24 'True Story' Oscar Movies That Ignored The Truth

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24 'True Story' Oscar Movies That Ignored The Truth

Look, we all know by this point that Hollywood takes some creative liberties when it comes to attempting to tell a "true" story. Some things you just need to change a little or omit for story flow and character arc purposes.

But then there are those films -- like the ones we cultivated here with master image manipulator AuntieMeme -- where it seems almost criminal to preface them with "Based On A True Story." It's like they said “Let's just take this story and slather it with screenwriting conventions and tricks to get people's butts in the seats and we'll tweet our way through any fallout later.” Not a bad strategy - it seems to work for any other public figure who gets in hot water. 

But we expect more for twenty bucks or whatever it costs these days to go to a theater. We're talking about offenders and movies such as ...

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THE OSCAR NOMINEE In Steve Jobs, the titular character is portrayed as the savior of Apple. REALITY THE But Jobs nearly sank the company. As part of h

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THE OSCAR NOMINEE In Best Picture nominee Bridge of Spies, Gary Powers is imprisoned and tortured. REALITY THE The real Powers was treated well by the

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THE OSCAR WINNER In Best Picture Gladiator, Maximus duels and kills Commodus in the arena. REALITY THE The real Commodus was killed in the bath by a w

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THE OSCAR WINNER In Chariots of Fire, Lindsay swaps places with Liddell, who won't run on Sunday. REALITY THE The reall Liddell swapped events ahead o

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THE OSCAR WINNER In A Beautiful Mind, Jobn Nash uses his Nobel acceptance speech to thank his wife. REALITY THE Nash was not invited to give a Nobel l

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