Anonymous
Post 06/23/2025 08:16     Subject: S/O of the documentary thread - historical movies that aren't documentaries but are based on true events
I just thought of one I haven’t seen in quite a while - Memphis Belle
Anonymous
Post 06/22/2025 00:50     Subject: S/O of the documentary thread - historical movies that aren't documentaries but are based on true events
Hotel Rwanda
Roots
Queen
Malcolm X
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2025 19:03     Subject: S/O of the documentary thread - historical movies that aren't documentaries but are based on true events
Anonymous wrote: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.


Thank you for posting this. We loved it!
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2025 19:16     Subject: Re:S/O of the documentary thread - historical movies that aren't documentaries but are based on true events
The kings speech
The young Victoria
Band of brothers
Anthropoid
A league of their own

(As you can see, a lot of World War II films based on true stories)
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2025 17:35     Subject: S/O of the documentary thread - historical movies that aren't documentaries but are based on true events
Anonymous wrote:
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


I'll add Gettysburg to your list. It was one of those movies that I couldn't stop thinking about for a couple of weeks afterward.

OP, I know you didn't ask for documentaries, but just as an aside. . . Ken Burns' series, Vietnam, is phenomenal. The first episode on the political/colonial background was a bit slow, but a few episodes into it and I couldn't help but binge watch the whole thing. Then couldn't stop thinking about it for a long time afterward.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2025 17:30     Subject: S/O of the documentary thread - historical movies that aren't documentaries but are based on true events
Anonymous wrote: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.


+1
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2025 17:30     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.


Yes, that's an excellent mini series!
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2025 00:10     Subject: S/O of the documentary thread - historical movies that aren't documentaries but are based on true events
Operation Mincemeat
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2025 17:03     Subject: S/O of the documentary thread - historical movies that aren't documentaries but are based on true events
Anonymous wrote:The Pianist
Spotlight
A Dangerous Method
Hidden Figures
Argo


+1 The Pianist is an amazing movie.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2025 16:11     Subject: S/O of the documentary thread - historical movies that aren't documentaries but are based on true events
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I was weirdly obsessed with the movie Glory as a teen.

I know many people pan it, but I enjoyed the JFK movie with Kevin Costner, too.

While not really historical fiction, you might enjoy the movie Dick. 2 teenagers accidentally stumbling into the watergate scandal. Fun soundtrack


I'm OP and I was as well! I think it was due to the cast, who were phenomenal.


Sounds like a reasonable explanation
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2025 14:59     Subject: S/O of the documentary thread - historical movies that aren't documentaries but are based on true events
Anonymous wrote:I was weirdly obsessed with the movie Glory as a teen.

I know many people pan it, but I enjoyed the JFK movie with Kevin Costner, too.

While not really historical fiction, you might enjoy the movie Dick. 2 teenagers accidentally stumbling into the watergate scandal. Fun soundtrack


I'm OP and I was as well! I think it was due to the cast, who were phenomenal.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2025 10:18     Subject: S/O of the documentary thread - historical movies that aren't documentaries but are based on true events
I just watched The Boy in the Woods.

It is based on a remarkable true story of a young Jewish boy who survived the holocaust by hiding in the woods, later to become a Canadian citizen and artist. There is a clip from the documentary at the end during the credits that will break your heart.

The movie acting is almost entirely by children.
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2025 10:12     Subject: S/O of the documentary thread - historical movies that aren't documentaries but are based on true events
Unbroken
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2025 09:57     Subject: S/O of the documentary thread - historical movies that aren't documentaries but are based on true events
The Looming Tower
Anonymous
Post 06/11/2025 09:55     Subject: S/O of the documentary thread - historical movies that aren't documentaries but are based on true events
I was weirdly obsessed with the movie Glory as a teen.

I know many people pan it, but I enjoyed the JFK movie with Kevin Costner, too.

While not really historical fiction, you might enjoy the movie Dick. 2 teenagers accidentally stumbling into the watergate scandal. Fun soundtrack