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- This movie is based on the true story of Władysław Szpilman, a Polish-Jewish pianist who lived through the German occupation of Warsaw during World War II. He is forced into hiding and must use his talents to survive. The film was adapted from Szpilman’s memoir.
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May 5, 2021 · Leonardo DiCaprio stars as real life con man Frank Abagnale Jr., who throughout the '60s and '70s cashed more than $2 million in fake checks and successfully posed as a doctor, a lawyer, a...
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Aug 10, 2022 · Catch Me If You Can is based on a true story, but how much of it is really true? We dig into the truths and lies of con man Frank Abagnale Jr.
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Nov 27, 2019 · Dirty John, a Bravo show based on a chilling true story about con-man John Meehan, just landed on Netflix. Here's what really happened to him.
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- Can You Ever Forgive Me? This movie, which got star Melissa McCarthy an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, is based on the memoir of Lee Israel, a writer who forged letters from famous literary figures.
- Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened. One of two documentaries about Fyre Festival that came out in January 2019, this Netflix film tells the story of what went wrong with the infamous music festival with a ton of behind-the-scenes footage.
- Fyre Fraud. Fyre Fraud is Hulu's Fyre Festival documentary, and it has a broader scope than the Netflix one. (More, what does this all say about us as a culture?)
- The Inventor: Out For Blood In Silicon Valley. The Inventor premiered on HBO on Mar. 18 of this year and is a documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, and her former company, Theranos.
- The Puppet Master: Hunting The Ultimate Conman. This three-part docuseries follows the epic race to track down conman Robert Hendy-Freegard who stole almost one million pounds from his multiple victims.
- Dirty John. This gripping crime thriller, whose first season is based on John Meehan, follows the well-known crime case of this pathological liar. The season follows a beautiful and successful Debra Newell, who is quickly swept off her feet into a whirlwind romance by conman Meehan.
- Dirty Money. The cliché phrase “rich get richer” takes a new form in this series looking at big-money fraud (of international proportions). This docuseries exposes the greed and corruption that exists within the world of business.
- Lords Of Scam. Lord of Scam is a French true crime documentary on Netflix, where a group of scammers con the EU carbon quota system out of millions through financial loopholes.
The Flying Conman. Abagnale rang Pan American World Airways and claimed he was a pilot who lost his uniform when it was getting cleaned at a hotel. He used a fake employee ID to complete the con and forged a Federal Aviation Administration pilot’s license. While the movie made it appear as if it was a simple process, it was anything but.
Feb 18, 2019 · Dirty John is based on a true-crime story about a manipulative conman who used dating sites to seduce and extort women. The brief description of this eight-part series, first aired on Bravo, reads: “Businesswoman Debra Newell’s life unravels when she falls for the lies and manipulation of con man John Meehan.”.
