20 Most Historically Inaccurate Movies

[@WatchMojo]

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[@-Rafay]

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[@marcusyates3044]

Top 10 Roman Gods and Goddesses! Top 10 Gods of Chinese Mythology! Top 20 Greek Gods and Goddesses!

[@TheKing20501]

Here is Another one.. _____________ From Hell - 2001. It`s based on a Graphic Novel of the same title, by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell. That, in turn, is based largely on the royal conspiracy theory detailed in Stephen Knight's, Jack the Ripper:

[@Chops_4114]

Why didn't yall include the women king???

[@ricodelpinadojr.7222]

Can you make a list of more accurate historical movies

[@garethtudor836]

My favourite part of Braveheart is when they decide to fight the battle of Stirling Bridge nowhere near Stirling Bridge

[@alanobrien9362]

There is a Scottish urban legend that had Mel Gibson discussing the Stirling Bridge battle with a local historical expert. Seems Mel didn't want thousands of men trying to fight their way over a cramped bridge as it would ruin the epic battle he had in mind. The local expert apparently said "Aye, the English thought that as well" Don't know if the legend is true or not, but it should be.

[@studioseppuku9454]

I think also Wallace was dead before the battle of Stirling Bridge if you go by the 'Outlaw King' timeline which basically plays as a sequel.

[@WinstonSmith19847]

The bridge factored into the Scottish tactics and is why they won the battle, instead of fighting a larger English army all at once they attacked it in stages as it tried to cross the bridge.

[@mr.mystere4999]

Considering that Braveheart made its way to the Syfy Channel on more than one occasion, I am inclined to agree with its spot at #1 on this list.

[@nattgray8413]

Of course this movie is fiction. William Wallace was of course a real person and he made a massive impact for Scotland fight the English monarchy but the Scot that was referred to as Braveheart was Robert the Bruce

[@williamsummerson1204]

The Last Samurai is inaccurate but it's still one of my favorite movies of all time. Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe were both phenomenal.

[@0fficialdregs]

same i still have the DVD and it;s always a must watch

[@williamsummerson1204]

Same.

[@dreamguardian8320]

Agreed.

[@tweettweetjones1262]

Ditto!

[@RomaRapoport]

Couldn't have said it better meself

[@Ytinasniiable]

300 may have been historically inaccurate but it was definitely a solid comic adaptation

[@peterthesneakybastar]

Honestly, for a movie with mythical creatures, magic, and naked body builders the actual historical account of the battle was much more accurate than I expected. Like the movie, there were in fact only 300 Spartans plus a few thousand other Greek allies (such as Arcadians) that held off 120,000-300,000 Persians at the Hot Gates for 7 days until a local resident revealed to the Persians a path to outflank the Greeks. Afterwards, Leonidas dismissed the bulk of his army and fought to the death with the rest of his men. Their sacrifice lead the Greeks to ultimately win the war.

[@CrazyGamerDragon64]

This reminds me of the parody Robot Chicken did with 1776 the tagline was "It ain't accurate but it will blow you f***Ing mind!"

[@artinamiri503]

Yes for example persians being black ugly people dressed like old cannibal african tribes and having slaves . fun fact persian empire was the only emire in history that never did slavery and never raped women or captive of war

[@dannyboy6815]

Shut up

[@rofln00b]

I mean, I probably wouldn't even count 300 for a list like this exactly because it was more than anything a fantasy comic book movie, not a historical movie. Otherwise might as well have Inglorious Basterds on the list as well.

[@richardrobinson1651]

For all of you sending out love to The Last Samurai, please consider booking your next holiday to the Taranaki region of New Zealand; where major parts of the movie were filmed.

[@snailysaurus]

I was wondering if "Amadeus" would show up on this list - to be fair, Peter Shaffer never intended to write a dramatic biography of Mozart, he was simply exploring a theme using two historical figures. Both the play and its film adaptation are, in my opinion at least, quite wonderful and I have enjoyed watching and reading them over the years. The problem lay in the film audiences who assumed that "Amadeus" was a biopic which it wasn't and never pretended to be. I have a special irk on this subject because for many years I worked in classical music retail (for Tower, Virgin and at other stores) and had to daily correct customers on what they thought they knew about Mozart's life and work. The film takes a lot of heat from Mozart buffs, which I think is decidedly unfair and, in the long run, it opened up a lot of people to listening to music which otherwise they may never have ever considered doing, which I think was a good thing. And, by the way, the concept predates Pushkin and the rumor that Salieri poisoned Mozart was circulating even in Salieri's own lifetime (he outlived Mozart by decades and, I think, was a victim of dementia in his later years). Also, Salieri was by no means a bad composer - he was, in fact, a very good one. He just wasn't a Mozart.

[@3rdandzen97]

The KZbin channel, History Buffs, covers many of these movies and their historical accuracies, or in these cases, inaccuracies, and does a fantastic job. Worth checking out.

[@lizzybethnj617]

Great channel. I love how he annihilated the Patriot

[@dantefromdevilmaycry9857]

@@lizzybethnj617 Mel Gibson is infamous in the channel for being a repeat offender

[@TomasFunes-rt8rd]

But he's not infallible either, for example, he failed to appreciate that a man in Apocalypto with pock marks all over his face, and nowhere else, CANNOT have smallpox, because smallpox affects the entire body's surface. He actually went to a guy in a white coat in a hospital and posed him some leading questions, yet fails because of the simple principle that I just mentioned.

