Step back in time with historical accuracy! Join us as we explore films that truly captured the essence of their eras. From meticulous costume design to faithful recreations of pivotal moments, these movies demonstrate extraordinary commitment to historical authenticity while still delivering compelling storytelling.
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00:00Our mission was called a successful failure in that we returned safely but never made it to the moon.
00:05Welcome to Miss Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the best movies that were reasonably faithful to reality.
00:11I could have got more, Husker, there are 1,100 people who are alive because of you.
00:17Number 30, The Big Short.
00:20And then that happens.
00:22What is that?
00:25That's America's housing market.
00:27If you want a truthful glimpse into how the 2007-2008 global financial crisis unfurled, you don't need to watch a documentary.
00:34Just spend two hours with The Big Short.
00:36Director Adam McKay does a terrific job conveying complex financial ideas and making them fiercely entertaining.
00:42The movie is based on Michael Lewis' book of the same name and adapts much of its information,
00:46giving a realistic rundown of the United States housing crisis and how it ruined the global economy.
00:51Financial experts have praised the film for its accuracy and biographical information is relatively accurate.
00:56Bar the changing of names.
00:58We don't want the movie to be true, but it is.
01:00Just kidding.
01:02Banks took the money the American people gave them and they used it to pay themselves huge bonuses
01:06and lobby the Congress to kill big reform.
01:09And then they blamed immigrants and poor people.
01:11Number 29, Master and Commander, The Far Side of the World.
01:14I could walk brisky, pausing only to take the most important pleasure,
01:18but certainly making valuable discoveries that could help advance our knowledge of natural history.
01:22While the story is entirely fictional, Master and Commander is probably the closest you'll ever get to living during the Napoleonic Wars.
01:29A tremendous amount of research went into making this movie,
01:32and a tremendous amount of talent was required to bring it to the screen.
01:35Virtually everything you see and hear in the film is realistic.
01:38The primitive medical practices, the costumes, the sailing techniques, the Oscar-winning sounds of battle,
01:43all brilliantly captured and ripped straight from the history books.
01:46They even filmed aboard the HMS Surprise, which is a full-scale replica of the HMS Rose from the 18th century.
01:52No detail was spared, and the results are magnificent.
01:55England is under threat of invasion.
01:58And though we be on the far side of the world, this ship is our home.
02:01Number 28, Bridge of Spies.
02:03Instead, you treat us as stooges for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
02:06Can we just call them the Russians? It'll save time.
02:08One of Spielberg's best films of the 21st century,
02:11Bridge of Spies relays the exchange of American pilot Francis Gary Powers and Soviet spy Rudolf Abel during the Cold War.
02:18This exchange occurred on Germany's Glienicke Bridge,
02:20and Spielberg used the real bridge in the climactic scene of the film,
02:23accurately relaying the visual language of the historic trade.
02:27Of course, that's not the only thing that the movie got right.
02:29It also correctly relayed a number of story beats,
02:31like Donovan urging the judge not to order Abel's death and going through the Berlin Wall by himself.
02:36Cold War historian James Hirschberg would later review the film positively,
02:40giving its climactic bridge sequence an 8 out of 10 on the realistic scale.
02:44I'm sorry, I didn't think to get you a gift.
02:49This is your gift.
02:51Number 27, Stalingrad.
02:52Why are you at home?
02:55If you're a soldier, they're even proud of you.
03:00Like Master and Commander, Stalingrad gets major points for its atmosphere,
03:04and what a bleak film it is.
03:05Directed by Josef Wilsmeyer,
03:06It follows a number of German soldiers in the fateful Battle of Stalingrad,
03:10the most decisive skirmish in World War II and perhaps the bloodiest battle in human history.
03:15The Germans lost,
03:16and Stalingrad is a terrific depiction of what a typical unit might have encountered in the city.
03:20This includes the nightmarishly dour ending which sees everyone dying, often with great agony.
