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Visualizations that show how true "based on a true story" movies are

by oatsandsugar on 5/2/25, 9:26 PM with 10 comments

• by Rendello on 5/2/25, 10:46 PM

  I'd like to see Catch Me If You Can. Frank Abignale's stories apparently all fall apart under investigation, meaning his whole story and career where a hoax. I can't even be upset, his whole shtick was being a great imposter in the first place!

  https://whyy.org/segments/the-greatest-hoax-on-earth/

• by chrismcb on 5/2/25, 11:01 PM

  Why is this a link to a link? Why not just link the original?

• by oatsandsugar on 5/2/25, 9:31 PM

  True: Selma, The Big Short, Bridge of Spies

  Not True: Imitation Game, Hacksaw Ridge, American Sniper

• by jsheard on 5/3/25, 12:06 AM

  They missed a trick by not putting Fargo on there.

• by valbaca on 5/2/25, 11:20 PM

  Save you a click-through: https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/based-on-a...

• by WalterGR on 5/2/25, 11:20 PM

  Actual URL: https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/based-on-a...

• by cadamsdotcom on 5/3/25, 12:45 AM

  @dang any chance of an update to the link this goes to?

  Big fan of Kottke and his work but this time there's not much value add.