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Is the truth left on the sidelines in this story of a football coach who leads a group of orphans to victory?

A U.S. Special Forces team works with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban. Starring Chris Hemsworth.

Meet the real-life secret soldiers.

Is this Clint Eastwood movie more accurate because the heroes portray themselves?

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

Does this gambling film deliver an honest hand or a loaded deck?

It's full of great fight scenes and lots of blood, but is the story accurate?

It's a bloody, sexy, violent spectacle, but how much of the 300 sequel is true?

Four seniors decide to make it their mission to attend the Super Bowl and meet Tom Brady.

Is the Tom Hanks Mister Rogers movie filled with too much fiction?

Actor Michael Peña portrays José Hernández, a migrant farmworker who dreams of becoming an astronaut.

The Nat Geo miniseries tells the story of Miep Gies, one of the people who helped hide Anne Frank and her family.

Was the actual Susan Orlean okay with the movie portraying her as a drug-snorting mess?

In 1983, a young couple sets off across the ocean to deliver a yacht and they encounter a deadly hurricane.

Nike's Sonny Vaccaro (Matt Damon) wants to create a shoe around rookie Michael Jordan.

Chronicles the career of Tupac Shakur up until the 1996 drive-by shooting that took his life.

A salesman-turned-pastor tries to save a church he was ordered to shut down.

Did the movie's kidnapping and murder unfold the same way in real life?

Does the truth get hustled by the fiction?

Tom Cruise portrays drug smuggler Barry Seal in a largely fictional film.

The story of Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner, who went from grocery store stock boy to NFL star.

Is the truth as haunting as the famous 1979 movie?

Is this haunted doll movie stuffed with the truth?

Find out if there's any truth to the Annabelle prequel.

Abused as a boy, a former foster child learns to shed his demons during his time in the Navy.

Go undercover and discover the truth about the daring escape.

Hugh Jackman portrays Frank Tassone, the superintendent at the heart of the Long Island school scandal.

Did the Flying Bandit really carry out 59 bank and jewelry store heists?

The Apple TV+ movie tells the story of toy salesman Ty Warner and the rise and fall of Beanie Babies.

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

Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem are Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in a film that condenses their timeline.

Queen Latifah portrays bisexual blues singer Bessie Smith, who rose to fame in the 1920s.

Does Big Eyes paint within the boundaries of the truth?

Meet the real life Dude behind the Dude.

A romantic comedy based the movie's screenwriters, husband and wife Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani, who also stars.

A prison inmate (Taron Egerton) befriends a suspected serial killer to try and get a confession.

The movie chronicles the rise and fall of the world's first smartphone, dubbed "CrackBerry" by its users.

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

Is the reality just as inspiring?

Meet the teen burglars behind the story.

We fight to uncover the truth behind Frank Dux and the Bloodsport movie.

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

Does the movie stay in tune with the facts?

Reporter Loretta McLaughlin connects the murders and breaks the story of the Boston Strangler.

Meet the real group of working class boys who rowed their way to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.

Investigate the FBI Agent who betrayed his country, religion and family.

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

An standout football player's NFL dreams are suspended after he's falsely accused of rape and sent to prison.

Larger-than-life attorney Willie E. Gary fights to save the business of a funeral home owner.

Does The Butler serve up the truth or mostly fiction?

Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini fights for better care for orphaned children living in the slums of New York.

See pics of the real Calendar Girls and purchase the latest calendar.

The Hulu miniseries explores the killing of Betty Gore by friend Candy Montgomery (Jessica Biel).

Is it possible that Al Capone was faking dementia to get out of prison?

Do the filmmakers hold the truth captive in this story of a single mother who is taken hostage by a murderer?

An avowed atheist journalist attempts to debunk the claims of Christianity.

Catch up with the real con artist and the FBI agent who pursued him.

Did this congressman single-handedly beat the Soviets?

Does this HBO miniseries about the Chernobyl disaster deliver a heavy does of fiction or fact?

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

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

Does this Will Smith movie suffer from dementia when it comes to the truth?

Does the film conjure up more fiction than fact?