03:25And with a good eye for historic weapons, costumes, and props,
03:27Stalingrad proves an uncomfortably authentic glimpse into one of history's most important battles.
03:40Number 26, Zero Dark Thirty.
03:43But Bin Laden is there.
03:47And you're gonna kill him for me.
03:48While it sparked some controversy for its violent depiction of CIA activities,
03:52among other things, Zero Dark Thirty earned widespread acclaim as a piece of filmmaking
03:57and went on to receive five Oscar nominations.
03:59Despite the controversies, director Catherine Bigelow claims that everything that happens on screen
04:04is representative of first-hand accounts.
04:06But what really sticks in the mind is the climactic assault on Osama Bin Laden's compound.
04:11The scene was meticulously researched and filmed with the utmost accuracy,
04:14faithfully recreating the tense attack and the killing of the infamous terrorist.
04:18This was accomplished with the help of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta,
04:22who gave the filmmakers an exclusive look at classified information regarding the raid.
04:33Number 25, All the President's Men.
04:35I never asked about Watergate.
04:38I simply asked what were Hunt's duties at the White House.
04:41They volunteered he was innocent, but nobody asked if he was guilty.
04:44Alan J. Pecula's film is a tense and terrific espionage thriller,
04:48and the best part about it is that it's real.
04:50All the President's Men is based on the book of the same name by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward,
04:54two journalists at the Washington Post who uncovered the Watergate scandal.
04:58Their work has been called maybe the single greatest reporting effort of all time,
05:02and it's all relayed in fascinating detail throughout this film.
05:05It's accurate in both the details and the general atmosphere of the time,
05:08faithful to the historic characters and the integrity of professional journalism.
05:11Even the physical details of the office were correct,
05:14thanks to having the executive editor of the Washington Post as a consultant.
05:17I can't do the reporting for my reporters, which means I have to trust them.
05:24And I hate trusting anybody.
05:26Number 24, Hotel Rwanda.
05:28They said there wasn't any room.
05:30There's always room.
05:31Hotel Rwanda earned critical acclaim in three Oscar nominations.
05:35It depicts the terrifying events that occurred in Rwanda throughout the spring and summer of 1994,
05:40in which the Tutsi group were systematically killed by Hutu militias.
05:43It's estimated that up to 800,000 people died in the attacks.
05:47Hotel Rwanda is an unfortunately faithful recreation not just of the general events,
05:51but the specific story of Paul Rusabagina, who housed refugees in his hotel.
05:56This part of the movie is certainly looser than the general atmosphere of the killings,
05:59which are depicted with startling accuracy and prove a good history lesson for those interested in the tragic event.
06:04I am glad that you have shot this footage and that the world will see it.
06:09It is the only way we have a chance that people might intervene.
06:12Number 23, Malcolm X.
06:14But I believe the true practice of Islam can remove the cancer of racism from the hearts and the souls of all Americans.
06:21Considered one of Spike Lee's best films,
06:23Malcolm X is an epic concerning the life of the titular activist.
06:27The details were taken straight from the autobiography of Malcolm X,
06:30which was published back in 1965 and written by both Malcolm X himself and journalist Alex Haley.
06:36The film remains mostly accurate, adapting much of the book and correctly depicting many events.
06:40It was also praised for its complex depiction of the titular hero,
06:44with Spike Lee saying that it examines all the different Malcolms as making up one Malcolm.
06:48The director also conducted independent research,
06:50like interviewing Malcolm X's relatives in order to get the most realistic account of the man possible.
06:55The results are staggering.
06:56Beware of them cameras.
07:00Oh, them cameras are as bad as any narcotic.
07:05Number 22, Zodiac.
07:07Travis and I worked here side by side for 10 years.
07:09His foot gets crushed in an accident and the killings begin.
07:14Coincidence?
07:14I don't know.
07:15You're a cop, man.
07:16Do the math.
07:17Like all the president's men, Zodiac focuses on the art of investigative journalism.
