Welcome to "Based on a True True Story?" a data-level examination of Hollywood "true story" films

by David McCandless, Omid Kashan, Dr. Stephanie Starling, Karl Webster @ InformationisBeautiful.net

See the interactive: http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/based-on-a-true-true-story/ ‎

Click on the sheets below to examine the data & research on each film

Wolf of Wall Street 2013 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sJDpzYH_sMYuYHqkmZeJGIq_TEXGDjboYdSoew7UjZ8/edit#gid=1939779101

Dallas Buyers Club 2013 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sJDpzYH_sMYuYHqkmZeJGIq_TEXGDjboYdSoew7UjZ8/edit#gid=1584566475

The King's Speech 2010 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sJDpzYH_sMYuYHqkmZeJGIq_TEXGDjboYdSoew7UjZ8/edit#gid=1413713852

Rush 2013 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sJDpzYH_sMYuYHqkmZeJGIq_TEXGDjboYdSoew7UjZ8/edit#gid=63161688

The Social Network 2010 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sJDpzYH_sMYuYHqkmZeJGIq_TEXGDjboYdSoew7UjZ8/edit#gid=2099489435

The Big Short 2015 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sJDpzYH_sMYuYHqkmZeJGIq_TEXGDjboYdSoew7UjZ8/edit#gid=1779677630

Spotlight 2015 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sJDpzYH_sMYuYHqkmZeJGIq_TEXGDjboYdSoew7UjZ8/edit#gid=1760605043

Captain Phillips 2013 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sJDpzYH_sMYuYHqkmZeJGIq_TEXGDjboYdSoew7UjZ8/edit#gid=1384238057

Philomena 2013 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sJDpzYH_sMYuYHqkmZeJGIq_TEXGDjboYdSoew7UjZ8/edit#gid=187744320

Bridge of Spies 2015 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sJDpzYH_sMYuYHqkmZeJGIq_TEXGDjboYdSoew7UjZ8/edit#gid=1320517961

Imitation Game 2014 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sJDpzYH_sMYuYHqkmZeJGIq_TEXGDjboYdSoew7UjZ8/edit#gid=0

12 Years a Slave 2013 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sJDpzYH_sMYuYHqkmZeJGIq_TEXGDjboYdSoew7UjZ8/edit#gid=2053130804

American Sniper 2014 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sJDpzYH_sMYuYHqkmZeJGIq_TEXGDjboYdSoew7UjZ8/edit#gid=144612110

Selma 2014 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sJDpzYH_sMYuYHqkmZeJGIq_TEXGDjboYdSoew7UjZ8/edit#gid=1777785154

Hidden Figures 2016 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sJDpzYH_sMYuYHqkmZeJGIq_TEXGDjboYdSoew7UjZ8/edit#gid=1716978444

Hacksaw Ridge 2016 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sJDpzYH_sMYuYHqkmZeJGIq_TEXGDjboYdSoew7UjZ8/edit#gid=1505114180

Lion 2016 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sJDpzYH_sMYuYHqkmZeJGIq_TEXGDjboYdSoew7UjZ8/edit#gid=1403174027

Bohemian Rhapsody 2018 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sJDpzYH_sMYuYHqkmZeJGIq_TEXGDjboYdSoew7UjZ8/edit#gid=2036812219