From Times Online August 4, 2009

The 10 most historically inaccurate movies

Quentin Tarantino makes no apology for trading fact for fun in the finale of his Nazi thriller Inglourious Basterds. Caroline White presents ten more films whose makers felt they could improve on history.

Full article here:

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article6738785.ece

People who want an easy out might just say Oh, they're only entertainment, but when films
like this distort real history so badly, they really do mess up how many perceive what really
went on in history. And you know more folks than not get their "education" from films. The
films listed here do more than just play with a few facts, they often gut the whole history and
leave a shell, filling it with lies and dreck.

Sometimes it is just because the filmmakers were too lazy or indifferent to be accurate, but
then why bother with a historical film at all and just go with a pure fantasy? But sometimes
they have an ulterior agenda beyond making a few bucks and what we end up with is pure
propoganda disguised as a historical documentary.