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Hidden figures should be a mention

Lincoln is set in January 1865, not 1854.

I’m surprised Oppenheimer isn’t here, I remember everyone talking about historically accurate it

huh, i must be getting blind, because im not seeing Idiocracy anywhere in the list

Tora, Tora, Tora, the longest day and the big short are my favorites about telling the true story of changing things for an entire country.

Midway(2019) deserves an honorable mention

I’ll never forget I think twelve years a slave came out when I was twelve (I’m twenty four now) and I remember watching it with my dad. I can remember a bunch of stuff about that movie but what I remember in particular were the droves of Caucasian people crying and leaving the theater as they were beating that girl in the movie, and those that didn’t leave were still crying. I’ll never forget it it’s a vivid memory.

Team America World Police isn’t on here? This list needs a redo

Till stands out to me as how America back then was and still fighting unjustice today

I would've included Oliver Stone's Born on the Fourth of July. Fantastic movie.

Where's is Argo the about the American hostage esaping from Iran ?

I would have ranked Lincoln higher, but that's just me. And Apollo 13 is a deserving movie for the top spot.

Gettysburg! Finally. My all-time favorite movie ever. Excellent, riveting, tremendous movie, epic of heroism and brutality. Great film, smashing and superior to any before or after. Great epic.

*#1.* _Independence Day_ 👽

Because it’s the Fourth of July! You forgot to say that!

I have to see more of these films. I do remember seeing the big short in theaters. That was fantastic! I've seen some of these other films as well such as zodiac and flags of our fathers although I would like to check out that other one that came out the same year.

3 historically accurate movies out of 10 include Tom hanks he is a LEGEND

Saw #10 twice. Great movie. Isn't 20/20 hindsight great ? If I heard of #9 I forgot about it. Should probably see it. Saw #8 a couple of times. Very good. I was probably too young the first time I saw it however. Saw #7. Very good. Saw #6 a few times since I was a kid. Great movie. I'm surprised it was ever made. Saw #5 once. Well made, but a sad, and depressing story. Don't need to see it again. My late father liked #4. Great movie. For #3 this appears to be a double entry. Well both are good movies. Not sure I saw #2. Was it on Netflix at any point ? Regarding the honorable mentions, I don't think I saw those 2 Clint Eastwood films. The #1 pick never gets old. Great movie. Great list.

Oppenheimer & Zero Dark Thirty snubbed

Seems to me Saving Private Ryan should be on this list as I've heard from every person who had been left from that war would leave the theater in tears after a viewing.

Missing: A League of Their Own, Catch me if you can, Miracle on Ice,

Where _Pearl Harbor_ painted a more dramatized, more-fiction-than-fact picture of the attack on the titular naval base, _Tora! Tora! Tora!_ was a much more realistic retelling and a film I wish I had seen as a sophomore in high school American history.

1:59 i thought it was galvanized square steel

How long till Idiocracy makes it onto this list?

Damn! JFK by Oliver Stone was not even mentioned once.

Saving Private Ryan? Of course the story is not based on actual history but how much more realistic can a movie be.

I'm surprised Milk + Good Night and Good Luck aren't on here

Malcolm X should be on this list. Incredibly accurate.

Amistad, Argo, Hidden Figures, Jackie

Excellent listing

Where was Dunkirk, A Bridge Too Far, and Hidden Figures?

Black Hawk Down. I know someone who went to West Point. He said they show that movie because of the story accuracy and the accuracy of how they portray the fighting.

Kinda surprised Miracle wasn't on the honourable mentions list

Not gonna lie, 12 years a slave is a good movie, but I cannot watch it again. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

We passing History class with this one!!!!!!!!!

I saw the Till movie and honestly, no other movie could hit me more 😢

The 70s version of ‘Midway’ used actual footage captured by John Ford. One of Americas greatest directors was trapped on Midway island during one of the greatest battles in history with his camera!

What about how Native people were treated in history?

Odd that Transformers: Dark of the Moon wasn't on the list. I felt it kept pretty much to the facts when it came to the Decepticon attack on Chicago.

Quite a number of Tom Hanks and Mark Ruffalo in there..

No.1 - Robocop No.2 - Idiocracy No.3 - The Addams Family

I’m surprised Selma is not mentioned

Fincher, please come back and make season 3 of Mindhunter

@2:00 according to florida schools, the movie Till never happened.

#1. Idiocracy

Great list. I have Tora, Tora, Tora, All the Presidents Men, Bridge of Spies and Apollo on BD, and thought Till, The Big Short, and 12 years a slave were good to very good. I will have to watch the other 3. I would add Black Hawk Down to at least the Honorable Mentions.

Not including Spike Lee's Malcolm X in the list practically invalidates the entire list. SMH

Free State of Jones is one of my favorite, historically accurate movies about slavery and The Civil War.

Considering the court scenes were based on actual records and in used in both college level history and legal courses, I'm surprised "Amistad" was not in the list.

I always felt that Martin Sheen was too small to play Lee, as Lee was a very tall man. I thought Daniel Day-Lewis's voice of Lincoln seemed to come closest to the "squeaky voice" that eyewitnesses described his voice as being.

