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General Talk (primarily non-naturist) => Television, Movies and Theatre => Topic started by: Dan on June 12, 2014, 05:46:50 am

Title: Accurate historical movies
Post by: Dan on June 12, 2014, 05:46:50 am
Do you have movies to suggest that are historically accurate? Ideally true stories but I guess fictional stories in accurate historical settings might do.
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Post by: NatureForever on June 12, 2014, 05:49:02 am
Not Titanic?
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Post by: Dan on June 12, 2014, 06:15:32 am
Not Titanic?

Saw it a long, long while ago. I'd prefer never to see it again. :-)
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Post by: Mettis on June 12, 2014, 06:46:10 am
The movie "Saving Private Ryan" by Steven Spielberg that tell about Normandy Invasion on the Omaha Beach of June 6, 1944. There are 6 days, we celebrated the 70th anniversary of D-Day.
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Post by: Amadeus on June 12, 2014, 03:45:44 pm
The movie "Saving Private Ryan" by Steven Spielberg that tell about Normandy Invasion on the Omaha Beach of June 6, 1944. There are 6 days, we celebrated the 70th anniversary of D-Day.

I'd have to agree with that. It was a fantastic movie. I watched it on youtube, maybe they still have it up. Another similar movie is "Black Hawk Down" and I watched it on youtube as well.
Title: Re: Accurate historical movies
Post by: Dan on June 12, 2014, 03:50:28 pm
I'd have to agree with that. It was a fantastic movie. I watched it on youtube, maybe they still have it up. Another similar movie is "Black Hawk Down" and I watched it on youtube as well.

I asked for historically accurate films guys, not historically themed ones. :-P

Although, the begining of Saving Private Ryan is very historically accurate.
Title: Re: Accurate historical movies
Post by: Amadeus on June 12, 2014, 04:13:50 pm
I'd have to agree with that. It was a fantastic movie. I watched it on youtube, maybe they still have it up. Another similar movie is "Black Hawk Down" and I watched it on youtube as well.

I asked for historically accurate films guys, not historically themed ones. :-P

Although, the begining of Saving Private Ryan is very historically accurate.

Haha yeah. I guess I didn't catch that part of the question. It's a good question because most I have seen are not very accurate and I also want to find some. I guess that's why I mostly watch documentaries but even there you have to be careful. I'll be on the look out for some.
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Post by: Mettis on June 12, 2014, 05:34:10 pm
Another movie "Schindler's List" by Steven Spielberg.
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Post by: Womberling Wurzel on June 12, 2014, 06:33:43 pm
I would like to say RUSH by Ron Howard but there are some howlers in there but mostly it is on target.
Title: Re: Accurate historical movies
Post by: Dan on June 13, 2014, 02:25:42 am
Another movie "Schindler's List" by Steven Spielberg.

While we are taking about WWII, "The Fall", about Hitler's last days was amazing and extremely accurate.
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Post by: jabber1990 on June 13, 2014, 02:53:24 am
Year One
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Post by: thebeachman on June 13, 2014, 06:02:18 am
Quentin Tarantino's "Inglorious Basterds".
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Post by: Dan on June 13, 2014, 06:36:18 am
Quentin Tarantino's "Inglorious Basterds".

Did you even read the title of the thread?
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Post by: Womberling Wurzel on June 13, 2014, 12:00:29 pm
The Black Dahlia.   I don't know much about the real case it is based on so I'm speculating.
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Post by: NudistMetalHead on June 13, 2014, 04:10:15 pm
"Glory" from 1989.
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Post by: iyoni on June 13, 2014, 09:07:54 pm
I happen to know for a fact that contrary to popular belief, the Original Star Wars trilogy is historically accurate. In fact, you might as well call them documentaries.
Note that I'm referring to the original trilogy - not to the prequel or any other films.
Furthermore, I think that Toy Story & Finding Nemo are pretty accurate as well, though I can't vouch for them...

On a serious note, I think The Pianist is pretty accurate historically. It is based on the autobiography of Wladyslaw Szpilman.
Title: Re: Accurate historical movies
Post by: Delta on June 13, 2014, 09:26:16 pm
I happen to know for a fact that contrary to popular belief, the Original Star Wars trilogy is historically accurate. In fact, you might as well call them documentaries.

Who can say with certainty that there is not really a galaxy far, far away where that stuff happened a long time ago?
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Post by: iyoni on June 13, 2014, 09:43:26 pm
I happen to know for a fact that contrary to popular belief, the Original Star Wars trilogy is historically accurate. In fact, you might as well call them documentaries.

Who can say with certainty that there is not really a galaxy far, far away where that stuff happened a long time ago?

Well, assuming the universe is infinite, everything that CAN happen, MUST happen...
http://www.askamathematician.com/2012/12/q-in-an-infinite-universe-does-everything-thats-possible-have-to-happen-somewhere/ (http://www.askamathematician.com/2012/12/q-in-an-infinite-universe-does-everything-thats-possible-have-to-happen-somewhere/)
Title: Re: Accurate historical movies
Post by: Dan on June 16, 2014, 03:25:26 am
Just finished Octobre which I was long due to see.

It's the story of the kidnapping of the minister Pierre Laporte by the Chénier cell of the FLQ (Front de Libération du Québec) in 1970 from the point of view of the kidnappers.

It's a great movie.
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Post by: laiton on June 16, 2014, 04:08:53 pm
A movie that has gone unnoticed by many is "When trumpets fade" by John Irvin. It is based on real events. I watch this film 23 times in 6 or 7 years. It isn´t as good as Saving private ryan.
Title: Re: Accurate historical movies
Post by: nudetotheworld on June 16, 2018, 02:38:55 am
From what I know of:

Hidden Figures
The Lady https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1802197/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Gandhi https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083987/?ref_=nv_sr_1
The Life of Emile Zola https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029146/?ref_=nv_sr_1
The Rabbit Proof Fence https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252444/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Flash of Genius https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1054588/?ref_=nv_sr_1

I hope they fit the category. I'm assuming that films that show an accurate representation of what happened in history at some point is what you're looking for. Unless you're looking for historical events that are extremely famous and well known.

I know also that some films representing historical events sometimes incorporate real footage into the movie too, but I can't think of any examples at the moment.
Title: Re: Accurate historical movies
Post by: Thomas930 on October 06, 2018, 09:00:20 pm
I think that the movie "Diplomacy" (2014) was quite accurate about the last days of German occupation of Paris in WWII
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Post by: Tree on November 03, 2018, 07:53:53 pm
Let's Get Skase is a historical comedy about these blokes who tried to kidnap a fugitive Australian businessesman. They almost pulled it off too!

Not Titanic?

You mean it didn't sink?  :huh:

Another movie "Schindler's List" by Steven Spielberg.

 :agree

I happen to know for a fact that contrary to popular belief, the Original Star Wars trilogy is historically accurate. In fact, you might as well call them documentaries.

Did you ever watch a Canadian show called Corner Gas? The policeman in it is in a club for people who think Battlestar Galactica really happened.

Title: Re: Accurate historical movies
Post by: jabber1990 on November 04, 2018, 09:49:04 am
i've been told the second scene of Saving Private Ryan is pretty accurate. the rest is all fiction

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Post by: Thomas930 on November 12, 2018, 05:27:11 pm
The emperor and the assassin.
The movie is about the first Chinese emperor Quin.
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Post by: Sofia on November 13, 2018, 01:07:33 am
Is Apollo 13 accurate?
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Post by: Longingtobenude on November 13, 2018, 04:27:00 am
The Crucible (1996)