#The Witch perfectly recreated a lost dialect but also satan himself makes an appearance and he's hot...etc

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What historical dramas (movies or shows) would you recommend, based on closest accuracy to history?

hmmmm THAT'S THE THING, so many historical dramas that are my favorites (entertaining, engaging, make me gnaw at the bars of my enclosure) aren't always the most accurate ones (The Terror being supernatural, The Borgias existing in a bonkers fantasy reality). HOWEVER. The Virgin Queen (2005) is definitely up there, and my beloved Wolf Hall. Outlaw King, arguably. And of COURSE HBO's Rome, which an old classics professor of mine adored because of the accuracy of Roman street life...until it gets to the Egypt stuff, which ALL sucks. Things like Gentleman Jack and the 2020 Emma did literal time travelling with their costume design. And obviously Master and Commander, which was actually filmed in 1805 as far as I'm concerned.