Oscar-Winning Movies That Were Based on Total Lies (Looper)
"The Oscars tend to go to movies with realistic stories, amazing special effects, unique characters, and much more. One genre of film that the Academy has always been relatively favorable to are movies based on real people and events. Historical dramas, biopics, and movies about wars tend to do well at the Oscars, and while that brings those films a lot of attention, it often shines a light on the many differences between the film and real life. Filmmakers often make changes to the story for artistic reasons or to make a character more interesting. It happens all the time, and for the most part, the audience can forgive a gender swap here or the merging of several people into one character there. On the other hand, the films below are all based on something real, but the story, characters, or events are so different that much of the content is — whether intentionally or not – total lies." - looper.com
avg. score: 8 of 14 (56%)
required scores: 1, 5, 7, 9, 11
