36 Movies With a Fuzzy Recollection of Actual History
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Movies have a weird relationship with reality. Sure, you want to do your best to depict a world with consistent rules and gravity so that the audience can immediately understand the tone and stakes of the story being told, but also, you’re maybe going to fudge some details for the sake of moving things along. There are similarly times where you may have done all the research in the world, but there are still hilarious little details that don’t quite match what would have actually been available at that point in history.
Now, does it really matter that in The Curse of the Black Pearl a Granny Smith apple makes an appearance long before they actually existed? No, of course not. Is it still fun to point that out for the sake of a list like this, though? Absolutely!
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
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Gladiator
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Hot Tub Time Machine
![In Hot Tub Time Machine, Lou decides to stay in 1986, forming GRACKED.COM Mötley Lüe and writing Home N MAIN Sweet Home. MOTLEY CRUE Quite the feat, since Mötley Crüe had been around since 1981, and released Home Sweet Home in 1985. TRENTRE OF PRINT](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/4/9/861349.jpg)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
![In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the Joneses book a flight from Berlin to Athens on a commercial zeppelin in 1938. In actuality, no ticket would have been a problem for all of the passengers, since airship travel was no longer a thing due to the Hindenburg crash the year before. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/4/8/861348.jpg)
The Hurt Locker
![CRACKED.COM THE HURT LOCKER is set in 2004, but features a scene with a characer playing X-Box 360, which was released in 2005. The game is Gears of War, which didn't come out until 2006.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/4/7/861347.jpg)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
![According to the writers, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is set loosely between 1720 and 1750. Granny Smith apples originated in 1868. In Australia. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/4/6/861346.jpg)
Pearl Harbor
![CRACKED.COM PEARL HARBOR A newsreel from 1940 shows a tank battle near Cologne Cathedral that will not happen until 1945.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/4/5/861345.jpg)
Mulan
![Mulan's third act takes place in the famous Forbidden City. However, when the landmark was built, the Huns had not only been defeated but some had been integrated into Chinese society, making the movie's main premise obsolete. CRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/4/2/861342.jpg)
Stranger Things
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Titanic
![In Titanic, to discourage Rose from jumping, Jack tells her a story about him and his father ice-fishing in Lake Wissota, Wisconsin. The thing is, Lake Wissota didn't exist when Titanic sank. The lake was created in 1917 while Titanic sank in 1912. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/4/0/861340.jpg)
Darkest Hour
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Bohemian Rhapsody
![Que CRACKED COM In Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen performs Fat Bottomed Girls during their first U.S. tour in 1974. That's impossible, because that song wasn't recorded and released until 1978. BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/3/8/861338.jpg)
Django Unchained
![In Django Unchained, Django's secondary weapon is a double-barreled Derringer pistol. The movie is set in 1858, 8 years before such a pistol was first manufactured. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/3/7/861337.jpg)
Straight Outta Compton
![Like he did in real life, Eazy-E sports his iconic White Sox hat in Straight Outta Compton. هد SOX CHICAGO WHITE SOX However, he also wears the hat during parts of the film set in 1986, which is five years before the modern White Sox logo was introduced. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/3/6/861336.jpg)
Ben-Hur
![Cinematic classic Ben-Hur is set during the 1st century. Before the big race, Ben-Hur is given the Star of David so he can proudly display his Jewish faith and piss off those pesky Romans. However, that symbol wouldn't piss anyone off back then, because the Star of David was first widely used as a Jewish symbol in the 17th century. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/3/5/861335.jpg)
Braveheart
![Braveheart depicts William Wallace and his soldiers proudly wearing kilts into battle. Although kilts are iconic pieces of Scottish culture, they didn't exist during the 13th century. Kilts were first recorded much later, in the 16th century. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/3/4/861334.jpg)
Breaking Bad
![An episode of Breaking Bad references the 2011 assassination of Osama bin Laden. 41 When Walt lays out his plan to simultaneously kill all of Mike's men In prison, Jack says, Whacking bin Laden wasn't this complicated. The episode takes place in 2008, a fact Vince GIlligan admits he forgot, which means bin Laden was still alive. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/3/3/861333.jpg)
