Most Inaccurate Historical Movies (Name films with the most glaring lack of historical accuracy)

self | September 24, 2011 | PJ-Comix

[Clock King]

Great...another Roots hater. Yes, it was fiction, we know that. But don’t give us any damn stories about happy singing slaves.

[tlb]

I always get a kick out of The Commancheros. Clean shaven, showered Texas Rangers in freshly pressed shirts riding around pre-statehood Texas in disciplined column of twos like Prussian lancers. Equipped with copious quantities of repeating Winchester rifles and Colt revolver models not designed for another thirty to forty years. Fun movie.

>>> At least Midway tried to maintain a thread of historical accuracy

Mainly what Midway tried to do was see how many clips they could steal from older war movies to keep production costs down, and thereby take away time from Charleton Heston’s over-emoting regarding his son to the bare tolerable minimum. Midway recycles much of Tora Tora Tora’s attack scenes, 30 Seconds Over Tokyo, Away All Boats, and about a dozen more.

[wally_bert]

I was probably way too young but would have probably loved that.

[Judith Anne]

Wss Moses in Ben Hur? Or was that the Pharoah?

[Revolting cat!]

Jailhouse Rock.

[PJ-Comix]

Chuck Connors as a tall blue-eyed Geronimo.

[tx_eggman]

Inglorious Bastards

I win.

[rbg81]

Concur about Battle of the Bulge. The one thing I liked about it was Robert Shaw’s performance as Col Hessler. Whenever I think of a stereo-typical Nazi officer, I think of him. Paradoxically, Robert Shaw was Jewish.

[Billthedrill]

On the upside, I refuse to believe One Million Years B.C. wasn't spot-on. Who ya gonna believe, some stupid archaeologist or Raquel Welch?

[wally_bert]

I wanted my money back after watching that horrible letdown.

[william clark]

The Bustert Keaton Story. It was as if there was a generic Hollywood biopic script sitting around and the studio execs just shoehorned a few actual Keaton bits into it.

[Raycpa]

Animal House: Germans Bombed Pearl Harbor

"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?"

[Snickering Hound]

Pearl Harbor. Even a very not guilty Kate Beckinsale could save that turkey.

[Chaguito]

Bridge on the River Kwai

Great movie study of human character, but really bad history.

[Chuckster]

About the only historical accuracy in “The Patriot” is the costuming.

[GeronL]

I agree but Clive is mega-hot so who cares?

I sure hope your female... nah, not really.... but are you blonde??

/joking

[Billthedrill]

Forget it, he’s rolling...

[oh8eleven]

There was a single general who was warning of an impending counterattack, etc.
As the Germans built up for the attack, they cut their own communications drastically to avoid giving away their plan.
The allies thought the silence indicated they were done and just waiting to surrender.

[mlo]

"King Arthur starring Clive Owen takes the prize... Absolutely a disgrace, especially for a film that went out of it's way to claim historicity.

Historical accuracy about King Arthur?

[I still care]

I’ve only found a few, The Longest Day, Tora Tora Tora, A Night to Remember, and unbelievable Oliver Stone’s World Trade Center are some of them. Military movies do better, I guess because they are better documented with a little less political spin.

There are some errors but the filmmakers made an effort. Midway, the original uncut which is difficult to find, has some good accurate military stuff but they insisted on adding a totally inane idiotic love story and drama.