10 Based On True Story Movies That Left Out The Craziest Part

10. Solomon Northup Never Got His Happy Ending - 12 Years A Slave

In 12 Years A Slave, a free black man called Solomon Northup is kidnapped and sold as a slave in the Deep South. After spending 12 years living under the brutal conditions of several slavemasters, Northup is reunited with his wife and children.

Even though 12 Years A Slave shows Northup being lynched, beaten, and tortured, Steve McQueen's film could've been even more heart-wrenching by adding in one more detail.

In the final scene, Northup wins his freedom and embraces his family. Although this ending implies he lived happily ever after, Northup vanished without a trace four years later. At first, it was assumed he was sold into slavery again. But because he was 50 years old at the time, he would be considered far too old for enslavement. The other theory was that he was tracked down and killed by disgruntled slavemasters. The truth is nobody has a clue what really happened to him.

Although it's horrific that Northup was torn away from his family for over a decade, it's made even worse knowing he only enjoyed his reunion for four years.