we’ll build up land down there a free
men and free women and free children and
freedom with these films the past comes
alive on the silver screen come on I’ll
show you
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
historically accurate movies yeah for
this list we’re looking at films that
have been praised as great historical
movies with only minor anachronisms or
inaccuracies
unless claw number 10 come and see you
think it’s funny you won’t laugh long
the good times are over
y’all learn your lesson a subversive
response to a long history of Soviet war
propaganda films come and see was
written by director LM clima with the
help of an ex-parte esand fought against
the nazis along with numerous eyewitness
accounts it’s get those all out war his
objective to exterminate all of us and
what is our duty we ought to defend this
place to the last of us standing here
the production of this objective and
realistic portrayal of the German
occupation of bi-lo Russia was almost as
brutal as the subject matter I lost all
my children in that burning hell Alexei
Kravchenko playing the lead role was a
non-professional actor who endured
fatigue and hunger during filming all
the while dodging live ammunition used
instead of blanks for the filming
meanwhile wartime documentary style
footage made the film a stunning
testament to the suffering endured by
ordinary people fighting for their lives
on the Russian front
Oh
number nine Flags of Our Fathers I
finally came to the conclusion that
maybe he was right maybe there’s no such
thing as heroes in 1945 Joe Rosenthal’s
iconic photograph of US Marines raising
the stars and stripes on the captured
island of Iwo Jima brought Fame to its
subjects six guys raising a flag over a
wall Jima victory is our your 3m right
this was the fifth day sir the battle
went on for 35 more Clint Eastwood’s
epic war film was based on a
best-selling book written by the son of
one of the men in the photo James
Bradley who also provided narration and
interviews with veterans for the movie
I’m sorry sorry we were the best father
a man could have Flags of Our Fathers
depiction of the horrors of warfare and
the tragedy of what comes after was
praised by the US Marine Corps chief
historian for its attention to detail
and historical verisimilitude
particularly the depiction of the harsh
terrain where the Marines fought
number eight Lincoln might those people
i freed be ordered back into slavery
historians and critics gave a warm
reception to this painstaking recreation
of President Lincoln’s fight to have the
13th amendment passed in the closing
months of the American Civil War it’s
not a military campaign
it’s the amendment to abolish slavery
why else would you force me to invite
demented radicals into my home the film
was shot in Richmond Fredericksburg and
Petersburg in Virginia where historical
architecture from the period remains
today Daniel day-lewis received
widespread accolades for his masterful
performance as President Lincoln paying
attention to key character details like
the president’s unexpectedly high voice
and propensity as a master storyteller
she grabbed ahold of a stick of firewood
and fractured his skull and he died in
his will he wrote hey spec C has killed
me Tommy Lee Jones was also praised for
his performance as Fatiha Stevens a
nineteenth-century master of insults and
sarcastic wit favori is the only insult
to natural law you vacuous nincompoop
number seven das boat he’s my admission
jokes nish these
this claustrophobic depiction of wartime
life aboard a German u-boat submarine
was based on a novel by lotar Gunther
Buchan who served as a naval war
correspondent on the you 96 during world
war ii s Battle of the Atlantic
with the commander of the you 96 as
technical adviser an obsessively
accurate replica of the vessel interior
was built which could be hydraulically
rocked shaken and tilted up to 45
degrees
realism was also enhanced by location
shooting at the wartime boat pen at La
Rochelle das boat is a stunning
depiction of the confinement tedium and
terror of ordinary men caught in the war
beneath the waves no items may be dried
number six tora tora tora nemuri
kyoshiro Khushi Rita Toluca Cole
monatomic doing up this documentary like
account of the attack on Pearl Harbor
showed both sides of the battle
emphasizing the historical context and
detailed planning of the attack Japan is
going to attack us
the 29th is only four days off producers
and directors from Japan and the United
States filmed their perspectives
separately which were then combined into
a single film
technical advisors from both sides were
spared no expense to make the sets and
scenes as true to life as possible
conformation captain dangler voucher
confirmation full scale replicas of
naval vessels were built and American
training planes were made to resemble
wartime Japanese planes which added to
the realism of what was being shown on
screen number 5 12 years of slave well I
don’t want to survive I wanted it
based on the 1853 biography of freed
ex-slave Solomon Northup this film was
praised by historians and critics alike
for its brutal depiction of the reality
of slavery and Louisiana hundred
thousand cotton day-in day-out more than
any man here and for that I will be
clean that’s all right
