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Chris Evans 2017 drama movie Gifted is a touching story about the difficulties of raising a child prodigy, but there are questions about whether it's based on a true story or pure fiction. Seven years after its initial release in theaters, Gifted has become an unexpected streaming hit. Since arriving on Prime Video, Gifted has landed in second place on the streaming charts, behind Amazons own blockbuster series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power but ahead of Zendayas tennis drama Challengers.

In Gifted, Evans stars as Frank Adler opposite Mckenna Grace as Mary Adler, his ingenious seven-year-old niece whos dropped on his doorstep after his sisters passing. Mary is a gifted kid, hence the title, with an intellect way beyond her years. Frank wants Mary to go to school with kids her age and have a normal life, but her grandmother, Evelyn wants to send her to college where her gifts can flourish.

This Oppenheimer article contains spoilers.

Oppenheimer is more than just 2024’s apparent Best Picture favorite and one-half of the “Barbenheimer” movement that shattered modern box office expectations. It’s a sweeping examination of the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer and how his work on the atomic bomb reshaped the course of human history.

Of course, even the most thorough examinations of significant real-life figures and events can’t quite cover everything you need to know about the true stories they try to tell. More importantly, many of those movies often intentionally alter or exclude certain details for the sake of storytelling. Understanding how complicated the filmmaking process can be is the key to understanding how such decisions are ultimately made.

Even a film as thorough as Oppenheimer can’t capture all of the real-life story it endeavors to bring to the big screen. Here are just a few of the...