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Heres some accurate movies that were overlooked. 30 SECONDS OVER TOKYO. 300. 2000 MULES. A MAN OF ALL SEASONS. A WOMAN NAMED GOLDA. AMADEUS. AMERICAN GANGSTER. AMERICAN SNIPER. THE BABE. BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ. BIRTH OF A NATION. BLOODSPORT. BLOW. BONNIE AND CLYDE. BRAVEHEART. CASINO. CAST A GIANT SHADOW. CHAPLIN. CLEOPATRA. DANGEROUS MINDS. DB COOPER. DIANA. DIARY OF ANNE FRANK. DONNIE BRASCO. EIGHT MEN OUT. EL CID. ENOLA GAY. ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ. EXECTIVE ACTION. EXODUS. FAT MAN AND LITTLE BOY. GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI. GOODFELLAS. GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD. HEROES OF TELEMARK. HIDDEN FIGURES. HOFFA. IKE. JFK. KHARTOUM. LEAN ON ME. LONE SURVIVOR. LUST FOR LIFE. MACARTHUR. MALCOLM X. MASADA. THE MCCONNELL STORY. MEN OF HONOR. MEMPHIS BELLE. MIDWAY. MISSISSIPPI BURNING. MUNICH. MURDER IN THE FIRST. NOAH. OPERATION DUMBO DROP. OPERATION THUNDERBOLT. PASSION OF THE CHRIST. PATTON. PEARL HARBOR. PUBLIC ENEMIES. RADIO. REDTAILS. REMEMBER THE TITANS. SERGEANT YORK. SERPICO. STAND AND DELIVER. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. THIRTEEN DAYS. TO HELL AND BACK. TROY. THE UNTOUCHABLES. WE ARE MARSHALL. ZULU.
In City of God, when Rocket is talking about how he never had a hot bath , that was a real conversation being held between actors and not in the script
As a Brazilian man, I find it so funny when I see people saying that City of God or Elite Squad are too violent and not realistic. The example you mentioned is only a detail of a very real movie. I wish Brazilian people would appreciate our movies like apparently other people do :/
German in Germany here: I watched Der Untergang in the cinema. I have never experienced the situation that there was total silence after the film was finished. No-one spoke when leaving. So powerful was it
@@snakebobbins8198 About 20 years ago I travelled to Normandy to pay my respects to a family member who was killed during the liberation of St-Lô. When I signed the remembrance book in the Cathedral, I saw that people from dozens of nationalities had all left messages of condolence and sadness ... ... except for visitors from Germany. Most had simply written their names and addresses. All I can assume is that it paralleled what Padisher experienced at the end of _Der Untergang._ Even sixty years after the war, what could anyone say?
@@snakebobbins8198 At least to me, the connection is that in both cases people from Germany were so moved / overwhelmed / ashamed / not sure by their country's history that they couldn't say anything. I'm not German myself and freely admit my interpretation may mistaken. At the same time I do have German relatives and have heard many stories. It's definitely a VERY complicated situation, even 80-some years later.
@@Poisson4147 that was the general idea I got from your original comment. I understand the saying sorry part isn't enough or doesn't feel right. I too am unfamiliar with the customs of every European country, but words of support seem better than nothing or an unwarranted apology.
Just a few days ago we met a WWII veteran who was at the battle pictured in "The bridge too far". He`s 100 years old . It was such a honor to meet with a WW II veteran..
I also met a 103 yr old WW 2 Veteran in the waiting room going to my eye appointment from my cornea transplant surgeries due to injuries in Iraq in 2003 He told me You too? lol I was nervious but after he said that we both laughed and I felt better Thank you to my fellow Veterans on this Veterans day.
I love how the film tricks you into feeling sympathy for him - for a moment you begin to have pity for the guy and his unfulfilled dreams, then the film snaps you right back to reality as he gives orders that would condemn his own people to death for no good reason! It’s truly an artistic masterpiece that’s unlike any war movie I have ever seen before!
City of God is a masterpiece. Like any true classic, it doesn't get old. It was released more than 20 years ago, but you can watch it today or 20 years from now, it still gonna feel fresh.
I'm saying this because it's a shame, not because I'm bragging, I've literally put 12 different ppl onto that movie who never even heard of it. I feel like it's weird for a foreign film to have a cult following in America that isn't a horror movie but fuck it's so underrated.
@@dazed1nyc and even worse with the us remakes CODA convinced that who cares about originality, copy a french movie and that's it At least nobody has the balls to imitate Amelie
Great list! Come and See was the most memorable movie experience of my life. Watched it in a Russian history class. When the professor turned on the lights, we all just stared blank-faced for the next couple of minutes. No one could speak. She knew we needed a moment. Still remains the most chilling war movie I've ever seen. Gallipoli and Downfall are top 5 for me. 12 Years a Slave is an incredible book, but haven't seen the movie. Would like to have seen Glory on this list, but I can't confirm its accuracy.
When I see the scene in which Chamberlain (Jeff Daniels), knowing his men are trapped and without bullets on Little Round Top, shouts “Bayonets!!”, the passion and desperation gives me chills and tears every time.
Gettysburg is a good film, but they got the portrayal of Buford all wrong. Sam Elliot did a great job acting, playing Sam Elliot. Buford was much closer to his officers, more soft-spoken, and not the gruff character he was portrayed to be. The movie was indeed faithful to the book The Killer Angels, but even in that book there are things that just never happened, such as Gen Isaac Trimble's conversation with Lee about the inaction of Ewell at the close of the first day. Patrick Gorman, who is a brilliant actor, was completely miscast as Gen Hood, as Hood was in his early 30's at Gettysburg, and Gorman in his mid to late 50's at the time of filming.
20. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 19. Milk (2008) 18. Spotlight (2015) 17. Gallipoli (1981) 16. The Imitation Game (2014) 15. First Man (2018) 14. Gettysburg (1993) 13. The Longest Day (1962) 12. City of God (2002) 11. A Bridge Too Far (1977) 10. Come and See (1985) 9. Flags of our Fathers (2006) 8. Lincoln (2012) 7. Das Boot (1981) 6. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) 5. 12 Years a Slave (2013) 4. The Pianist (2002) 3. Schindler's List (1993) 2. Downfall (2004) 1. Apollo 13 (1995)
@@sida.artyom That's what I was going to say. Also Band of Brothers, Black Hawk down, Midway, Saving Private Ryan, 1917, A Bridge Too Far, Von Ryans' Express, The Pacific, Greyhound...
