Top 10 Biopics That Are Completely Inaccurate

Unfortunately, "biography" doesn't always mean truth! For this list, we’ll be looking at the worst offenders of erroneous and largely fabricated films that have been inspired by or claim to be based on non-fictional or historical people. Our countdown includes "The Imitation Game", "American Sniper", "Patch Adams" and more! What do you make of fictionalizing real events? Let us know in the comments below!
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[@WatchMojo]

What do you make of fictionalizing real events? Let us know in the comments below! For more content like this, click here!: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5Sbo5qedqd7mdU

[@O-DogKubrick]

This video did what you did, I really enjoyed! Thumbs up! In fact, some of these movies should have never won Oscar awards! (Except for “Braveheart, that was cool)

[@MrRenbeer]

Mel Gibson in the patriot has always been a travesty of misrepresentation. In fact some of the atrocities supposedly committed by the English in the film were actually committed by the other side.

[@michaelmonthey5974]

All of Oliver Stone’s movies, including Midnight Express, JFK, Platoon, and Born On The Fourth of July, have complete disregard for history, except for World Trade Center.

[@johnpatterson4816]

Every biopic has some fiction to it.

[@O-DogKubrick]

Next time WatchMojo, can u do Top 10 Anime TV Shows That Got Cancelled Too Soon?

[@joyunicycle]

Forgot these (feel free to add more): - Bonnie and Clyde (1967) - Blind Side (2009) - Henry the 8th (2003) - Mary Queen of Scots (2018) - Pocahontas (1995 - I guess that was left out because it's been repeatedly on the list) - The Other Boylen Girl (2008) - Jobs (2013) - Hans Christian Andersen (1952) - Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

[@carastone3473]

All good movies but, yeah, inaccurate.

[@thepunisherclub6442]

Can't deny that the people who portrayed Queen did a fantastic job though

[@kendonl.taylor5111]

@joyunicycle Three Kingdoms: "Am I being ignored?"

[@jokesonyou5629]

@@kendonl.taylor5111 no people simply just don't care 🙄

[@michaelburgess3779]

The greatest showman but I took it as fictional

[@TheSnHIMshow]

Make an inaccurate movie based on history nobody bats an eye, Make an inaccurate movie from a fictional book, and everyone loses their minds!

[@sirtaelellevalerie1056]

mostly because most people barely know real history, but people who like specific book *will* remember every detail.🤷‍♂

[@thatonefpsgamer1339]

I mean like people know history is just manipulative lies, hence they don't bat an eye

[@dannymoneywell]

Real life is boring and demands no respect since it exists no matter what.

[@sirtaelellevalerie1056]

@@dannymoneywell i disagree. real life has stories which exceed wildest imagination ;)

[@sirtaelellevalerie1056]

@@aleksc1824 dude, just two days ago one of my friends stayed behind in a trench to cover his teammates retreat, was wounded and only survived because reinforcements arrived literally in the last second. If this was movie many people would say it was cliche...

[@Sunshine_day]

"Walk the Line," really did Johnny Cash's first wife wrong. They made her look like a money hungry wife who didn't care about him in that movie. They should make a movie about the book she wrote and the documentary, "My Darling Vivian." He wrote so many heartfelt love letters to her, and many of his songs were written about her. His descent into drugs and alcohol led to his history of repeated unfaithfulness before he ever hooked up with June. Really, it was heartbreaking how he treated Vivian later in their marriage. She was a really wonderful person.

[@freya8133]

He wasn't a good husband to June either.

[@jollyolly34]

@@freya8133 Says you

[@freya8133]

@@jollyolly34 Says many!

[@brazil2554]

Bloodsport deserved at least an honorable mention, since Frank Dux made it all up

[@kendonl.taylor5111]

@brazil25 You forgot The Three Kingdoms.

[@jt-bw6qd]

He didn't make it up it was completely exaggerated and dramatized.

[@hisfantasy32433]

Jamie Fox as Ray Charles is one of my absolute favorite bio pics. I don't know how accurate it was to Mr. Charles life, but it was an amazing work of art IMO.

