Lists about FX's cult hit series about Jax Teller, his family, and the members of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original, which aired from 2008-2014.

Sons of Anarchy

Kurt Sutter and the cast of Sons of Anarchy&nbsp;did their homework when writing and playing motorcycle club&nbsp;members,&nbsp;but, as is the case with any television show, several elements still don&#39;t mesh with reality. Granted, when you write a TV series, you want to garner attention, attract viewers, and give your wife, <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/katey-sagal-facts/brandon-michaels" target="_blank">Katey Sagal</a>, a compelling character, so who can really blame Sutter for making a few tweaks?&nbsp;

But what do real bikers think of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-sons-of-anarchy-episodes/reference" target="_blank">Sons of Anarchy</a>? Many of them respect the series, but take issue with its portrayals of violence and illegal activity, as well as what they consider to be its generous treatment of women.&nbsp;On top of that, the show infamously went a bit off the rails &ndash; or over the bars, as it were &ndash; in its <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-season-of-sons-of-anarchy/reference" target="_blank">later seasons</a>. How accurate is&nbsp;Sons of Anarchy? Is there a real life&nbsp;Sons of Anarchy&nbsp;crew rolling through California somewhere?&nbsp;

The short answer is, the show is vaguely factual &ndash; emphasis on vaguely. Motorcycle club culture is a real thing, and here&#39;s how it&nbsp;differs from&nbsp;SoA.

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The small town of Bedford, VA, suffered greater&nbsp;losses than any other single location in the United States on D-Day. On June 6, 1944, out of the 30 men from Bedford who <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/photos-from-world-war-2-d-day-invasion/laura-allan" target="_blank">stormed the beaches of Normandy</a>, 19&nbsp;died.

A handful more perished in the days following. The Bedford Boys&nbsp;served as the inspiration for&nbsp;Saving Private Ryan,&nbsp;but this unique group had its own distinct story. In the midst of the&nbsp;heroism and horror of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/how-world-war-2-changed-the-world/kellen-perry" target="_blank">World War II</a>, the brave men from Bedford represented the patriotism and courage&nbsp;of thousands.&nbsp;

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Sure, catapulting cattle, head-smacking monks, and a knight willing to fight until he is limbless are all elements played for laughs in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, but there’s a bit of truth in each. Considering the Pythons' academic backgrounds, it's&nbsp;no surprise that some truth underlies&nbsp;much of Holy Grail's absurdity. With the exception of the American Terry Gilliam, the performers hail from <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/terry-jones-death-monty-python-michael-palin-terry-gilliam-john-cleese-a9296976.html">Oxford or Cambridge University</a>. Terry Jones would even go on to write several works of <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30116194">medieval history</a>.In fact, there are <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-accurate-medieval-movies/michelle-nati">kernels of historical accuracy</a> where you might least expect them. Check out the often dark truth behind these Monty Python and the Holy Grail moments.

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172 years before the birth of Daenerys Stormborn, House Targaryen engages in a war of succession to the Iron Throne, known as the "Dance of the Dragons," now airing Sundays on HBO Max. Season 2 is airing now.

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George R. R. Martin, the creator of <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/game-of-thrones-book-vs-show-differences/lisa-waugh">A Song of Ice and Fire</a> and the land of Westeros, has <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.newsweek.com/george-rr-martin-game-thrones-misogynistic-spinoff-house-dragon-hbo-1728210">freely admitted</a> that he “pilfers” from history to devise his fantastical plots. This is nothing unusual, of course; history often inspires works of fiction. The event that sparked the plot in <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/abandoned-game-of-thrones-plots/stephanroget">Game of Thrones</a> was the 15th century War of the Roses, the prequel series House of the Dragon was inspired by <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/King-Stephen-Anarchy/">the Anarchy</a>, an event that took place in England some three centuries earlier. As in the show, the chaos of the Anarchy was kicked off in part by a monarch's wish to name a female heir as the next ruler.But that's far from the only historical parallel that pops up in House of the Dragon. Read on to learn of more, and vote up the ones that catch your interest.&nbsp;

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Braveheart

It&#39;s hardly insightful to point out the many historical inaccuracies of Braveheart. Some of them&nbsp;make sense from a film-making perspective, while others are less forgivable deviations from history. The real William Wallace wasn&#39;t the impoverished man of the people the movie suggests, but his life was scarcely less dramatic. What might a Braveheart that stuck closer to the source material actually be like?&nbsp;

This collection looks at the main changes needed to make for a more truthful but still compelling look at the life of one of Scotland&#39;s greatest heroes.&nbsp;

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Casting a captious eye at Shondaland's romantic and, ahem, steamy Bridgerton in all its iterations, now playing on Netflix.