Schindlers list was boring as fuck if you go to the movie understanding that it is overly emotionally manipulative and made for the sole point of producing an Oscar.
Didn't know City of God was that known outside of Brasil, it is a classic here not just cause the movie is great but because it shows the reality of many people in our country so its very relatable
@@martinacoria2069 yes and no, if I'm not wrong City of God is based on events that happened in the 70s and 80s, somethings are better nowadays and some are worst, the country has developed considerably but parallel powers are still a big thing if not bigger more especifically in the favelas
For a while City of God was ranked the greatest film ever made on IMDB if i remember correctly. Human struggles and fight for compassion against all odds knows no boundaries
This movie is what we call here in North America a "cult classic" or an "underground hit". It is relatable here as well, a lot that parallels things that still go on here to this very day as well
Schindlers List is one of my favorite movies. Liam Neeson’s performance was stellar as well as Ralph Fiennes who looked so much like Amon Goeth in character that one of the survivors on set actually started shaking uncontrollably because he looked so much like the real one. One of the best movies of all time!
The problem with "Schindler's List" is that they're speaking English instead of German. Did Mr. Spielberg decide that his audience would never tolerate having to read subtitles?
@@laustcawz2089 He was telling a story, which he did fantastically well. Would shooting it in German have added more than it took away? I would say emphatically, NO! It would have made it FAR less accessible to the millions of school kids who watched it as part of their History education (a criminally small part of real History still being taught) it also would have limited the actor selection which, I'm sure most would agree, was a strong point of the film.
‘12 Years A Slave’ is such a brutal, tragic but also an unbelievable movie, I watched it almost 10 years ago. Actress Lupita Nyong’o won the Academy Award for “Best Supporting Actress” indeed.
No joke that movie crushed me and infuriated me at the same time. To see on screen the truly disgusting and horrifying sickening way slaves and African Americans in general were treated. Boils my blood, but it's Avery important film that should be shown in schools given how historically accurate it is.
“Your whole miserable country is the size of one state! I could see my way through running that without donning my Pince-nez! Don't go toe to toe with me, you bloated drunk old man…” Theodore Roosevelt
I had to do a paper in my Journalism class on the movie “Spotlight” stating what the reporters did right and what they did wrong. I loved watching the movie, and I got an A- on the paper.
Journalism classes are now apparently including the film "Shattered Glass" in their curricula. I'm disappointed it's not on this list. It's well worth watching. It's also available on YT.
Das Boot is terrifyingly intense. And that ending is so damn tragic that I don’t think any movie ending could be that tragic let alone just emotional because these guys went through all of that and made it to their destination just to get killed seconds after and the event before that your get to deeply care and get emotionally invested with the characters that genuinely makes the ending so much more impactful. One of the best movies ever made
Two-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis did a wonderful job playing the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. He officially won an Oscar for the 3rd time in 2013. 😊
The City of God was so good. I wish there had been more attention on the film. Glad it was mentioned in this video. You could see the dedication to the details in the movie. It felt like I was in the movie myself. Authentic film of two boys trying to make out the hood while one thrives with violence and the other with nonviolence. Rocket had a Malcolm-X-esque vibe to him. The actors were crazy good in this film. Especially the actor acting the Lil Z, an all-time masterpiece from a CHILD and the adult version as well. Lil Z, the character in this film, was exceptionally well written. If you have any free time to learn the reality of life, watch this film. This film has it all-romance, comedy, tragedy, and action. Extremely deserving of more recognition. (Lil Z as a kid shooting the kid is my favorite scene for its power and impact)
It's criminally underrated. I'm guessing it's because it's a foreign language film but it should be up there with any other crime films in cinematic history.
@@GuineaPigEveryday I've never seen it mention outside of "non-Hollywood" movies lists. It should be mentioned with the best movies period not on a separate list
Glad to see Tora! Tora! Tora! on the list. I was a tween when this came out in 1970, and my adolescent energy made it difficult to keep my focus when watching a historical drama. But this movie captivated my attention from beginning to end. I recently rewatched it on TH-cam and it still holds up. A truly great film.
The Longest Day has the late great Sean Connery (a Scot) playing an Irish man in a Scottish regiment who says the line “sure, it takes an Irish man to play the bagpipes “ in his native Glasgow accent.
Always loved that Connery, in Highlander, was a Scot playing an Egyptian by way of Spain and Japan, while the lead role was that of a Scot played by a Frenchman by way of the U.S. :)
Along with Pocahontas, 300, Braveheart, The Patriot, Pearl Harbor, Marie Antoinette, Shakespeare in Love, Alexander, Birth of a Nation, 10 000 BC and too many others to be mentioned.
That list already includes Ghengis Kahn, Cleopatra(Elizabeth Taylor), Birth of a Nation, Pocahontas, The Patriot, The Last Samurai, every Jesus movie ever, Glory, and any historical movie that ended with a person of color being treated on par with his/her white counterpart.
@@staC-wh6ik "300" was based on a graphic novel, not the actual historical event, "The Patriot" was also a fictional story based on several stories of that time. They did not claim to be historical docudramas.
@@googleuser4152 It was still historically accurate, or at least as much as many of the films on this list. Characters were amalgamations of experiences the women actually had. City of God, that made it onto this list was a complete work of fiction, so Hidden Figures was far more accurate than that, wasn't it! EVERY film on this list was about men. I'm not saying it should be 50/50, but there's no need to include 2 NASA films & leave that one out, or to include almost exclusively war movies in the list
Downfall, The Bridge Too Far, and then awesome Pianist and Schindler's List - excellent choces. And then, here are two of my all-time favorites - The Longest Day as well as an absolute Masterpiece - Gettysburg. Great! I wish 2 more newer movies would make it to the list - Dunkirk and Midway - superb and astounding works.
Was mesmerized when I first saw "Apollo 13" in middle school science. Still love the movie so much. Also love "The Longest Day". The Oscar-winning cinematography is incredible.
Das Boot is an incredibly under-appreciated film. Glad it was included on this list. It has been ranked as the most historically and technically accurate submarine film made. A Bridge Too Far is just amazing. There are some details they got wrong, but overall it is very historically accurate. Das Boot stands alone though. Also, Downfall is excellent. Not an easy film to make and make well, especially in Germany (with German actors, at a German studio, etc.).