If big newspapers and outlets want to be taken seriously they need to start doing their job properly. Look at things honestly and fairly. If they don't they can't blame us for not trusting them.

Seems like we’re living through “The Manchurian Candidate” right now. Also, what about “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”?

Can you guys do Best Westerns of the 21st Century so far? Between 2000 to 2023 (or 2024).

The Insider by Michael Mann???

Making a bio pic hire Tom Hanks 😂

Apollo 13 is one of my favorite movies.

Pirates of Silicon Valley…

Charlie Wilson's War was always one of my favorites.

It doesn’t help that most of them are no longer journalist

Feels like Tom Hanks is in half this list lol

As a CPA and financial analyst earlier in life, The Big Short was amazing. In a stint as an adjunct professor, I actually taught about the 2008 housing bubble.

I feel like more people should watch The Big Short it's just accurate but just a good movie in general

Tombstone should be in the list. From what I understand, they even had historians on set to try and get the events as accurate as possible

🎥🇺🇸 These films really bring American history to life! 👏🍿

I don't inherently disagree with choices on this list (though I think it is antebellum/Civil War and WWII heavy) but the order is off. The Big Short for instance is by no means perfect but takes an incredibly complex issue and makes it accessible while being still entraining it should a couple spots higher. As should Till is based on 27 years of research that led to the DOJ reopening the case plus. Also Bridge of Spies is beautiful made and important film but it has a decent amount accuracy issues especially timeline wise and characterizations.

Canadians telling us Americans about movies that are historically accurate? Well I guess they know us better than the UK, so I’m for it! 🍁🇨🇦 🇺🇸🇺🇸

Tom Hanks in 3 of 10 movies. Most realistic actor 😉

Midway was way above Pearl.

At least the longest day get a honorable mention

The right stuff?

Just go with Dumb and Dumber. That covers at least 40 percent of the USA

Where is Scarface?

I have seen several of these movies, not many of the recent ones about the civil rights movement or the slave trade due to seeing others from the past and reading so much about those horrors, but one of my favorites was in this list with All the President's Men. I have a anniversary blu-ray copy of the movie and remember, I think I was ten, when my folks showed it and explained to me what happened. I didn't fully understand it until seeing it again in a high school government class and I became transfixed. I also remember my folks telling me that the first time, just after I was born, they took me to visit my paternal grandparents was the day that Nixon resigned in disgrace. I have studied many books about him because he was a fascinating politician and president who destroyed his legacy with his lack of confidence, paranoia, and vindictive behavior. My mom made reference to him in that Trump was the return of Nixon but I pointed out that Nixon accomplished much more than Trump. Yes, Nixon was a racist, antisemitic, misogynistic, had an enemies list, and would turn his cabinet members against each other. However, his administration established EPA, opened trade with China to avoid a second cold war, he was a published author, avid bowler, and reader. Of course, besides Watergate, there were some other not so great things his administration did with the creation of the war on drugs, which the architect of it, John Ehrlichman, later said that it had nothing to do with stopping drugs but to use it against the hippie movement and Black Panthers to scare voters into putting Nixon in the White House, and then there was how secretary of state Henry Kissinger's foreign policies that involved Cambodia, leading to the rise of Pol Pot, his Khmer Rouge, and the killing fields, along with their support for the Pakistani dictator at that time fighting the Bangladesh Liberation War that lead to mass genocide. Such a dark time for our country but also a time when journalists worked the beat to get the facts of the stories and I still think that All the President's Men should be required viewing for all Americans.

Oppenheimer, Lincoln......

I hate that there are no Revolutionary movies on this list. By far my favorite time period. Yet, not enough movies.

what about hidden figures? very good movie, i had heard it was very accurate.

13 lives

@11:25 if read the actual book of "12 years a slave" it would make you wonder why and how a large segment of the african american population is so religious. slaves were force fed Christianity, a religion which preaches forgiveness to those who wronged them no matter what.

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Patton.

The press still is..just people choose not to listen...

What about Borat?

There are no passenger pigeons in the period films, so no.

Idiocracy really should be on the list. :)

Saving private Ryan

I know the movie adaptation of the book Unbroken where it shows the cruelty of the Japanese during World War II. I think that should be on the top 20 list for being historically accurate.

13 Days

This Film in Tecnoglogi of the Future!😊

What about Hidden Figures??

Happy 4th of July USA

Never seen any of these movies... Anyways Happy 4th Of July Everyone!

USA! USA! USA!

oppenheimer?

Kind of surprised that there's no Westerns on this list. Unforgiven or Little Big Man for instance.

Sadly it never fails to surprise me that no other cultures live in America other than black and white when any sort of accuracy is applied if they care to show it at all. Lmao😂

There was a movie about the Rodney King riots that had multiple stories that all overlapped that day. I wonder how accurate that was?

Hidden figures October sky

January 1865.

I’ve not seen Till, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Gettysburg, On The Basis Of Sex and The Longest Day.