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The Historical Movies Podcast — 48 episodes
Fitzcarraldo (1982) Is Werner Herzog’s ‘Masterpiece’ Overrated? Plus Klaus Kinski and the Production from HELL!
The Crying Game (1992) THAT Twist and why The Troubles is the perfect backdrop
Extra Episode: The Guns of Navarone (1961) was so good Alistair MacLean changed the book it was based on!
The Guns of Navarone (1961) The Greatest Commando Romp Ever was Supposed to be an Anti-War Movie
Eddington (2025) — What is this Movie all About? Politics, Pandemic & Paranoia
Thirteen Days (2000) — The Cuban Missile Crisis Movie with the Wrong Hero (feat. Shane Connolly)
Emily (2022): Wuthering Heights and the Brontë Biopic that PERFECTLY mixes Fact & Fiction
The Return (2024) — The Greatest Story Ever Retold
The Last Samurai (2003) — Tom Cruise v. The Meiji Restoration
Papillon (2017) — How much of Henri Charrière’s Epic Escape Story is True?
The Book Behind Nuremberg (2025) Jack El-Hai talks to us about turning The Nazi and the Psychiatrist into a movie
The Damned United (2009) — Brian Clough, Leeds United and the ‘Restless Enigma’ of English Football
Glory (1989) - The True Story of the 54th Massachusetts (feat. Chad Robinson from the Retro Movie Roundtable)
Immortal Beloved (1994) - The Real Beethoven and the Mystery of his Lost Love (feat Jack C.T. Adams)
Escape to Victory (1981) - The WWII POW Cult Classic and the Real History Behind it
Podcast update: We're taking a break! Plus listener questions and the series 1 'awards'
Interview with Executive Producer Imogen Cooper: founder of NEW historical streaming serivce Yoreflix
Amadeus (1984) – Mozart, Salieri and the True Story Behind the Rivalry
The Two Popes (2019) – Fact vs Fiction in the Story of Benedict XVI and Francis
Legends of the Fall (1994) – War, Love and the Real History Behind the Family Epic
The Historical Movies Podcast Mailbag! We answer (some of) your questions!
Walk the Line (2005) – Johnny Cash’s Life on Screen: What’s True?
Master and Commander (2003) - The Napoleonic Wars at Sea and the Enlightenment Perfectly Portrayed
Mississippi Burning (1988) - Racist, Of It’s Time, Misunderstood?
The Witch (2015) – Puritan Superstition and the Real History of Witch Trials
Interview with director Mark O'Connor: Historical Movies, Amongst the Wolves and Barry Keoghan
The Last of the Mohicans (1992) - Michael Mann's Blend of Realism and Style
El Cid (1961) – Spain’s Medieval Hero and the Truth Behind the Legend
The Vikings (1958) - Kirk Douglas' Schoolboy Fantasy and the Real History
The Patriot (2000) – America’s Revolution on Film: Fact, Fiction & (lack of) Slavery
The Battle of Algiers (1966) - The Revolution That Shook French Colonial Rule
10,000 BC (2008) - the Least Historically Accurate Movie of All Time?
Saving Private Ryan (1998) – A Turning Point for Action Cinema and the Real D-Day Story
The New World (2005) – Pocahontas, John Smith and the Real Story of Jamestown
1917 (2019) - World War I in One Take. How True to Life is it?
Michael Collins (1996) – Enjoyable, Authentic but Not Accurate?
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) – Rebellion at Sea and On Set
The Historical Movies Podcast Trailer
Titanic (1997) – James Cameron’s Iconic Disaster Film & 'Hollywood Marxism'
The Sniper (2021) - Abdolrasoul Zarrin: The World's Deadliest Sniper and the Iraq-Iran War
Apocalypto (2006) – Maya Civilization Annihilated Twice - Historically and by Mel Gibson
Apollo 13 (1995) - The Most Historically Accurate Movie of All Time?
Lumumba (2000) – The Assassinated Congolese Leader Who Changed History
Gladiator (2000) – Fact vs Fiction, Epic Movie, Epic On-Set Drinking Stories....
Zulu (1964) – The Story of the Battle of Rorke’s Drift on Film
Marie Antoinette (2006) – The Real Queen Behind Sofia Coppola’s Stylish Film
Braveheart (1995) – What Mel Gibson Got Right and Wrong About William Wallace
Napoleon (2023) – How Accurate Is Ridley Scott’s Epic About France’s Emperor?