[PJ-Comix]

Your turn. Name the most factually accurate movies you've seen and why.

[MasterGunner01]

Factually accurate movies, by my definition, show real people doing real things. There are some very good WW2 color documentaries by famous Hollywood directors.

1. The Battle of Midway (John Ford - 1942). Ford was there and got a Purple Heart from bomb shrapnel.
2. The Fighting Lady (William Wyler - 1944). A documentary buily around the carrier USS YORKTOWN (CV-10) in the Pacific War.
3. Memphis Belle (William Wyler -1944). A documentary about the first B-17F to survive 25 missions over Europe in 1942-1943.
4. Thunderbolt (William Wyler - 1947. A documentary about a P-47 squadron flying from Sardinia against Italian targets in the Mediterranean Theater.
5. Battle of San Pietro (John Houston - 1945). A documentary about the fight to take the Italian town of San Pietro. There was some criticism that some scenes were recreated after the battle was won, but a very good film.
6. George Stevens WW2 Footage (George Stevens - 1945). Raw film footage shot by Steven's Signal Corps film unit that includes liberation of the concentration camp of Dachau.
7. George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin (George Stevens - 1994). A TV movie documentary about George Steven's WW2 combat camera unit with various members narrating parts they lived.

[Radix]

Woodstock.

[Billthedrill]

The Rocky Horror Picture Show. It's actually about 0bama campaign headquarters.

Prove it isn't true.

[Kickass Conservative]

Signal 30.

[rdcbn]

Two that come to mind are

Cease Fire, a 1953 war film about the Korean War. It was filmed in Korea in 1953 during the war. Most of the actors were actually US soldiers who volunteered to do the movie. A couple of the military actors left early to go back to their units to fight. At least one was KIA after he left the filming.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1paqosv25Sw#t=11

Another is the German U-Boat movie Das Boot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-8TtwnSS6Q

[Intolerant in NJ]

“A Christmas Story” catches the mood of the times and the culture very well.....

[stylin19a]

Would Audie Murphy play the role of himself in a factually inaccurate movie “To Hell and Back”?

[Clemenza]

The Battle of Algiers was wickedly accurate and impartial. It was made with both actors and consultants who fought on both sides of the conflict.

[raybbr]

If we’re talking about novels - hands down: “The Maltese Falcon”.

[trebb]

Wag the Dog

[Faith65]

bkmk

[Tijeras_Slim]

2012

Because when hasn’t the fate of humanity hinged upon the acting ability of John Cusack?

[DungeonMaster]

I hope “Patton” made the list.

[martin_fierro]

Things got pretty medieval.