Steve McQueen’s distinct directorial
style and the unforgettable performances
of chouet elegio for and others helped
to bring the cruelty and barbarity of
slavery to horrific life hey garage who
was so fast over his head in a hornet’s
nest running around the patio to catch
you running around you better get away
12 years of slave vividly portrays the
social and historical realities of a
past where men and women were used and
abused as chattel while emphasizing
Solomon northup’s astonishing
achievements I will not fall into
despair I will offer up my talents to
master Ford I will keep myself hearty
till sweet on this opportunity number
four
The Pianist your boy he firstly vienen
duncan soul then record list Mia it’s a
sign villainous William
it’s Minnesotan get out darling this
film was closely based on an
autobiographical book by pianist and
Holocaust survivor
Vladislav Spielman yes he’s polish white
of King coat I’m gold
however director Roman Polanski had
additional motivation to respect the
history on which the pianist draws as he
himself survived the Holocaust in Krakow
this is disgraceful
who dared not people are like they want
to be better Nazis and Hitler this story
of one talented man struggled to survive
in the warsaw ghetto is heartbreaking
and poignant and a testament to
Polanski’s effort to recreate the
setting in every detail from the
oppression of the ghetto streets to
specific songs Spielman played the
pianist is a haunting vision of
suffering made more disturbing by the
beauty of the music
number three Schindler’s List as Hebrew
from the Talmud
it says whoever saves one life saves the
world entire Steven Spielberg’s
award-winning movie is considered by
many to be the greatest film about the
horrors of the Holocaust ever made shut
up yeah this tale of German
industrialist Oscar Schindler strategy
to save Jews from mechanized
extermination is a showcase of the highs
and lows of the human condition immense
thought something he’s brought him
before the Emperor he throws himself
down on the ground he begs for mercy he
knows he’s going to die and the Emperor
pardons him Holocaust survivor Leopold
poldek pfefferberg spent years working
to have this story of one man’s struggle
to save those caught in the maw of a
destructive hate machine made and
Spielberg’s grim and realistic portrayal
helps ensure it will never be forgotten
the list is life
all around its margins nice to come
number 2 downfall ibrahim khan asaf
carrot sauce vanish Maha payment
adjustments episode Fela Fela Sophia
currency all metric month the paranoia
and surreal madness of Adolf Hitler’s
last 10 days holed up in his bunker were
masterfully recreated in downfall a war
flick known in Germany as dear
inter-gang above its human hand Rome
does it kissing betty vanassa Evans is a
staff artists a hawkish manicou leaders
can come based on extensive historical
research the film features fearsomely
factual depictions of some of modern
history’s most vile figures in fact many
of hitler’s lines were derived from
actual quotations taken from his writing
ha ha
4-iron – our babies are not over drugs
van I swore an oath the horror of an art
cazuca torture function of our these of
our seven bachao beti my inner beauty
patch our bruno ganz gave a terrifying
performance as Hitler both at his most
monstrous and his most human control of
Hermes media and for flew about 600
Desna thunders this film shows how at
the end of the day even the most
despicable man in history is still just
a man as papa
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions Sultan
has one great trap to be a good soldier
you must love the army to be a good
commander you must be willing to order
the death of the thing love hurry
Society can’t exist without the family
we’re not against that you’re not what
it can two men reproduce no but God
knows we keep trying you need me a lot
more than I need you
I I like solving problems commander and
enigma is the most difficult problem in
the world
sit down our local have ice so what can
you little supper get you to answer no
fool no shit Gemma deja Hobie solution
one number one Apollo 13 hey we’ve got a
problem here
what did you do nothing I stirred the
tanks whoa hey this tale of a brush with
fatal disaster in orbit was based on a
book written by science writer Geoffrey
Kluger and Apollo 13 mission commander
Jim Lovell as well as first-hand
testimony of other astronauts gentlemen
it’s been a privilege flying with you
made with the technical support of NASA
the historical document exactly
production of Apollo 13 modules and
control rooms we don’t have control do
we miss a step here control what what
the hell happen zero-gravity scenes were
even filmed in the same kc-135 plane
also called the vomit comet used to
simulate weightlessness during astronaut
training the tense tale of survival in
space against the odds gained universal
praise from real astronauts and earned
the filmmakers two Oscars out of nine
nominations be the worst disaster NASA’s
ever experienced with all due respect
sir I believe this is going to be our
finest hour do you agree with our list
what do you think is the most
historically accurate film for more
accurate top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
onesies Mouse