07:21It's all about the hunt for the Zodiac killer,
07:23which is largely done by cartoonist and amateur sleuth Robert Graysmith.
07:27Director David Fincher did a ton of research to make the movie as accurate as possible,
07:31spending 18 months interviewing witnesses and reading thousands of official documents.
07:36He also accurately depicts the information found in Graysmith's books,
07:39even though this information has come under scrutiny in recent years.
07:42Maybe the end result doesn't quite land.
07:44Arthur Lee Allen was likely not the killer,
07:46but much of the details along the way are brilliantly evoked.
07:49Just because you can't prove it doesn't mean it's not true.
07:51Easy, Dirty Harry.
07:57Finish the book.
07:58Number 21, Goodfellas.
08:00As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.
08:03Martin Scorsese has made some fine flicks, but arguably none are better than Goodfellas,
08:08a masterpiece of the gangster genre.
08:10It recounts the true story of Henry Hill,
08:12an ex-mobster who worked under the Lucchese crime family.
08:15He was the subject of Nicholas Pelleggi's Wiseguy,
08:17which in turn was adapted into Goodfellas.
08:19All the broad strokes are here, depicting the real story of Henry Hill,
08:22with a fair degree of reality.
08:24But once again, most of the realism comes through in the details,
08:27and in this way, Goodfellas remains one of the most accurate glimpses into the mafia.
08:31In fact, a former mob boss named Michael Franzese once did a Reddit AMA
08:34and claimed that Goodfellas was the most authentic mob movie ever made.
08:38And not just...
08:40You know how you tell the story?
08:42Number 20, Lawrence of Arabia.
08:44One of David Lean's many masterpieces,
08:46Lawrence of Arabia, details the experiences of T.E. Lawrence in the First World War.
08:51He was the most extraordinary man I ever knew.
08:54Did you know him well?
08:56I knew him.
08:57The movie is based on Lawrence's own book,
08:59Seven Pillars of Wisdom, which was published in 1926.
09:03The film has its flaws in regards to history,
09:05using dramatic license to depict an epic cinematic adventure.
09:08Most of the criticism is aimed at the portrayal of Lawrence himself,
09:12but many biographers have argued against this criticism.
09:14The defenders claim that, while imperfect,
09:17the movie contains a reasonably accurate depiction of the historic figure and his actions.
09:21Biographer Stephen E. Tabachnik even praises the film as a whole,
09:25calling it appropriate and true to the text of Seven Pillars of Wisdom.
09:29Could you give me a few words about Colonel Lawrence?
09:31What, more words?
09:34The revolt in the desert played a decisive part in the Middle Eastern campaign.
09:40Number 19, Milk.
09:42On January 8th, 1978, the openly gay Harvey Milk made California history
09:47when he was inducted as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
09:51You're pretty cute, but I don't date guys over 40.
09:56Well then, this is my lucky night.
10:00My luck.
10:01I'm still 79.
10:02His film is quite accurate,
10:04with its story tracing back to the 1982 biography,
10:07The Mayor of Castro Street,
10:08which was written by San Francisco Chronicle reporter Randy Schiltz.
10:12This book inspired the Oscar-winning documentary,
10:14The Times of Harvey Milk.
10:15These sources provide a great framework for the film,
10:18which accurately captured the life of Milk and the politics of the day.
10:21Even the chilling words of Milk predicting his own assassination
10:24were lifted directly from the documentary.
10:26Friday, November 18th.
10:31This is only to be played in the event of my death by assassination.
10:36The Guardian called Milk the creme de la creme of faithful biopics,
10:39and it's not hard to see why.
10:41Number 18, Spotlight.
10:43Winning Best Picture at the 88th Academy Awards,
10:46Spotlight follows a small news team
10:48as they reveal uncomfortable truths within the Catholic Church.
10:50Keep our eye on the Herald.
10:51They run this and they get it wrong.
10:53The Church will bury it.