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

@@dantefromdevilmaycry9857 It's probably not the most popular opinion with many film fans, but if you see Mel as a sentimentalist who also loves melodrama (pun acknowledged), yet is a racist/xenophobic homophobe... Not a great combination for an historical filmmaker, to put it mildly 😕

[@SimonUdd]

I’m just going to start with saying I’m a history nerd and one thing that bothers me when movies sway from history with changing races,genders,personalities of making up love affairs,drama or characters is that they are portraying real people and deserves to be treated with respect not just as characters in a story that can be changed at will

[@Tombbistol]

Yeah , especially when some of the race changes or gender changes are one-sided , like not trying to get political, but I think any types of race or gender swap of historical events are quite disrespectful regardless who does it.

[@pattierotondo1108]

@@Tombbistol I agree. I would also extend that to remakes of classic movies and novels. It is disrespectful of the original material.

[@TomasFunes-rt8rd]

@@Tombbistol Yep - when NPCs tell me there's nothing wrong with showing Anne Boleyn or Cleopatra as black, I always ask them whether they would be ok with a white Martin Luther King or a white Nelson Mandela....

[@flowerfaeri]

@@TomasFunes-rt8rd I couldn't watch the travesty of Anne Boleyn as black, nor could I stomach Mickey Rooney as Japanese - but at least that was old Hollywood. We're supposed to know better now.

[@tudorbaltoiu7685]

Pretty surprised not to see 1492: Conquest of Paradise. Granted, it's an obscure film compared to the others on this list, but its depiction of Christopher Columbus almost borders on fiction.

[@adee7546]

It is fiction, dude. That's what a film is.

[@AudieHolland]

It shows *freaking turkeys* in Spain at the start of the movie.

[@amberjohnson4820]

I liked that film for the acting but certainly never for the historical context.

[@joyunicycle]

Here are some more you forgot: - Legend of the Titanic (nobody dies) - Henry the 8th (2003) - The Magic Voyage (1992) - The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) - Mary Queen of Scots (2018) - Kingdom of Heaven (2005) Feel free to add any more I missed

[@theorangelantern8771]

The Woman King (2022)

[@zackbarr3982]

How about 1492:conquest of paradise (1992)

[@Laramaria2]

"The Other Boleyn Girl" drives me crazy. I know it's not selling itself as accurate BUT GOD they went hard... I do have to say that Natalie Portman was a pretty good Anne Boleyn but that's it 😅

[@dylantriantis6005]

Catch Me If You Can (2002)

[@justincoleman7856]

I feel like they can do a part 2 just based on this list alone. heh

[@eclecticx]

Slavery is a horrific thing, so I have to ask WHERE is THE WOMAN KING? It's among the least accurate historical movies EVER, the equivalent of making a WWII movie and having the Nazis portrayed as heroes.

[@datsapaddlin]

The Last Samurai was inaccurate but man was it a good movie.

[@scottbarkley496]

Who said it was based on real events ? The movie is amazing

[@vhagerty]

Ken Watanabe yum!

[@dreamguardian8320]

I agree.

[@ELPRES1DENTE45]

I still like The Last Samurai.

[@HollyStAmour-hf6wg]

I’m only three minutes into the video but I had to thank you for this! I love it when movies get things wrong. It’s like a secret waiting to see if anyone else sees them!

[@TheTigerfan99]

Enemy at the Gates. Red Army soldiers have stated that in Stalingrad, the Soviet Union was never so poor or so short on rifles that they gave one soldier a gun and the other the ammo. While Vasily Zaitsev was a real sniper that killed roughly 225 Germans over the span of a few weeks, British historian Antony Beaver called the book and movie's love triangle a work of fiction. It's also believed that the story of Zaitsev's cat-and-mouse game with a German expert sniper that was sent to kill him was propaganda to boost Soviet morale during the Battle of Stalingrad.

[@stephencooper3583]

You guys should also do the opposite and make a list of historically accurate films.

[@daydreambeliever3127]

The most accurate movie I've ever seen was Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. Every word of it is true and really happened!

[@geminiacleo7ewe]

Especially the relationship between Al and Madonna! It couldn't have been more spot-on!

[@jabber1990]

he wrote it, I would think he'd know his own life

[@geminiacleo7ewe]

@@jabber1990 have you seen it? It's absolutely hilarious!! It's not meant to be taken seriously, though.

[@jabber1990]

@@geminiacleo7ewe of course i've seen it, its how I know its 100% true I was trying to figure out how you make a Bipic about somebody who's never done anything or gotten in trouble or had a redemption arc, but I did see it

[@geminiacleo7ewe]

@@jabber1990 the emotion! The drama!!!

[@thebeatnumber]

You could have included: 1 The Sound of Music 2 The Last King of Scotland 3 The Greatest Showman 4 Gladiator 5 Mary Queen of Scots 6 The Favourite

[@scifugitive2]

I would also like to add Elizabeth, Elizabeth: the Golden Age, and the lesser known movie: All the Queen's Men. And I totally agree with your

[@MsPurplelocket]

You picked good ones

[@pattierotondo1108]

Did you know that, when the Sound of Music first came out, they played it in Germany without the last reel, so the family doesn't escape?

[@pixalmasterstudios2485]

I mean The Greatest Showman never advertised that it was supposed to be accurate. More just to have a good time watching

[@schindlerteejay94]

Just surprised that The Woman King ain’t on this list, you know this movie is so historically inaccurate when the critics score on rotten tomatoes is drastically different to the audience score.

[@calzone3843]

Legit hey

[@marcello7781]

The whole "critics says its good/bad, therefore it must be bad/good" mentality reeks of contrarianism for the sake of contrarianism.

[@jonnyblaze411]

​@Mar Cello the movie was trash

[@ArcaJ]

Strange that with all of the movies to feature historical inaccuracies, that is the one you're worried about. 🤔

[@melaninycee672]

@@jonnyblaze411 of course it was 🙃

[@BlueEyedMatt42]

People always take "based on" to heart as fact.