[@abellewis3062]

It wasn't 100% accurate. But some of it really happened. Ray Charles's brother really did drowned in a laundry tub. That part is 100% true.

[@abellewis3062]

And who cares if Ray is not 100%. Jamie Foxx played that part. Nobody can play Ray Charles except him. Enough said.

[@hisfantasy32433]

@@abellewis3062 I think it is a beautiful piece of art that more people should view, Jamie Fox was born for that role.

[@thomaspappalardo7589]

It’s fairly accurate. Of course it takes a few liberties, but nothing egregious.

[@mittinman]

So you’re telling me there’s a chance Forrest Gump didn’t do all those amazing things? My whole life is a lie!

[@damemarthafalker6738]

Bite your tongue! Next they'll be telling me there's no Santa Claus.

[@lifewithlee6298]

That was never a true story , it was more a Parody of the American dream to the extreme

[@damemarthafalker6738]

@@lifewithlee6298 Jesus...

[@WatchMojo]

[@mittinman]

@@lifewithlee6298 are you sure?…..

[@willieholmes1483]

“The Untouchables” (1987). Frank Nitti (Billy Drago) did not suffer the fate that befell him in the movie. In fact, it was Nitti who gave the FBI the information that ultimately helped take down Al Capone.

[@Satirist86]

I would say "Lawrence Of Arabia" with Peter O'Toole. While it is a very well-made and impressive movie, the historical accuracy is more than questionable. The same can be said for "The Untouchables" with Kevin Costner.

[@2015Drama]

What about the most accurate biopics?

[@Mistercline1]

It’s crazy that you didn’t put Bohemian Rhapsody on here. It should not only be on the list, but in the top 5 at least. Great movie with an amazing performance, and the last 20 minutes is one of the best things I have ever seen in a film. But it’s too bad that it was highly inaccurate with it’s timeline, situations, and even made up characters.

[@bradbarber]

Completely agree, good movie, but staggeringly incorrect events

[@thecunninlynguist]

WERID: The Al Y. story is hands down the most accurate biopic I've seen. I'm still amazed how they got it so true to life. I vividly remember the Madonna affair scandal growing up. Straight Outta Compton should've been on here. Cube/Dre took extreme liberties with their story, lol. Especially Dre

[@rpsyco]

I still can't believe all the trouble he went through just because of his amazing and incredibly song "Eat it." Truly an inspiration.

[@hansyoyo7541]

Your forgetting Walk Hard: The Dewy Cox Story.

[@SgtBilby]

@@hansyoyo7541 You realize Weird and Walk Hard are parodies of the musical biopic, right?

[@hansyoyo7541]

@@SgtBilby SAY WWWWHHHAAATTT?????????????

[@isaacgleeth3609]

Let's say if Dre directly confronted Suge and his muscle about leaving Death Row Records, people were going to end up in the hospital or in the ground.

[@gregman05]

Mel Gibson's "The Patriot" should share the #2 spot with "Braveheart," both inaccurate

[@onkelsy8001]

"Amadeus" has never ever been meant as a biography or a historical piece/movie. The author used two historical persons and the myth about them, to express something different.

[@danielaf1487]

The 2013 Jimi Hendrix biopic, "Jimi: All Is On My Side" was so inaccurate that Jimi's real-life girlfriend, Kathy Etchingham, sued the filmmakers for its false portrayal of Hendrix's and her character and their relationship. Among other things, the movie portrayed him as violent and abusive towards her, something he apparently wasn't at all. How slanderous is that!

[@lls3676]

Following the trial, on 23 August 1305, Wallace was taken from the hall to the Tower of London, then stripped naked and dragged through the city at the heels of a horse to the Elms at Smithfield. He was hanged, drawn and quartered-strangled by hanging, but released while he was still alive, emasculated, eviscerated (with his bowels burned before him), beheaded, then cut into four parts. Wallace's head was dipped in tar and placed on a spike atop London Bridge. His preserved head was later joined by the heads of his brother John and his compatriots Simon Fraser and John of Strathbogie. Wallace's limbs were displayed, separately, in Newcastle, Berwick, Stirling and Perth. Knowing all of this, I don't think William would have been able to shout "Freedom!"

