these events may be a part of history
but you’d still probably want to see
them done up on the big screen welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
events that deserve Hollywood
adaptations for this list we’re focusing
mainly on major historical events and
not minor side conflicts or stories also
if the subject has featured in a
documentary it’s still eligible for this
list make no mistake we will get to the
bottom of this number 10 the Tiananmen
Square protests of 1989 the troops have
been firing indiscriminately but still
there are thousands of people on the
streets who ain’t not float back here’s
an event so controversial and
world-changing that the country it
happened in still refuses to really
acknowledge it
if that’s not film worthy we don’t know
what is the government has to admit that
this demonstration is a picture up
demonstration the 1989 student-led
protests and subsequent government
crackdown that occurred in Beijing China
contain many elements that are ripe for
a big-screen adaptation including times
of political and social unrest
unprecedented displays of military power
and an ending featuring a tragic loss of
life I’ve seen people hang up posters
saying hang leepung the premier saying
heroes they’re martyrs will never die
saying smash the fascist it would also
be amazing to see what certain directors
would do with iconic moments like the
tank man
number nine the assassination of
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria so
without even hesitating he pulled his
revolver out and fired two shots one
truck hit Ferdinand in the chest the
other hit Sophie in the stomach if any
incident could be labeled as the moment
that jump-started the events of an
entire century this was it the shooting
of the Archduke in June 1914 by a
Bosnian Serb named Gavrilo Princip
triggered a chain reaction that began
the first world war and it could be
argued that the fallout from that
conflict led to even bigger ones this
event plays like a great political
thriller and could be turned into
attention and dread filled adaptation
considering the fact that audiences
already know what happened following the
Archduke’s death number 8 the hunt for
Blackbeard this fearsome pirate deserves
more than just getting shoehorned into a
Pirates of the Caribbean sequel and what
fate befalls mutineers now we know the
answer to that do we not Newton is
formerly Edward Teach the pirate known
as Blackbeard gained notoriety in the
1700s after capturing a French merchant
ship equipping it with weapons and
naming it the Queen Anne’s Revenge
following this he went on a piracy
campaign that lasted less than a year
with the highlight being the blockade
and ransom of South Carolina before he
died in battle in 1718 if that reign of
terror isn’t reason enough
it would just be awesome to see a
faithful screen version of the real-life
inspiration for most modern pirates in
pop culture today now Phil for all
you’re wrong it started back at a profit
cuz I’m a criminal
with a bad update number seven the July
7th 2005 London bombings appears and
then it just smoke everywhere in the
tunnel was trying to close the doors
such a smoky could agree modern
terrorism came to England on July 7th
2005 when four Islamist extremists
detonated bombs on London
trains and buses during morning rush
hour killing 52 civilians not including
the perpetrators and wounding over 700
it was the worst terrorist attack in
England since 1988 s Lockerbie bombing
as well as the nation’s first ever
Islamist suicide attack despite the
tragedy the perseverance of the British
people guided them through this dark
period our determination to defend our
values and our way of life
is greater that their determination to
cause death and destruction to innocent
people a movie based on this heinous act
could focus on the heroes of that
fateful day and could serve as a
worthwhile companion piece to other
real-life terrorism based movies I’m
just calling to tell you number 6 the
Tesla Edison feud
how many geniuses does it take to invent
a light bulb just one Thomas Edison
while the visionary and prolific
inventor Thomas Edison is definitely
fascinating enough to warrant his own
movie
he often overshadows his one-time
employee and rival Nikola Tesla mr.
Edison it is a pleasure the latter was a
Serbian genius whose story was
practically tailor-made for the screen
as it features the development of
landmark and outlandish inventions and
at its core is one of the finest
examples of the mad scientist archetype
you can’t control it he’ll bring down
the city together Tesla and Edison x’
rivalry in the war of the currents where
the two battled for domination in the
field of electrical power could be a
captivating tale of two men who should
be friends but end up in direct
competition too bad we’ll never get the
chance to see David Bowie play Tesla
again though these things never quite
work as you expect them to mr. NGO
that’s one of the principal beauties of
science number 5 the search for the
Boston Marathon bombers
in April 2013 the United States was
brought to a standstill when two Chechen
brothers bombed the Boston Marathon it
was the worst attack on American soil
since 9/11 what followed was a citywide
chase and capture effort that would be a
daunting task for even the most skilled
and visionary filmmakers to put to
screen the manhunt and capture of the
tsarnaev brothers would be a suspenseful
and intense film if done right it could
be like zero dark thirty except taking
place in one city instead of across the
globe and over one week instead of well
a decade sir the agency expert gave
visual confirmation yes sir but go on a
personal number for the night which is
one of the only entries on this list
that isn’t a completely depressing event
the night witches were a group of female
Soviet pilots during World War two that
performed many successful bombing
missions for their homeland they became
the most highly decorated female unit in
the Soviet air force and legends in
their country the story of the 80 or so
women that made up this elite squadron
would make for an epic war movie showing
an aspect of the conflict that seems to
have been largely overlooked by history
number three the Chernobyl disaster
almost certainly the most severe
accident that has ever taken place in
the short history of civilian nuclear
power sure there have been movies made
about what happened after the worst
nuclear power plant accident in modern
history the scar was your protective
gear or ones where characters just
happened to wander into this irradiated
wasteland in the Ukraine but the main
event itself is just too intense and
significant to not be given its due on
film the disaster that caused
radioactive particles to be released all
across Europe triggered health defects