If I recall correctly, Jerry Bostick, a mission controller hired on as a technical consultant, went looking for the elevator to the third floor of Mission Control at the replica. Niel Armstrong asked if the found unused NASA footage of the launch sequence that was just crated for the movie and Ron Howard gave permission for use of the launch sequence "footage" by astronauts and NASA. Also, at the screening, one of the comment cards said how it couldn't have possibly happened and them surviving was too outlandish.
NGL, this was a good list. So many choices so little slots. Could have Glory, Midway 1966, All quest on the western front, Straight Outta Compton, and so many more.
YES!!!!!! 20 Historically accurate films featuring women would be great too, but I'd be happy with just war free. I want the women's ones not for women's rights, but because I've seen quite a few that have told stories I've never known, so I find them much more interesting than the traditional war type films retelling the same story over & over Hidden Figures, Queen of the Desert, On the Basis of S... (cencored word, film about Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life), various real life British Queen movies, The Iron Lady, Suffragette & Judy are a few I'd put onto that list (although the Queen movies are generally the well known material told over & over). "The Impossible" is another I read in the comments that I'd add to your list
“The Impossible”, was written by Maria Belon, whose entire family miraculously survived the 2004 tsunami. She requested Naomi Watts play her in the film.
Milk is one of my favourite movies, but Spotlight really made me aware of the actual Spotlight team. Not being from Boston...nor being American actually, I wasn't aware of all the great work Spotlight had accomplished through the years. I've been constantly impressed ever since
How was the movie "Glory" left off this list? AHC used to have a show hosted by Lou Diamond Phillips. The show would play a war movie and an expert of the particular war would comment on its authenticity. The only thing the guest could identify as a mistake is when they are handing out rifles to the black regiment. In the movie they call out serial numbers for each rifle. According to the expert these rifles didn't have serial numbers. A lot of people criticized the movie for casting Matthew Broderick, a very young actor, as the commander. However, that is historically accurate. The true commander was a very young officer. Very few people wanted to lead a black regiment and the Generals didn't much care about black regiments.
Really surprised “The Great Escape” (1963) wasn’t on this list. Based on the Paul Brickhill, it was filmed in Germany, brought on board Wally Floody - who was the real-life “Tunnel King - as a technical advisor, and even has some of the actors draw on their own military service - including Donald Pleasence, who actually was a POW!
Mojo, great work bringing to light some cinematic gems, but if you don’t, and I mean soon, get voice talent who can PRONOUNCE NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGES CORRECTLY, I’m going to have a conniption. It can’t be that hard.
i'm surprised "Saving Private Ryan" didn't make the list. I know the story was fictionalized but the opening scene was so realistic in it's depiction of combat that many veterans reportedly had to leave the theater.
The main reason that there wasn't a lot of graphic blood & gore in "The Longest Day" was thst the censorship standards of the day were far more restrictive. The film being in b&w & featuring a lot of sweeping, bird's eye-view shots does make up for that, to an extent.
I almost got up and left during that opening. So horribly violent and terrible! And I thought the VA hospital scene in Born on the 4th of July was graphic and horrifying....a lot of people got up and left in the theater I was in during that scene. but I stayed both times.
Except for the opening scene on Omaha Beach, the rest of the movie was really not accurate. The combat scenes, sure. But how the plot went about wasn't. One was sending a small squad deep into enemy territory to find one man during the Allied advance when it would have even been more dangerous to take him back across the frontline. Two, the airborne drops were on the Utah side of the beachhead. Not Omaha. It would have been highly unlikely to send anyone from Omaha Beach to make contact with airborne forces that early in the landings.
There's a scene on spotlight that plays in one shot where a writer runs around the corner of his house/office in real time to a church of an accused priest and he realized how close this is to home. Such a beautiful one shot and use of a one shot
I am surprised that The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is not included here. That is definitely one of the most historically accurate movies I have ever seen.
We perhaps don’t talk enough about Bruno Ganz’s (R.I.P) phenomenal performance as Hitler in Downfall. There is that scene where he is screaming on top of his lungs when he realizes he has lost the war. A lot of people have seen this scene because it’s been parodied over and over again on the internet. I will admit I have enjoyed some of those parodies myself but once I sad down and actually watched the movie as it was intended, I was blown away. If I had not known that this was a movie and was told this is actual historical footage, I might have believed it. (Of course the difference in technology would give it right away but you get the point). That’s how incredible the acting was. If you have even the slightest interest in history, do yourself a favour and watch the movie. I don’t believe it was ever translated from the original German but subtitles are available. Besides, a lot of its effects would be probably lost anyway. You don’t need to speak German to be impacted by the movie but I do wish I did speak German for this movie alone.
I really appreciate this list. I prefer watching movies and tv shows that are historically accurate and in a world where everyone wants to make everything better and put their own spin on everything, historically accuracy can be difficult to find. I look up each one of these that I haven’t seen which is most of them.
Flags of Our Fathers was a great book and movie. It’s ironic though that John Bradley did not raise the second flag on Mt. Suribachi, which is depicted in the Rosenthal photo. He helped raise the first flag. The Marine thought to be Bradley was really Franklin Sousley and the Marine thought to be Sousley was Pvt. Harold Schultz. Still, John Bradley was a hero, as were many in this battle.
Apollo 13, Schindler's List, Lincoln and Lawrence of Arabia.... These movies are so essential watch.. Not just for the history but also for the god tier filmmaking (two coming from Spielberg ofc)
Gettysburg is my favorite war movie. I rented it in from the local video store during 2nd grade and it was the movie that made me a Civil War history buff.
@@Silly81 I wasn't talking about it from accuracy wise, just size and scale, but I'm curious as to what is fact and what's fiction if you won't mind helping me understand. Thx.
@@mr.twists9302 oh okay I understand what you’re talking about and I’ll agree with you on that. But as far as the details of the real life story of Malcolm, a lot was left out, some things that’s in his book is left out of the movie but the main thing was the murder of Ronald Stokes by the LAPD was the real reason Malcolm left the NOI because the leader of the NOI refused to retaliate. Also the character of Baine who didn’t exist.
