'The Irishman' is a fictionalized true crime story about the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, a mystery that still hasn't been solved
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Long-time International Brotherhood of Teamsters boss, James "Jimmy" Hoffa, went missing in 1975.
While theories surrounding his disappearance are still circulating today, the case has been described as one of America's greatest unsolved mysteries.
Martin Scorsese's "The Irishman" starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci, among many other legendary actors, is a fictionalized account of Hoffa's disappearance from the point of view of Mafia hitman Frank Sheeran.
The film is based on a book by Charles Brandt, "I Heard You Paint Houses," which details interviews and confessions that Sheeran once reportedly made to Brandt before he died.