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

Tom Holland portrays Danny Sullivan, a character inspired by The Campus Rapist, Billy Milligan.

Meet the real people behind more than 16 characters from the Netflix series and find out how much is fiction.

The film tells the story of transgender artist Lili Elbe, who underwent sexual reassignment surgery.

Did fame and fortune corrupt the life of the real musician?

A 12-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a plane crash that kills 191 people, including his family.

Russia banned the movie, a dark comedy that stars Steve Buscemi as Khrushchev.

Does this crime/horror movie deliver the truth?

Director Kathryn Bigelow explores the Algiers Motel deaths during the 1967 Detroit Riot.

Two U.S. Navy pilots develop a bond of brotherhood as they fly combat missions in the Korean War.

Does the Diana movie reproduce the truth as well as it does the fashion?

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

We peer inside The Disappointments Room to give you the facts.

A father and son search for their dog that went missing along the Appalachian Trail.

Was Rudy Ray Moore's life really that outrageous?

Which parts of the Downton Abbey movie are true to history?

The series examines the crimes of Dr. Christopher Duntsch, aka Dr. Death.

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

Hulu's series explores the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes, CEO of blood-testing startup Theranos.

Do the facts become casualties in Christopher Nolan's WWII movie?

Does this story of the first British Olympic ski jumper stick its landing when it comes to the truth?

A runaway slave named Peter (Will Smith) tries to make his way through the Louisiana swamps to the Union Army.

Are the movie's conversations taken from David Lipsky's transcripts?

Meet the real woman behind the movie, who took on a power company and won.

Does the truth get lost on the mountain?

Does fiction suffocate the facts in this Ted Bundy film?

Does the movie preach the facts regarding televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker?

A family finds out the grandma is dying and decides to keep it from her. How much of this lie is true?

Boxer-turned-actor Stuart Long (Mark Wahlberg) is drawn to the priesthood after a near-fatal accident.

Meet Esther Earl, the inspiration behind Shailene Woodley's character.

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

We pit Fact vs. Fiction to see which wins the title.

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

Does the truth stay afloat in this story of a perilous Coast Guard rescue mission?

Ryan Gosling blasts off as Neil Armstrong in this biopic of the first man to walk on the moon.

Did Richard Montañez create Flamin' Hot Cheetos, or is the film perpetuating a lie?

It's okay Meryl Streep hits the wrong notes, but is the truth out of tune as well?

Does this car racing movie about the 1966 Le Mans rivalry leave the truth in the dust?

Michael Keaton is McDonald's "founder" Ray Kroc. Now meet the real founders.

Michael Douglas portrays Benjamin Franklin, who at age 70 worked to secure the Franco-American Alliance.

Matthew McConaughey is a farmer who rebels against the Confederacy during the Civil War.

Get to know the controversial artist whose physical suffering inspired her paintings.

Is the struggle between author Thomas Wolfe and editor Max Perkins accurately portrayed?

A paralyzed young man finds hope through his primate friend, but how much of the film is monkey business?

The Hulu series explores Michelle Carter's involvement in Conrad Roy's suicide.

We mine the Gold movie for the facts amongst the fiction.

Meet the real-life Goldbergs and learn how much of the show is true.

Comedian Iliza Shlesinger based this comedy on her own relationship disaster.

Is this story of Winnie-the-Pooh's creation as fictional as the storybooks?

Meet the real Gran Turismo player who became an actual race car driver.

A man decides to bring beer to his childhood friends serving in Vietnam.

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

Based on a novel, the Tom Hanks film was inspired by a real-life WWII battle.

Mel Gibson directs the story of a WWII Medal of Honor winner who never fired a shot.

How accurate is Broadway's biography of Alexander Hamilton?

Harriet Tubman frees dozens of slaves through the Underground Railroad, but is the biopic factual?

Did the son really set fire to the house?

Is this story of three African-American women NASA mathematicians fueled by too much fiction?

Rickey Hill dreams of playing big league baseball despite a seemingly insurmountable medical condition.

Based on the death of Superman, George Reeves.

Saints coach Sean Payton (Kevin James) coaches his son's football team during his year-long NFL suspension.