men and free women and free children and
freedom with these films the past comes
alive on the silver screen come on I’ll
show you
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
historically accurate movies yeah for
this list we’re looking at films that
have been praised as great historical
movies with only minor anachronisms or
inaccuracies
unless claw number 10 come and see you
think it’s funny you won’t laugh long
the good times are over
y’all learn your lesson a subversive
response to a long history of Soviet war
propaganda films come and see was
written by director LM clima with the
help of an ex-parte esand fought against
the nazis along with numerous eyewitness
accounts it’s get those all out war his
objective to exterminate all of us and
what is our duty we ought to defend this
place to the last of us standing here
the production of this objective and
realistic portrayal of the German
occupation of bi-lo Russia was almost as
brutal as the subject matter I lost all
my children in that burning hell Alexei
Kravchenko playing the lead role was a
non-professional actor who endured
fatigue and hunger during filming all
the while dodging live ammunition used
instead of blanks for the filming
meanwhile wartime documentary style
footage made the film a stunning
testament to the suffering endured by
ordinary people fighting for their lives
on the Russian front
Oh
number nine Flags of Our Fathers I
finally came to the conclusion that
maybe he was right maybe there’s no such
thing as heroes in 1945 Joe Rosenthal’s
iconic photograph of US Marines raising
the stars and stripes on the captured
island of Iwo Jima brought Fame to its
subjects six guys raising a flag over a
wall Jima victory is our your 3m right
this was the fifth day sir the battle
went on for 35 more Clint Eastwood’s
epic war film was based on a
best-selling book written by the son of
one of the men in the photo James
Bradley who also provided narration and
interviews with veterans for the movie
I’m sorry sorry we were the best father
a man could have Flags of Our Fathers
depiction of the horrors of warfare and
the tragedy of what comes after was
praised by the US Marine Corps chief
historian for its attention to detail
and historical verisimilitude
particularly the depiction of the harsh
terrain where the Marines fought
number eight Lincoln might those people
i freed be ordered back into slavery
historians and critics gave a warm
reception to this painstaking recreation
of President Lincoln’s fight to have the
13th amendment passed in the closing
months of the American Civil War it’s
not a military campaign
it’s the amendment to abolish slavery
why else would you force me to invite
demented radicals into my home the film
was shot in Richmond Fredericksburg and
Petersburg in Virginia where historical
architecture from the period remains
today Daniel day-lewis received
widespread accolades for his masterful
performance as President Lincoln paying
attention to key character details like
the president’s unexpectedly high voice
and propensity as a master storyteller
she grabbed ahold of a stick of firewood
and fractured his skull and he died in
his will he wrote hey spec C has killed
me Tommy Lee Jones was also praised for
his performance as Fatiha Stevens a
nineteenth-century master of insults and
sarcastic wit favori is the only insult
to natural law you vacuous nincompoop
number seven das boat he’s my admission
jokes nish these
this claustrophobic depiction of wartime
life aboard a German u-boat submarine
was based on a novel by lotar Gunther
Buchan who served as a naval war
correspondent on the you 96 during world
war ii s Battle of the Atlantic
with the commander of the you 96 as
technical adviser an obsessively
accurate replica of the vessel interior
was built which could be hydraulically
rocked shaken and tilted up to 45
degrees
realism was also enhanced by location
shooting at the wartime boat pen at La
Rochelle das boat is a stunning
depiction of the confinement tedium and
terror of ordinary men caught in the war
beneath the waves no items may be dried
number six tora tora tora nemuri
kyoshiro Khushi Rita Toluca Cole
monatomic doing up this documentary like
account of the attack on Pearl Harbor
showed both sides of the battle
emphasizing the historical context and
detailed planning of the attack Japan is
going to attack us
the 29th is only four days off producers
and directors from Japan and the United
States filmed their perspectives
separately which were then combined into
a single film
technical advisors from both sides were
spared no expense to make the sets and
scenes as true to life as possible
conformation captain dangler voucher
confirmation full scale replicas of
naval vessels were built and American
training planes were made to resemble
wartime Japanese planes which added to
the realism of what was being shown on
screen number 5 12 years of slave well I
don’t want to survive I wanted it
based on the 1853 biography of freed
ex-slave Solomon Northup this film was
praised by historians and critics alike
for its brutal depiction of the reality
of slavery and Louisiana hundred
thousand cotton day-in day-out more than
any man here and for that I will be
clean that’s all right
Steve McQueen’s distinct directorial
