 Old Contemptible  | 19 Dec 2023 11:54 p.m. PST |
Historical films that are mostly accurate. In the theater or TV. Here is my list: Not in any particular order. A Bridge Too Far
Judgment at Nuremberg
Monument Men
Glory
Gettysburg
Enemy at the Gates
Das Boot
Ford v. Ferrari
Oppenheimer
Lincoln
Good Night and Good Luck
Seabiscuit
Spartacus
Lawrence of Arabia
The Right Stuff
Chernobyl (HBO)
Schindler's List
Midway (1976)
Midway (2019)
Waterloo (1970)
Secretariat
Patton (1970)
Band of Brothers
The Pacific
ZULU
Zulu Dawn |
| Eumelus | 20 Dec 2023 12:31 a.m. PST |
Die Wannseekonferenz (The Wannsee Conference), later remade in English as "Conspiracy" |
 ochoin | 20 Dec 2023 12:59 a.m. PST |
An Accidental Soldier
Always Another Dawn
Attack Force Z
Australia
Beneath Hill 60
Between Wars
Breaker Morant
A Case of Honour
Charlotte Gray
Curtin For Australia
For the Honour of Australia
Forbidden Ground
Forty Thousand Horsemen
Gallipoli
Ghosts of War
Harry's War If the Huns Came to Melbourne The Last Bullet
Lindsay's Boy
The Long Way Home
Lore
Mithivedi
Odd Angry Shot
Outbreak of Hostilities The Railway Man
The Rats of Tobruk
The Lighthorse Men
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em
Three Kings
The Water Diviner
William Kelly's War |
| forrester | 20 Dec 2023 2:51 a.m. PST |
Battle of Britain
The Longest Day
Young Winston |
| Deucey | 20 Dec 2023 6:35 a.m. PST |
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| Deucey | 20 Dec 2023 7:29 a.m. PST |
Big Trouble in Little China😇 |
 KimRYoung | 20 Dec 2023 8:13 a.m. PST |
Son of the Morning Star
Tombstone
Charlie Wilsons War
The Man Who Never Was (Operation Mincemeat)
Great Escape? |
| robert piepenbrink | 20 Dec 2023 9:08 a.m. PST |
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| Little Red | 20 Dec 2023 11:45 a.m. PST |
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| Deucey | 20 Dec 2023 11:56 a.m. PST |
Disney, Alamo John Wayne, Alamo Daniel Day Lewis, Last of the Mohicans |
| Deucey | 20 Dec 2023 11:57 a.m. PST |
The Ten Commandments The Chosen |
| Grattan54 | 20 Dec 2023 12:08 p.m. PST |
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| Perris0707 | 20 Dec 2023 12:23 p.m. PST |
Titanic
Khartoum
The Mission |
| David Manley | 20 Dec 2023 1:07 p.m. PST |
Yangtse Incident
Battle of the River Plate
The Longest Day |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 22 Dec 2023 3:23 p.m. PST |
Fargo (1996). It says so right in the opening: "This is a true story. The events depicted in this film took place in Minnesota in 1987. At the request of the survivors, the names have been changed. Out of respect for the dead, the rest has been told exactly as it occurred." |
| 21eRegt | 23 Dec 2023 7:50 p.m. PST |
Wow, so many movies I am unfamiliar with. Time to get to work! |
 miniMo | 26 Dec 2023 9:48 a.m. PST |
The Marcus-Nelson Murders (TV Movie 1973, pilot for Kojak).
Falls in the mostly accurate band. Names were changed, and it was reporters that unravelled the police prejudice and corruption, no on in the entire NYPD attempted to intervene. Pity the network intervened in the deelopment of the TV series that folloed and insisted that it stay clear of exposing the many intrinsic flaws throughout the NYPD.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kojak |
| Tortorella | 26 Dec 2023 8:44 p.m. PST |
Here are some others not previously named. Some like Saving Private Ryan are not accurate as to premise but battle scenes are. Some capture the spirit or intensity of the event in a strong way, including the emotional impact on the participants. A few, like The 12th Man, tell gripping true stories well. All Quiet on the Western Front
Paths of Glory
The Cruel Sea
Master and Commander
Hornblower (tv)
12 O'Clock High
We Were Soldiers
Saving Private Ryan
The Bedford Incident
The Last Samurai
Flags of Our Fathers
Letters From Okinawa
The Crossing
Thin Red Line
The 12th Man
The Sand Pebbles |