The Hurt Locker
![The Hurt Locker is set in 2004 and features a YouTube reference. When Owen Eldridge spots an Iraqi man filming him with a camera, he jokingly says, He's getting ready to put me on YouTube. One big problem with that - YouTube didn't launch until 2005. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/3/2/861332.jpg)
The Theory of Everything
![In The Theory of Everything, the term black hole is repeatedly used --in scenes set in 1963 -- four years too early. - - 43cm HOTEL ever had The concept itself had already emerged, but was usually called a singularity until the term black hole was popularized by visionary physicist John А. Wheeler, at a 1967 conference in New York. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/2/9/861329.jpg)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
![Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is set in the 1720s, SO the Union Jack shouldn't have the Cross of St. Patrick incorporated. The red diagonal cross was added to the flag after Ireland became a part of the UK in 1801. The correct flag would look like this: CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/3/1/861331.jpg)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
![INDUANA JONES and the RAIDERSof the LOST ARK SET IN 1936, THE MAPS SHOWN DURING THE FLIGHT NDIA SEQUENCES BEAR SOME GEOGRAPICAL AND NDC ERRORS. THAILAND WAS CALLED SIAM UNTIL 1939 IRAN DID NOT EXIST ALL R AN UNTIL 1979. AFGHAN SAUDI CRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/2/7/861327.jpg)
Forrest Gump
![In Forrest Gump, Gump receives a letter from Apple congratulating him on his investment - in 1975. Apr Computer Which is impressive, because Apple wasn't founded until 1976, and by 1977 the company was still operating out of Steve Jobs's garage. GRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/3/0/861330.jpg)
Dallas Buyers Club
![DALLAS BUYERS CLUB BEHIND RON WOODROOF'S DESK AT THE OFFICE MOTEL, THERE IS A - 044 CALENDAR SHOWING A 2011 MODEL OF LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR. THE MOVIE TAKES PLACE IN 1985. GRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/2/8/861328.jpg)
The Last Samurai
![The Last Samurai takes us to 19th century Japan during the Meiji Restoration. During one part of the film, Katsumoto's village gets attacked by ninjas - a a group that stopped being active in Japan back in the late 17th century. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/2/6/861326.jpg)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
![Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End starts with our heroes visiting Singapore. That is more unbelievable than Jack Sparrow getting rescued from the afterlife. Modern Singapore wasn't established until 1819, while the Pirates movies take place in the early 18th century. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/1/8/861318.jpg)
Selma
![President Lyndon B. Johnson is using the wrong desk in Selma. JOHNSON'S ACTUAL DESK In the movie, we see Johnson use the iconic Resolute Desk, however, that desk was retired after John F. Kennedy's death. It was only brought back years later during Jimmy Carter's presidency. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/2/5/861325.jpg)
Troy
![In Troy, two llamas can be spotted walking around a marketplace. The film is set around 1250 ВС, so those llamas either swam across the Atlantic or somebody massively screwed up. Llamas were exclusive to South America for about 2800 more years. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/2/4/861324.jpg)
Back to the Future Part II
![In Back to the Future Part II, Marty travels to his parents' prom in 1955. It seems 1955 wasn't his only stop, because while he's there, he jams out with the ES-345 model Gibson guitar - a a model that wasn't available until 1959. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/2/2/861322.jpg)
Django Unchained
![Django sports badass shades in Django Unchained. Unfortunately, those didn't exist in 1858 - modern sunglasses were introduced in the early 20th century. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/1/9/861319.jpg)
Valkyrie
![The Tom Cruise WWII drama Valkyrie is set in 1944. Führer befiehl 2 Mir folgen Dir Activate Windows In 1941, the Nazis said the font in the sign above (called Fraktur) had Jewish origins, and banned it. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/2/0/861320.jpg)
X-Men: First Class
![There are plenty of miniskirts in X-Men: First Class, set in 1962. They were invented two years later. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/2/3/861323.jpg)
Mad Men
![Don Draper comes up with the It's toasted slogan in 1960. LUCKYSTRIVE T'S TOASTED MAD MEN By that time, Lucky Strike had been using it for over 40 years. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/2/1/861321.jpg)
My Girl
![My Girl The main character's mood ring is a key aspect of the film. CRACKED.COM It shouldn't be: The film is set in 1972 and mood rings weren't around until 1975.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/1/7/861317.jpg)