The Most Historically Accurate Hollywood Films

All the President's Men

This film recounts the details of the Watergate Scandal. Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman play journalists Bob Woodard and Carl Bernstein, the ones who discovered the break-in at the Democratic National Committee and shed light on the political aftermath of the events. The Washington Post writers were the first to cover the scandal for the public.

The More You Know

Cowboys Didn't Actually Wear Cowboy Hats
In Victorian England, people used to take pictures of their dead relatives in lifelike positions to keep as mementos.
While shooting 'Batman Begins' (2005) in Chicago, a drunk driver panicked and crashed into the Batmobile because he thought it was an invading alien.spacecraft
Arnold Schwarzenegger practiced with guns every day for a month to prepare for The Terminator.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.