I feel like the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan should get an honourable mention, it was apparently so realistic that veterans couldn’t watch it 😞
I had a chance to visit the U-96 set from "Das Boot". My respect goes to the cameraman, who had to dive head first through the hatches. The very small hatches where I always banged my head, while trying to get through, when I was 14 years old at the time.
Good job and very intelligent appraisals of these films. I have one comment. You have "TORA TORA TORA" on this list, which I fully agree is an excellent and accurate depiction of the events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. I think it rates at the top of the list as being one of the best WWII films. That said, it is absolutely ASTOUNDING to me that while the film garnered praise, for the most part, for its recreation of the actual attack, most of the major critics of the time gave the film some of most brutal and scathing reviews upon its initial release, including comments such as "One of the deadest, dullest blockbusters ever made" - Roger Ebert, "nothing less than a $25-million irrelevancy." - Vincent Canby/NY Times, Variety called it "boring" and while Rotten Tomatoes DOES acknowledge that the film is "scrupulously accurate", it goes on to say "the film's clinical approach to the sound and fury signifies little feeling." It also received criticisms for phony matte painting backdrops and bad special effects. I'm simply dumbfounded that these criticisms were and remain, in some cases, the opinion of this film. Speaking for myself, I vehemently disagree.
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Love your lists!
Heres some accurate movies that were overlooked.
30 SECONDS OVER TOKYO.
300.
2000 MULES.
A MAN OF ALL SEASONS.
A WOMAN NAMED GOLDA.
AMADEUS.
AMERICAN GANGSTER.
AMERICAN SNIPER.
THE BABE.
BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ.
BIRTH OF A NATION.
BLOODSPORT.
BLOW.
BONNIE AND CLYDE.
BRAVEHEART.
CASINO.
CAST A GIANT SHADOW.
CHAPLIN.
CLEOPATRA.
DANGEROUS MINDS.
DB COOPER.
DIANA.
DIARY OF ANNE FRANK.
DONNIE BRASCO.
EIGHT MEN OUT.
EL CID.
ENOLA GAY.
ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ.
EXECTIVE ACTION.
EXODUS.
FAT MAN AND LITTLE BOY.
GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI.
GOODFELLAS.
GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD.
HEROES OF TELEMARK.
HIDDEN FIGURES.
HOFFA.
IKE.
JFK.
KHARTOUM.
LEAN ON ME.
LONE SURVIVOR.
LUST FOR LIFE.
MACARTHUR.
MALCOLM X.
MASADA.
THE MCCONNELL STORY.
MEN OF HONOR.
MEMPHIS BELLE.
MIDWAY.
MISSISSIPPI BURNING.
MUNICH.
MURDER IN THE FIRST.
NOAH.
OPERATION DUMBO DROP.
OPERATION THUNDERBOLT.
PASSION OF THE CHRIST.
PATTON.
PEARL HARBOR.
PUBLIC ENEMIES.
RADIO.
REDTAILS.
REMEMBER THE TITANS.
SERGEANT YORK.
SERPICO.
STAND AND DELIVER.
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
THIRTEEN DAYS.
TO HELL AND BACK.
TROY.
THE UNTOUCHABLES.
WE ARE MARSHALL.
ZULU.
Glory SHOULDA been UP HERE
Forgot All of the President's Men.
In City of God, when Rocket is talking about how he never had a hot bath , that was a real conversation being held between actors and not in the script
That is true
As a Brazilian man, I find it so funny when I see people saying that City of God or Elite Squad are too violent and not realistic. The example you mentioned is only a detail of a very real movie.
I wish Brazilian people would appreciate our movies like apparently other people do :/
@Higor Silva Both Movies are my favorite, honestly I love Brazilian cinema
@@MFSCOOB427 we do have some pretty amazing movies. What other Brazilian films do you like?
Most latin Americans never have hot baths, it's too freaking warm in most of those countries.
German in Germany here: I watched Der Untergang in the cinema. I have never experienced the situation that there was total silence after the film was finished. No-one spoke when leaving. So powerful was it
I was always curious how the modern Germans felt about WWII. I feel like it could help Americans with their guilt towards slavery.
@@snakebobbins8198 About 20 years ago I travelled to Normandy to pay my respects to a family member who was killed during the liberation of St-Lô. When I signed the remembrance book in the Cathedral, I saw that people from dozens of nationalities had all left messages of condolence and sadness ...
... except for visitors from Germany. Most had simply written their names and addresses. All I can assume is that it paralleled what Padisher experienced at the end of _Der Untergang._ Even sixty years after the war, what could anyone say?
@@Poisson4147 I find that interesting, but would you explain the correlation between our comments?
@@snakebobbins8198 At least to me, the connection is that in both cases people from Germany were so moved / overwhelmed / ashamed / not sure by their country's history that they couldn't say anything.
I'm not German myself and freely admit my interpretation may mistaken. At the same time I do have German relatives and have heard many stories. It's definitely a VERY complicated situation, even 80-some years later.
@@Poisson4147 that was the general idea I got from your original comment. I understand the saying sorry part isn't enough or doesn't feel right. I too am unfamiliar with the customs of every European country, but words of support seem better than nothing or an unwarranted apology.
Just a few days ago we met a WWII veteran who was at the battle pictured in "The bridge too far". He`s 100 years old . It was such a honor to meet with a WW II veteran..
I also met a 103 yr old WW 2 Veteran in the waiting room going to my eye appointment from my cornea transplant surgeries due to injuries in Iraq in 2003 He told me You too? lol I was nervious but after he said that we both laughed and I felt better Thank you to my fellow Veterans on this Veterans day.
The Greatest Generation
Adrien Brody deserves some props for his part in the Pianist. Dude went full method, and got an Oscar for it.
Rip Bruno Gans , he nailed as A.H in Downfall , great performance , playing such a monster in a perfect way
Agreed. Somehow he captures that evil spirit in Hitler that no one else has been able to, yet. And he could be his doppelganger 😮
And Also Rip R Lee Ermey, He nailed as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket and also The Sarge in Toy Story 2 & Toy Story 3
I love how the film tricks you into feeling sympathy for him - for a moment you begin to have pity for the guy and his unfulfilled dreams, then the film snaps you right back to reality as he gives orders that would condemn his own people to death for no good reason! It’s truly an artistic masterpiece that’s unlike any war movie I have ever seen before!