10:54We gotta do this now.
10:55The film is an accurate retelling of the real Spotlight team
10:58and its efforts in winning this 2003 Pulitzer Prize for public service,
11:02included are the award-winning reporters
11:04and the Boston Globe's editor-at-large, Walter V. Robinson.
11:07Some events were made up or exaggerated for dramatic purposes,
11:10but the film remains a fairly realistic portrayal of history.
11:13Even the Catholic Church praised the film's authenticity.
11:16The Catholic News Service called it generally accurate,
11:19and Vatican Radio referred to it as honest.
11:21Sometimes truth is more disturbing than fiction.
11:23It's a big school, Robbie. You know that?
11:25And we're talking about seven alleged victims over, what, eight years?
11:30Number 17, Gallipoli.
11:32Starring Mel Gibson as Frank Dunn,
11:34Gallipoli is another film centered around the Ottoman Empire in the First World War.
11:38No thanks.
11:39If you blokes all want to go and get yourself shot, go ahead.
11:42Well, I'm not scared to die for my country, Frank.
11:45Well, good for you, Snow. You go and sign yourself on.
11:48Per its name, this film primarily covers the Gallipoli campaign,
11:51which occurred in modern-day Turkey and resulted in Ottoman victory.
11:54When it comes to war, Gallipoli is none too accurate,
11:57especially in its shoddy depiction of the climactic Battle of the Neck.
12:00Most of the film's accuracy lies in its representation of lifestyles.
12:04For example, Gallipoli accurately conveys the horrific conditions that soldiers faced throughout the Gallipoli campaign.
12:09Furthermore, it serves as a fantastic period piece about Australian life in the early 20th century.
12:15When it comes to visuals and atmosphere, Gallipoli is a triumph of accuracy.
12:18I'd be ashamed of myself if I didn't find it.
12:21Well, that only proves one thing, that you and I are different.
12:25Let's drop it, eh?
12:26Number 16, The Imitation Game.
12:28A highly successful movie, The Imitation Game chronicles the life of Alan Turing
12:32and his time decoding secret German messages in World War II.
12:35You have an opportunity here to make some actual use of your life.
12:40And end up like you, no thanks.
12:41This fascinating story is based on the biography Alan Turing, The Enigma,
12:45written by esteemed mathematician Andrew Hodges.
12:48Unfortunately, the real story is so complex that a movie adaptation would never do it justice.
12:52But The Imitation Game does a solid job of conveying the basics.
12:56Some of the more dramatic and unsettling aspects of the story are lifted straight from history.
13:00These include Turing being put on trial for homosexual indecency
13:03and his subsequent chemical castration.
13:06The film even earned praise from Turing's descendants,
13:08many of whom complimented the performance of Benedict Cumberbatch.
13:12Well, the judge gave me a choice.
13:15Either two years in prison or hormonal therapy.
13:20Oh my God.
13:21Number 15, First Man.
13:23Neil Armstrong is one of the most important figures in human history,
13:26having been the first person to step foot on the moon.
13:28That's one small step for man.
13:33One giant leap for mankind.
13:36A biography titled First Man, The Life of Neil A. Armstrong was published in 2005.
13:41And it's from this book that Damien Chazelle sourced the story.
13:44First Man isn't so much about the Apollo mission, but the life of Armstrong himself.
13:48A few factual liberties were made, like Armstrong bringing his deceased daughter's bracelet to the moon.
13:53But First Man is nonetheless very accurate, faithfully depicting Armstrong's reserved personality in Journey to the Moon.
13:59Chazelle even included the orchestral Lunar Rhapsody in the dance scene,
14:03as this was the actual piece of music that Armstrong and his wife danced to.
14:06Do you remember this?
14:10Yeah.
14:11I'm surprised that you remember it.
14:13Number 14, Gettysburg.
14:15There's a lot of material to mine from the Battle of Gettysburg,
14:18which occurred from July 1st to 3rd in 1863.