[@DavidGreen_au]

I suspect that if many historical dramas were not tuned for entertainment, they would probably be quite boring. My favourite on this list is Amadeus. I saw that several times at the Cinema. It was entertaining, well dressed, costuming and casting were brilliant. And the music arrangement by Neville Mariner was the best! Initially I thought that Hulce's performance of Mozart was "over the top", until a documentary I saw a few years ago, showed that his humour was literally "very low brow".

[@Tuinuiski]

From what I've read all the inaccuracies in Bohemian Rhapsody are deliberate, not mistakes.

[@thenecrosanct4906]

That still makes them inaccuracies. Besides, they never said the inaccuracies had to be based on mistakes. It's clear that most, if not all, of the directors knew very well they weren't accurately depicting history.

[@magicmanscott40k]

That's dumb

[@bsmi1361]

If the woman king ain't on here y'all need to redo it

[@TurbulenttJuice]

Yeah, that movie is straight up trying to rewrite history that tribe of people were slavers. What a joke.

[@DeathbySkullfxxx]

Amen.. dafuq is 300 even on here for? Lol

[@PacificaJaena]

WatchMojo is into that liberal shit

[@Pardisc13895]

@@DeathbySkullfxxxbecause 300 is completly false and not at all what happenned in history and its a racist movie to all iranians/Persians showing them as mosnters when they were actually the real slave freers when Sparta was the one trowing kids off cliphs. Its just a massive propaganda

[@amaannanji3113]

It was accurate, they did talk about their role in the slave trade

[@Gigan10610]

Bohemian Rhapsody was good but bad at the same time

[@imsomewhatcertain1024]

The problem with most music biopics is that they tend to focus on the legend of the band/singer instead of that their lives and careers. The events in Bohemian Rhapsody are mostly authentic, but the timeline is thrown around to save time. Also, many cliches are brought in to make the movie “more entertaining.”

[@lucyhurst2534]

@@imsomewhatcertain1024the way they depicted his first meeting with his last partner Jim, was insulting to both of them. They met in a nightclub. Not when Jim was a waiter at one of Freddie’s parties, and got his arse groped by him 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@alienlife7754]

I got called homophobic because I told someone this was an inaccurate story. Wow.

[@Gigan10610]

@@alienlife7754 that's just wrong

[@staC-wh6ik]

Fun fact: Just because a historical movie contains many historical inaccuracies it doesn't mean it's a bad movie or you can't enjoy it. If your favorite movie appears on this list (15 of this top 20 are among my favorites), cheers!

[@BioluminescentTree]

Cope. Such sloppy work denotes a lack of care and attention to detail in one's craft and vision, as well as a disgusting disdain for truth and of the very real consequences of its results when fed to the masses. An historically inaccurate historical film (that is, with history as its real intended backdrop) is indeed a bad film.

[@kh7688]

​@BioluminescentTree Cry more. It's a film. It can take as many liberties as it likes. Doesn't make it a bad film, just because it isn't a documentary. What an idiotic comment. If you watch films for historical accuracy, that's rather concerning.

[@kh7688]

I agree with you. There are plenty of films on this list that I genuinely enjoyed watching.

[@jackbaoy1222]

historical movie is never meant to be historical academics with 100% historical accuracy. When I was kid I took during Elementary I took it as if it was my academic text book and got lucky with my grade with it but soon later when I deeply read the books and researches of history and soon some or most scenes of the films were only fictional. I felt dumb when I found out but I do still love the movies even they were not real history.

[@nattgray8413]

I would enjoy such movies if it weren’t for peeps that watch said movies and think that is what happened.

[@Thechickinaaronscar]

The woman king should be on this list I wonder why it’s not lol.also Elvis should be on this list as well .

[@layplum]

Elvis’ was involved in the making of Elvis and she says it’s very accurate.

[@Vynzent]

​@@layplum Imagine that. Someone involved in the film says the film is accurate lmao

[@BaxterAndLunala]

Dude forgets the Bolshevik revolution ended in 1922, when the first scene of Anastasia takes place in 1917 while the rest of the movie takes place in 1927. Also forgets the fact the Russian city was named St. Petersburg, when throughout the existence of the Soviet Union, it was known as Leningrad, named after Vladimir Lenin, one of the founders of the nation.

[@DOTHShorts]

I can’t wait until WatchMojo does Top 50 of previous Top 10s.

[@Thechickinaaronscar]

I’m shocked they haven’t lol

[@Rossoneri2]

We've been waiting for years

[@jesuisleprince417]

Seriously with Marie Antoinette? Did the entire message and tone go over your head? This movie is absolutely brilliant AND beautiful, and I will die on that hill.

[@myjka82]

You can easily do Top 500 just by putting every biopic movie ever made or any historical one on the list

[@FoodImpact]

Half of the films criticized: the film never claimed to be accurate 😂

[@Runeseer]

None of them did, The closest to claiming accuracy was JFK, but that was more supposition, because Stone will tell you he couldn't be accurate because the "cover-up" suppressed all of the facts and he feels he logically filled in the gaps.

[@southsyde6870]

So true

[@TomasFunes-rt8rd]

That only tells us how YOUR mind works, not how the expectation that we the audience agree to "suspend disbelief" should be rewarded with a good honest effort by the entertainer.

[@Lovegun.]

That's like saying "I never claimed I wasn't a liar". If you make a BIOpic, you kinda figure it's gonna be the biography of the subject you're watching. If it's isn't true it should say that at the beginning. I say that as a Scotsman who constantly has to tell people the Robert the Burns didn't fuck Wallace over, Wallace himself was a complete psychopath who would cut people's ears off and make a necklace out of them, who wasn't the intelligent warrior poet with a sense for traps. He was a barbarian who was told by his men about traps and set ups etc. Fantastic movie but so many people believe the utter crap that was told in it.