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Set in the time period of Regency London, Bridgerton&nbsp;follows the romantic adventures and misadventures of the titular aristocratic family. So, how accurate is&nbsp;Bridgerton&nbsp;and its depiction of the early 19th century?&nbsp;The Regency period in Great Britain technically lasted from 1811 to 1820, when the Prince of Wales ruled as regent in place of his father <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-mad-king-george-iii/setareh-janda?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">King George III</a>. It&nbsp;was the era of Jane Austen and Waterloo, imperialism and Romanticism, slavery and the Industrial Revolution. Bridgerton&nbsp;sets its gaze on the fashionable upper classes&nbsp;- known as the ton&nbsp;- of Regency society, depicting&nbsp;a world governed by rules that, if broken, could ruin a family's fortunes. It imagines a period of rakes and heiresses, debauchery and virtue, glittering parties and seedy dens of vice.&nbsp;

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Harlots

Set in rival parlors in 1700s London, the Hulu show&nbsp;Harlots&nbsp;goes where no other show has gone: It explores the dramatic lives of women who lived and labored as ladies of the night. Overall, Harlots&nbsp;accurately depicts the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.ranker.com/list/daily-life-of-eighteenth-century-sex-worker/genevieve-carlton">life of an 18th-century working girl</a>.&nbsp;Through the experiences of Margaret Wells, a woman who runs a bawdy house alongside her partner and children;&nbsp;Lydia Quigley,&nbsp;a madam who caters to high society in her classy, fashionable establishment;&nbsp;and their female workers, the show&nbsp;depicts how diverse <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.ranker.com/list/everyday-life-of-a-venetian-courtesan/genevieve-carlton">the world of sex work</a>&nbsp;was in the 18th century.How accurate is the&nbsp;show? Like any piece of historical fiction, it hits some facts and misses others. There are nitty-gritty details that&nbsp;Harlots doesn't explore as much as it could, however.&nbsp;The industry in 1700s London was more&nbsp;lucrative&nbsp;and dangerous than the show suggests. From male-only molly houses to the job's serious health risks, there was still&nbsp;more to the industry than Harlots leads its audience to believe.

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Lists about real life on the wild American frontier and fictionalized versions of the Old West.

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There's no paucity of shows about frontier life, and finding a good Wild West series is somewhat subjective. There are numerous television series, such as&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/full-cast-of-the-life-and-legend-of-wyatt-earp-cast-list-for-the-show-the-life-and-legend-of-wyatt-earp/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp</a> (1955-1961), that incorporate well-established figures, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/historically-inaccurate-western-movie-tropes/genevieve-carlton">Western tropes</a>, and themes to entertain viewers and provide a level of authenticity. <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-western-movies-ever-made?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">The best westerns</a> of all time knows how to deliver historical accuracy.Other shows, like Wild Wild West&nbsp;(1965-1969),&nbsp;a series no one would confuse for accurate, push the envelope and integrate innovative ideas into elaborate and adventurous plots and characters.&nbsp;&nbsp;When it comes to <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/western-tv-shows-and-series/ranker-tv?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">classic Western series</a>, shows like&nbsp;1950s cowboy shows like Bonanza,&nbsp;Gunsmoke, and, more recently,&nbsp;Deadwood&nbsp;have managed to create and maintain a well-established following. Just because these shows about frontier life are popular, however, does not mean they provide a realistic depiction of their subject. How accurate are these Wild West series? And where do they just not quite hit the mark?

