Talk:List of films based on actual events (before 1990)

message: Does anybody have proof that The Patriot (2000 film) is based on a true story? --GHcool 06:10, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: The Patriot?

message: Does anyone have proof that The Perfect Man is based on a true story?
--Gmogi11 10:34, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: The Perfect Man?

message: I noticed this article was vandalized.
Not knowing how to simply restore the older version of the article I copy and pasted the old version.Johnnyeagleisrocker 13:50, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Vandalism

message: there's an awful lot of missing films particularly biopics and war movies, particularly from the 40s and 50s—Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.27.171.61 (talk) 05:19, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: incomplete

message: do the adaptions of shakespeare's histories count?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.27.171.61 (talk) 05:19, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Shakespeare

message: Are we all holding still for this title — The Entity — to be on the List of films based on actual events? The only book about it is self-described as a novel, and the rest is just the claims of the woman. Are you satisfied that an unsubstantiated claim of paranormal assault — rape by a ghost — qualifies as an "actual event?" I am not. --HarringtonSmith (talk) 18:37, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Looking for someone to speak up for this film; if not, I'll remove it before too long.  --HarringtonSmith (talk) 21:35, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Last call for keeping The Entity — if no one speaks up for it, I'll remove it. --HarringtonSmith (talk) 02:05, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The Entity sleeps with the squishes --HarringtonSmith (talk) 13:09, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[The Entity]]? Am I reading this right? 

message: This page is plagued by rude posters who tack unsequenced entries onto the tail end of the 2000s section. These same entries also often ignore the formatting standards of the earlier entries. Without some regard for proper sequencing and proper formatting, the page will quickly devolve into chaos.
It's unfair of these "garbage" posters to expect the rest of us editors to tend to their careless posts, put them in their proper sequence, and edit them so they conform to the format; I myself am tired of doing the housekeeping for these rude people. 
I'd like consensus from the editors who do play by the rules that when garbage entries are posted, they just be deleted. Thank you.  — HarringtonSmith (talk) 12:54, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree... it's not hard to slot them in correctly. What about sorting them alphabetically, too? -- LaNaranja (talk) 16:50, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sorting, formatting, and garbage entries... 

message: Removed made-for-TV movie The Perfect Husband: The Laci Petersen Story (2004)  -- LaNaranja (talk) 13:43, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please dont include made-for-TV movies  

message: Should we truly have this film listed as based on a true event, whereas is has revived much skepticism in the past few hundred years? I see no reason for this but will give time for discussion.... not looking for a religious debate just a true list of films rather than an implied one. --Palijer (talk) 01:25, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Passion of the Christ

message: It's based upon a ledgend sprung from the tall tales of Hopkins himself rather than upon acctual events, the stories are today proven to be false (at least the one the film is based upon). For further info look up Hidalgo (film) on wikipedia. Delete?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.253.6.131 (talk) 13:05, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hidalgo 

message: I highly doubt that only 211 films were based on true events before 2000, and 221 after. There's no citation to support that claim at all, and the artistic license on what is based on true events adds more dubiousness. MMetro (talk) 14:54, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Assessment: Horribly cruftulent article 

message: I propose some inclusion criteria:
* Films with theatrical release. Excludes things like made for TV movies or direct to video.
* Secondary sources describe the film as based on actual events.
* Based on specific actual events, and significantly depicting those specific events. Excludes things like :Jaws (film) based on the generic existence shark attacks, or crime flicks based on assorted crimes of that type.
* No films including depictions of alien encounters, supernatural events, or other things not commonly accepted as plausible and natural actual events. Excludes horror and other films with depicting supernatural events, no matter how strongly some people claim that they actually happened.
I (unhappily) think it's acceptable if a faith-based movie tries to describe credible actual events as 'miraculous', or if it includes a subjective-experience of a near death experience. That's an actual event, even if the near death experience itself was a hallucination. Alsee (talk) 12:07, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inclusion criteria 

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message: Does I, Tonya fit the criteria to be on this list? ParadiseDesertOasis8888 (talk) 11:26, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  I, Tonya 

message: This page seems much more extensive. Why not merge the two?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aerlenbach (talk • contribs) 02:21, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with "List of historical period drama films and series..." pages? 

message: This seems to be an animated film based on the true events. Should this be on this list?
Aquatic Ambiance (talk) 16:24, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chaar Sahibzaade? (2014) 

message: Maybe it's an idea to include series and mini-series? Because I haven't seen a list of them on Wikipedia. We might as well include them here and alter the article title to "List of films and series based on actual events". Anyone agree? Aquatic Ambiance (talk) 10:06, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Idea to include series 

message: Balto (1995), Grave of the Fireflies (1988) (not on list) and Chaar Sahibzaade (2014) are animated films based on a true story. Should these be on this list? There's probably more. Aquatic Ambiance (talk) 11:28, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Animated films 

message: This article has 511,886 bytes of markup; that's far too large. The page should be split into several parts. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:56, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Proposal: split the page into List of films based on actual events of 20th century and List of films based on actual events of 21st Century? Aquatic Ambiance (talk) 16:03, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Several parts; more than two. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 22:07, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

text: I agree—split by century "Films based on actual events released in the Xth century". Also, in the interests of making these international lists, all care should be given to including the country(ies) of production. bobdog54 (talk) 22:21, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

text: Is there a good reason not to delete this article? Onetwothreeip (talk) 08:37, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page size 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: moved. (non-admin closure) NW1223<Howl at me•My hunts> 00:15, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: List of films based on actual events →  – This list only covers films from before 2000. Blubabluba9990 (talk) (contribs) 22:23, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 18 April 2022