[@coolcat8b]

If the film is about historical events, it should be stated clearly, at the beginning of the movie, that it is not historically accurate. The "based on actual events" tag is vague and has no real meaning. The film production should also make available a list of all the inaccuracies on a web page, for easy perusing.

[@banx757]

There is a channel called "History Buffs" that does an excellent job reviewing the historical accuracies and inaccuracies of historical films.

[@Troy_Built]

There used to be a TV show that did the same with textbooks taught in schools.

[@MsPurplelocket]

I love that channel. Ended up watching the Narcos ones before the show now I'm too lazy to watch the actual thing

[@ChibiProwl]

Ooh.... thank you for the info.😮

[@missdeejay]

Love it ❤

[@farcried8279]

nobody asked

[@WrestlingwithChris]

Just a question of curiosity from a Scotsman here. There is an ongoing theme here that Americans over glorify themselves or when an American director is involved, there's almost nothing accurate in movies. I also understand that a lot of movies are over dramatised for story purposes, but is there a serious issue with history lessons through American education or is it ignorance to fact? Especially when Americans are over glorified. This isn't a slate on American education, this is a genuine question to understand our American friends better 😊

[@ChaseMC215]

The Untouchables film wasn't the only material that wasn't entirely faithful to the book. Keep in mind, this was the second time the book was adapted for screen, the first time was The Untouchables tv show, which was a popular show running from 1959 to 1963.

[@cavemanbum]

Fun fact: if people want to learn accurate history, they stay home and watch documentaries. Or take college courses. 🙄 They go to the theater to be ENTERTAINED. This is why all the right historical movies will have the disclaimer, "Influenced by real events" at the beginning of the film.

[@downeastboy84]

Very well put

[@JedForge]

True, but if Hollywood had even a small amount of creative talent, they'd be able to come up with something that is mostly historically accurate while still being entertaining. Many of the inaccuracies in some of these movies are head shaking inexcusable.

[@Stephen-to7jx]

The Untouchables was also a 50's TV series.

[@orcaman8794]

The real event that the story of Pocahontas was based on actually happened 100 years before John Smith and actually occurred in Florida with a guy named Juan Ortiz.

[@ChibiProwl]

Huh? Really? I is curious now. I'm going to have to learn more.😮🤔

[@Itcouldbebunnies]

Milly Francis was born in 1803, Pocahontas died in 1617🙄

[@orcaman8794]

@@Itcouldbebunnies You're right. It was the story of Juan Ortiz I was thinking about.

[@philiprice7875]

yea and disney is the choice to send script idea " lets do a film about a 12yo girl getting sold into sex slavery and depict tribes as having royal familys

[@Knolla14]

Pedal Harbor is terrible, but FDR could stand from his wheel chair. He could even make it look like he was walking.he could hold someone and use momentum to throw his legs, he could also pull himself to standing. Contrary t the film, he actually did it all the time so it wasn’t as impressive as the movie makes it out (for the people in the room)

[@Beth_Alice_Kaplan]

Indeed. It was - AFAIK - actually forbidden to take photos of FDR that depicted him as disabled.

[@mirabellestarr7679]

Are you kidding? Bohemian Rhapsody should be #1! It is an embarrassment to the entire life of Freddie. I walked out of the theatre. Brian and Roger should hold their heads in shame to allow this. Obviously money talks. It was the music that made that movie NOT the ficticious stupid incorrect storyline! They sold out to writers who never even met them and obviously too young to even experience Queen music as a teen. I was disgusted plus the lead actor won an Academy award for WHAT??? His portrayal was pathetic. Sickening. The nominations are rigged and I already know how producers use money to convince Academy voters. Worst most inaccurate movie I have ever paid to watch and left in disgust AND there were many others of my age group who walked out!

[@brandon_21ea]

You guys forgot about the Woman King.

[@ShadowHost99]

🤓

[@dasadman]

Well it "represents" black people and women, so there's no way they'll call that out

[@melaninycee672]

They know what’s up. So what’s the problem?

[@Natalie66796]

I'm all for representation but that film completely misses out the fact that group owned slaves and even sold them :/

[@dreamguardian8320]

Guess they can't squeeze in everything.

[@thunderb4stard80]

JFK is one of the greatest films of all time. Amadeus is the 2nd best movie of all time in my opinion (just behind 12 angry men). Goes to show that truth doenst have to be adhered to in order to succeed.

[@46sn29]

Pretty sure The Last Samurai never claimed to be a historical drama. Most people don't even know that Nathan Algren was loosely based off a real person.

[@williamblakehall5566]

Take away Nathan Algren and you still have the problem of how it oversimplifies changes in Japanese society.

[@FoodImpact]

Wasn't he french? And they didn't even mention that. Ironic to criticize but not do homework.

[@46sn29]

@@FoodImpact Yes. He was loosely inspired by a French officer named Jules Brunet.

[@46sn29]

@William Blake Hall Not the point. The film never claimed to be based on fact. No trailer or movie poster ever stated "based or inspired by true events". Meaning they could have literally put space aliens in it if they wanted to. They were free to be as historically accurate or inaccurate as they pleased.

[@teacopem]

​@William Blake Hall no it doesn't oversimplify em and it has to it only a movie not a 500 page book

[@BeSponged]

Another movie that should have been on this list, THE WOMAN KING! This movie is completely historically inaccurate!

[@dreamguardian8320]

Guess they can't squeeze in everything.