[@LeoSol13]

Not only that, but in real life, the execution lasted hours and was a huge spectacle. Of course, that would never get filmed in a million years.

[@georgeray1906]

@@LeoSol13 Which is funny considering Mel Gibson produced Passion of the Christ where it had some really gruesome scenes.

[@Hilz28]

@@georgeray1906 Old Mel has absolutely no problems torturing Jewish people 🤮😤

[@thomaspappalardo7589]

Plus he wasn’t even the one called Braveheart, that was Robert the Bruce!

[@jabber1990]

wasn't William Wallace based off like 4 people?

[@SincerelyJames]

should’ve mentioned The Greatest Showman. since they tried to achieve a PG rating, they made P.T Barnum a better role model, but his cruel history says otherwise.

[@aoinatafanboy84]

I was hoping they didnt decide to erroneously include 300 and call it a biopic. Most of the time they do mistake it for a war drama based on real events. Its source material is a graphic novel so... you are dealing with fiction in the first place. Just glad they didnt get that dumb

[@danielferrieri7434]

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[@Ted_Sheckler]

That's on you. I don't let somebody else's opinions about a movie dictate my opinion on it.

[@puhrplestuhff5000]

The emoji movie

[@ActuallyHoudini]

Hook

[@aryabaditz3092]

@@Ted_Sheckler there are so many movie so little time my friend,, Need look some review to decide watch it,, But now day i see some comment in in trailer movie, its more accurate for me,,

[@lestat2558]

First 3 Transformers The Lone Ranger (2013) Oblivion John Carter Home Alone 2 Space Jam The Greatest Showman Hook National Treasure Man of Steel & BvS Ultimate Edition

[@spudbone2003]

They should do a top 100 list of how many times they've repeated material on here.

[@SpamEggSausage]

also, in the movie Patch Adams, his girlfriend was murdered by an insane patient. in real life, this person was a man who was not romantically involved with him

[@isaacgleeth3609]

I hated the movie when I found out about that. It's bad enough to simplify the main character to a trope, yet it's worse that they changed the sex of a character and added a nonexistent romance to increase the drama.

[@intorainbowzOG]

Real Patch Adams went on the college convocation circuit after the movie. He hated the movie. HATED IT. He wanted a hospital with hiding places and a ban on malpractice insurance

[@aussieman3021]

Patch met and fell in love with a woman named Linda Edquist whom he would eventually marry and divorce, but the character of Carin Fisher wasn't meant to represent her.

[@LoveHandle4890]

Amadeus is a modern masterpiece that has stood the test of time, man.

[@humorpalanta]

That thing is the shittiest piece of cinema I saw during my school years...

[@linkbiff1054]

Amadeus is a play that came from a man’s imagination. A revenge-thriller

[@lizardog]

Great film, good fun!

[@freya8133]

Still inaccurate.

[@lm_b5080]

Amadeus encapsulates 'don't ruin a good story with the truth'

[@michellerindal8836]

I know Beautiful Mind isn't accurate, but it's still a wonderful movie to watch

[@darcsteel]

I gotta ask. How is Bloodsport not on this list 🤔 😄🤣

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

The same reason that Richard III isn't. Unless, there were Nazis in England centuries ahead of time.

[@MichaelPop72]

What about “Harriet,” and “All Eyes on Me?” Both are full of inaccuracies. Harriet even tried to put a supernatural twist on her life. Just two more that should have been mentioned.

[@46sn29]

Lee Daniel's: The Butler is another biopic full of inaccuracies.

[@mattalan6618]

@@46sn29 yeah even the guys family said that half the film didnt happen to him at all

[@kennethpeterson4068]

I remember Jim Morrison wandering around the stage with a bottle of Black Jack, at The Warehouse in New Orleans...at his last I.S. concert...Kansas was the opening act...

[@LeoSol13]

Oh for God's sake, how many times is WatchMojo going to get this list wrong? Amadeus isn't even a biopic, it's an adaptation of a stage play which is a work of historical fiction. Same thing for Braveheart, it's based on a medieval ballad. If anything those two works are literary adaptations and deserve to be on a different list.

