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By which I mean theater releases not documentaries. Four come to mind: Rork's Drift (once the battle starts, I suspect most of the pre-battle scenes were manufactured - for instance as far as I know the officer played by Michael Caine was not the son of a British Lord).
A bridge to far and the longest day, both based on Cornelius Ryan historical accounts (at times the Longest Day seems like more of a documentary than a movie).
Cross of Iron a bleak look at combat on the Eastern Front. This is historical only in the sense that it describes the real nature of the Eastern Front. Its not based on a specific historical battle.
The scene in the opening of cross of iron when they are in the deserted country side of russia is remarkable. The senior non-com asks what they are doing (implicitly) in this god deserted place and the corporal nonchantly responds, "Spreading German culture in a desperately needy world."
"As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me" was fairly accurate in portraying the Soviet prisoner transports and the horrendous conditions in the Gulags (forced labor camps).
Changeling - I know they omitted one character and they had to make assumptions about what happened while she was in the institute because there's no documentation of it (but their assumptions are based on known facts of how institutes in general were run during that time period). But the movie had to live up to a certain level of historical accuracy in order to be entitled to claim it's "A true story" not just "Based on a true story". So it's pretty darn accurate.
Well the Battle of Algiers is mentioned in a variety of history sources. It was filmed in French (or by the French) I believe which reflects why its not that well known in the US. Its also about a really nasty campaign of terror and counter terror that few are going to enjoy.
Pearl Habor (01) is awful history - its meant to be a romance and stylized violence. I thought the combat footage in the end (while badly flawed historically) was some of the best ever filmed.
Tora, tora, tora (1969) is often considered a pretty good history. It used people who were actually involved in the battle as consultants.
A Bridge Too Far was excellent. As was Midway, once you eliminated the stupid sub-plots.
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