Yup, like he said, one of the movies deserved a smiley next to it . . .

I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned "Pearl Harbor" yet. Ye-gads! They even had some Navy Zero's painted Imperial Army Green--not to mention the two main characters suddenly transforming from trained figher pilots to bomber pilots. Yeah, that happened almost daily in the US Army Air Corps.

and then of course there is "King Kong". I can't believe how that movie distorted what really happened. The ape was only about 3/4's the size as depicted in the movie, and Jack Black was just not believable as Carl Denham.

Cheers


Edit: Oops. Dart mentioned Pearl Harbor

Back to the Future
The Terminator

Not saying Pearl Harbor wasn't historically accurate in the least BUT Zero's were painted green during WWII as well as being painted white, most of the non-carrier based Zero's were "Imperial Army Green" in the later part of the war. Also pilots converting from fighter pilots to bomber and vice versa happened....after conversion training of course. Bert Stiles is an example of a pilot that went from flying B-17s to P-51s

As far as movies that rewrite history:

BAT-21
Saving Private Ryan

What is the contest here... not getting a boner?

Pearl harbor had so much stuff that bothered me. And yes, Zeros were painted green, but not at Pearl Harbor. They were a very light shade of grey. As a matter of fact, The U.S. Navy went over to that same grey color in the late fifties. But, I digress.
No, the Tokyo raiders were NOT fighter pilots. They were the most experienced B-25 pilots in the Army Air Force. Their unit had been the first ones to get the B-25. It's why they were picked.
And NO, the U.S. did not send Ben Affleck, or anybody else for that matter to England to join the Eagle Squadron. Sending U.S. Army pilots to fight for England would have, practically, been declaring war on Germany! We were nuetral, for Pete's Sake! Those guys were all civilians who took it upon themselves to join the fight. It was not with the blessing of the United States. They did it knowing that they would be losing their citizenship, if they did.
Oh, what the hell. there's more, but why bother.

History of the World: Part I

1941

Star Trek (reboot)

Back to the Future 1, 2, 3

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

But not the mixing of social classes or the non-hypothermic water.

No way she'd react to some steerage passenger with anything but a demand he step away and leave her alone before she calls a purser.

I like the ones where at the end there's a white guy, a black guy, and a token chick.

(In other words, all of them .....)

"Tora Tora Tora" and "Patton" are about as authentic to history as you can get in a movie that isn't a documentary. Yes, I know Patton's rough and gravely voice in the movie was NOT not like that in real life but is that really a major earth-shattering deviation?