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Watchworthy1.4k votersWhat Happened After These 13 Historical Movies Ended?When the credits roll on your average Hollywood blockbuster, the audience is left to speculate about what will happen after the he...
Watchworthy2.9k votersTrue Stories That Were Too Ridiculous For Historical Movies To IncludeHistorical movies aren't history. It's common knowledge that movies based on historical events routinely omit facts, distort narra...
Scotland142 voters20 Reasons Why 'Braveheart' Might Be The Most Historically Inaccurate Movie Ever Made"They may take away our lives but they'll never take our freedom." William Wallace (Mel Gibson) may as well have added "freedom to...
Jaws Franchise389k views'Jaws' Was Inspired By The Matawan Man-Eater, And The True Story Is Even Scarier Than The MovieThere's no denying that the movie Jaws definitely made some beach-goers scared to go into the water. However, the story that inspi...
Fact vs. Fiction1.4m viewsWhat May Have Actually Happened At The Amityville HouseSince 1977, a lake house in Amityville, New York, has been the subject of multiple books, television programs, and almost 15 movie...
British497.2k viewsHere's Everything 'The Crown' Just Got Straight-Up Wrong About HistoryNetflix’s The Crown is an addictive blend of pulp and prestige that charts Queen Elizabeth II's time on the throne. But how much o...
Ed and Lorraine Warren2.5m viewsThe True Story Behind 'The Conjuring' Is Even Creepier Than The MovieThe Conjuring, directed by James Wan, is one of the best horror films of the 21st century. It looks amazing, it plays on the audie...
FX1.2m viewsAll The True Stories, People, And Crimes Referenced In Every Season Of 'American Horror Story'American Horror Story, the long-running FX horror anthology, is known for its intricate storytelling. How does the series weave to...
Entertainment2.2m viewsThe Real Couple That Inspired 'Beauty And The Beast' Led Remarkably Tragic LivesIt’s a tale as old as time – or, at least as old as the 1500s. But the real couple that inspired Beauty and the Beast lived a trag...
Fact vs. Fiction72.4k viewsHow Accurate Was The Depiction Of The Vietnam War In 'Forrest Gump'?Even decades after its original release, Forrest Gump remains a divisive film. Some see the movie as a classic American fable, whi...
The Passion of the Christ (2004)412.8k viewsHere's Everything 'The Passion of The Christ' Got Completely Wrong About JesusThe Passion of the Christ is no stranger to controversy - in fact, it's one of the most controversial movies ever made, as well as...
Peaky Blinders128.6k viewsAll The Historical Inaccuracies In 'Peaky Blinders' That We Just Can't IgnoreThe term "Peaky Blinders" has had multiple meanings throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, and to speak of a single Peaky Blinder...
The Perfect Storm205.8k viewsTragic Facts About The Perfect Storm, The Shipwreck Story No One Lived To TellThe Perfect Storm's true story of The Andrea Gail shipwreck is as gripping as the Hollywood adaptation—maybe even more so. In the ...
Oskar Schindler280.8k viewsSchindler's List Ignored A Lot Of Awful Truths About Oskar SchindlerSchindler's List was Steven Spielberg's 1993 Oscar-winning film about a heroic German man, Oskar Schindler, who saved thousands of...
Fact vs. Fiction7.6k votersThe Least Accurate Movies About Historical FiguresThe lives of historical figures have provided Hollywood with film fodder for decades. Biographical movies aren't necessarily as ac...
Watchworthy15.1k votersUnbelievable Scenes From Historical Movies That Actually HappenedSavvy moviegoers know that movies based on historical events are never completely accurate (partly because people like us point it...
History3.2k votersWell-Known Historical Stories That Sound Too Good To Be True Because They're Not TrueHistory is built on stories, and some of them really are too good to be true. Popular historical stories that aren't true are repe...
Weird History3.7m viewsThe Real-Life Inspiration For Mowgli In The Jungle Book Was A Feral Child Raised By WolvesMany believe that Dina Sanichar, the Indian wolf boy, was the inspiration behind Rudyard Kipling's famous work, The Jungle Book. J...
Historical Entertainment1.2m viewsThe Tragic Life Of Juana Maria, The Lone Woman Of San Nicolas IslandAnyone who grew up reading Scott O’Dell’s classic Island of the Blue Dolphins was probably captivated by the main character. She i...
Alpha Dog74.2k viewsThe Real-Life Murder That Inspired 'Alpha Dog'If you've ever seen the movie Alpha Dog, you know more about the August 2000 slaying of Nicholas Markowitz than you may realize. T...