that persist to this day and ensured
that the area around the site wouldn’t
be habitable for the next 20 thousand
years is rife with elements that would
be fit for a taut thriller or cautionary
tale of science gone wrong number two
Jonestown also known as the People’s
Temple agricultural projects reach the
fingers out they’re bothering you
now a needle in one of the most bizarre
and deadly events of the 20th century a
cult leader named Jim Jones convinced
almost a thousand of his followers to
come with him to the South American
country of Guyana to start a religious
settlement named after him in 1978 the
people’s devotion to their leader led
them to commit the biggest mass suicide
in history with 909 of Jones followers
dying of cyanide poisoning while Jones
also killed himself Jim Jones his
religious organization and the end they
met form one of the most fascinating
stories of all time and an enigmatic
figure like Jones would be a prime
target for a strange revealing biopic he
said if you see me as your friend I’ll
be your friend as you see me as your
father I’ll be your father
he said if you see me as your God I’ll
be your God before we unveil our number
one pick here are some honorable
mentions most of the people have lost
all confidence I however speak loud and
look big at one of their plan on dying
Cooper did the unthinkable he lowered
the back stairs and jumped out of a
speeding 727 thousands of feet over the
Pacific Northwest during a raging storm
there was no sink no bathroom no stove
but it was just a barren room number one
the fall of the Berlin Wall
mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall the
moment that signaled the eventual end of
the Cold War the reunification of
Germany the lifting of the Iron Curtain
need we go on thousands and thousands of
West Germans come to make the point that
the wall has suddenly become irrelevant
that cold November 1989 night in Berlin
where the people took back their city
from communism carries so much weight
and significance that we’re honestly
shocked that no filmmakers have taken a
real crack at putting it on screen it’s
a tribute to peaceful revolution the
will of the people and even the benefits
of miscommunication as the whole thing
began due to confusion between the
government and the media hey it worked
out well in the end didn’t
do you agree with our list what real
life events do you think deserve film
adaptations for more entertaining top
10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
we’re not rivals we’re just a couple of
dreamers who set the bar a little too
high
but you’d still probably want to see
them done up on the big screen welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
events that deserve Hollywood
adaptations for this list we’re focusing
mainly on major historical events and
not minor side conflicts or stories also
if the subject has featured in a
documentary it’s still eligible for this
list make no mistake we will get to the
bottom of this number 10 the Tiananmen
Square protests of 1989 the troops have
been firing indiscriminately but still
there are thousands of people on the
streets who ain’t not float back here’s
an event so controversial and
world-changing that the country it
happened in still refuses to really
acknowledge it
if that’s not film worthy we don’t know
what is the government has to admit that
this demonstration is a picture up
demonstration the 1989 student-led
protests and subsequent government
crackdown that occurred in Beijing China
contain many elements that are ripe for
a big-screen adaptation including times
of political and social unrest
unprecedented displays of military power
and an ending featuring a tragic loss of
life I’ve seen people hang up posters
saying hang leepung the premier saying
heroes they’re martyrs will never die
saying smash the fascist it would also
be amazing to see what certain directors
would do with iconic moments like the
tank man
number nine the assassination of
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria so
without even hesitating he pulled his
revolver out and fired two shots one
truck hit Ferdinand in the chest the
other hit Sophie in the stomach if any
incident could be labeled as the moment
that jump-started the events of an
entire century this was it the shooting
of the Archduke in June 1914 by a
Bosnian Serb named Gavrilo Princip
triggered a chain reaction that began
the first world war and it could be
argued that the fallout from that
conflict led to even bigger ones this
event plays like a great political
thriller and could be turned into
attention and dread filled adaptation
considering the fact that audiences
already know what happened following the
Archduke’s death number 8 the hunt for
Blackbeard this fearsome pirate deserves
more than just getting shoehorned into a
Pirates of the Caribbean sequel and what
fate befalls mutineers now we know the
answer to that do we not Newton is
formerly Edward Teach the pirate known
as Blackbeard gained notoriety in the
1700s after capturing a French merchant
ship equipping it with weapons and
naming it the Queen Anne’s Revenge
following this he went on a piracy
campaign that lasted less than a year
with the highlight being the blockade
and ransom of South Carolina before he
died in battle in 1718 if that reign of
terror isn’t reason enough
it would just be awesome to see a
faithful screen version of the real-life
inspiration for most modern pirates in
pop culture today now Phil for all
you’re wrong it started back at a profit
cuz I’m a criminal
with a bad update number seven the July
7th 2005 London bombings appears and
then it just smoke everywhere in the
tunnel was trying to close the doors
such a smoky could agree modern
terrorism came to England on July 7th
2005 when four Islamist extremists
detonated bombs on London
trains and buses during morning rush
hour killing 52 civilians not including
the perpetrators and wounding over 700
it was the worst terrorist attack in
England since 1988 s Lockerbie bombing
as well as the nation’s first ever
Islamist suicide attack despite the
tragedy the perseverance of the British
people guided them through this dark
period our determination to defend our
values and our way of life
is greater that their determination to
cause death and destruction to innocent
people a movie based on this heinous act
could focus on the heroes of that
fateful day and could serve as a
worthwhile companion piece to other
real-life terrorism based movies I’m
just calling to tell you number 6 the
Tesla Edison feud
how many geniuses does it take to invent
a light bulb just one Thomas Edison
while the visionary and prolific
inventor Thomas Edison is definitely
fascinating enough to warrant his own
movie
he often overshadows his one-time
employee and rival Nikola Tesla mr.