@@wilberwhateley7569 I NEED to watch Downfall(2004)
That’s Adolf Hitler
City of God is a masterpiece. Like any true classic, it doesn't get old. It was released more than 20 years ago, but you can watch it today or 20 years from now, it still gonna feel fresh.
considering the crime levels of Brazil today
@@abrahamlupis9354 as a Brazilian man, I can confirm
That’s what you call timeless 💫
one of the best movies i have ever seen
I’m so thankful that Siskel & Ebert reviewed it.. it’s how I found it
I actually jumped for joy when I saw "Tora! Tora! Tora," "The Pianist," "Schindler's List," and "Apollo 13" as high on the list as they were.
What is surprising is in real life the astronauts really panicked and all of them wanted to do a 180 asap instead of go around the moon .
And Schindler's List had left out many things, like the role of Schindlers wife. So while it is a good and important movie, it does lack in accuracy.
A pretty historically accurate movie that struck with me was "Hotel Rwanda". I watched it in college and it was very intense and memorable.
I'm surprised it's not on here very good
yeh, I thought it was ridiculous while watching it tbh, then I found out it was actually based on true events & was stunned!
Hotel Rwanda is a self serving...
Watched that in high school, and I remember being floored.
@@alextayoyong3712 can you explain what you mean?
_City of God_ is an amazing movie.
I'm saying this because it's a shame, not because I'm bragging, I've literally put 12 different ppl onto that movie who never even heard of it. I feel like it's weird for a foreign film to have a cult following in America that isn't a horror movie but fuck it's so underrated.
@@dazed1nyc and even worse with the us remakes
CODA convinced that who cares about originality, copy a french movie and that's it
At least nobody has the balls to imitate Amelie
@@dazed1nyc me too 😅 feel like everyone who’s a little cultured is obligated to share City of God. City of men slapped too
@Vulpes Incultuh First time I watched it I was 16 and just ate shrooms. My friend Mike was like yoo we should watch this movie. And we did lol
@@dazed1nyc It's often considered to be among the greatest films ever made. It isn't underrated.
City of God was a phenomenal movie. If you haven't seen it, I'd highly recommend it.
Great list! Come and See was the most memorable movie experience of my life. Watched it in a Russian history class. When the professor turned on the lights, we all just stared blank-faced for the next couple of minutes. No one could speak. She knew we needed a moment. Still remains the most chilling war movie I've ever seen.
Gallipoli and Downfall are top 5 for me. 12 Years a Slave is an incredible book, but haven't seen the movie. Would like to have seen Glory on this list, but I can't confirm its accuracy.
Thank you for including Gettysburg. I feel that movie is criminally underrated.
It's even longer than Lawrence of Arabia
When I see the scene in which Chamberlain (Jeff Daniels), knowing his men are trapped and without bullets on Little Round Top, shouts “Bayonets!!”, the passion and desperation gives me chills and tears every time.
Gettysburg is a good film, but they got the portrayal of Buford all wrong. Sam Elliot did a great job acting, playing Sam Elliot. Buford was much closer to his officers, more soft-spoken, and not the gruff character he was portrayed to be. The movie was indeed faithful to the book The Killer Angels, but even in that book there are things that just never happened, such as Gen Isaac Trimble's conversation with Lee about the inaction of Ewell at the close of the first day. Patrick Gorman, who is a brilliant actor, was completely miscast as Gen Hood, as Hood was in his early 30's at Gettysburg, and Gorman in his mid to late 50's at the time of filming.
20. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
19. Milk (2008)
18. Spotlight (2015)
17. Gallipoli (1981)
16. The Imitation Game (2014)
15. First Man (2018)
14. Gettysburg (1993)
13. The Longest Day (1962)
12. City of God (2002)
11. A Bridge Too Far (1977)
10. Come and See (1985)
9. Flags of our Fathers (2006)
8. Lincoln (2012)
7. Das Boot (1981)
6. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
5. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
4. The Pianist (2002)
3. Schindler's List (1993)
2. Downfall (2004)
1. Apollo 13 (1995)
You’re my hero
Why there's no Full Metal Jacket
@@sida.artyom it's fiction
@@sida.artyom That's what I was going to say. Also Band of Brothers, Black Hawk down, Midway, Saving Private Ryan, 1917, A Bridge Too Far, Von Ryans' Express, The Pacific, Greyhound...
@Kogger BoB and the pacific are tv series. Saving private ryan is fiction. Bridge too far is mentioned.
‘Schindler’s List.’
Directed by Steven Spielberg.
One of the best Hollywood movies ever made.
Liam Neeson in the lead role? Check.
Incredible film. Never has a film touched me emotionally like that one before.
Schindlers list was boring as fuck if you go to the movie understanding that it is overly emotionally manipulative and made for the sole point of producing an Oscar.
Didn't know City of God was that known outside of Brasil, it is a classic here not just cause the movie is great but because it shows the reality of many people in our country so its very relatable
Is it like in the movie to this day?
@@martinacoria2069 yes and no, if I'm not wrong City of God is based on events that happened in the 70s and 80s, somethings are better nowadays and some are worst, the country has developed considerably but parallel powers are still a big thing if not bigger more especifically in the favelas
For a while City of God was ranked the greatest film ever made on IMDB if i remember correctly. Human struggles and fight for compassion against all odds knows no boundaries
This movie is what we call here in North America a "cult classic" or an "underground hit". It is relatable here as well, a lot that parallels things that still go on here to this very day as well
Schindlers List is one of my favorite movies. Liam Neeson’s performance was stellar as well as Ralph Fiennes who looked so much like Amon Goeth in character that one of the survivors on set actually started shaking uncontrollably because he looked so much like the real one. One of the best movies of all time!
Yessir and it's almost a crime "ApPollO 13" got the #1 spot...
The problem with "Schindler's List"
is that they're speaking English
instead of German. Did Mr. Spielberg
decide that his audience would never
tolerate having to read subtitles?
@@laustcawz2089 He was telling a story, which he did fantastically well. Would shooting it in German have added more than it took away? I would say emphatically, NO! It would have made it FAR less accessible to the millions of school kids who watched it as part of their History education (a criminally small part of real History still being taught) it also would have limited the actor selection which, I'm sure most would agree, was a strong point of the film.
