[denydenydeny]

The Untouchables was a Romanticized piece of historical fiction. No one claimed otherwise.

You could say the same about every other movie mentioned in this thread. If you put real people in it, you make yourself vulnerable to charges of inaccuracy. The work of Max Allan Collins shows that you can make compelling history-based fiction without sacrificing accuracy.

[Borges]

You’re exactly right and that’s why the “Historical Accuracy” criterion is so silly. Drama and History are two different things and should not be judged by the same standards.