The Most Historically Accurate Hollywood Films

The Wolf of Wall Street

Leonardo DiCaprio's depiction of famous Wall Street stockbroker Jordan Belfort comes straight out of Belfort's memoir. The hard-party scenes and high-pressure office meetings don't seem too far-fetched to be believable. This is also Leo's second role as a famous con artist. He played forger, Frank Abagnale, in Catch Me If You Can nearly two decades ago.

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The More You Know

  • Cleopatra lived closer to the moon landing than to the building of the pyramids.
  • Toto was paid more than some of the humans in 'The Wizard of Oz'
  • Charlie Chaplin enrolled in a Charlie Chaplin lookalike competition and he came 20th in rank.
  • Darth Vader only has 12 minutes of screen time in the original Star Wars.
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