[@Denis-89]

never expect movies to be completely true. Their main focus in to entertain, not inform. If you want the whole story then either Google or watch documentaries..

[@BlackDoveNYC]

Better yet, read books on the subject.

[@henrybelman7424]

to be fair, Amadeus had an unreliable narrator. also, if you are basing your story on a con man's retelling of his own life, I think believing it is more on everyone else.

[@filmgirlLisa]

Seriously! The idea that movie studio heads, publishers, screenwriters and a director believed in the stories of admitted liar says much more about them.

[@fenian123]

It is based on a play that was intentionally fictionalized, it was not intended to be a biopic

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

It's Hollywood, they probably forgot that this conman was supposed to be telling the truth this time.

[@glencollins2395]

The Elephant Man ruined biopics for me. It's a beautiful movie to be sure, but the real story is, if anything, even more tragic and inspiring. Hell, they even got Merrick's first name wrong!

[@trinaq]

One biopic that I enjoyed of late was "Weird", which functions as a parody of the genre, befitting of a parody artist.

[@thecunninlynguist]

lies. it's the most accurate biopic. Al himself will tell you that. You must be too young to remember the madonna affair, or when he really went to see Escobar. It was national news for gods sake!

[@theredguy4845]

You should try a movie called The Professor and the Madman. I don't know how accurate it is but it is still a good movie.

[@aussieman3021]

@@thecunninlynguist Al himself was heavily involved, which was why it turned out that way.

[@thecunninlynguist]

@@aussieman3021 I know.

[@thomaspappalardo7589]

If you like music biopic parodies, check out Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. One of the funniest movies ever made.

[@lifewithlee6298]

First one , Chemical castration may not have been the main cause of him killing himself, if he did. But it Was still humiliating an awful experience who wouldn’t be depressed afterwards

[@mistermattmoose]

i was 15 when the buddy holly story came out. the surviving crickets (buddy's bandmates) had a whole list of stuff they stated was untruthful.

[@salemslotandmore8278]

Thanks for the List & Video 😀

[@aaronslater470]

This is hard subject. If you want to make a product based completely on fact and history then that would be a documentary. If you are creating a film to entertain then the primary objective is to entertain not to inform. In my opinion some embellishment is alright but once you attempt to change a major character trait then that becomes dishonest and misleading.

[@FatMarioHeads]

Speaking of Patch Adams, anyone hear that he lost a foot to MRSA a year ago? Despite that he still has a positive attitude about it. I don’t think I could feel the same if I lost a limb

[@Bigmoney1984]

I meet patch a few years back when I was at the north Chicago va he came in with a bunch of clowns that were veterans who went around the world to bring happiness to some of darkest saddest places in the world they did him completely terrible by the movie no shame to Robin Williams he got his cookyiness to a tee... I didn't hear about that but I wouldn't doubt for a second his attitude would be nothing but positive... I have a photo with him being silly as hell... he is a one and a million human and I wished people got his story right he deserves so much better

[@txaggievet]

Dude was actually a scam artist, took millions in donations and never built his clinic or came close to it.

[@DaNewACKisBACK]

Surprised you didn’t put Bohemian Rhapsody on here

[@LadyUsakoB]

mhm, still a great movie though

[@jeffbebe5085]

I hated it. I forced myself to sit through it but when he had Aids before Live Aid I turned it off. The Elton musical was 90% better.

[@aussieman3021]

@@jeffbebe5085 It wasn't until after the Magic Tour that Freddie announced he had AIDS to his bandmates.

[@SpamEggSausage]

I saw a movie about Jimi Hendrix that portrayed him as an abusive boyfriend. His girlfriend at the time is still alive and says that movie is bullshit, he was not abusive at all and certainly didn't beat her for no reason as he's depicted in the movie. (there were a lot of other problems with that movie too but I'm not going to get into that)

[@yudhabagaskara98]

The one with Andre 3K doesn't have Jim's music though

[@fromthehaven94]

Upon further thought, the allegations of abuse wouldn't fly with a reverent biopic that would have the approval of Hendrix's surviving family members.

