Another Movie Thread - Favorite Historical flick

[theantiquetiger]

I know Hollywood dresses them up, but your favorite flick dealing with or based around a historical event.

If it is a war flick, its gotta be based on actual events, not a made up, shoot'em up war movie:

#1 The Right Stuff (I love this movie)

all others in no particular order:

Pearl Harbor (except the fictional love triangle)
Titanic (except the fictional necklace and love story)
Saving Private Ryan (not a true story but the D-Day scene made it a great movie)
8 Men Out
Rudy
Miracle on Ice

I have lots more

[toys2cool]

I have a bunch of these,but my fave would have to be Glory

[saildog]

#1 The Right Stuff (I love this movie)

Man, I love that movie and the book it was based on. Don't know how many times I have seen/read that story and I never get tired of it.

Along those lines, I loved "From the Earth to the Moon". Great behind the scenes stuff.

Apollo 13

To Hell and Back

Band of Brothers

Thirteen Days

[txteach]

Gettysburgh
Andersonville
Alive (best movie ever!)
Schindlers list
Gladiator (The characters really did exist BUT the story was not true.)
Apollo 13
Angela's Ashes
When we were soldiers
Glory
The Hunley (First sub ever to sink a ship)
The movie about Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, anyone remember the name?
The Alamo
12 days to glory
the longest day
A bridge too far

[saildog]

The movie about Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, anyone remember the name?

The Pirates of Silicone Valley.

Loved that one, too.

[Dave Mc]

Apollo 13

Tombstone (does that count? )

[Comic Book Geek]

Assuming we're adding historical settings as well as those based on real events;

Schindler's List
Apollo 13
Saving Private Ryan
The Patriot
Braveheart
Glory
The Right Stuff
Good Shepard

[The Bat]

Braveheart
A Bridge too Far
Blackhawk Down
300
Titanic

I'd like to include "Band of Brothers"(but it falls under HBO Mini-Series)

[Goblin19]

Glory tops my list, too.

[batmanmc]

rudy is my top movie

[txteach]

Anyone ever see the movie "Life is Beautiful"? If that is a true story that is the best one ever made. I'm not ashamed to say that the movie moved me. If you haven't seen it yet check it out.

[The Sentry]

Gotta say Band of Brothers and 300.
I could watch those films over and over again!

[thunderbolt]

The Great Escape
Sink the Bismark
The 10 Commandments

[Meule]

There's so many, how can you choose? But to name a few:
Schindler's List
Saving Private Ryan
The Longest Day
Bridge over River Kwai

[The Bat]

I'd also like to include "Saving Pvt.Ryan"...because the idea was taken from a very small part of the "Band of Brothers" Book...but the Story was totally fictional.

Same with Gladiator... Most of them were real People...except Maximus. But having read Wil Durant...the Movie seemed like it was taken right out of History. They really Nailed it!