[@halorecon95]

​@@dreamguardian8320 It's probably the worst offender of historical rewriting. To put it into perspective, what they did would be the same as making an American Civil War movie but have the South fight to abolish slavery, killing 100 Northerners for every 1 Southerner, and the North wanting to spread slavery across the entire Union. *That* is how bad Woman King was with its historical depiction.

[@greatfilmmaker]

Really enlighten me. There was a tibe Agojie in the 17th and 19th centuries where the women that were "-un" undesirable were made in the female warriors. Many of the people who owed the king or some lower ruler money we're sold to the British as slaves. And in 1727th, the port was attacked. I'm not denying your comment. Just want. Some enlightenment. What part was badly in accur

[@me3333]

This is the problem with some people today. They get all of their knowledge from the movies and think it's accurate. They are MOVIES people, they are for entertainment purposes not education and the actors are not the people they are playing.

[@whoami-eb7cq]

Even when the movie is meant to be outrageous.Can't believe they didn't wear converse in pre-revolution france🙄

[@TheSci-fiAnarchist42]

If Mel Gibson is in a historical film then you KNOW it's gonna be inaccurate.

[@billslover90]

Guy has issues. Gibson has said harsh things about Hispanics gays Jews etc…

[@seanmccormick3270]

Gotta love the whole “The movie is fiction but historically inaccurate”. LOL Maybe the reason why it’s called fiction is because it’s not supposed to be taken as being true

[@YourBestBudFlowey]

Say what you want about The Last Samurai's inaccuracies, it was still a phenomenal movie. One thing it got decently right was the Samurai's weapons and armour, to many depictions of Samurai have them with either no armour or wooden armour and only wielding katanas when they also used spears, axes bows and I'm sure many other weapons I'm missing.

[@geoffreyfletcher6976]

Historically, last samurai had more accuracies than inaccuracies, but it is still presented more as a historical fiction than a pure true to life historical documentary.

[@rehwr]

No, there's a big inaccuracy in it. That Samurai didn't use guns when they were using guns since the 1500's.

[@NtrnStrBlckHlDrkMttrNEnrgy]

White washing saviour rocks 🤪

[@dreamguardian8320]

I enjoy the movie too.

[@bellers01]

It's such a good film isn't it

[@jocelynhale7168]

6:45 it wasn’t completely unfounded; her remains as well as her parents and 2 of her sisters weren’t found until the late 1970’s, weren’t unearthed until 1991, and the state funeral wasn’t held until 1998. Maria and Alexei’s remains weren’t found until 2007

[@pattierotondo1108]

I think that many wanted the fake Anastasia to be real, simply because the truth was so horrible and sad. The entire family was butchered and the women probably got the worst of it. There were diamonds sewn into their clothing, which made the bullets and bayonets bounce off, so the soldiers battered them to death. They even violated the corpses of the women. It was disgusting. I give Yeltsen credit for making a very sincerely apology for the wrong that was done, despite it being 80 years too late to do the Romanovs any good.

[@jocelynhale7168]

@@pattierotondo1108 I was more trying to bring attention to whomever has been poorly fact-checking WatchMojo videos recently … it’s a bit of an unfortunate trend if you pay attention/are knowledgeable enough about the subject they’re choosing to cover

[@BlazerK1914]

Zack Snyder is personally one of my favorite directors, and I’m glad he made movies such as 300 and his DCEU Films.

[@Nobodysurvivesevenonebit]

We need new justice league

[@justapeacefulmanwhosbornin7291]

‘300’ became one of the best movies in 2000s and also one of my few favorite movies based on the original graphic novels created by Frank Miller.

[@robgraham5697]

Different strokes etc. I hated it. So many inaccuracies. Had I lived back then I would have rather lived in the Achaemenid Empire than classical Greece. The Achaemenids were more technologically advanced. Culturally too as slavery wasn't a central part of their economy.

[@quasij]

​@@robgraham5697 don't tell it very loud, many Spartan fan boys would hate you even though you are 100% right...😂

[@danielferrieri7434]

Top Ten Amazing Inaccurate Movies

[@necron9028]

if you like more than 4 of these movies, your have trash taste

[@taaya6037]

Let's be honest, almost EVERY WW2 movie Americans make are ... well, massively americanised. Don't get me wrong, as a German I am very glad the Americans joined the war. (And even more as a disabled German who would've been killed by a Nazi regime at birth had I been born into that time.) But almost every American movie about the time forgets the other three allied nations that fought alongside the USA to defeat Nazi Germany. And there's often no nuance about Germans either. We WERE the villains, no argument there. But we were no disney-style evil laughter villains, there was propaganda (not unlike the BS Trump does today), brainwashing and limited access to anything that could help inform oneself of how bad the then-current ideology was. And very little about how many Germans fell victim to the Nazis themselves (communists, social democrats, disabled people, queer people - including a whole research institute on gender science -, all along the better known victims of black and jewish Germans). So, really, as a German, almost EVERY movie on the topic feels ... stereotypical to the point of being offensive, even though you DID play a big part in saving us and giving people like me a chance of growing up despite being disabled. Oh, the list is also missing "Anna and the King". I mean, I LOVE the movie. But unfortunately ...most of the story is nonsense, despite revolving around two historical figures. And, again, as a disabled person: The greatest showman. That is HORRIBLY offensive.

[@hailmichigan2]

300 is based on the battle from the view of the Greeks. The strange invaders with elephants and the Great King coming to watch the battle. That is a depiction of how they viewed the Persians.

[@hunterkiller1440]

Waiting to see Canadians and Kiwis here rage over Argo for being disgustingly inaccurate.

[@captlazer5509]

Watch Mojo is out of Canada so that part was taken care of already lol They missed the point of the inaccuracy as the fake sci fi movie Argo was never used to escape Iran. I wish the fake movie was made !

