9 of This Year's Oscar-Nominated Films That Are Based on True Stories

Alejandro González Iñárritu followed up Birdman with this Western based on Michael Punke's novel. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Hugh Glass, a 19th century fur trapper whose team leaves him to die after he's mauled by a bear. He survives and sets out to exact revenge on his old pals. The film, up for a total of 13 awards (including best picture and best actor for DiCaprio), definitely fabricates parts of the story (Glass didn't have a son), but the bones of the real incident are there.