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Movies based on historical events in which they were a part of?

that's another part of it.

hints:
That's at least 5/6 true.

That is at least 2/3 but true (but in no way 100 percent true), depending on interpretations.

You have named exactly 2/3 of the proper film titles.

If no one even attempts by the end of today, I'm giving this one to Quis.

OK so let me think of a triad. Kent you'll have to tell me exactly what you were going for.


Orioles
Cardinals
Blue Jays

I was thinking of real people used as film characters in at least two substantially different movies of the same name: Calamity Jane, Titanic and Moulin Rouge.

Doris Day's Calamity Jane was pure fictionalization, while Jane Alexander's tried to follow Jane's later life (Wild Bill was a character in both). There are at least three Titanics with JJ Astor; the 97 one, which aside from its main characters was the most realistic (esp. in its handling of real characters); the 1950s one was anachronistic and completely fictional (save for the inclusion of the few real-people names like Astor) and the 1943 German version was more about anti-Brit/US capitalism (Astor was handled in a similar role to Billy Zane's character from 97). And of all the various Moulin Rouges, Toulouse was the main charater in the '52 biopic by John Huston, but a supporting character in the recent fiction.

Baseball teams named after birds? Or did you have something less obvious in mind?

Nope, that was it.

The Baltimore Orioles, The St. Louis Cardinals, & The Toronto Blue Jays.

Saskatchewan
Ottawa
Peoria

names (of American aboriginal origin) that describe both rivers and modern governmental regions (cities/counties, and a province).

Not what I was thinking of, though that could well be true.

names for two different places:

Saskatchewan (province) and Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta
Ottawa - Ontario and Kansas
Peoria - Illinois and Arizona

So many places like that.

Hint: it relates to sports. One sport in particular.

They've all had football teams called the Rough Riders (or Roughriders)?

That is correct, Matthew. The first two in the CFL, the last in various indoor football leagues (the team's name has changed since).

Motorhead
Juice Newton
Steve Miller Band

all three had records that shared names with playing cards:

Motorhead: Ace of Spades
Newton: Queen of Hearts
SMB: The Joker

Exactly. Go ahead.

Die Hard
O Brother Where Art Thou?
The Abyss

Well, I haven't seen The Abyss, but... movies in which a subplot features a husband reconciling with his ex-wife?

you got it!
(Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, in case you were curious)

Batman/Bruce Wayne
Mongul
Atom/Ryan Choi

All have had a Black Rose attached to them (and possibly all have successfully fought off the effects of a Black Rose)

The Black Mercy, yes. Go ahead.

Chicago
Boston
Kansas

rock bands named after U.S. places?