15+ True Stories That Inspired Epic Hollywood Films

Published on 06/06/2017
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Hidden Figures

Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson are three African American female mathematicians who work at NASA. Johnson developed flight trajectories for Project Mercury and other missions, these three women are brilliant beyond belief and their story is one of underlying importance. Some scenes were beefed up for entertainment value, although it’s pretty accurate.

Hidden Figures

Hidden Figures

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50 First Dates

Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler in 50 First Dates was quite the romantic comedy to watch. Barrymore portrayed a woman with a rare kind of amnesia inflicted from a car accident. Whenever she went to sleep, any and all of her recent memories were completely erased. Until she meets a man who decides to fight for her and their even though he has to remind her who he is every single day. It seemed like just your typical Hollywood rom-com but in reality, Michelle Philpots suffers from the same kind of amnesia but in her case, she met her husband before her amnesia.

50 First Dates

50 First Dates

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