Edison it is a pleasure the latter was a
Serbian genius whose story was
practically tailor-made for the screen
as it features the development of
landmark and outlandish inventions and
at its core is one of the finest
examples of the mad scientist archetype
you can’t control it he’ll bring down
the city together Tesla and Edison x’
rivalry in the war of the currents where
the two battled for domination in the
field of electrical power could be a
captivating tale of two men who should
be friends but end up in direct
competition too bad we’ll never get the
chance to see David Bowie play Tesla
again though these things never quite
work as you expect them to mr. NGO
that’s one of the principal beauties of
science number 5 the search for the
Boston Marathon bombers
in April 2013 the United States was
brought to a standstill when two Chechen
brothers bombed the Boston Marathon it
was the worst attack on American soil
since 9/11 what followed was a citywide
chase and capture effort that would be a
daunting task for even the most skilled
and visionary filmmakers to put to
screen the manhunt and capture of the
tsarnaev brothers would be a suspenseful
and intense film if done right it could
be like zero dark thirty except taking
place in one city instead of across the
globe and over one week instead of well
a decade sir the agency expert gave
visual confirmation yes sir but go on a
personal number for the night which is
one of the only entries on this list
that isn’t a completely depressing event
the night witches were a group of female
Soviet pilots during World War two that
performed many successful bombing
missions for their homeland they became
the most highly decorated female unit in
the Soviet air force and legends in
their country the story of the 80 or so
women that made up this elite squadron
would make for an epic war movie showing
an aspect of the conflict that seems to
have been largely overlooked by history
number three the Chernobyl disaster
almost certainly the most severe
accident that has ever taken place in
the short history of civilian nuclear
power sure there have been movies made
about what happened after the worst
nuclear power plant accident in modern
history the scar was your protective
gear or ones where characters just
happened to wander into this irradiated
wasteland in the Ukraine but the main
event itself is just too intense and
significant to not be given its due on
film the disaster that caused
radioactive particles to be released all
across Europe triggered health defects
that persist to this day and ensured
that the area around the site wouldn’t
be habitable for the next 20 thousand
years is rife with elements that would
be fit for a taut thriller or cautionary
tale of science gone wrong number two
Jonestown also known as the People’s
Temple agricultural projects reach the
fingers out they’re bothering you
now a needle in one of the most bizarre
and deadly events of the 20th century a
cult leader named Jim Jones convinced
almost a thousand of his followers to
come with him to the South American
country of Guyana to start a religious
settlement named after him in 1978 the
people’s devotion to their leader led
them to commit the biggest mass suicide
in history with 909 of Jones followers
dying of cyanide poisoning while Jones
also killed himself Jim Jones his
religious organization and the end they
met form one of the most fascinating
stories of all time and an enigmatic
figure like Jones would be a prime
target for a strange revealing biopic he
said if you see me as your friend I’ll
be your friend as you see me as your
father I’ll be your father
he said if you see me as your God I’ll
be your God before we unveil our number
one pick here are some honorable
mentions most of the people have lost
all confidence I however speak loud and
look big at one of their plan on dying
Cooper did the unthinkable he lowered
the back stairs and jumped out of a
speeding 727 thousands of feet over the
Pacific Northwest during a raging storm
there was no sink no bathroom no stove
but it was just a barren room number one
the fall of the Berlin Wall
mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall the
moment that signaled the eventual end of
the Cold War the reunification of
Germany the lifting of the Iron Curtain
need we go on thousands and thousands of
West Germans come to make the point that
the wall has suddenly become irrelevant
that cold November 1989 night in Berlin
where the people took back their city
from communism carries so much weight
and significance that we’re honestly
shocked that no filmmakers have taken a
real crack at putting it on screen it’s
a tribute to peaceful revolution the
will of the people and even the benefits
of miscommunication as the whole thing
began due to confusion between the
government and the media hey it worked
out well in the end didn’t
do you agree with our list what real
life events do you think deserve film
adaptations for more entertaining top
10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
we’re not rivals we’re just a couple of
dreamers who set the bar a little too
high
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