14:21But Ronald F. Maxwell's epic got the job done.
14:23If we hold this ridge for a couple hours, we can keep him away.
14:27We can block that road when the main body gets here.
14:30We can deprive the enemy of the high ground.
14:33The length certainly helps.
14:34Gettysburg was actually shot as a miniseries,
14:36which explains the imposing 4-plus hours running time.
14:39Many historians have praised the movie's faithful and respectful approach to the battle.
14:43All the major players are present,
14:44and the film was meticulous in nailing down historical aspects like battle strategies,
14:49costumes, props, and character motivations.
14:51The National Park Service even provided the filmmakers with the rare opportunity
14:55to film on the real Gettysburg battlefield,
14:57which lent a great deal of authenticity to the setting.
15:00Reynolds, my old friend, you listen to Sam Grant.
15:04There were some good men in that army.
15:05They said there weren't D.
15:06Some of those men are waiting for us now, up ahead on those ridges.
15:10Number 13.
15:10The Longest Day
15:11Military historian Cornelius Ryan wrote The Longest Day,
15:15a very popular book about the D-Day invasion of 1944.
15:18There it is, man.
15:20Omaha Beach, dead ahead.
15:21It was published in 1959 and turned into a movie just three years later.
15:25Nearly three hours in length, the film serves as an epic examination of the Normandy landings.
15:30Many cast members actually served in World War II,
15:33and their military experience is central in the film's accuracy.
15:36Richard Todd, who plays Major John Howard, actually took part in D-Day,
15:39and even helped recreate his own personal experience for the movie.
15:42The film was also shot at many real locations, including Ponte de Huc,
15:46and D-Day veterans worked as historical consultants.
15:49It all ensured a war epic that brims with genuine and frightening history.
15:52Oh, the evil of it all.
15:53Trying to drown a man before he's even had a chance to fight.
15:55Ah, come on.
15:57Number 12.
15:57City of God
15:58Brazilian author Paolo Lins was raised in the Rio suburb of Cidade de Deus, or City of God.
16:04Esse cara aà é o cabeleiro. Pra eu contar a história da cidade de Deus, eu preciso começar por ele.
16:11Known as a violent and impoverished favela, City of God became the subject of Lins' semi-autobiographical novel of the same name.
16:18With the story spanning multiple decades, City of God offers unknowing viewers a horrific and tragic glimpse
16:24into the favela's geography, economy, and culture of organized crime.
16:28The film is even composed of amateur actors, many of whom came from the real City of God.
16:32They underwent an acting workshop that taught them how to simulate the area's crime.
16:36The movie was shot in a real favela, with producers coming into conflict with local slumlords.
16:41The resulting atmosphere is authentically gritty and uncomfortable.
16:55Number 11.
16:55A Bridge Too Far
16:56Cornelius Ryan strikes again.
16:58Based on his 1974 book of the same name, A Bridge Too Far recounts the story of Operation Market Garden.
17:05That, gentlemen, is the prize.
17:08The bridge over the Rhine.
17:10The last bridge between us and Germany.
17:13This was one of the largest airborne operations of World War II.
17:16Its aim was to secure various bridges in the Netherlands, thereby granting Allied access into Germany.
17:21The period was faithfully recreated by using real military hardware in authentic Dutch locations.
17:26The complex battle logistics were also fairly accurate.
17:29This is because Roy Urquhart and Brian Horrocks, respectively played by Sean Connery and Edward Fox in the film, served as military advisors.
17:37With a solid foundation in Ryan's book and first-hand accounts of the operation, A Bridge Too Far is a great exercise in historical authenticity.
17:44How are you?
17:47I'm not sure that I'll know for a while.
17:51But I'm sorry about the way it worked out.
17:53Number 10.
17:54Come and See
17:54A subversive response to a long history of Soviet war propaganda films, Come and See was written by director Elam Klimov, with the help of an ex-partisan who fought against the Nazis, along with numerous eyewitness accounts.