Hear Virginia Woolf's voice and read her suicide letter to her husband.

Socialite Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga) plots the death of her husband, Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver).

Strip club employees scam their Wall Street clients, but how much of it happened in real life?

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

Is this Tom Hiddleston movie in tune with the real-life of country-western singer Hank Williams?

The story of singer/songwriter Jeremy Camp and his experience with love and loss early in his career.

With so many unknowns surrounding Tonya Harding, what does the movie get right?

Is this Alan Turing biopic cryptic when it comes to the truth?

How much of this Netflix mini-series that explores the rise and fall of conwoman Anna Delvey is factual?

Meet the real Vince Papale and discover the true story.

Does this movie about the Von Erich wrestling family deliver an iron claw to the truth?

Explore the inspiration behind this shark attack movie.

Is director Clint Eastwood's adaptation of the Jersey Boys musical in tune with regard to the truth?

A community of teenage hippies in Southern California inspire a spiritual awakening in the early 1970s.

Does this Ashton Kutcher movie compute when it comes to the truth?

A father embarks on a cross-country walk to raise awareness of bullying after his son commits suicide.

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

A look at the life of legendary performer Judy Garland (Renée Zellweger).

Does Kill the Messenger kill the truth?

Leonardo DiCaprio stars in this story of the Osage Tribe Murders.

Will Smith portrays Richard Williams, father of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams.

Find out how much of Lady Bird was inspired by Greta Gerwig's life.

Is this story about an Air Force pararescueman's heroism true to history?

When the men go off to war, the women pick up their bats, but is the story based in fact?

Mark Wahlberg fights for his life, but does the truth hold up in the onscreen version of the battle.

Does this movie about explorer Percy Fawcett stray away from the truth?

Does this movie about an interracial couple's right to live freely together stay faithful to the real story?

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

When two women with the same name are murdered a week apart, a police chief looks for a connection.

Does the truth get washed away in this series about a struggling single mother?

We compare the Manhattan TV show to real life at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.

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

Does the series hit the target with regard to the facts about the 100th Bomb Group during WWII?

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

Megan Leavey fights to adopt her combat dog Rex in the years after they survive an IED explosion.

Meet the real Navy diver who lost his leg but not his ability to overcome his circumstances.

Military spouses and girlfriends form a choir that becomes a global sensation, but does the film stay in harmony with the truth?

Does this Jon Hamm Disney baseball movie hit too many foul balls regarding the truth?

A British special forces team carries out "ungentlemanly" warfare against the Nazis.

Meet the real hockey players and coach behind the 1980 Olympic victory.

Ex-professional skier Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain) runs an exclusive high-stakes poker game.

Is she really the first woman serial killer? Meet the real Aileen Wuornos.

Would the real Mothman be a fan of the Richard Gere movie?

Hollywood finds the villain in conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly, but is it the truth?

Two former classmates who work for rival governments meet to discuss peace in the lead up to WWII.

Is the truth left on the sidelines in this story of college football standout Freddie Steinmark?

Thomas Rongen becomes the head coach of the infamously bad American Samoa soccer team.

Meet the mother and daughter who escaped from Iran.

We peel back The Nun's veil to reveal which parts of the horror movie are rooted in history.

Annette Bening portrays long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad, who attempts to swim from Cuba to Florida.

When their pilot dies suddenly mid-flight, a father tries to land the plane.

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

Does the truth get lost in the smoke in this wildfire movie?

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

The Christopher Nolan film explores the story of scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb.

A hairdresser rallies a community to help a widowed father save his critically ill daughter.

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

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

Single mom Liza Drake finds success at a corrupt pharmaceutical start-up with a new opioid medication.

Go beyond the movie as we compare the film to the history.

Was Al Pacino able to capture Joe Paterno's appearance for the Penn State scandal movie?

A chronicle of the Boston Marathon bombing and subsequent terrorist manhunt.

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

Meet 27 characters and their real-life O.J. Simpson trial counterparts.

The Vatican's chief exorcist battles an evil that is unlike anything he's encountered.

Is this story of a newspaper publisher's decision to publish government secrets accurate?

