Gladiator (2000)
Ridley Scott really tried his hardest to make this epic Roman empire film accurate. Before working on Gladiator, he hired historians for advice when it comes to writing the screenplay. Along the way, he added changes that made some of them quit! If you need an example of a huge inaccuracy, you should know that the “fantasy helmets” were not really worn by the soldiers. On top of that, the story began when Commodus killed his father. However, this was not historically accurate at all.
Gladiator (2000)
The Patriot (2000)
Up next, we have a different Mel Gibson film that is full of historical inaccuracies. Among these, the biggest one has something to do with Benjamin Martin, the main character. He is supposed to be a brave regular Joe fighting for the Crown and then for America during the Revolutionary War. In reality, he was based on a slave owner called Francis Marion. The film did not mention this but also disregarded slavery on the whole. This has led critics to say that it was a “complete whitewashing of history.”
The Patriot (2000)