The answer is yes
it’s based on a fiction book…
‘12 Years A Slave’ is such a brutal, tragic but also an unbelievable movie, I watched it almost 10 years ago. Actress Lupita Nyong’o won the Academy Award for “Best Supporting Actress” indeed.
No joke that movie crushed me and infuriated me at the same time. To see on screen the truly disgusting and horrifying sickening way slaves and African Americans in general were treated. Boils my blood, but it's Avery important film that should be shown in schools given how historically accurate it is.
I think it's the best movie I have ever seen.
3:15 “And let’s face it, you’re not all that great. You tossed away lives in Gallipoli like they were scraps off your plate!” Theodore Roosevelt
“Your whole miserable country is the size of one state!
I could see my way through running that without donning my Pince-nez!
Don't go toe to toe with me, you bloated drunk old man…” Theodore Roosevelt
Like Americans care about the lives of anyone who isn't one of theirs...suuuure
"your whole miserable country is the size of one state!"
I had to do a paper in my Journalism class on the movie “Spotlight” stating what the reporters did right and what they did wrong. I loved watching the movie, and I got an A- on the paper.
Journalism classes are now apparently
including the film "Shattered Glass"
in their curricula. I'm disappointed
it's not on this list. It's well worth
watching. It's also available on YT.
@@laustcawz2089 The Hayden Christensen movie?
How do you not have "To hell and back" starring Audie Murphy.... its about what he actually did in WWII. He even starred as himself. Epic!!!!
Yes bunch of amatures at MOJO
"Come and See" is the most brutal film I've ever seen. The internal change of the young boy us terrifying.
🤯 Rented it from Blockbuster . The management had all these movies like come and see . I wondered why it wasn't well known .
@@akfreed6949 Too much for Blockbuster.
@@missustoad1 ? Your reply doesn't make sense
Downfall was such an amazing movie. It shows us even the most despicable tyrant is just a human at the end of the day.
Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! City of God (2002) was an awesome movie based on a true story.
Come and see, Downfall and City of God are punches on the stomach. 3 movies that are a real Must see 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Agree. Unbelievably hard hitting movies
Honorable mentions to Midway, Rush, Society of the Snow and Master and Commander. All these movies have their inaccuracies, but they are forgivable.
Das Boot is terrifyingly intense. And that ending is so damn tragic that I don’t think any movie ending could be that tragic let alone just emotional because these guys went through all of that and made it to their destination just to get killed seconds after and the event before that your get to deeply care and get emotionally invested with the characters that genuinely makes the ending so much more impactful. One of the best movies ever made
The King’s Speech. Wasn’t that one historically accurate and very well done?! Also a really good movie
There's a lot of Royal family films that would have been a good add to this list to balance it's war list
That was such a good movie!
use a tape recorder. problem solved.
Bruno Ganz gives one of the greatest acting performances of all time in Downfall. Very good film.
Fully agree
Two-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis did a wonderful job playing the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. He officially won an Oscar for the 3rd time in 2013. 😊
The City of God was so good. I wish there had been more attention on the film. Glad it was mentioned in this video. You could see the dedication to the details in the movie. It felt like I was in the movie myself. Authentic film of two boys trying to make out the hood while one thrives with violence and the other with nonviolence. Rocket had a Malcolm-X-esque vibe to him. The actors were crazy good in this film. Especially the actor acting the Lil Z, an all-time masterpiece from a CHILD and the adult version as well. Lil Z, the character in this film, was exceptionally well written. If you have any free time to learn the reality of life, watch this film. This film has it all-romance, comedy, tragedy, and action. Extremely deserving of more recognition. (Lil Z as a kid shooting the kid is my favorite scene for its power and impact)
It's criminally underrated. I'm guessing it's because it's a foreign language film but it should be up there with any other crime films in cinematic history.
@@jasonklimes2231 underrated? isn't it always mentioned in 'best of' movie lists, or at least for any non-Hollywood movies.
@@GuineaPigEveryday I've never seen it mention outside of "non-Hollywood" movies lists. It should be mentioned with the best movies period not on a separate list
I truly believe that had it been released during current times, it could have won awards for sure.
Glad to see Tora! Tora! Tora! on the list. I was a tween when this came out in 1970, and my adolescent energy made it difficult to keep my focus when watching a historical drama. But this movie captivated my attention from beginning to end. I recently rewatched it on TH-cam and it still holds up. A truly great film.
The Longest Day has the late great Sean Connery (a Scot) playing an Irish man in a Scottish regiment who says the line “sure, it takes an Irish man to play the bagpipes “ in his native Glasgow accent.
Always loved that Connery, in Highlander, was a Scot playing an Egyptian by way of Spain and Japan, while the lead role was that of a Scot played by a Frenchman by way of the U.S. :)
Edinburgh accent
Queen Cleopatra and Woman King should be on a list of the "Least historically accurate movies"
Along with Pocahontas, 300, Braveheart, The Patriot, Pearl Harbor, Marie Antoinette, Shakespeare in Love, Alexander, Birth of a Nation, 10 000 BC and too many others to be mentioned.
That list already includes Ghengis Kahn, Cleopatra(Elizabeth Taylor), Birth of a Nation, Pocahontas, The Patriot, The Last Samurai, every Jesus movie ever, Glory, and any historical movie that ended with a person of color being treated on par with his/her white counterpart.
Same with Cocaine Bear too
@@staC-wh6ik "300" was based on a graphic novel, not the actual historical event, "The Patriot" was also a fictional story based on several stories of that time. They did not claim to be historical docudramas.
Actually, I heard Alexander was accurately portrayed.
Having seen nearly all of these movies, i have to say i mostly agree, surprised not to see Hidden Figures on the list.
Everything but the actual hidden figures in Hidden Figures was fiction unfortunately.
@@googleuser4152 It was still historically accurate, or at least as much as many of the films on this list. Characters were amalgamations of experiences the women actually had. City of God, that made it onto this list was a complete work of fiction, so Hidden Figures was far more accurate than that, wasn't it! EVERY film on this list was about men. I'm not saying it should be 50/50, but there's no need to include 2 NASA films & leave that one out, or to include almost exclusively war movies in the list
16:43 “This enraged his father, who punished him severely.”
My old man loves the longest day, Schindler's list, and the imitation game showed how a man did not only change the war but the world as well.