[@SpamEggSausage]

@@yudhabagaskara98 another reason it sucked

[@mickeyrube6623]

How could Fargo not be number 1?? The WHOLE movie didn't even happen...

[@warnermccrary9148]

Didnt see Woman King on here . The only things that weren’t true about it were the storyline, characters, and plot point

[@sasamichan]

I know there are others you could add to the list. a LOT if you go back far enough. Just can't recall titles. Only 3 on the list I actually saw.

[@rexlumontad5644]

*thumbnail* "Time to set myself free!" - Robin Williams from Epic Rap Battles of History

[@jabber1990]

a conman wrote a fictional autobiography about him being a conman? what a badass!

[@egan189]

Hidalgo should have been number 1.

[@troyevitt2437]

The employees at my local Walgreens showed their stupidity last time W/G had Red Nose Day by not being able to reference the Patch Adams connection which is why Comic Relief started the promotion.

[@manoftheusajones5147]

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[@michelleallred8521]

I loved Robin Williams in Patch Adams

[@zooropa04]

Salieri and Robert the Bruce got royally screwed by Hollywood.

[@Puppet_Gamer]

Accurate or inaccurate, some of these movies are still good in the sense that we not so secretly love them.

[@michelleallred8521]

I loved Amadeus!!!!! I actually did a report on him in high school. Love Mozart's music

[@davidsecord6412]

I never understood the idea of just where "Patch" Adams became a physician, as he was expelled from the West Virginia School of Medicine. I assume that he became a graduate and was licensed somewhere, but I find it hard to imagine that he was ever granted privileges at a facility, given his very unprofessional behavior. Odd.

[@grant9214]

Dude, I have honorary medical doctorate, because I took the medical exam and passed (and my dissertation, of course). I didn't even go to school. But I still have and can work in a hospital as a doctor intern who can prescribe drugs with his mouth. And since that's real. I don't really see an issue with patch adams being a doctor.

[@serialmiller1987]

"Amadeus should not be shown in History Class." My grade 8 music Teacher *shows Amadeus* At, least it wasn't in History class.

[@lediashields9611]

If they are going to do a bio-pic it needs to be as accurate as possible, let's face it sometimes the end result is great but the process leading up to it is a drag at times, introducing non existent characters really burns me

[@lizardog]

Right? At that point, it's no longer historical, it's fanfiction.

[@Crewgasm]

I think someone made one of Kurt Kobain of the last 4 hours. It was actually 4 hours and real time, no edits.

[@jabber1990]

the problem with Biopics is true fans already know the truth, so you're just telling the audience stuff they already know

[@devincreislerstudios]

My mom used to hang out with the real Patch Adams and thought the movie didn’t come close to reality.

[@michaelmonthey5974]

Many have also called the accuracy in “Munich” into question.

[@kairinase]

Well... that's why it's called Artistic "Lie-cense"! (Ba-Dum-Tss!!!)

[@timothyivey5497]

You do know the film Amadeus is based on a play, right?

[@merriemisfit8406]

So is 1980's "The Elephant Man", which is atrociously error-filled. The problem is that people go to see these movies -- and these plays -- and come away thinking they have witnessed a series of vignettes from real life strung together. There is no commentary to let them know when or how much fanciful embellishment is taking place. The world is full of people convinced that Salieri mentally tortured Mozart until it destroyed him, and that the man who exhibited Joseph (not John) Merrick in England was a drunkard who abused him in every way possible.

[@youtubeuser5173]

The Blind Side is also know to be inaccurate.

[@Vcaceres76]

The 4 things that always “get me” from Braveheart: 1. William Wallace was a noble, not a farmer. 2. Scottish people didn’t wear kilts back then. 3. The princess of Whales sat foot on England years after Wallace’s death. 4. In the battle of Stirling Bridge, where the hell is the bridge? 😂

[@michaelmonthey5974]

All of Oliver Stone’s movies, including Midnight Express, JFK, Platoon, and Born On The Fourth of July, have complete disregard for history, except for World Trade Center.

[@tiananesbitt7156]

Top 10 times Mojo repeated themselves!

[@KawaiiNeko333]

I was not prepared for the actual Patch Adams to look like Revolver Ocelot.

