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33+ Movies That Nailed the Historical Accuracy According to Tell Me Best

"Whenever the words 'based on a true story' are at the start of a movie, it's hard not to get a little suspicious. Most Hollywood movies are going to take some dramatic liberties with historical events, whether it's to make them more interesting to watch or to make a complex chain of events more digestible.
So stories get changed, plot points that didn't happen are added, and multiple people that a historical figure knew are compressed into one composite character. But while almost all biopics and historical movies are guilty of this to some extent, not all of them play so fast and loose with the facts. So we're celebrating the ones that got as much right as possible." - tellmebest.com
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Barry Lyndon (1975)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
1
89%8.1
Apollo 13 (1995)
Apollo 13 (1995)
2
96%7.6
Rush (2013)
Rush (2013)
3
89%8.1
12 Years a Slave (2013)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
4
95%8.1
Lincoln (2012)
Lincoln (2012)
5
89%7.3
Downfall (2004)
Downfall (2004)
6
90%8.2
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
7
85%7.4
The Witch (2016)
The Witch (2016)
8
90%6.9
The Right Stuff (1983)
The Right Stuff (1983)
9
96%7.8
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
10
84%7.7
The Death of Stalin (2017)
The Death of Stalin (2017)
11
95%7.3
The Last Emperor (1987)
The Last Emperor (1987)
12
89%7.7
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
13
55%7.5
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
14
91%7.9
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
15
100%8.5
Cromwell (1970)
Cromwell (1970)
16
43%6.9
Selma (2014)
Selma (2014)
17
99%7.5
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
18
91%8.1
We Were Soldiers (2002)
We Were Soldiers (2002)
19
64%7.2
United 93 (2006)
United 93 (2006)
20
90%7.6
Black Robe (1991)
Black Robe (1991)
21
92%7.1
Gandhi (1982)
Gandhi (1982)
22
85%8.0
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
23
93%8.6
Paths of Glory (1957)
Paths of Glory (1957)
24
96%8.4
Gangs of New York (2002)
Gangs of New York (2002)
25
72%7.5
Glory (1989)
Glory (1989)
26
93%7.8
Spotlight (2015)
Spotlight (2015)
27
97%8.1
The Pianist (2002)
The Pianist (2002)
28
95%8.5
Zodiac (2007)
Zodiac (2007)
29
89%7.7
The Big Short (2015)
The Big Short (2015)
30
89%7.8
Das Boot (1981)
Das Boot (1981)
31
98%8.3
Waterloo (1970)
Waterloo (1970)
32
27%7.2
Come and See (1985)
Come and See (1985)
33
97%8.4
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
34
62%7.4
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
35
93%8.0
Bridge of Spies (2015)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
36
91%7.6
Fury (2014)
Fury (2014)
37
76%7.6
Schindler's List (1993)
Schindler's List (1993)
38
98%9.0
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
39
85%7.4
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
40
99%8.1
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