[@Rhodes09]

What about the woman king that movie is so inaccurate that's it criminal

[@jennifer_m.8613]

The animated "Anastasia" movie is based off of the 1956 live action movie of the same name and story, which starred Ingrid Bergman as Anastasia, Helen Hayes as Dowager Empress Marie, and Yul Brenner as a character similar to Dimitri.

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

Yes. And "Amadeus" was based on a celebrated play which was never intended to be an accurate historical account, but a fascinating speculative examination of jealousy and the nature of genius with a murder twist thrown in. The list in this video is VERY variable.

[@Beth_Alice_Kaplan]

But I but they didn’t have a talking bat that sounded like Peter Lorre!

[@BenAck912]

The Buddy Holly Story (1978.)

[@lucasmarinho6816]

In defense of Bohemian Rhapsody, the movie is fair to the song's lyrics "Is this real life? or is this just fantasy?"

[@zuitsuit80]

Marie Antoinette was intended that way. It was purposely stylized to be a “pop teen” perspective of a sheltered teenaged queen. The music and modern props are intentional and only used sparingly. If a movie is slightly inaccurate but it’s smart enough to inspire young fans to read a book or do their own research, I’m all for it. The same goes for Titanic and Gatsby.

[@zuitsuit80]

And Amadeus.

[@pattierotondo1108]

Marie Antoinette gets a bad rap due to the inaccurate attribution of the "Let them eat cake." line to her. She never said that. She may have been shallow and ignorant of the situation she was in, but being ignorant is not the same as being evil. Her mother used her children as pawns and Marie actually replaced an older sister that died before she was sent to France. The story is a sad one - more so due to how history has painted her as so dismissive of people.

[@zuitsuit80]

@@pattierotondo1108 you’re absolutely right. They do address the legend about the famous misquote in the movie and I think that it was Sophia Coppola’s vision to make the entire story feel like the same sort of “candyland bubble” that a royal teenager of privilege would naturally be in. Especially at that time in our culture (the Paris Hiltons and The Kardashians exploding). The audience’s point of view is meant to be much more colorful than the reality of The French Revolution… However, the history and stories will last and her story helps the children to understand the overall lesson when they Google her name.

[@keresztes92]

History of the World, Part I is the most historically accurate movie ever made !!

[@achilloryenrfr_2710]

Put The Last Samurai in this list is a shame Whatsmojo... again

[@luismachado1934]

Why?

[@bsmi1361]

Not really

[@scottbarkley496]

It's a Masterpiece

[@russelmcguffin]

I’ve heard that most of the Star Wars movies are pretty inaccurate.

[@rambofan334]

What are you talking about, Luke Skywalker blowing up a moon sized space station is 100% historical.

[@WinstonSmith19847]

I went to school with Anakin Skywalker and he wasn't that bad they totally ruined his reputation.

[@TheWarmachine375]

The Last Samurai was pretty good especially with the brutal battles between samurai and modern army.

[@michaelravvennous4183]

Cool Runnings from 1993. I loved that movie then I heard the real "angry" man speak and he told us that almost everything in that movie was completely false. John Candy's character was not real, the governing board did not ban them and all the other competitors were not hostile but very supportive of the athletes from Jamaica. I can get by most inaccurate things in movies, little things or things I don't know about but when I know most things in the movie are inaccurate then I can't get past it and I can't watch the movie.

[@jabber1990]

I thought I heard somewhere that the East Germans were actually the nice ones

[@SecretSocietyTV]

You do need a plot you know. That’s why it’s a movie and not a documentary.

[@nbenefiel]

I think the most inaccurate film was Gibson’s The Passion of Christ, which was based on the delusions of a severely anti semitic German nun, rather than any of the New Testament.

[@christopherwesterberg8555]

Disney's Pocahontas may be Historically Inaccurate, but it is My Favorite Disney Film

[@gawaniwhitecrow2731]

Not so much fun if you are serving your country when it comes out and immediately get it as a Nickname 😂 Having to tell potential partners that your buddies call you Poca because your from Nevada and good with cards instead of the truth of your Disney Princess status ✌🏾

[@rachelruthfrankle3905]

Pocahontas is one of my favourites and inspired me to lookup more about her. Same with Braveheart and William Wallace and how tragic how the last Romanovs were killed 😢

[@pattierotondo1108]

@@gawaniwhitecrow2731 I like how you worked that!

[@FR0STY668]

Anybody else NOT surprised that Watchmojo didnt have the guts to put "The Woman King" on here.....?

[@Fireman_Glass]

Now You’ll Never Know Why This Comment Is So Popular😂

[@thegoatarmy6699]

Do you speak Japanese?

[@ELPRES1DENTE45]

​@@ShadowHost99 - Valid question.

[@ricardorodriguez-mi2zv]

Completely true!!!!

[@SprkyGamer]

You mean Mason didn't kill jfk?!?

[@staC-wh6ik]

I knew modern videogames are almost movie-like, but I could have never imagined as much as being considered movies per se.

[@brandonf.8360]

In some cases, hilariously inaccurate. 😂😭

[@BlackHatCinephile]

It's about time somebody said Anastasia is dead.

[@vhagerty]

She's been spotted playing basketball with Elvis and Amelia Earhart. I swear!! 😉

[@maximaldinotrap]

We know the animated Anastasia is inaccurate. When you introduce magic into a setting you can get away with inaccuracy. 300 is based on a graphic novel so the inaccuracies come from that. 10,000 BC never exactly claimed to be accurate. Anything involving Mel Gibson is gonna be inaccurate

[@aoinatafanboy84]

Please tell me it was clickbait because for the last goddamn time... 300 IS A COMIC BOOK FILM!?

