Historically accurate movies?

[Trevor]

I've heard the movie "Zuu" was close to the truth.

If you mean Zulu (1964) with Sir Stanley Baker and Sir Michael Caine, yes it was largely accurate. A few inconsistencies here and there but it was mostly accurate. For example, the character of Henry Hook wasn't a malingerer but actually a hero, the troops didn't sing "Men of Harlech" etc.

[pacman000]

I think 2005's The New World was reasonably accurate, and oftentimes beautiful, though I guess the definitive take on that story has to remain Disney's Pocahontas, because the talking raccoon was left out by Terrence Malick.

To bookend Chinese imperial history, 1998's The Emperor and the Assassin seems to faithfully take on the known history of Ying Zheng's life, he being more or less the first ruler of a unified China, and Bertolucci's The Last Emperor, from 1987 did not take any egregious detours from fact concerning the pathetic fate of China's last imperial ruler. (It also featured Peter O'Toole, who seems to be working himself into half the movies I mention here lately...)

Meeko didn't talk... :(

[ER]

I think 2005's The New World was reasonably accurate, and oftentimes beautiful, though I guess the definitive take on that story has to remain Disney's Pocahontas, because the talking raccoon was left out by Terrence Malick.

To bookend Chinese imperial history, 1998's The Emperor and the Assassin seems to faithfully take on the known history of Ying Zheng's life, he being more or less the first ruler of a unified China, and Bertolucci's The Last Emperor, from 1987 did not take any egregious detours from fact concerning the pathetic fate of China's last imperial ruler. (It also featured Peter O'Toole, who seems to be working himself into half the movies I mention here lately...)

Meeko didn't talk... :(

He did but they cut that scene. It was a nice anti-fur industry soliloquy too. Cute Algonquin accent. (Are you buying this at all?)

[pacman000]

No, but you made me laugh. 

Thank you. :)

[ER]

My pleasure!