Historically inaccurate movies?

[Trevor]

Indy told me that John Wayne's The Alamo (1960) is historically inaccurate for a lot of reasons but Clint Eastwood's Invictus (2009) is, from a South African perspective, the most historically wrong film ever made. I actually walked out and requested a refund (and I wasn't the only person who did that).

Any others (Attenborough's Gandhi also comes to mind)?

[Gabriel Knight]

BRAVEHEART has many differences from the actual story. It doesn't deter that much, but still. I don't really care to be honest because it's an amazing film. Same goes for GLADIATOR.

[Newt]

Oh dear.   Pick one.  Any one. 

[Trevor]

Oh dear.   Pick one.  Any one. 

[RCMerchant]

Every movie that's based on a true story is bullsh!t.
Except maybe PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE (1959).

If Criswell says it happened- then it happened!

[Alex]

U-571. The Royal Navy had captured a German submarine and its Enigma machine before the US even entered the war.

[Ted C]

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story suggests that Bruce suffered a back injury in a fight.

No. There was a fight, and he won, but it was a near thing because his opponent was in much better shape than he was, so he decided he need to train up. So he promptly tried to lift too much weight and basically broke his own back.

[Archivist]

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story suggests that Bruce suffered a back injury in a fight.

No. There was a fight, and he won, but it was a near thing because his opponent was in much better shape than he was, so he decided he need to train up. So he promptly tried to lift too much weight and basically broke his own back.

As a Bruce Lee fan who had read a lot about him prior to watching Dragon, that part of the movie really stuck out to me.

Another that comes to mind is Argo (2012), where a big thing was made about the Americans saving them, but they played a secondary or even tertiary role in the situation, with the Canadian, British and New Zealand governments playing parts.

[indianasmith]

FLYBOYS got virtually nothing about the Lafayette Escadrille right (but it was still a very fun movie).

[bob]

Inglorious Basterds

[Trevor]

Inglorious Basterds

The one thing they did get right was to show how dangerous nitrate film is 

[Cult_Moody_Movies]

If it says "Based on a True Story" you better take a grain of salt.

Do I still enjoy the likes of John Carpenter's Elvis, Man on the Moon, Ed Wood and Dolemite Is My Name? Sure. Are there liberties taken? You better believe it.

Best line to take away from in Man on the Moon "All the most important things in my life are changed around and mixed up for dramatic purposes."

[zombie no.one]

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, VAMPIRE HUNTER

in this film the Whitehouse is depicted as having a second floor balcony - something that was not constructed until after Lincoln's presidency.

[RCMerchant]

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, VAMPIRE HUNTER

in this film the Whitehouse is depicted as having a second floor balcony - something that was not constructed until after Lincoln's presidency.

Yeah. That's what is inaccurate about that movie. 

[indianasmith]

Also, when you watch the Disney movie HAMILTON, it's worth noting that some of those extended musical numbers never happened in real life.
And female dancers did not attend cabinet meetings.