S/O of the documentary thread - historical movies that aren't documentaries but are based on true events
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Anonymous
| Something the Lord Made has stuck with me for over 20 years. I do love documentaries but I also love a good historical movie (historical fiction I guess?). Any suggestions? I'm coming off finishing a TV series and it's always hard to get started on a new one so I think I'll dive into documentaries/movies for a bit before committing to another series. |
Anonymous
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Band of Brothers is in a league of its own.
Masters of the Air is the 3rd in that trilogy-- about the air war in Europe--and is very good. (The Pacific was the second series, and it was fine but not nearly as compelling.) Chernobyl mini series on HBO. Sorry, those are all mini series. Apollo 13 (movie) 13 Days (move about the Cuban missile crisis) The Post (about the Pentagon Papers-- stars Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep) |
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Schindler's List
Oppenheimer Hidden Figures Spotlight 12 Years a Slave Gandhi |
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The Pianist
Spotlight A Dangerous Method Hidden Figures Argo |
Anonymous
OP here. Miniseries are fine! I haven't watched Masters of the Air but loved Band of Brothers and liked The Pacific. I've really liked the others but haven't seen 13 days so thanks! |
Anonymous
| Chariots of Fire |
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TURN: Washington’s Spies (miniseries)
Three Came Home |
Anonymous
| We thought The Six Triple Eight was awesome |
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John Adams!
I have watched this miniseries at least 3 times start to finish - that time period is so interesting to me and the acting in this is great. Just watched it again with my kids, since they are perennially studying Revolutionary history. |
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Conspiracy
It’s a recreation of the Wannsee Conference starring, among others, Stanley Tucci (Eichmann), Kenneth Branaugh (Heydrich), Colin Firth (Stuckart). It’s absolutely chilling. |
Anonymous
| The Monuments Men (retrieving art looted by the Nazis) |
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Un Village Français on Amazon I think. Marvelous series about a fictional French village under Nazi occupation. Really the only thing I’ve seen depicting regular people
And the impossible choices they had to make during that time. |
Anonymous
| Not a movie but a one season series on PBS: Atlantic Crossing. It's based on the friendship between Franklin Roosevelt and the Crown Princess of Norway during WWII. |
Anonymous
John Adams is a frustrating miniseries because they almost ruin it with the overuse of Dutch angles and extreme close ups. Lincoln 1917 Glory |
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Dunkirk
Zero Dark Thirty The Wizard of Lies (HBO) |