smith (Johnny Depp) accurately capture the Minamata atrocity?

Fatherhood: History vs. Hollywood

Drama | Does this movie about a suddenly widowed father (Kevin Hart) remain true to Matt Logelin's real-life story?

Blue Miracle: History vs. Hollywood

Sports | A skipper teams up with a group of orphans to compete in a world-famous fishing competition that could save the orphanage.

Concrete Cowboy: History vs. Hollywood

Drama | How much of this Netflix movie about an urban cowboy reconnecting with his troubled son is based in fact?

Watch "The Dig: History vs. Hollywood"

Drama | In this episode, we unearth the facts buried amongst the fiction in the movie The Dig starring Ralph Fiennes.

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: History vs. Hollywood

Music | Is this story that's centered around blues singer Ma Rainey based on actual events?

The Courier: History vs. Hollywood

War | We sift through this Benedict Cumberbatch spy thriller to uncover what is fact and what is fiction.

Judas and the Black Messiah: History vs. Hollywood

Political | Black Panther Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) is betrayed by FBI informant William O'Neal (LaKeith Stanfield) in a movie that tries to stick relatively closely to the facts.

The Dig: History vs. Hollywood

Drama | Do the facts get buried in this story of one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time?

LATEST ADDITIONS

12 Mighty Orphans

A football coach with a mysterious past leads a group of scrawny orphans to the Texas State Championship during the Great Depression.

Does this story of a widowed father (Kevin Hart) raising his daughter stick to the facts?

Does this story of an orphanage entering a fishing tournament leave the facts stranded at sea?

A barmaid convinces her small-town neighbors to help fund a racehorse in hopes of it becoming a champion.

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

We explore the real-life possession and murder that inspired The Conjuring 3.

Concrete Cowboy

Is this story about an urban cowboy who reconnects with his rebellious son based in fact?

Does this miniseries about serial killer Charles Sobhraj accurately depict the real-life killings?

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

How much of this music-driven drama is based on the real blues singer Ma Rainey?

The Mauritanian

A man is held without charges at Guantanamo as an attorney (Jodie Foster) fights for his freedom.

How much fiction is smuggled into this story about Cold War spy Greville Wynne?

The United States vs. Billie Holiday

How much of this Billie Holiday biopic is in tune with the real-life jazz singer?

Judas and the Black Messiah

Are the facts preserved in this story of slain Black Panther Fred Hampton?

Does this story of photojournalist W. Eugene Smith accurately capture the Minamata disaster?

Does the truth get buried in this story of the Sutton Hoo archaeological dig?

After an accident leaves a mother paralyzed, the family cares for an injured magpie, which helps them heal.

When a couple receives devastating news, a friend arrives to help, but is the story in line with the truth?

Are the facts left on the bench in this tale of a college football player who takes custody of his brother?

Does David Fincher's story of the writing of Citizen Kane stick to the facts?

A couple rushes their wedding plans after the husband-to-be is diagnosed with cancer.

Hillbilly Elegy

Does Ron Howard's film about J.D. Vance's difficult upbringing in Appalachia stay true to his memoir?

The stories of two couples intersect when tragedy strikes, but how much is based on the real couples?

Is this Disney+ movie about a teen musician battling cancer in tune with the truth?

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Is Aaron Sorkin's film too polarized in its perspective of the Chicago Seven?

The Right Stuff

How accurate is this Disney+ TV adaptation of Tom Wolfe's book about John Glenn and the space race?

The One and Only Ivan

The Disney+ movie tells the story of a 400-pound silverback gorilla named Ivan who is confined in a suburban shopping mall with other animals.

How accurate is this story of a small force of U.S. soldiers who defend their outpost from hundreds of Taliban?

How accurate is Broadway's biography of Alexander Hamilton?

UPCOMING MOVIES

December 2020

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (12/18)

January 2021

Our Friend (1/22)

Penguin Bloom (1/27)

The Dig (1/29)

February 2021

Judas and the Black Messiah (2/12)

Young Rock (2/16)

Joe Bell (2/19)

The Mauritanian (2/19)

Nomadland (2/19)

The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2/26)

March 2021

My Salinger Year (3/5)

The Courier (3/19)

April 2021

Concrete Cowboy (4/2)

The Serpent (4/2)

Four Good Days (4/30)

May 2021

Halston (5/14)

Dream Horse (5/21)

Blue Miracle (5/27)

Axis Sally (5/28)

Oslo (5/29)

June 2021

Under the Stadium Lights (6/4)

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (6/4)

12 Mighty Orphans (6/11)

Fatherhood (6/18)

Good on Paper (6/23)

Lansky (6/25)

August 2021

Respect (8/13)

October 2021

The Last Duel (10/15)

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