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John Nash

Though A Beautiful Mind won four Oscars in 2002, including Best Picture, everything its creators omitted about the&nbsp;real life of John Nash would have led to an&nbsp;entirely different film. Inspired by a&nbsp;1998 biography of the same name written by Sylvia Nasar,&nbsp;the film&nbsp;chronicles&nbsp;the life of brilliant mathematician Nash. It details his major life events, such as&nbsp;his first day at Princeton to his&nbsp;schizophrenia diagnosis. However, similar to&nbsp;other <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/movies-that-misunderstand-mental-illness/erin-mccann">movies that misunderstand mental illness</a>,&nbsp;A Beautiful Mind&nbsp;left out&nbsp;many real-life facts, in part to maintain the film's focus on themes of marital love and devotion.While transforming complex math and a story about the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.ranker.com/list/schizophrenia-onset-stories/brandon-michaels">onset of schizophrenia</a> into a movie, director Ron Howard and the film's other creators&nbsp;took many artistic licenses. They made a&nbsp;visually appealing and emotionally satisfying&nbsp;film, but by taking such liberties, they turned&nbsp;A Beautiful Mind&nbsp;into an&nbsp;edited and carefully curated version of Nash's life.

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American Sniper

Navy SEAL Chris Kyle earned the nickname &quot;The Legend&quot; for his service in Iraq. With <a href="https://www.biography.com/military-figure/chris-kyle" target="_blank">160 confirmed hits</a>&nbsp;during the conflict, Kyle became&nbsp;the most dangerous American sniper in history. In 2012, he turned his story into a memoir, titled&nbsp;American Sniper.&nbsp;Two years later, director Clint Eastwood transformed&nbsp;it into a blockbuster film starring Bradley Cooper. Tragically, Kyle was slain in 2013 at a shooting range while trying to help a Marine suffering from PTSD. The film memorialized Kyle, portraying him as a hero the year following his demise.

But how accurate is&nbsp;American Sniper? The film made several significant changes, such as exaggerating some of Kyle&#39;s opponents and completely fabricating others. In reality, Kyle did make a stunning 2,100-yard shot, but it wasn&#39;t to end his rival sniper, Mustafa. And, despite the drama of the infamous opening scene, Kyle never shot a child.

Even more significantly, controversies surrounding&nbsp;Kyle&#39;s veracity extend to his memoir, in which he exaggerated&nbsp;his medal count. A jury also found Kyle guilty of defamation for fabricating&nbsp;a story in which he&nbsp;punched&nbsp;Jesse Ventura.&nbsp;American Sniper&nbsp;has earned a spot on some lists of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-worst-movies-of-all-time" target="_blank">worst movies of all time</a>&nbsp;for its harsh depiction of all Iraqis. Fans, however, praise the film for its nuanced depiction of Kyle&#39;s struggle as a sniper, claiming it ranks as <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-movies-of-all-time" target="_blank">one of the best movies ever made</a>. Kyle himself claimed&nbsp;he never felt any regret over pulling the trigger.

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Born Reginald Dwight in a small town in northwest London, Elton John, his grand piano, and his funky glasses have sold more than 300 million records in career that has spanned 5 decades. The fantasy film about his life, Rocketman, is due out in May.

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The Elton John biopic&nbsp;Rocketman&nbsp;is a surrealist attempt to capture the wild, manic life of one of history&#39;s greatest musicians. The movie is undeniably&nbsp;powerful and visually captivating, but the question remains:&nbsp;Is <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/everything-we-know-about-rocketman-movie/jesse-childs" target="_blank">Rocketman accurate</a>?&nbsp;Rocketman&nbsp;presents itself as&nbsp;a musical film rather than a true historical account of Elton John&#39;s life and his <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/elton-john-loves-and-hookups/celebrityhookups" target="_blank">romantic relationships</a>, so the fact that there are a few&nbsp;Rocketman inaccuracies comes as no surprise. In some cases, the truth was stretched through&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/rocketman-actors-vs-the-real-people/samantha-dillinger" target="_blank">casting choices</a>&nbsp;or through the actors&#39; portrayals of their real-life counterparts.

Of course, there are a few other key differences between&nbsp;Rocketman and reality.&nbsp;Though none of these differences really detract&nbsp;from the movie as a whole,&nbsp;Elton John&#39;s real life is perhaps even more interesting than the dramatized version portrayed in his&nbsp;biopic.

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Samurai are pervasive in popular culture, represented in film, television, and video games alike. Comic books and manga incorporate samurai culture, images, and themes into their stories, while anime has embraced numerous samurai tropes and crafted some of the best-known samurai archetypes of all time.

