10 Movies With Surprising Real World Consequences

Director Oliver Stone has never been one to shy away from controversy, so it's not a surprise that he chose to make a movie about the killing of John F. Kennedy.

With 1991's JFK, Stone explored the idea that Lee Harvey Oswald was not the only party involved in the shooting and stars Kevin Costner as a government agent tasked with finding "the truth".

The movie was loved and hated in equal measure; some praised its performances and cinematography, whilst others lambasted its lack of historical accuracy.

Its subtitle was "The Story That Won't Go Away", which is ironic because the files on JFK's assassination were actually reopened as a result of this film.

JFK's popularity sparked a resurgence in interest in the popular leader's untimely death. As a result, the US government passed the JFK Assassination Records Collection Act, which allowed for the files on the President to be made public in 2017.

Without this film causing such a furore, those files would still be under lock and key today.

Are we any closer to finding out what actually happened that fateful day in Dallas? Well, no, but at least we've got something else to read.