OT: Your favorite, or most appreciated WWII flick ??
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Although not a single movie... Band of Brothers
a minor flood of choices popped into my head when I read the question. I could pick one if I had to, but the list would include: Tora Tora Tora, Patton, Band of Brothers, Dirty Dozen and The Longest Day
Serious-- Schindler's List and Bridge on the River Kwai
Fun-- Kelly's Heroes
Fun-- Kelly's Heroes
where eagles dare.
Forgot about that one. Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood.
"Broad sword calling Danny boy."
Patton
The Guns of Navarone
Midway
Saving Private Ryan
The Battle of the Bulge
Enemy at the Gates
Sands of Iwo Jima
Stalag 17
In Harm's Way
The Guns of Navarone
Midway
Saving Private Ryan
The Battle of the Bulge
Enemy at the Gates
Sands of Iwo Jima
Stalag 17
In Harm's Way
That's a great list - Stalag 17 is a great film.
How about two of the best movies about the air war over Europe: Memphis Belle and The War Lover with Steve McQueen. I haven't seen The War Lover in ages.
A couple of other POW movies:
King Rat, based on James Clavell's own experiences and Speilberg's Empire of The Sun.
And on the seas, The Caine Mutiny & Mr. Roberts. Some acting heavyweights in both casts.
King Rat, based on James Clavell's own experiences and Speilberg's Empire of The Sun.
And on the seas, The Caine Mutiny & Mr. Roberts. Some acting heavyweights in both casts.
Another favorite I don't see listed yet, Twelve O'Clock High.
Have you ever seen an old black and white English movie starring Noel Coward called "In which we serve" ?
Band of Brothers. By far and away #1, any other movie would be a distant second.
A great Russian produced WWII flick is Stalingrad.
I agree with some of the others, but here are a few that need mentioning:
Lawrence of Arabia
Bridge on the river Kwai
Paths of glory
The guns of navarone
We were soldiers
Lone survivor
Lawrence of Arabia
Bridge on the river Kwai
Paths of glory
The guns of navarone
We were soldiers
Lone survivor
The 1st twenty minutes of "Enemy at the Gates" sure opens your eyes. The Ruskies lost 27-28 mill during WWII while we lost about 400k. Having enigma and breaking JN-25 sure saved a lot of us, including my father. RIP Dad. He, my brother, and myself all vets.
If anyone's interested, there's an excellent WWII Dutch film called Black Book starring Carice Van Houten. She is superb. Dutch resistance v. Nazis. Watched it years ago with subtitles. Dutchman Paul Verhoeven co-wrote and directed (Basic Instinct). Highly recommended.
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Patton. Could watch that movie once a month. Killing Patton was a good read.
Das Boot is great!
Two great underrated WWII picks that I highly recommend
The Eagle has Landed - Michael Caine was great as the elite SS paratroop commander trying to kill Winston Churchill. Larry Hagman was great as the bumbling American Commander and Donald Sutherland as the IRA/German spy. Great story and acting all around.
Cross of Iron - It is a bloody Sam Peckinpah movie focusing on the German Army on the Eastern Front. Battle scenes are great with real vintage equipment.
I actually like the Devil's Brigade as well. I thought that was good all-around action movie.
Guns of Navarone was very well done as well. Great cast and acting.
Mr. Roberts! While not a combat movie, what an acting tour de force! Hank Fonda at his best. Jack Lemmon was perfect as Ensign Pulver. James Cagney as the palm tree loving captain and The great William Powell in his last role as Doc and Ward Bond thrown is as Dottie! I still get choked up everytime Jack Lemmon reads that last letter from Okinawa describing Doug's fate. Just a PERFECT movie. I can watch it again and again.
