Seven (7) Hollywood Movies Based on reality

Movies based on real life are special breed of entertainment. “We know better than to believe every detail or line of dialogue—movies are always a fiction in the broad sense—and that filmmakers who are dealing with real-life events need to take liberties. They might have to guess what certain encounters might have been like, or imagine dialogue in a situation of which there’s no record”. For Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) their movies are all fiction and the only real life senero is when they feature Real life Timeline.

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The following is our list of seven Hollywood movies based on a true story.

 “In order to qualify, the central story in a film must be at least inspired by a real story that happened to real people—not just a fictional story set against a real backdrop—and a central character based on a real person must do things that his or her real-life counterpart actually did”.

1. MISS VIRGINIA

Miss Virginia

Virginia Walden Ford (Uzo Aduba) is a single mother in Washington D.C., struggling to make ends meet. When she can’t afford to send her son to private school, Miss Virginia takes up a fight with the education system that has been mistreating minority children for decades.

2. BAD EDUCATION

Bad Education

Bad Education tells the wild true story of the largest public school embezzlement scandal in American history, which brought down a superstar superintendent, played by Hugh Jackman, and his complicit assistant, played by Allison Janney.

3. A TRUE STORY

A true story

A disgraced New York Times journalist is accused of lying in a cover article. His troubles increase when he learns that he is a victim of identity theft and the man who stole his name is in jail.

4. INTO THE WILD

Into the wild

Christopher McCandless, a young graduate, decides to renounce all his possessions and hitchhike across America. During his journey, he encounters several situations which change him as a person.

5. The Theory of Everything

The theory of everything

The life of Stephen Hawking was nothing short of extraordinary. This biopic based on his ex-wife’s memoir describes Hawking’s relationship, diagnosis with ALS, and the inspiring work that blew the universe wide open.

6. HIDDEN FIGURE

Hidden figure

Three female African-American mathematicians play a pivotal role in astronaut John Glenn’s launch into orbit. Meanwhile, they also have to deal with racial and gender discrimination at work.

7. THE IMITATION GAME

The Imitation Game

Alan Turing, a British mathematician, joins the cryptography team to decipher the German enigma code. With the help of his fellow mathematicians, he builds a machine to crack the codes.