Fargo movie and the Fargo TV series open up by saying it’s based on a true story––so is it really true? The Coen brothers were inspired by two actual crimes, but Decider found that the cases aren’t connected at all in real life and much of the movie isn’t actually true, saying “It’s not so much that the Coen brothers are lying to us when they claim Fargo is based on a true story. It’s that they’re commenting on the trend of movies using fact to write their fiction while creating their own crime-filled alternate universe. Basically, that true story bit is another joke.”