[@abellewis3062]

You forgot The Blind Side. (2009) The REAL Michael Oher hates that movie because of it's inaccuracies. Enough said.

[@KenMasters.]

He even hated how they nerfed his size and given a Forrest Gump-like behavior.

[@abellewis3062]

@@KenMasters. I heard that.

[@joemalinchalk1314]

The most bogus part of Catch Me If You Can is the model airplanes soaking in the tub to remove the decals. I can't believe that no one in the production of this movie had ever built a model plane. The decals come on a sheet that you have to apply, not on the plane.

[@michaelmonthey5974]

Lawrence of Arabia should have been mentioned for this list. It’s considered one of the greatest movies of all time, yet its depiction and portrayal of T.E. Lawrence were inaccurate.

[@BlueEyedMatt42]

So, people seem to forget what "based on" means, and the fact that movies are entertainment.

[@glazdarklee1683]

Pretty much any movie that involves Oliver Stone falls into this list. And yet many don't realize this, or care if they do. This is a problem because some of his most egregious movies involve some very important events and people.

[@filmgirlLisa]

I've been watching some historical documentaries from him and now I'm questioning the validity of them.

[@JC_wonderland]

The drop out was very accurate, Elizabeth Holmes dancing may have been a stretch, but it was the bit of comedy that did it a great justice

[@NiVi192]

Ok, I'm not entirely on board with your own "storytelling" in this video, but thank you for creating this ranking and pointing out these films' inaccuracies in the first place. I mean, a certain amount of changing facts for dramatic purposes is fine in the world of storytelling, but this is a list of films that are just so off-track and even an insult to the real circumstances. Amadeus, Alexander, Braveheart, The Patriot... just to name a few. Always begs the question of why Hollywood + all its ceremonies reward inaccuracy to such a degree (it's a dream factory - fine, but rewriting reality whilst claiming to adapt it - that's irresponsible).

[@guillermooquendo2073]

How is Troy not in this list! 😅

[@TCWRebelsResistanceWords]

I don’t care if Braveheart is completely false, it’s still one heck of an amazing film!!!

[@jasonpatrick5660]

This channel shits on that movie whenever it has a chance.

[@nsasupporter7557]

Yes, those are my exact thoughts on Patch Adams… it might not be accurate because even the the real Patch Adams hated it, but it’s got Robin Williams so damn if I’m not gonna watch it and like it! If something has Robin Williams in it it’s gonna be good… RIP

[@TCWRebelsResistanceWords]

@@nsasupporter7557 fun fact: that’s exactly what nearly everyone feels about the “original” Willy Wonka film starring Gene Wilder. Author Roald Dahl absolutely hated it because of how much that film deviated from his novel. If he was alive today, he would’ve liked the Johnny Depp version better because it’s actually “far more accurate” towards his novel, despite the fact that nearly everyone hates it. I know this due to lots of these WatchMojo fact videos & having the book been read out loud to me and having to do projects on it in both second AND third grade

[@lizardog]

@@TCWRebelsResistanceWords Dahl is so much darker than most people realize.

[@nsasupporter7557]

@@TCWRebelsResistanceWords … and then Gene Wilder hated the Johnny Depp movie, did you know that?

[@GamerFunOriginallyAarush]

At least they were trying!

[@broseph6489]

I vote for a 3 part movie serues about alexander the great. That would do it more justice

[@LeoSol13]

Yeah, honestly it would work more as an entire Netflix series or TV mini-series than a film given just how much ground it has to cover.

[@julianaylor4351]

Mel Gibson is actually too small to play William Wallace. The real man was very tall, even for the time.

[@mattalan6618]

wasnt he like over 6ft?

[@canadasleftcoast.5744]

He was also about 10 years too old. Wallace was about 35 when he died.

[@O-DogKubrick]

Next time WatchMojo, can u do Top 10 Anime TV Shows That Got Cancelled Too Soon?

[@sonicjrjr14]

No honorable mentions? How can you make a list like this and NOT include The Greatest Showman or Pearl Harbour?