Downfall, The Bridge Too Far, and then awesome Pianist and Schindler's List - excellent choces.
And then, here are two of my all-time favorites - The Longest Day as well as an absolute Masterpiece - Gettysburg.
Great!
I wish 2 more newer movies would make it to the list - Dunkirk and Midway - superb and astounding works.
yuck! No more war films on it please! How about some balance? War is not the only historical subject worth telling stories of!
I absolutely LOVE Spotlight! Great cast and performances!
I actually got to meet Jim Lovell and hold his Omega Speedmaster when he visited my ship on deployment. Such a great, grateful and humble man.
Was mesmerized when I first saw "Apollo 13" in middle school science. Still love the movie so much. Also love "The Longest Day". The Oscar-winning cinematography is incredible.
I'm so sad not to find the last emperor in the list, such an astonishing film 😢
Bernardo Bertolucci should get more love
Probably because the scenes of the captured former emperor in a “re-education” camp were highly fictionalized for dramatic effect.
city of god is a gem not talked about much but it does have the highest respect.
Michael Collins should've made this list. Very historically accurate, Liam Neeson & Alan Rickman are outstanding in it. Extremely underrated movie
In Gettysburg when Chamberlain played by Jeff Daniels yells BAYONETS!... that always gets me.
Das Boot is an incredibly under-appreciated film. Glad it was included on this list. It has been ranked as the most historically and technically accurate submarine film made.
A Bridge Too Far is just amazing. There are some details they got wrong, but overall it is very historically accurate.
Das Boot stands alone though. Also, Downfall is excellent. Not an easy film to make and make well, especially in Germany (with German actors, at a German studio, etc.).
If I recall correctly, Jerry Bostick, a mission controller hired on as a technical consultant, went looking for the elevator to the third floor of Mission Control at the replica. Niel Armstrong asked if the found unused NASA footage of the launch sequence that was just crated for the movie and Ron Howard gave permission for use of the launch sequence "footage" by astronauts and NASA. Also, at the screening, one of the comment cards said how it couldn't have possibly happened and them surviving was too outlandish.
I was super surprised to not see Hacksaw Ridge on this list!!
City of God not getting a single Oscar is one of the greatest crimes in Hollywood's history! Best movie ever made!
AMPAS isn't known for being fair with foreign movies
@@abrahamlupis9354 at that time
NGL, this was a good list. So many choices so little slots. Could have Glory, Midway 1966, All quest on the western front, Straight Outta Compton, and so many more.
First Man is one of the most underrated films of our time. The story, acting, and score are just timeless.
Dear Watch Mojo, here’s an idea: Top 20 Historically Accurate Movies that Do Not Depict War, I’d love to watch that.
YES!!!!!!
20 Historically accurate films featuring women would be great too, but I'd be happy with just war free. I want the women's ones not for women's rights, but because I've seen quite a few that have told stories I've never known, so I find them much more interesting than the traditional war type films retelling the same story over & over Hidden Figures, Queen of the Desert, On the Basis of S... (cencored word, film about Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life), various real life British Queen movies, The Iron Lady, Suffragette & Judy are a few I'd put onto that list (although the Queen movies are generally the well known material told over & over). "The Impossible" is another I read in the comments that I'd add to your list
@@mehere8038 Thank you for your support and your suggestions, I’ll check out the ones from your list that I haven’t seen yet. Good riddance!
Downfall is loved by multiple reasons... And one of those reasons is because most of it's scenes are being parodied & even memed.
Sadly, most of the biggest parody makers have moved on to other things, so most Downfall parodies on TH-cam are many years old.
@@wikiuser92 There's a TH-cam channel that still makes Downfall parodies: Hitler Rant Parodies.
@@ARTSONICFAN990 I know. Hence why I said "most."
@@wikiuser92 True that.
City of God is a terrific yet very unsettling movie.
It is but compared to how ruthless it really gets over there, this movie is tame. I've seen videos on gore sites and it's gut wrenching.
Downfall gave me real chills.
7:39 City of God = 🐐 ed!!! Please watch it for those who haven’t lol
City of God hits hard
Love your lists!😊😊
“The Impossible”, was written by Maria Belon, whose entire family miraculously survived the 2004 tsunami. She requested Naomi Watts play her in the film.
that's another great film that would have been a great add to give more variety to this list, instead of it being almost all war films
Milk is one of my favourite movies, but Spotlight really made me aware of the actual Spotlight team. Not being from Boston...nor being American actually, I wasn't aware of all the great work Spotlight had accomplished through the years. I've been constantly impressed ever since
How was the movie "Glory" left off this list? AHC used to have a show hosted by Lou Diamond Phillips. The show would play a war movie and an expert of the particular war would comment on its authenticity. The only thing the guest could identify as a mistake is when they are handing out rifles to the black regiment. In the movie they call out serial numbers for each rifle. According to the expert these rifles didn't have serial numbers.
A lot of people criticized the movie for casting Matthew Broderick, a very young actor, as the commander. However, that is historically accurate. The true commander was a very young officer. Very few people wanted to lead a black regiment and the Generals didn't much care about black regiments.
Yes, what we need more of. And it makes history lessons more entertaining too.
Really surprised “The Great Escape” (1963) wasn’t on this list. Based on the Paul Brickhill, it was filmed in Germany, brought on board Wally Floody - who was the real-life “Tunnel King - as a technical advisor, and even has some of the actors draw on their own military service - including Donald Pleasence, who actually was a POW!
Watched the majority of these films... they are absolutely amazing!
Yes. But Braveheart is an amazing film too. I dont give a f**k how inaccurate it is
City Of God was my favorite childhood historical film
I suggest you Turma da Monica
I literally just watched Apollo 13 yesterday for my first time. No clue why I waited so long, but wow was it worth the watch!
Apollo 13 is perhaps Ron Howard’s magnum opus as a director.
great list! but you forgot Star Wars!
Menace II Society should be on this list!
And South Central
What? Gmab. This list is movies that were based on real events and were historically accurate. How would Menace II Society fit? It doesn't.
The Killing Fields should have been included. The story of the fall of Cambodia starring Haing S Ngor who actually survived the Khmer Rouge camps.
You forgot "Waterloo" (1970). It is practically a history lesson in a movie with little dramatization.
Top two picks are spot on.