18:06The production of the subjective and the realistic portrayal of the German occupation of Belarus was almost as brutal as the subject matter.
18:18Alexei Kravkin, playing the lead role, was a non-professional actor who endured fatigue and hunger during filming, all the while dodging live ammunition used instead of blanks for the filming.
18:27Meanwhile, wartime documentary-style footage made the film a stunning testament to the suffering endured by ordinary people fighting for their lives on the Russian front.
18:35I'll just fly behind you, I'll send you a gift, and we can send you to the closet.
18:42Number 9.
18:43Flags of Our Fathers
18:44And if we wish to truly honor these men, we should remember them the way they really were, the way my dad remembered them.
18:52In 1945, Joe Rosenthal's iconic photograph of U.S. Marines raising the stars and stripes on the captured island of Iwo Jima brought fame to its subjects.
19:00Clint Eastwood's epic war film was based on a best-selling book written by the son of one of the men in the photo, James Bradley, who also provided narration and interviews with veterans for the movie.
19:10I'm sorry.
19:14Sorry.
19:17You were the best father a man could have.
19:19Flags of Our Fathers' depiction of the horrors of warfare and the tragedy of what comes after was praised by the U.S. Marine Corps chief historian for its attention to detail and historical verisimilitude, particularly the depiction of the harsh terrain where the Marines fought.
19:33No!
19:34Shut up!
19:35Shut up!
19:36Number 8.
19:36Lincoln
19:37Historians and critics gave a warm reception to this painstaking recreation of President Lincoln's fight to have the 13th Amendment passed in the closing months of the American Civil War.
19:46It's not Wilmington Port. It's not a military campaign. It's the amendment to abolish slavery. Why else would you force me to invite demented radicals into my home?
19:59The film was shot in Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Petersburg in Virginia, where historical architecture from the period remains today.
20:05Daniel Day-Lewis received widespread accolades for his masterful performance as President Lincoln, paying attention to key character details like the President's unexpectedly high voice and propensity as a master storyteller.
20:16They said she murdered her husband. He was 83. He was choking her, and she grabbed ahold of a stick of firewood and fractured his skull, and he died.
20:28Tommy Lee Jones was also praised for his performance as Thaddeus Stevens, a 19th-century master of insults and sarcastic wit.
20:35Slavery is the only insult to natural law, you fatuous nincompoop.
20:40Number 7. Das Boot.
20:41This claustrophobic depiction of wartime life aboard a German U-boat submarine was based on a novel by Lothar Gunther Buchheim,
20:48who served as a naval war correspondent on the U-96 during World War II's Battle of the Atlantic.
20:54Fick. Fick the. Fick the bitch.
20:58With the commander of the U-96 as technical advisor, an obsessively accurate replica of the vessel interior was built,
21:04which could be hydraulically rocked, shaken, and tilted up to 45 degrees.
21:13Realism was also enhanced by location shooting at the wartime boat pen at La Rochelle.
21:18Das Boot is a stunning depiction of the confinement, tedium, and terror of ordinary men caught in the war beneath the waves.
21:24Gute leute musmanema. Gute leute.
21:32Number 6. Tora, Tora, Tora.
21:34This documentary-like account of the attack on Pearl Harbor showed both sides of the battle,
21:39emphasizing the historical context and detailing planning of the attack.
21:42I'd make a bet they're going to attack us.
21:48Japan is going to attack us.
21:50The 29th is only four days off.
21:54Producers and directors from Japan and the United States filmed their perspectives separately,
21:59which were then combined into a single film.
22:01Technical advisors from both sides were spared no expense to make the sets and scenes as true to life as possible.
22:07Full-scale replicas of naval vessels were built,
22:10and American training planes were made to resemble wartime Japanese planes,
22:14which added to the realism of what was being shown on screen.