[@Rusty3659]

What about Good Morning, Vietnam? There's absolutely nothing true in the entire film other than Adrian Cronouer was the first person to play rock and roll over AFRS radio and that he taught English classes to the Vietnamese. The other 99% of the film is nothing but the screenwriter's imagination.

[@bethanyauble7934]

10: The Imitation Game 9: The Doors 8: American Sniper 7: Marie Antoinette 6: Alexander 5: Patch Adams 4: Amadeus 3: A Beautiful Mind 2: Braveheart 1: Catch Me If You Can

[@booksteer7057]

To go way back, the 1941 Errol Flynn movie "They Died With Their Boots On", a biopic about George Armstrong Custer, is supposed to be horribly inaccurate. Particularly when it comes to portraying his attitude toward Native-Americans.

[@Banjo1nk]

This is convenient because not only I watched The Imitation Game two days ago, but I also wondered if it was accurate.

[@yudhabagaskara98]

Dishonorable mentions: Bombshell (2019) Green Book (2018) Argo (2012)

[@ericlurio246]

you forgot JFK.

[@micahcaraballo5917]

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) had quite a bit of inaccuracies

[@robincochran7369]

For the oldies there would be The Buster Keaton Story from 1957.

[@matthewbaduria]

Bonnie and Clyde and Great Balls Of Fire,are two of the most completely accurate biopics.

[@KevyNova]

The Buddy Holly Story with Gary Busey is almost complete fiction. Buddy’s widow Maria was behind it and she had every single important person in Buddy’s life, except for herself, completely erased.

[@kiciaharleyofalabama6105]

10. The Imitation Game 9. The Doors 8. American Sniper 7. Marie Antoinette 6. Alexander 5. Patch Adams 4. Amadeus 3. A Beautiful Mind 2. Brave heart 1. Catch Me if you Can

[@aelfredrex8354]

"The sniper kills with injurious vision."... Jim Morrison

[@stevenmanchester2104]

I was waiting for 'Wierd-The Al Yankovic Story"

[@jabber1990]

....but that's 100% factual, so they can't put it on this list

[@stevenmanchester2104]

@@jabber1990 😆😆😆😆😆

[@freya8133]

Pearl Harbor, JFK.

[@leroymc2]

"Cool Runnings"

[@ashdoginc]

Dragon the Bruce Lee Story was very inaccurate.

[@sheilarough236]

The mannerisms that Russell Crowe exhibited while portraying John Nash , especially during the height of his delusions and hallucinations, are very similar the mannerisms exhibited by the schizophrenic residents I took care of for almost 20 years

[@alessandrosantacroce9610]

Bohemian Rhapsody should have been there too. Full of historical inaccuracies.

[@a.champagne6238]

How did Stone's JFK miss the list? Jim Garrison was the polar opposite of how he was portrayed in the film. The real Garrison was the Alex Jones of his day.

[@freya8133]

Yeah but he still proved that there was more than one shooter.

[@a.champagne6238]

@@freya8133 no he didn't. Look at the actual Clay Shaw trial and not the movie version.

[@TV-Tony]

The movie The Hurricane is also wildly inaccurate.

[@kijekuyo9494]

I have always thought that some of the stories in inaccurate bios were very good, and I think it's a shame they didn't just use the same story for fiction characters. For example, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Bonnie and Clyde, and Amadeus don't really have to be about real people to be excellent. I would have enjoyed those and many others just as much or more if they were fictional events with fictional people. A good example of a fictionalized story that doesn't claim to be about real people is be 1960's Inherit the Wind.

[@shadowgirl617]

I laugh because I watched Amadeus in music class in middle school as a history lesson, only for me to find out literally 20 years later that it was an exaggeration. Oh well, at least teachers in elective classes weren't allowed to give physical homework.

[@brichan1851]

I’d put “The Woman King” as the number one. That’s just me.

[@sirtaelellevalerie1056]

not just you, most historians would.

[@fromthehaven94]

That's why I'm waiting for that to show up on Netflix.

[@viejoboros]

Yeah, could probably make a separate video of what wasn't right with Braveheart

[@jdr2k11]

Even Goodfellas had some inaccuracies according to former mob boss Michael Franzese.