[@gbyws279]

Tell me how many people actually know that and don't take it as a slightly fantastical representation of spartan history

[@rehwr]

Yes, 300 is literally based on the comic 300 written by Frank Miller.

[@MsPurplelocket]

Definitely click bait. Besides, there's no such thing as a "historically accurate film" cos then it would be surveillance footage lol

[@aoinatafanboy84]

@@rehwr at least the mention it this time but... they never did in all the other 'historically inaccurate films' lists. It just wears on me seeing it included every damn time because of a passing reference to it. They could have switched it with Once Upon a Time or Inglorious Bastards without a problem. Granted Tarantino was using revisionism, but still its better than citing a graphic novel and saying its inaccurate to real life.

[@tommosoinyys8073]

Maybe its here because it was real event....😮

[@residentrump3271]

Inaccuracies aside, I rather enjoyed U-571, The Last Samurai, 300, Alexander and Braveheart. I was kinda surprised The Gangs of New York didn't get a mention here, as it isn't 100% accurate either

[@davidsecord6412]

The Japanese carrier used in the movie "Pearl Harbor" was the Lexington, moored in Corpus Christi bay. Considering its history, having people crossing the Harbor Bridge every day and seeing it flying Japanese flags outraged many of us. Having the production in the Corpus Christi/Gregory area also screwed up traffic and many other aspects of life for a while (which we didn't see when "Legend of Billie Jean" or "Raggedy Man" were made). So, besides the massive historical inaccuracies of "Pearl Harbor" we have Veterans outraged that one of the storied carriers of WWII is used as and dressed up as a Japanese ship, endearing the film to no one. Not a great film.

[@TomasFunes-rt8rd]

I enjoyed your comment except for one thing : the aircraft carrier USS Lexington is actually located at the bottom of the Coral Sea, and has been since mid 1942.

[@connorhernandez6570]

@@TomasFunes-rt8rd There is indeed, USS Lexington, Essex Class aircraft carrier, moored in Corpus Christi. It was originally named Cabot but was renamed following the loss of first USS Lexington

[@TomasFunes-rt8rd]

@@connorhernandez6570 Wow ! I stand corrected !

[@davidsecord6412]

@@TomasFunes-rt8rd Connor Hernandez is correct about the name change to preserve the Lexington legacy. I knew that, but didn't think it was germane to the story at hand.

[@angelinabnd]

It might be inaccurate, but Last Samurai sure is one brillaint movie!

[@scottbarkley496]

The Last Samurai = MASTERPIECE F U C K W A T C H M O J O

[@KSchorrWriter]

There seems to be some confusion on the behalf of the makers of this list - a work of clearly fiction with a historical character is not intended to be historically accurate, hence fiction. It's not a biopic historical dramatization - I'm very sure no one watched 300 or Anastasia thinking they were learning history.

[@TheTonyahawk]

Being of Scotch-Irish descent I did enjoy Braveheart, but the best thing about the movie was the fact that I went and read up on the true history. While the movie's depiction of history is well laughable I do enjoy the movie for what it is. I urge people with any of these films to find out the truth, because the truth is way more inspiring and/or fascinating.

[@pattierotondo1108]

I think that, if a movie inspires you to study further, then that isn't bad.

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

@@pattierotondo1108 JFK got increasingly (at the end totally, even from a layperson's perspective) incredible to the extent that I ended up researching the story myself - harder to do when the internet was not really accessible. I actually think it kicked off my resistance to wild conspiracy theories - I was only 17 when I saw the film, and hadn't really had to think about such a thing before. I don't think this is exactly what Stone wanted... and I'm fine with that 😀

[@blakeharris58]

Shakespeare in Love gets so much unjust negative attention. It’s a fun romantic comedy. Blame the Oscars for the Oscars. Also, the Weinstein thing is exhausting. Erase a third of the last 50 years of film, or shut up, he’s in prison where he belongs.

[@staringatthesun861]

Braveheart is still one of my favorite movies ever. It's so well made that you wish other historical phenomena could get the same cinematic treatment.

[@anthonyellis987]

I'm not surprised to see Braveheart at No 1. You missed out Stan and Ollie, the biopic of Laurel and Hardy (the performance of John.C.Reilly and Steve Coogan were spot on). The worst cases of interpreting history is when the US manages to save the day when they didn't.

[@joshuariddensdale2126]

The most historically inaccurate scene in U571 was when they gun down the survivors. That would've been a war crime. In fact, there was a documented case of that happening. A Uboat captain machine-gunned a lifeboat full of survivors and was tried after the war for war crimes. In actuality, until the Laconia incident, Uboat captains often aided survivors, and were civil about sinking ships with survivors still aboard.

[@supermanprime6758]

No one said the film was anything but a work of cition. That said, the most inaccurate is a German Cruiser just tooling around by itself in the middle of the Atlantic

[@RollTide1987]

You need to read up on what some American submarine crews would do to the survivors of their attacks in the Pacific. There was more than one incident where U.S. sailors would shoot them all dead in the water.

[@nbenefiel]

Many of the members of the Warren Commission disagreed with the findings of the commission.

[@SuperWarbringer666]

The Butler with Forest Whitaker should also be added to this list.

[@daniellirette7226]

Maybe it’s just me, but I interpreted apocalypto a little different. I didn’t view it as Mayans abducting and slaying other Mayans, I thought the abductors were the Aztec and it was basically telling the story of how the Mayans basically disappeared.

[@UncomfortableShoes]

Well the Mayans and the Aztecs existed a thousand years apart. Also, the European ships at the end are like 600 years too early. Film is kind of a mess. Now that being said, I’ve always felt that historic films more often than not are just using history to tell a story. No one should ever think they are getting real historical education from movies. History books exists for a reason.

