The most historically accurate film

[TylerDurden]

I use the word "most" because no film will ever be 100% accurate unless it is stock footage of the actual event taking place. Having said that what movie do you think comes closest to real events in time or at least the recorded accounts. For instance Passion of the Christ may not be a complete retelling of an historical figure but it does stay true to the source material.

I believe one good example is the movie Patton. Alot of the scenes are from eyewitness accounts of the battles and Pattons own war diary. I think war movies in general have a pretty good insight into the accounts of warfare. Downfall was another film that was lifted straight from the source material, a book written by Traudl Junge Hitlers secretary.