21 Little-Known Historical Events That Made Great Movies
‘The Revenant’ introduced us to the story of Hugh Glass
When Hollywood runs out of ideas, they can always mine history for a compelling narrative. Some of the best movies in cinematic history — Titanic, Schindler’s List, 80 for Brady — were based on factual events. Everybody knew about the supposed unsinkable ship and the Holocaust and Tom Brady’s elderly fangirls, though. The best historical dramas teach you something you didn’t already know.
“This one is pretty darned good in that sense!” Redditor Hermans_Head2 told r/Film, accompanied by an image from 1988’s Eight Men Out, about the 1919 Black Sox Scandal. They then asked, “What is the greatest film of a not-well-known historical event?” and their fellow Redditors followed up by plumbing the deepest of history’s deep cuts.
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Changeling
Guadalcanal Diary
The Chekist
Black Robe
The Last of the Mohicans
The Imitation Game
The Insider
Conspiracy
Killers of the Flower Moon
Lords of Dogtown
Amsterdam
American Animals
Christine
Hidden Figures
Anthropoid
Parkland
The Revenant
Goodfellas
Apollo 13
Australia