We reveal how much of The Promise is based in reality and explore the controversy around the movie.

Meet the public hero who was Public Enemy #1.

Does this story of a Ugandan female chess prodigy add any fictional pieces to the board?

How accurate is this comedy about two women who create a multimillion dollar coupon scam?

African American athlete Jesse Owens wins a record-breaking four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin as Hitler watches.

Find out what made the real coach invite Radio into his life.

NSA translator Reality Winner leaks a classified intelligence report to The Intercept.

Find out if the racial tension was depicted accurately in the movie.

We compare the Jennifer Hudson movie to the real-life Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin.

Is this story of revenge starring Leonardo DiCaprio based more on fact or folklore?

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

Is it based in fact or possessed by fiction?

Did Jim Morris really test his fastball by throwing past a speed limit monitor on the side of the road?

Learn the truth and see a pic of the real Rudy being carried off the Notre Dame field.

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

Meet the real Mary Poppins author and learn the truth behind her battle with Disney.

As a result of refusing to obey, he saved the lives of nine hundred.

The Netflix movie chronicles Prince Andrew's infamous 2019 BBC interview about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

Meet the real African American hair-care entrepreneur behind the rags-to-riches story.

UN diplomat Sergio Vieira de Mello finds himself in a perilous situation in the aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq.

A young man taken in by a group of skinheads decides to shed that part of his life, but is the story accurate?

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

Does the truth survive in this movie about the 1972 Andes plane crash?

Based on the ten-hour miniseries The Bible, we explore the history, the cast and the controversy.

An agent with Homeland Security quits his job in order to rescue children from human traffickers.

Kristen Stewart portrays Princess Diana when she decides to leave Prince Charles, but is it factual?

The HBO Max series focuses on novelist Michael Peterson (Colin Firth), who was accused of killing his wife.

The truth doesn't quite compute in this biopic about Apple cofounder Steve Jobs.

Clint Eastwood directs Tom Hanks as Capt. Sully, but does the film leave the truth on the tarmac?

Does this story of a Holocaust survivor who boxed fellow prisoners keep the facts in the ring?

Does this coming-of-age drama directed by George Clooney stick closely to J.R. Moehringer's memoir?

Henk Rogers (Taron Egerton) travels behind the Iron Curtain to secure the rights to the video game Tetris.

Does Texas Rising retell or rewrite the rise of the Texas Rangers?

Is this Stephen Hawking biopic as intelligent as the famous physicist?

Does the truth emerge unscathed in this Ron Howard film about the Tham Luang cave rescue?

This wildly popular Netflix documentary tells the at-times exaggerated story of big-cat zoo operator Joe Exotic.

Hear the voices of actual passengers and find out if Jack and Rose where based on real people.

Kat Dennings portrays Renee Yohe, who inspired the TWLOHA movement.

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

How realistic is the sequel? We examine the flying, the pilots, and the plot.

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

16-year-old Jessica Watson tries to become the youngest person to sail solo and nonstop around the world.

Meet the heroes and investigate the story behind the film.

David Oyelowo is a prince who's interracial marriage changes history, but did it really?

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?

Authorities lay siege to religious leader David Koresh's Branch Davidian compound in 1993.

Find out if this Johnny Cash movie walks the line when it comes to the truth.

Is the real story of these two stoner arms dealers as exciting as the movie?

A family moves into their dream home only to start being harassed by someone obsessed with the home.

Members of a Jewish family each embark on their own path to safety during WWII, hoping to reunite again.

The Apple TV+ series focuses on Adam and Rebekah Neumann's role in the rise and fall of WeWork.

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

Does the movie fumble when it comes to the truth?

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

Meet the Watergate masterminds who unintentionally toppled a presidency.

Reese Witherspoon ventures into the Wild, but does she bring the truth with her?

Does the film cry wolf with regard to the truth?

Does the movie tell the whole story of the Kingdom of Dahomey and its female warriors?

Attorney Ken Feinberg (Michael Keaton) must figure out how much each 9/11 victim's life is worth.

Meet the real couple who hid hundreds during the Nazi occupation of Warsaw.