[@TomasFunes-rt8rd]

@@UncomfortableShoes No, you're both wrong. They're not Aztecs, and the Mayans not only coexisted with the Aztecs, but the Mayans have actually never gone away. I buy all my shirts from them ! the Maya even mounted a combined naval campaign side by side with the navy of Texas in the 1830s against Mexico. The Spanish ships first arrived on Columbus' 3rd Voyage, and he encountered Mayan people. The fact that the Mayan buildings are still around today means they were around in 1500 too.

[@eliotshimkofsky8752]

The performance by Queen at LiveAid has been shown side-by-side with the scene from Bohemian Rhapsody and it’s virtually identical.

[@Rick_Cleland]

[@ThePhantomStinker]

The true #1 isn't even on the list. The Legend of the Titanic. Remember that one? The one where all of the passengers of the Titanic survive thanks to the intervention of a giant squid?

[@DenisPopov888]

Huh! I wrote about Bohemian Rhapsody the very same year it was on that it was a baloney, shallow parody and a huge falsification, with enormous mistakes and inaccuracies. At frist, everybody was mad at me... well, several years alter all my ideas proved to be true))) BTW, they will have to admit that the biopic about Elton John is a real shame, too. Time'll tell. True about 10 000D and sure about shallow JFK and very uneven Patriot.

[@rappscallion3238]

One of the glaring inaccuracies in JFK is Jim Garrison, played by Kevin Costner. In the film he is portrayed as a sympathetic family man who is a driven, fearless fighter for justice who wants nothing more than to find the truth. The reality was something else, namely that Garrison was a first-class a-hole who used his legal power to tear other people's lives apart on false accusations, mainly Clay Shaw (played by Tommy Lee Jones). He was paranoid, homophobic and did not hesitate to lie, bribe or intimidate people into obedience. He brought in junkies, ex-cons, and any nutcase with a crazy theory about JFK. The crazier and more sensational the better.

[@Denis-89]

Movies are meant to entertain and that is the purpose of all these! If people want real story then read a book or watch documentaries!

[@High_rise12]

When you choose to depict instead of fantasy then there’s a burden of accuracy

[@captobvious551]

Kind of weird adding movies not necessarily penned as biopics, just loosely adopted for entertainment

[@TheMouseAvenger]

Well, these movies ARE dramatizations/retellings/reenactments/reimaginings/narratizations/what-have-you-not of the original historical events, so why do we expect them to stick to the facts 100%? At the end of the day, all of these 'inaccuracies' are just sidetrips into alternate histories, & that's OK! :-) We can satisfy ourselves with that arcane knowledge, right? ^_^

[@sortehuse]

I love Shakespeare in Love. It a Romantic Comedy that uses historical persons very freely. It don't claim to be a historical movie, so I don't think it's fair blame it for being Historically Inaccurate, otherwise Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter should be number one.

[@gageperuti5519]

In Pocahontas' defense, it's based more on the legends surrounding her (like the climactic scene where she saves Smith from her father) than the actual facts. It doesn't excuse the inaccuracies, but it makes one understand them. Also, five Best Picture winners are on this list. That says a lot about the Oscars, doesn't it?

[@nightwing4457]

Of course it does. None of these movies are documentaries. They’re movies. Meant to entertain not inform.

[@gageperuti5519]

@@nightwing4457 Too true.

[@johnjim6793]

It is only natural and justified that big budget movies get checked more thoroughly and criticized more heavily for historical inaccuracies. If we were just counting the sheer number of anachronicsms, historical distortions ecc the list would be filled up with B and C movies to no end, but this would be unfair. Those movies usually don‘t have the ressources to pump money into scientific research or perfect production design. Plus Oscar movies are usually watched by are far larger audience, sometimes becoming part of national folklore like Braveheart. In a time where visual media have long replaced literature as a main source of information, and seen how often history, however ridiculously, is abused as a pretext to „justify“ aggressive territorial claims (just take Putin), it is very important to fact-check historical movies. This is especially true when those stories claim to be based on true events.

[@differssmith4434]

Fun fact: her people published their side of her story. It's rather interesting read.

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

In the movie wasn't Freddy Mercury also diagnosed with AIDS earlier than in reality? I don't think he knew he had the disease in 1985. My mom noticed that horses weren't domesticated back in 10,000 BC and yet you see horsemen. I think only some parts of the beginning are accurate in Anastasia. 21:28 What happened to him?

[@ChibiProwl]

1. According to Wikipedia Freddie Mercury was diagnosed with AIDS in 1987. 2. According to Wikipedia in 1609 or 1610 Powhatan indians ambushed him and some other Jamestown settlers. The Powhatan women skinned his body with mussel shells then fed said fragments to a fire as the poor bastard watched. They then skinned his face and burned him at the stake.

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

@@ChibiProwl Yep.

[@Filboid2000]

I sincerely hope that you intend to follow this up with at least a top ten most historically accurate movies.

[@pattierotondo1108]

The 1997 Titanic was pretty accurate. The only thing that is a glaring inaccuracy is Murdock shooting himself while the ship sinks. Obviously, the Rose and Jack story is fiction, but the other characters were done rather well.

[@JeffreyDeCristofaro]

To be added to this ever-growing list: Vice, The Woman King, Gods and Generals, Enemy at the Gates...

[@Stephen-to7jx]

You have to add Americans for American audiences. Godzilla added Raymond Burr (actually he was Canadian) for the US distribution.

[@Rubinsmom]

No "A Knight's Tale"? They dance to David Bowie while she has weird hipster hair and the blacksmith puts a Nike swoosh on her work.