A Car In The Middle Ages? 10 Worst Mistakes In Historical Movies

Historical accuracy can be difficult to get right in the movies, and many of the biggest period films of all time are guilty of some noticeable mistakes. Historical epics and dramas have been a mainstay of Hollywood since the earliest days of filmmaking. If done well, these movies can be a big box office draw, crossing the legitimacy of true stories or classic works of literature with the pleasures of genre cinema. For this reason, such films are often furnished with weighty budgets meant to ensure that the production feels authentic to its time period. However, the bigger the production, the more likely something will slip through the cracks.