28 'True Story' Movies That Weren't True At All
Very loosely based on a true story.

It's a tried and true Hollywood formula: Take a true story, add some big-name actors and a heart-pounding score, and you've got box office gold. The thing is, real life sometimes isn't as dramatic as filmmakers want it to be, so they fudge the facts around. And sometimes they fudge them so hard, they're wildly inaccurate.
For example...
Solomon Northup

Walk the Line



Apollo 13

Goodfellas

Braveheart

Erin Brockovich

The Danish Girl

Argo









Aileen Wuornos

Lawrence of Arabia




Gladiator

Facts to Guide You



