Bruno P
When Hollywood takes on real-life events, the line between fact and fiction can get blurry. But these 10 movies are the exception—they’ve managed to portray their true stories with remarkable accuracy, turning real events into cinematic masterpieces. Ready to see which films got it right? Let’s take a look.
“Spotlight” (2015)
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer wrote “Spotlight,” and McCarthy directed the film. In the film, an investigative journalist unit called “Spotlight” from The Boston Globe newspaper investigates child sex abuse by Catholic priests in Boston. Box office sales were $98.7 million when it was released in November 2015.
“The Social Network” (2010)
This David Fincher movie, written by Aaron Sorkin and starring Jesse Eisenberg as Zuckerberg and Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker, tells the story of Facebook’s founding. It was based on Ben Mezrich’s book The Accidental Billionaires, and Eduardo Severin, a co-founder of Facebook, was a consultant for the book.
“I, Tonya” (2017)
“I, Tonya” shines the spotlight on the life and career of Tonya Harding, a professional figure skater, and the 1994 assault on Nancy Kerrigan, her rival. Making this comedy film involved interviewing Harding and Jeff Gillooly, her ex-husband. Interestingly, some of the film’s songs were those Harding used in her routines.
“The Insider” (1999)
This biographical drama by Michael Mann did not shine at the box office, but it was a welcome sight for critics. At the center of the movie are whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand and CBS producer Lowell Bergman, who fight to defend Wigand’s testimony while others try to discredit and suppress it.
“Goodfellas” (1990)
In 1985, crime reporter Nicolas Pileggi published Wiseguy, a nonfiction book about the life of Henry Hills, a former Mafia associate. The book later became the basis for Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas, which walks the viewer from Hill and his friends’ rise to their fall.
“All the President’s Men” (1976)
All The President’s Men is a political thriller about the Watergate scandal that wrecked Richard Nixon’s presidency. Its basis is the book by journalists Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, who investigated the scandal for The Washington Post and stars Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman as the journalists.
“12 Years a Slave” (2013)
Solomon Northup’s memoir details how he was tricked, kidnapped, and sold into slavery. He got his release 12 years later after secretly sending messages to his friends and family back home in New York. Chiwetel Ejiofor acts as him in the movie, while Steve McQueen directs it.
In Cold Blood (1967)
The crime film is directed, produced, and written by Richard Brooks and stems from Truman Capote’s 1996 nonfiction novel, In Cold Blood. Robert Blake and Scott Wilson play the roles of Perry Smith and Richard Hitchcock respectively. Parts of the movie stick with the novel and it was shot at sites where the real crimes happened.
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Dog Day Afternoon was born from a Life magazine article. The article “The Boys In The Bank” was about a robbery and hostage situation at a Brooklyn branch of Chase and Manhattan. Martin Efland and Martin Bregman started the process of bringing the film to reality, and Sidney Lumet directed it.
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
Based on Lee Israel’s confessional memoir of the same title, the screenplay for “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” was built. It’s a comedy-mystery film with Melissa McCarthy stepping into Israel’s shoes. In the movie, she forgets letters from dead authors and playwrights in an attempt to restore her failing writing career.
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