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PolitiFact fact-checks the veracity of movies based on actual events. We call this project MovieFact. 

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‘How is this not a Pants on Fire?’: What PolitiFact readers thought of recent fact-checks

‘How is this not a Pants on Fire?’: What PolitiFact readers thought of recent fact-checks

By Amy Sherman • December 20, 2023
MovieFact: ‘Oppenheimer’ sticks close to historic record, with some liberties

MovieFact: ‘Oppenheimer’ sticks close to historic record, with some liberties

By Jon Greenberg • August 25, 2023
The Trial of the Chicago 7: What the movie gets right, and wrong

The Trial of the Chicago 7: What the movie gets right, and wrong

By Samantha Putterman • April 18, 2021
Fact-checking 'Mank,' the movie about the movie 'Citizen Kane'

Fact-checking 'Mank,' the movie about the movie 'Citizen Kane'

By Noah Y. Kim • April 16, 2021
Fact-checking 'Judas and the Black Messiah,' the film about the killing of a Black Panther leader

Fact-checking 'Judas and the Black Messiah,' the film about the killing of a Black Panther leader

By Jon Greenberg • April 14, 2021
Fact-checking ‘Hamilton’ the musical

Fact-checking ‘Hamilton’ the musical

By Bill McCarthy • July 1, 2020
Fact-check: How true is Green Book?

Fact-check: How true is Green Book?

By Manuela Tobias • February 7, 2019
Fact-checking Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman

Fact-checking Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman

By Manuela Tobias • August 30, 2018
PolitiFact fact-checks Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, The Post

PolitiFact fact-checks Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, The Post

By Jon Greenberg • March 2, 2018
Fact-checking the movie The Post, Oscar nominee for best picture

Fact-checking the movie The Post, Oscar nominee for best picture

By John Kruzel • February 26, 2018
Fact-check: Darkest Hour movie gets Winston Churchill mostly right

Fact-check: Darkest Hour movie gets Winston Churchill mostly right

By Jon Greenberg • February 26, 2018
Dunkirk fact-check: Movie indulges a few myths but also uses the facts

Dunkirk fact-check: Movie indulges a few myths but also uses the facts

By Jon Greenberg • February 26, 2018