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"Based on Actual Events" 1900 - 1959

List of movies made in the first half of the 20th Century that are based (strictly or loosely) on actual events.
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Major Wilson's Last Stand (1899)
Major Wilson's Last Stand (1899)
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The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906)
The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
3
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
4
The Johnstown Flood
The Johnstown Flood
5
Chicago (1927)
Chicago (1927)
6
The General (1926)
The General (1926)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
7
Napoleon (1927)
Napoleon (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
8
Rasputin and the Empress (Boleslawski)
Rasputin and the Empress (Boleslawski)
9
In the Wake of the Bounty (Charles Chauvel)
In the Wake of the Bounty (Charles Chauvel)
10
Cleopatra (1934)
Cleopatra (1934)
11
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
12
San Francisco (1936)
San Francisco (1936)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
13
You Only Live Once (1937)
You Only Live Once (1937)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
14
Marie Antoinette (1938)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
15
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
16
Edison, the Man (Clarence Brown)
Edison, the Man (Clarence Brown)
17
Young Tom Edison (John W. Considine, Jr.)
Young Tom Edison (John W. Considine, Jr.)
18
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
19
Sergeant York (1941)
Sergeant York (1941)
20
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
21
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
22
The Fighting Sullivans (Lloyd Bacon)
The Fighting Sullivans (Lloyd Bacon)
23
Dillinger (1945)
Dillinger (1945)
24
Till the Clouds Roll by (1946)
Till the Clouds Roll by (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
25
Rope (1948, Alfred Hitchcock)
Rope (1948, Alfred Hitchcock)
26
Scott of the Antarctic (Charles Frend)
Scott of the Antarctic (Charles Frend)
27
Young Man With a Horn (1950)
Young Man With a Horn (1950)
28
5 Fingers (1952)
5 Fingers (1952)
29
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (Hathaway)
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (Hathaway)
30
A Place in the Sun (1951)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
31
Moulin Rouge (1952)
Moulin Rouge (1952)
Rotten Tomatoes®   73%
32
Houdini
Houdini
33
Titanic (1953)
Titanic (1953)
34
The Colditz Story (1955)
The Colditz Story (1955)
35
THE DAM BUSTERS (Eric Coates)
THE DAM BUSTERS (Eric Coates)
36
To Hell and Back (1955)
To Hell and Back (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
37
Lust for Life (1956, Vincente Minnelli)
Lust for Life (1956, Vincente Minnelli)
38
The Wrong Man
The Wrong Man
39
Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
40
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
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