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You know that expression “you’re able to’t make this stuff up?”
This list of movies based on historical events spans pretty much all of cinema history itself.
They span genres, too.
The following 32 movies, though, all deliver.
Watch any of them and you’ll be entertained.
(You might even learn a little something, too.)
The King’s Speech
Year:2010Director:Tom Hooper
An entire movieone that won Best Pictureabout a single radio broadcast?
In The King’s Speech’s defense, it was a pretty significant broadcast!
Charlie Wilson’s War
Year:2007Director:Mike Nichols
Americans tend to associate Afghanistan with the War on Terror.. Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Robin Wright lead an ensemble cast of stars.
But if Michael Bay’s Pearl Harbor is the competition, Midway is a masterpiece.
That’s a compliment, to be clear!
It’s a somber look at legacy, abuses of power, and repercussions (or lack thereof).
It’s an important watch and one that fully shows off Oyelowo’s talents as a performer.
Braveheart
Year:1995Director:Mel Gibson
“FREEEDOOOMMM!”
In reality, it was not.
Tora, Tora, Tora!
(Michael Bay has other talents.)
Widely praised for its historical accuracy,Tora, Tora, Tora!
(Steven Spielberg’s pretty dang good at directing movies, it turns out!)
The Death of Stalin is refreshingessential, evenin how it shows that serious world events are sometimes deeply unserious.
Miracle
Year:2004Director:Gavin O’Connor
Do you believe in miracles?
Spartacus
Year:1960Director:Stanley Kubrick
“I am Spartacus!”
Sweeping in scope and dazzling in scale, Spartacus is an action-packed triumph of cinema.
What a depiction it is though!
James Cameron’s Best Picture-winning epic reaches soaring heights and travels to the deepest depths of the Atlantic.
Romance, action, tragedyTitanic truly has it all.
They’ll be rewarded with a masterpiece.
