Ten Most HIstorically Inaccurate Movies of All Times..

These must only be the most recent, I do recall in JR High, we had to watch The Alamo, and write down everything inaccurate about it, so I think it should be added also...I worked hard on that project... LOL

This was not surprising at all. Gladiator, 300 and Elisabeth II are some of my favorites, but it just seems to have always been the trend that movies dealing with either war, land dominance/takeover, or a certain time period of great change unfortunatly are the most inaccurate.

i've only watched a few of the movies in the list, including 300 and braveheart. its not surprising if movie makers make a mistake in messing the history. they always do that! and if teachers aren't careful on what they show (during film showing) in their history class, it would be bad for the students. but then, the students should be aware too that movies are movies. they may use a lot of facts but they will also put some twists here and there.

hello raijin... I've checked the link you gave and I was surprised to see that the Memoirs of a Geisha was included. But I have to agree to some degree to the comment given to that movie, particularly to the dancing scene. While I was watching it, I was actually thinking if something like that did truly happen or maybe the movie was given a small twist for a more dramatic effect. My husband had watched almost all of Mel Gibson's movies. And Braveheart was his favorite. As for The Patriot, I was even moved by the story. To learn that the ending of the movie wasn't really how it truly happened, is a disappointment. To think that I was almost at the edge of my seat watching it and "celebrating" with Mel Gibson when they "won" the war.

I've seen five of those top 10: "2001, The Patriot, Elizabeth, The Golden Age, Braveheart and Gladiator." The only one I haven't seen that I plan on seeing is "300." I don't see Gibson's movies anymore and I never have liked Tom Cruise. However, when I watched them, I did not expect them to be historically accurate. If something claims to be a documentary, then that's a different story. These are all movies meant to be entertainment. As far as I'm concerned, the movie makers are allowed to twist histry as far as they want as long as they don't claim that it is true. I don't even get upset when movies made from books are not in sync with the book. A book is a book and the movie is something else entirely. What I can't figure out from this list is why "2001" is on it at all. The movie was made in 1968 about the year 2001. Uh, correct me if I am wrong, but wouldn't that have been a futuristic movie? How could it be historically inaccurate? lol

I saw that and was going to post it too! I dont' go to the movies anymore as one, they are to expensive. and then they just aren't what they use to be. To much violance, crime, killing, s*x, and other "carrying on's". Just isn't fun anymore - at least to me. Last one I saw was Sweet Home Alabama and Uptown Girls. Haven't been since! I know there are other kinds, but I'll just wait till they come out on DVD and rent them and have fun at home where I can get upa nd get something to eat if I want or use the bathroom if Needed and not miss the show! and even watch it again if it was good.

Well they may be innaccurate but it's still a lot of good movies! I think it goes to show that the audience wants entertainment and we could care less about the accuracy. I do enjoy history movies or movies based on a true story, but I enjoy movies on this list just as much even if the stuff is all made up.

One to add to the list actually came on last night, "The Ten Commandments." I mean they got the major points right, but when a person reads the Bible, and then watches the movie, there are a lot of differences.

Well if they are going to clobber 2001 as historically inaccurate, then they should hammer 1984 since they preceded the actual dates. The rest of the movies, I will not argue with. But face it, Hollywood is made for entertainment more then education.

I really think that Disney's Pocohantas should have made that list. That movie is so ridiculously inaccurate, I won't even have it in my home. It makes me so angry to think of the stupidity the Disney folks had in doing that as a movie for kids. It's not even a love story to begin with! Yes, there are some there that are obviously twisted to suit the purpose of the story. With Pocohantas, it starts out wrong, and just keeps going downhill from there. Anyway, I enjoy a good movie, historically accurate or not. After all, that is the aritist's perrogative, in this case the artists are the film crew, to change it to fit. It's a good thing we don't get our history lessons from movies, or do we?

Of then ten, I am familiar with 6. :) The thing is I am glad that I do have this notion that "historical" movies are usually done for commercial purposes thus I do not heavily rely and believe on them but I do appreciate the cinematography. :)

Well, I certainly don't watch movies for the truth! If I wanted historically accurate, I'd watch the History Channel or read a book. Even then, "accurate" is subjective. History is, after all, written by the winners... But hey, I really enjoyed Gladiator, if only because I'm a big fan of Joaquin Phoenix. I love Roman history and even so, this movie didn't bother me at how wrong it was. It's entertainment, nothing more.

wow...thanks for posting the link!

I guess a movie does not need to be historically accurate to be entertaining. I know that its always nice to watch an historically accurate move, but some good movies like you mention 'Braveheart' etc were not enirely acurate. I guess the main thing is to enjoy them and hope that most of it is accurate.

I've seen two of those films (The last samurai and The memoirs of geisha), for me they were both satisfying. In fact, the last samurai movie is one of my favorites. The rest, I haven't seen then. My friend told me that the 10,000BC movie which is the latest one isn't really a good one.

This list must not consider some of the old movies, like BELLE STAR, or SOLOMON & SHEBA, and--oh well you get the drift.

Well, I see Mel Gibson has more than a few on the list. I guess he rewrites history to suit the film he wants to make. lol Actually, I can see why he would have wanted to remake the character for the Patriot, in real life he wasn't a very good person. ...whit

I bet every historical movie ever made has been inaccurate in some way. As long as they are not taken as documentary evidence and are accepted as artistic interpretations of the past it does not really matter.

Some of the description in those movies had actually made me laugh, specially those movies that I've seen. Haha.. I knew Persian King Xerxes at the 300 movie wouldn't really look that godly in real life, and I LOL at the leather Speedos criticize. Well actually, I don't think history itself is accurate anyway... for example the famous line of Douglas Macarthur "I shall return", do you know that there's a saying that he never really did said that? I don't know if that's true though... there's also the fact that history are being changed to make it seems like they're the good guys. Aren't there cases when the history of 1 country is different from another? Hehe...