12 Half-Truths, Embellished Stories, And Outright Lies By Stan Lee
The greatest character he ever created was Stan Lee.
- Authors
- By Matt Solomon
- Published
- Comments
-
12
12 'The Bachelorette' Keeps Making The Winner Too Obvious
We'd say spoilers, but we're not saying anything the show doesn't already tell you.
- Authors
- By Dan Duddy
- Published
- Comments
- 9
America’s First UFO Sighting Was Way Earlier Than You Think
Conventional wisdom might finger the '40s, but the truth has been out there - or not - for literal centuries.
- Authors
- By Eirik Gumeny
- Published
- Comments
- 1
What's the Deal: Ranked Choice Voting
The pop-up book equivalent of a long political article.
- Authors
- By Eli Yudin
- Published
- Comments
- 11
The 'Ocean's Eleven' Mission Hiding Inside 'Mass Effect'
You don't usually expect a sophisticated art heist inside an outer space shoot 'em up.
- Authors
- By Eirik Gumeny
- Published
- Comments
- 7
Cracked Writers
Ryan Menezes
Thanks to 2020's wasteland of a film schedule, the upcoming Academy Awards will mostly be awarding films that never saw wide popularity, films that were just quietly shot and then sent straight to judges via screeners. So, same as most years then. But when you line all the years of Oscar films together, they add up to a fair number of movies that did leave their mark on cultural consciousness, including a bunch based on true stories. If you thought these actually taught you anything about real events, however, think again.
For details, read 5 Hollywood Happy Endings That Weren't So Happy In Real Life
For details, read 5 Real People Screwed By 'True-Story' Movies Based On Them
For details, read 5 Movies Based on a True Story (That Are Complete BS)
For details, read 6 Movies Based on a True Story (That Are Also Full of Shit)
For details, read 6 Historical Villains Who Were Actually OK Guys
For details, read 7 Movies Based on a True Story (Are Shockingly Full of Crap)
For details, read 6 Movies Based on a True Story (That Are Also Full of Shit)
For details, read 7 Movies Based on a True Story (Are Shockingly Full of Crap)
For details, read 5 'Underdog' Movies About Real People Who Weren't Underdogs
For details, read 6 Movies Based on a True Story (That Are Also Full of Shit)
For details, read 7 Oscar-Nominated 'True Story' Movies (Are Based On Lies)
For details, read 5 'Underdog' Movies About Real People Who Weren't Underdogs
For details, read 6 'Based on a True Story' Movies with Unpleasant Epilogues
For details, read 7 Movies Based on a True Story (Are Shockingly Full of Crap)
For details, read 7 Oscar-Nominated 'True Story' Movies (Are Based On Lies)
For details, read 6 Horrifying Endings That 'True Story' Movies Left Out
For details, read 5 "Geniuses" Who Drove Their Legacies Into the Ground
For details, read 5 Real People Who Got Screwed by Famous Movies Based on Them
For details, read 6 Horrifying Endings That 'True Story' Movies Left Out
For details, read 7 Oscar-Nominated 'True Story' Movies (Are Based On Lies)
For details, read 6 Movies Based on a True Story (That Are Also Full of Shit)
Related: 6 'True Story' Oscar Movies (That Are Secretly Full Of Lies)
Recommended For Your Pleasure
15 Fictional Characters You Might Not Know Are Based on Real People
Why make up an entire person, when you can just use a ready-made model?
- Authors
- By Andres Diplotti, Cracked Writers
- Published
- Comments
- 16
The Creator of Moomins Slept with Three of Her Characters
Get it, Tove Jansson!
- Authors
- By Charles Smith
- Published
- Comments
- 5
4 Dumb Ways Hollywood Kills Characters Because They Think We’re Stupid (VIDEO)
There are good ways and bad ways to kill off movie and TV characters that are poignant and not distracting. This is about the second kind.
- Authors
- By Mark Hill
- Published
- Comments
- 6
6 Ways To Dodge The Draft (And 6 Celebs Who Tried Them)
If you were an able-bodied man in years past, you could either serve your country, or you could try these methods.
- Authors
- By Ryan Menezes
- Published
- Comments
- 17
55 Crazy Stories About Famous Musicians
These stories are wild, and many of them don't even involve drugs.
- Authors
- By Cracked Writers, Ryan Menezes
- Published
- Comments
- 16
Zelda's Timeline Will Be Even Messier (Thanks To Breath Of The Wild 2)
'Zelda' has a lot of great things. An easy-to-understand timeline isn't one of them.
- Authors
- By Dan Duddy
- Published
- Comments
- 6