Mojo, great work bringing to light some cinematic gems, but if you don’t, and I mean soon, get voice talent who can PRONOUNCE NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGES CORRECTLY, I’m going to have a conniption. It can’t be that hard.
The lenghts Adrien Brody went through for the pianist is still astonishing
i'm surprised "Saving Private Ryan" didn't make the list. I know the story was fictionalized but the opening scene was so realistic in it's depiction of combat that many veterans reportedly had to leave the theater.
The main reason that there wasn't
a lot of graphic blood & gore in
"The Longest Day" was thst
the censorship standards of the day
were far more restrictive. The film
being in b&w & featuring a lot
of sweeping, bird's eye-view shots
does make up for that, to an extent.
I almost got up and left during that opening. So horribly violent and terrible! And I thought the VA hospital scene in Born on the 4th of July was graphic and horrifying....a lot of people got up and left in the theater I was in during that scene. but I stayed both times.
Except for the opening scene on Omaha Beach, the rest of the movie was really not accurate. The combat scenes, sure. But how the plot went about wasn't. One was sending a small squad deep into enemy territory to find one man during the Allied advance when it would have even been more dangerous to take him back across the frontline. Two, the airborne drops were on the Utah side of the beachhead. Not Omaha. It would have been highly unlikely to send anyone from Omaha Beach to make contact with airborne forces that early in the landings.
yes, but in reality, don't you think the list was already well overloaded with male war stories? How about some variety?
A Bridge Too Far, the surrender scene plays like a Monty Python scene 🤣
Milk was just a great movie and the fact that most if not all was real makes it that much better
There's a scene on spotlight that plays in one shot where a writer runs around the corner of his house/office in real time to a church of an accused priest and he realized how close this is to home. Such a beautiful one shot and use of a one shot
I am surprised that The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is not included here. That is definitely one of the most historically accurate movies I have ever seen.
I totally agree, and the actors were amazing.
We perhaps don’t talk enough about Bruno Ganz’s (R.I.P) phenomenal performance as Hitler in Downfall. There is that scene where he is screaming on top of his lungs when he realizes he has lost the war. A lot of people have seen this scene because it’s been parodied over and over again on the internet. I will admit I have enjoyed some of those parodies myself but once I sad down and actually watched the movie as it was intended, I was blown away. If I had not known that this was a movie and was told this is actual historical footage, I might have believed it. (Of course the difference in technology would give it right away but you get the point). That’s how incredible the acting was. If you have even the slightest interest in history, do yourself a favour and watch the movie. I don’t believe it was ever translated from the original German but subtitles are available. Besides, a lot of its effects would be probably lost anyway. You don’t need to speak German to be impacted by the movie but I do wish I did speak German for this movie alone.
Im just here for Cidade de Deus!
I really appreciate this list. I prefer watching movies and tv shows that are historically accurate and in a world where everyone wants to make everything better and put their own spin on everything, historically accuracy can be difficult to find. I look up each one of these that I haven’t seen which is most of them.
Flags of Our Fathers was a great book and movie. It’s ironic though that John Bradley did not raise the second flag on Mt. Suribachi, which is depicted in the Rosenthal photo. He helped raise the first flag. The Marine thought to be Bradley was really Franklin Sousley and the Marine thought to be Sousley was Pvt. Harold Schultz. Still, John Bradley was a hero, as were many in this battle.
Very impressive list,
with just one glaring omission
I can think of--"Shattered Glass" (2003).
Love your video, WatchMojo
Apollo 13, Schindler's List, Lincoln and Lawrence of Arabia.... These movies are so essential watch.. Not just for the history but also for the god tier filmmaking (two coming from Spielberg ofc)
How is Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter not on this list?!?!?
or Inglorious Basterds?
🤣🤣🤣
Thank You for a Great List and a Great Video 😀
City of god is great, i still hope things go differently even tho I know what happens.
A new watch list for me. I've only seen a few, but now I'll have to watch again with a different perspective. ❤
Saving Private Ryan that movie felt like it dropped you right in the middle of World War 2.
Gettysburg is my favorite war movie. I rented it in from the local video store during 2nd grade and it was the movie that made me a Civil War history buff.
What about The King’s Speech? That should have been on the list
lots of films about monarchs should have to break up the war theme
I thought the last one was going to be Star Wars when they went to the promo near the end 😂
Anyone see Spike lee's Malcom X? I'd say that holds up pretty well.
No, it’s not historically accurate.
@@Silly81 I wasn't talking about it from accuracy wise, just size and scale, but I'm curious as to what is fact and what's fiction if you won't mind helping me understand. Thx.
@@mr.twists9302 oh okay I understand what you’re talking about and I’ll agree with you on that. But as far as the details of the real life story of Malcolm, a lot was left out, some things that’s in his book is left out of the movie but the main thing was the murder of Ronald Stokes by the LAPD was the real reason Malcolm left the NOI because the leader of the NOI refused to retaliate. Also the character of Baine who didn’t exist.
That is very perfect to see!
I feel like the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan should get an honourable mention, it was apparently so realistic that veterans couldn’t watch it 😞
I agree, but after the opening the movie becomes fiction.
I had a chance to visit the U-96 set from "Das Boot". My respect goes to the cameraman, who had to dive head first through the hatches.
The very small hatches where I always banged my head, while trying to get through, when I was 14 years old at the time.
Where is "All the President's Men"?
Good job and very intelligent appraisals of these films. I have one comment. You have "TORA TORA TORA" on this list, which I fully agree is an excellent and accurate depiction of the events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. I think it rates at the top of the list as being one of the best WWII films. That said, it is absolutely ASTOUNDING to me that while the film garnered praise, for the most part, for its recreation of the actual attack, most of the major critics of the time gave the film some of most brutal and scathing reviews upon its initial release, including comments such as "One of the deadest, dullest blockbusters ever made" - Roger Ebert, "nothing less than a $25-million irrelevancy." - Vincent Canby/NY Times, Variety called it "boring" and while Rotten Tomatoes DOES acknowledge that the film is "scrupulously accurate", it goes on to say "the film's clinical approach to the sound and fury signifies little feeling." It also received criticisms for phony matte painting backdrops and bad special effects. I'm simply dumbfounded that these criticisms were and remain, in some cases, the opinion of this film. Speaking for myself, I vehemently disagree.