The Most Historically Accurate Hollywood Films

Painstakingly Accurate

Director Ava DuVernay and writer Paull Webb took tedious amounts of time in recreating important moments like the Bloody Sunday massacre with state troopers and peaceful protestors. Statistic tracking sites have praised Selma for how it painstakingly recreates events as they happened, and includes everybody involved. The film was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Picture category.

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The More You Know

  • The Sixteenth President of the USA, Abraham Lincoln was declared as a wrestling champ. He had concurred one loss among 300 matches.
  • Jeannette Rankin was elected to Congress four years before women could even vote.
  • That slightly scandalous charcoal drawing of a topless Kate Winslet in Titanic was drawn by none other than the director himself, James Cameron.
  • Beck Hansen wrote and composed the music played by the fictional band S*x Bob-omb in the movie "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World".
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