Which Award Season Movies Are Based on a True Story?

The Real Story: Martin Scorsese's latest project is based on disgraced stockbroker Jordan Belfort's 2007 memoir of the same name.

How the Movie Differs: The film remains faithful to Belfort's memoir, which, as some critics have pointed out, could be part of the problem. The Belfort on screen (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) and in the book is presented as a big-time stockbroker who shook up Wall Street, when in reality he was a very successful but still relatively small-time player in the world of finance.