As warriors in feudal Japan, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/what-was-life-like-for-samurai/megan-summers" target="_blank">samurai served </a>as military combatants, swore devotion to their lords, and aspired to live honorable lives. By the early 17th century, the duties and obligations of samurai shifted, transitioning them to more administrative and political roles. While samurai remained esteemed in Japanese society - and around the world - the realities of samurai life became much less heroic.&nbsp;

What popular culture has done for the interest in all-things samurai, however, has resulted in misunderstandings about the lives and activities of samurai. Even the most <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/historically-accurate-last-samurai/michael-muir?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">historically accurate samurai</a> movies contain stereotypes or partial truths, muddying up what viewers do and don&#39;t believe about samurai. Which one of the notions below do you find to be the most ridiculous?&nbsp;Or, better yet, which one did you believe - until now?&nbsp;

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The sheer number of <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-historically-inaccurate-movies/genevieve-carlton">inaccurate films about the past</a> prove that movies aren’t history lessons. But every now and then, a historical film comes out that gets the facts right. These films generally stick to the truth because the facts are almost too wild to believe, like the story of a German officer <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/failed-hitler-assassination-attempts/genevieve-carlton?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">who tried to assassinate Hitler</a> or the wildly dysfunctional family life of a medieval king. In all of these stories, screenwriters didn’t have to invent much drama; the facts were dramatic enough.Accuracy isn’t always about recreating events exactly as they happened or in the order they occurred. Sometimes, films are authentic in different ways, like in their <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-casting-historical-figures/elle-tharp">portrayal of historical figures</a> and the relationships that determined their lives. &nbsp;Which movies are the best at sticking to the facts? That’s for you to decide.

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Lists about the best (and worst) films, TV series, novels, characters, etc. in every sci-fi genre.

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There are two main types of <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-sci-fi-movies">science fiction films</a>. There are the films like Star Wars, which are rooted in fantasy and folklore, and don&rsquo;t care about <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/science-fiction-movie-plot-holes/oliverhanson">getting the scientific details correct</a>. Then, there are the films on this list, the filmmakers of which pay great attention to scientific detail, and aim to get as much of the science correct as humanly possible. Here are the most accurate sci-fi movies ever made.

Many of these movies take place in the future. If filmmakers want to make accurate sci-fi <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-space-movies/all-genre-movies-lists" target="_blank">movies about space</a>, like in Interstellar or Moon, they have to think about the likelihood of future technology. Interstellar is&nbsp;on this list not&nbsp;because anyone thinks that we will be able to travel through a wormhole in the near future in order to reach a distant habitable planet in order to save the human race. That&rsquo;s the fiction part of science fiction. It&#39;s on this list because the film&rsquo;s&nbsp;Gargantua black hole is considered the most realistic depiction of a black hole ever seen in the movies.

It is incredible to think about just how accurate some of the predictions are in these movies. From space exploration in film to accurate movie spaceships, writers and directors worked tirelessly to not just entertain us but to wow all the astrophysicists in the audience as well. Let us know what impresses you the most about accurate sci-fi films in the comments section below.

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Exploring the strange and fascinating lives of rulers, royals, and royalty all around the world and throughout history.

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What are the most inaccurate <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-movies-about-royalty/ranker-film?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">movies about royals</a>? Whether depicting love affairs that never happened or covering up unsavory politics, the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-movies-about-royalty/ranker-film" target="_blank">royal biopics</a>&nbsp;on this list don't tell the full - or even the real - story about kings and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/whoa-historical-queens/mallory-weiler?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">queens in history</a>.Historians evaluate the accuracy of films in two ways: by policing the nitty-gritty historical facts that the movie depicts,&nbsp;and by analyzing the overall truth that the film is communicating about a person, event, or era. Historical facts often get manipulated for the sake of narrative necessity. Worse, many films are inaccurate by omission, since they leave out crucial facts that might shape how a royal is remembered. In these cases, royal biopics completely misrepresent the past.From Shakespeare's plays to Hollywood biopics, the lives of royals throughout history have always made for compelling drama. But good movies are rarely good history lessons.

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History has long fascinated filmmakers and audiences alike. For the former, there's the challenge of depicting past events accurately while presenting a fresh angle that will keep people watching, even if they know the outcome in advance. For the latter, seeing real events brought to life cinematically can provide new insights into chapters of history.&nbsp;With the volume of movies Hollywood produces each year, it's no surprise that some films cover the same historical ground, making perspective a key distinguishing factor. The following sets of films deal with the same historical events or time periods in very different manners. Watching either of them individually can give you a compelling outlook on the events at the center of their stories, and watching both as a double feature will give you a more well-rounded context because of how different their takes are.

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