style and the unforgettable performances
of chouet elegio for and others helped
to bring the cruelty and barbarity of
slavery to horrific life hey garage who
was so fast over his head in a hornet’s
nest running around the patio to catch
you running around you better get away
12 years of slave vividly portrays the
social and historical realities of a
past where men and women were used and
abused as chattel while emphasizing
Solomon northup’s astonishing
achievements I will not fall into
despair I will offer up my talents to
master Ford I will keep myself hearty
till sweet on this opportunity number
four
The Pianist your boy he firstly vienen
duncan soul then record list Mia it’s a
sign villainous William
it’s Minnesotan get out darling this
film was closely based on an
autobiographical book by pianist and
Holocaust survivor
Vladislav Spielman yes he’s polish white
of King coat I’m gold
however director Roman Polanski had
additional motivation to respect the
history on which the pianist draws as he
himself survived the Holocaust in Krakow
this is disgraceful
who dared not people are like they want
to be better Nazis and Hitler this story
of one talented man struggled to survive
in the warsaw ghetto is heartbreaking
and poignant and a testament to
Polanski’s effort to recreate the
setting in every detail from the
oppression of the ghetto streets to
specific songs Spielman played the
pianist is a haunting vision of
suffering made more disturbing by the
beauty of the music
number three Schindler’s List as Hebrew
from the Talmud
it says whoever saves one life saves the
world entire Steven Spielberg’s
award-winning movie is considered by
many to be the greatest film about the
horrors of the Holocaust ever made shut
up yeah this tale of German
industrialist Oscar Schindler strategy
to save Jews from mechanized
extermination is a showcase of the highs
and lows of the human condition immense
thought something he’s brought him
before the Emperor he throws himself
down on the ground he begs for mercy he
knows he’s going to die and the Emperor
pardons him Holocaust survivor Leopold
poldek pfefferberg spent years working
to have this story of one man’s struggle
to save those caught in the maw of a
destructive hate machine made and
Spielberg’s grim and realistic portrayal
helps ensure it will never be forgotten
the list is life
all around its margins nice to come
number 2 downfall ibrahim khan asaf
carrot sauce vanish Maha payment
adjustments episode Fela Fela Sophia
currency all metric month the paranoia
and surreal madness of Adolf Hitler’s
last 10 days holed up in his bunker were
masterfully recreated in downfall a war
flick known in Germany as dear
inter-gang above its human hand Rome
does it kissing betty vanassa Evans is a
staff artists a hawkish manicou leaders
can come based on extensive historical
research the film features fearsomely
factual depictions of some of modern
history’s most vile figures in fact many
of hitler’s lines were derived from
actual quotations taken from his writing
ha ha
4-iron – our babies are not over drugs
van I swore an oath the horror of an art
cazuca torture function of our these of
our seven bachao beti my inner beauty
patch our bruno ganz gave a terrifying
performance as Hitler both at his most
monstrous and his most human control of
Hermes media and for flew about 600
Desna thunders this film shows how at
the end of the day even the most
despicable man in history is still just
a man as papa
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions Sultan
has one great trap to be a good soldier
you must love the army to be a good
commander you must be willing to order
the death of the thing love hurry
Society can’t exist without the family
we’re not against that you’re not what
it can two men reproduce no but God
knows we keep trying you need me a lot
more than I need you
I I like solving problems commander and
enigma is the most difficult problem in
the world
sit down our local have ice so what can
you little supper get you to answer no
fool no shit Gemma deja Hobie solution
one number one Apollo 13 hey we’ve got a
problem here
what did you do nothing I stirred the
tanks whoa hey this tale of a brush with
fatal disaster in orbit was based on a
book written by science writer Geoffrey
Kluger and Apollo 13 mission commander
Jim Lovell as well as first-hand
testimony of other astronauts gentlemen
it’s been a privilege flying with you
made with the technical support of NASA
the historical document exactly
production of Apollo 13 modules and
control rooms we don’t have control do
we miss a step here control what what
the hell happen zero-gravity scenes were
even filmed in the same kc-135 plane
also called the vomit comet used to
simulate weightlessness during astronaut
training the tense tale of survival in
space against the odds gained universal
praise from real astronauts and earned
the filmmakers two Oscars out of nine
nominations be the worst disaster NASA’s
ever experienced with all due respect
sir I believe this is going to be our
finest hour do you agree with our list
what do you think is the most
historically accurate film for more
accurate top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
onesies Mouse
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