Boys Don't Cry (1999)

Continuity: During the birthday party, the cigarette over Brandon's ear switches from right ear to left ear.

Revealing: The morning after Brandon is killed Lana wakes up with her head resting on Brandon's waist and you can clearly see her hip heaving as she breathes.

Revealing: Candace is clearly breathing after allegedly having been shot and killed.

In actual life, Lana states that Brandon never proposed to her. In fact, when she found out that Brandon was actually Teena, she ended the relationship then and there.

Though most of the characters depicted existed, there was another young lady, Mich, who, at the time, was Lana's good friend. She also knew Brandon. However, in the events following the tragedy, Mich moved out of Nebraska to avoid the attention.

In the film, Brandon escapes from John and Tom after being run roughshod by them. In actual life, John and Tom let her go after the beating, but with a stern warning not to go to the police. Brandon nevertheless went and reported the crime.