History As Told By Hollywood

The Oscars are this Sunday and a number of the nominees for Best Picture are historically-based films. It's a genre that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences seems to favor: in the past five years, four out of five of the Best Picture winners were fact-based.

But when a film is based on historical facts, how much responsibility does the filmmaker have to actual events? Does a filmmaker's version of events become what an audience remembers as history?

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson looks at the issues raised by historical films with Boston Globe film critic Ty Burr, who is author of "Gods Like Us: On Movie Stardom and Motion Picture Fame." She also speaks with Robert Toplin, author of "History by Hollywood: The Use and Abuse of the American Past."

The Imitation Game (2014)

Selma (2014)

Argo (2012)

J.F.K. (1991)