Mind-Blowing Films That Are Based on Real People

The Social Network

The Social Network is based on a book that was written by Ben Mezrich titled "The Accidental Billionaires", which chronicles the life of Mark Zuckerberg and his colleagues as they became the founders of Facebook. Jessie Eisenberg stars as the distraught and removed Mark Zuckerberg as he navigates the world of for-profit engineering. This movie was nominated for eight Oscars and it snagged three of them. 

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The More You Know

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