Five Famous Films That Got History All Wrong

Apr 17, 2025 Kriti Keshari

Movies can teach us about history, but we should always check the facts to understand the truth

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JFK shows a conspiracy theory about President Kennedy’s assassination. While it’s interesting, it mixes facts and made-up ideas

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In Gladiator, Emperor Commodus kills his father, but in real life, Marcus Aurelius died from illness, not murder

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Pocahontas shows a romantic relationship between her and John Smith, but Pocahontas was just a child when she met him, and there was no romance

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Roland Emmerich’s 10,000 BC was panned for major historical inaccuracies, with mammoths, saber-toothed tigers, pyramids, and writing all thousands of years off

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Braveheart shows William Wallace with blue face paint, but this wasn’t something people did in his time — it was from much earlier

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