Anonymous
06/11/2025 09:34
Subject: S/O of the documentary thread - historical movies that aren't documentaries but are based on true events
Dunkirk
Zero Dark Thirty
The Wizard of Lies (HBO)
Zero Dark Thirty
The Wizard of Lies (HBO)
Anonymous
06/11/2025 07:56
Subject: S/O of the documentary thread - historical movies that aren't documentaries but are based on true events
Anonymous wrote: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.
John Adams is a frustrating miniseries because they almost ruin it with the overuse of Dutch angles and extreme close ups.
Lincoln
1917
Glory
Anonymous
06/11/2025 07:49
Subject: S/O of the documentary thread - historical movies that aren't documentaries but are based on true events
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
06/11/2025 07:44
Subject: S/O of the documentary thread - historical movies that aren't documentaries but are based on true events
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.
And the impossible choices they had to make during that time.
Anonymous
06/11/2025 07:18
Subject: S/O of the documentary thread - historical movies that aren't documentaries but are based on true events
The Monuments Men (retrieving art looted by the Nazis)
Anonymous
06/10/2025 17:01
Subject: S/O of the documentary thread - historical movies that aren't documentaries but are based on true events
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.
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
06/10/2025 16:02
Subject: S/O of the documentary thread - historical movies that aren't documentaries but are based on true events
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.
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.
Anonymous
06/10/2025 14:57
Subject: S/O of the documentary thread - historical movies that aren't documentaries but are based on true events
We thought The Six Triple Eight was awesome
Anonymous
06/10/2025 14:45
Subject: Re:S/O of the documentary thread - historical movies that aren't documentaries but are based on true events
TURN: Washington’s Spies (miniseries)
Three Came Home
Three Came Home
Anonymous
06/10/2025 12:47
Subject: S/O of the documentary thread - historical movies that aren't documentaries but are based on true events
Chariots of Fire
Anonymous
06/10/2025 12:33
Subject: S/O of the documentary thread - historical movies that aren't documentaries but are based on true events
Anonymous wrote: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)
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
06/09/2025 17:53
Subject: S/O of the documentary thread - historical movies that aren't documentaries but are based on true events
The Pianist
Spotlight
A Dangerous Method
Hidden Figures
Argo
Spotlight
A Dangerous Method
Hidden Figures
Argo
Anonymous
06/09/2025 17:21
Subject: Re:S/O of the documentary thread - historical movies that aren't documentaries but are based on true events
Schindler's List
Oppenheimer
Hidden Figures
Spotlight
12 Years a Slave
Gandhi
Oppenheimer
Hidden Figures
Spotlight
12 Years a Slave
Gandhi
Anonymous
06/09/2025 17:14
Subject: S/O of the documentary thread - historical movies that aren't documentaries but are based on true events
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)
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)
Anonymous
06/09/2025 17:07
Subject: S/O of the documentary thread - historical movies that aren't documentaries but are based on true events
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.