20 ‘True Story’ Movies That Were Full of Baloney
Hollywood loves a biopic, mostly because it means they don’t have to come up with a new idea. They just have to read a memoir, figure out which actor most closely resembles a much hotter version of them and pay a pittance for their life story, and it’s halfway to Oscarville. The only problem is that sometimes a person’s life just isn’t that interesting, or they’re actually a nightmare trash person, so Hollywood has to spice/nice it up.
“My pick would be P.T Barnum in The (Greatest) Showman,” Redditor NotASynth499 told r/Movies. “In the movie, he is a wholesome and tolerant guy who loves his freaks, while in real life, he was basically a slave driver.” They then asked for Redditors’ choices for the “most inaccurate biopic ever,” and their responses couldn’t have been any more accurate.
Invincible
Remember the Titans
Hidalgo
The Babe Ruth Story
The Sound of Music
The Imitation Game
American Sniper
Moneyball
The Irishman
The Revenant
Straight Outta Compton
Cool Runnings
Papillon
Good Morning, Vietnam
Bohemian Rhapsody
Bloodsport
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Rudy
Amadeus
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