22:17Number 5. Twelve Years a Slave
22:22Based on the 1853 biography of freed ex-slave Solomon Northup,
22:27this film was praised by historians and critics alike for its brutal depiction of the reality of slavery in Louisiana.
22:33Five hundred pounds of cotton day in, day out!
22:38Steve McQueen's distinct directorial style and the unforgettable performances of Chiwetel Ejiofor and others
22:44helped to bring the cruelty and barbarity of slavery to horrific life.
22:48Twelve Years a Slave vividly portrays the social and historical realities of a past
22:52where men and women were used and abused as chattel,
22:56while emphasizing Solomon Northup's astonishing achievements.
22:59I will not fall into despair. I will offer up my talents to master for it.
23:03I will keep myself hearty till freedom is opportune.
23:06Number 4. The Pianist
23:08This film was closely based on an autobiographical book by the pianist and Holocaust survivor Wadishlaus Spielmann.
23:14By order of the governor of the Warsaw district, Dr. Fischer,
23:18concerning the establishment of the Jewish district in Warsaw,
23:21there will be created a Jewish district in which all Jews living in Warsaw or moving to Warsaw will have to reside.
23:28However, director Roman Polanski had additional motivation to respect the history on which The Pianist draws,
23:34as he himself survived the Holocaust in Krakow.
23:36This story of one talented man's struggle to survive in the Warsaw ghetto is heartbreaking and poignant,
23:42and a testament to the effort to recreate the setting in every detail.
23:45From the oppression of the ghetto streets to specific songs Spielmann played,
23:49The Pianist is a haunting vision of suffering, made more disturbing by the beauty of the music.
23:54Number 3. Schindler's List
24:04Steven Spielberg's award-winning movie is considered by many to be the greatest film about horrors of the Holocaust ever made.
24:10Tomorrow, you'll begin the process of looking for survivors of your families.
24:19In most cases, you won't find them.
24:23This tale of German industrialist Oskar Schindler's strategy to save Jews from mechanized extermination
24:29is a showcase of the highs and lows of the human condition.
24:32Holocaust survivor Leopold Poldeck Pfefferberg spent years working to have his story of one man's struggle
24:38to save those caught in the maw of a destructive hate machine made,
24:42and Spielberg's grim and realistic portrayal helps ensure it will never be forgotten.
24:46The List is an absolute good. The List is life. All around its margins lies the gulf.
24:59Number 2. Downfall
25:00The paranoia and surreal madness of Adolf Hitler's last 10 days holed up in his bunker were masterfully
25:06recreated in Downfall, a war flick known in Germany as Der Untergang.
25:10Based on extensive historical research, the film features fearsomely factual depictions of some
25:29of modern history's most vile figures. In fact, many of Hitler's lines were derived from actual
25:34quotations taken from his writing. Bruno Gans gave a terrifying performance as Hitler,
25:40both at his most monstrous and his most human. This film shows how, at the end of the day,
25:44even the most despicable man in history is still just a man.
25:47The day will be a million people will be deceived, but the fate is not different.
26:04Make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications.
26:09Number 1. Apollo 13
26:11This tale of a brush with fatal disaster in orbit was based on a book written by science writer
26:16Jeffrey Kluger and Apollo 13 mission commander Jim Lovell, as well as first-hand testimony of
26:22other astronauts.
26:27Made with the technical support of NASA, the historical docudrama was praised for its exact
26:34reproduction of Apollo 13 modules in control rooms. Zero-gravity scenes were even filmed
26:39in the same KC-135 plane, also called the Vomit Comet, used to simulate weightlessness during
26:44astronaut training. The tense tale of survival in Space Against the Odds gained universal praise
26:50from real astronauts and earned the filmmakers two Oscar wins out of nine nominations.
26:55This could be the worst disaster NASA's ever experienced.
26:58With all due respect, sir, I believe this is going to be our finest hour.
27:02What are some other historically accurate films we missed? Let us know in the comments below.
27:06And with all was said and done, only one single banker went to jail.
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