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The big moneymakers at the box office, at least of late, are often fantastical, over the top superhero productions that take audiences to a whole different world, and those are fine and good. Absolutely nothing wrong with a good deep dive into the imaginary, but when it comes to narrative and award-contenders, there's always a pinch of reality sewed into the mix. That is likely because as mundane and strenuous as it may seem, real life always tends to make for good storytelling—at least for those people who know what they're doing when they sit down in front of a blank page.