Season 2 has the Versace family screaming that everything about their son Gianni that is portrayed on screen is utter fiction.

Simpson trial was refocused through lenses of racism and sexism, making prosecutor Marcia Clark a central and sympathetic figure.

We saw that with the first season of American Crime Story, where the O.J. Most 'true crime' adaptations for any size screen takes some liberties to tell a better story, even if it's just reangling the way the story is told. The latter advertises itself as a true crime film, based on the autobiography of Molly Bloom, a high stakes poker 'entrepreneur.' But how real is Molly's Game?

Ever since the podcast Serial became a surprise hit in 2014, small and large screens have run to jump on the bandwagon, from Ryan Murphy's American Crime Story series on FX, to Molly's Game in the movie theaters. The 'true crime' genre has been making a ferocious comeback this decade.