Best World War II Films ever

[masterchief]

Hi Troops,

I just wanted to see if our taste in movies are in the money. Nothing beats a couch potato week ender. If you have WW2 movies in mind, please post them here.

Here are some movies that I have watched or just going to watch in the coming week end:

Downfall (Der Untergang) (2004) – Bruno Ganz
Director – Oliver Hirschbiegel


Die Bruecke (The Bridge) 1961 – Director: Bernhard Wicki


Come and See (1985) – Director: Elem Klimov

The Winter War (Talvisota) – Director: Pekka Parikka

Das Boot (The Boat) 1981 – Directed: Wolfgang Petersen


Cross of Iron (1977) - Directed: Sam Peckinpah

Dead Snow (2009) – Tommy Wirkola (not really WW2, but the zombies are cool) ;D


Cheers

[kalbs]

"The Bridge" is awsome... I haven't seen that in years

[jimmiroquai]

I liked downfall mainly for the reference re gear and weapons. But there was a severe lack of action.

Cross of iron is a fun movie to watch. Lots of action, great reference for gear (except for the 70's haircuts), and James Coburn is just such a badA$$.

Also try to watch Stalingrad and Saints and Soldiers for your ETO needs.

[Pumba]

I have a collection:

The Thin Red Line
Bridge Over Remagen
A Bridge Too Far
The Dirty Dozen
Kelly's Heroes
Saving Private Ryan
The Longest Day
Enemy at the Gates
Band of Brothers (of course)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Britain
Big Red One
Midway
Tora tora tora
U-571
Miracle at Sta. Ana
Windtalkers
Flags of Our Fathers
Letters From Iwo Jima
When Trumpets Fade
Pearl Harbor

Yeah thats it. Seen em all. There are more movies I want to see but cant find them at the stores. Will have to resort to downloading.

[kalbs]

Worse war Movies?.... Pearl Harbor and Battle of the Bulge. So historically incorrect.

[jimmiroquai]

Pearl Harbor Movie: hahahahaha! Nothing but eye candy.
Enemy at the Gates, Saving Private Ryan, and Cross of Iron are my all time favorites.

[Pumba]

no no no dont watch the new Pearl Harbor...you want to watch Tora Tora Tora

My favorite war movies....

Kelly's Heros and Dirty Dozen heh heh love the classics with a bit of humor

[kalbs]

WW2 fiction movies I like:
Guns of Navarone
Where Eagles Dare
Saving Private Ryan

my all tme favorite is Band of Brothers series. The best there is and I can't wait for "The Pacific" by the same makers.

[otacon14th]

maybe you want to add up..

The Vanguard (2008)
The Inglorious Basterd (2009)

[mikevictor]

Sir, I'm not OC or anything, but I think you meant "Best World War II Film" because genre when it pertains to films means the different categories of movies (such as War, Romance or Action). So, War is our genre and World War II our sub-genre, if you may, in this thread. Anyway...

The best World War 2 films, I believe, are:

Saving Private Ryan (Hey, if it made veterans cry, it's gotta be a good movie)

When Trumpets Fade (The final scene and credits actually struck me so much that I wrote a short story based on them. Maybe I'll share it some other time with you guys

Cross of Iron ("I'll show you how a Prussian officer fights." "And I'll show you where the Iron Crosses grow." Epic lines!)

The Longest Day (mostly because it's about D-Day, one of my, and apparently, almost everybody's favorite events of the war)

Bridge on the River Kwai (Alec Guinness is the best!)

Kelly's Heroes (the action was okay, but the comedy made it better. Also, imagine around 20 men and 1 Sherman, taking on 30-40 Germans and three (yes, three) Tiger tanks, and suffering only several wounded!)

A Bridge Too Far (Brig. Sosabowski (Gene Hackman) gave some immortal quotes here. And any movie with Hackman, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Robert Redford and Anthony Hopkins ought to be great!)

(List is still incomplete. There are so much war movies that I like and I don't think that anyone would want to read a post that long

[masterchief]

Sept 15, 2009 19:44:11 GMT 8 mikevictor said:

Sir, I'm not OC or anything, but I think you meant "Best World War II Film" because genre when it pertains to films means the different categories of movies (such as War, Romance or Action). So, War is our genre and World War II our sub-genre, if you may, in this thread. Anyway...

So true...thanks for the correction.

Adding on:
Back to Bataan (1945)



Has anyone seen The Inglorious Bastards (1978)? Is this good?

[Pumba]

Sept 15, 2009 22:21:33 GMT 8 masterchief said:

Sept 15, 2009 19:44:11 GMT 8 mikevictor said:

Sir, I'm not OC or anything, but I think you meant "Best World War II Film" because genre when it pertains to films means the different categories of movies (such as War, Romance or Action). So, War is our genre and World War II our sub-genre, if you may, in this thread. Anyway...

So true...thanks for the correction.

huh what?

[masterchief]

Hey Pumba, where did you buy your copy of 'Kelly's Heroes'?

[jnmodeller]

all of them are great! even the funny Dirty Dozen,but ill never forget these film or TV series,i grew up with them.

1) Combat, this is were i fell in love with the German uniform, i always watch it with my mom during the 70's

2) Ba Ba Black sheep, my high school days. This is when i star being Nuts in building aircraft models.

3) Apocalypse Now, was done here in the Philippines, was in 4th yr high school, along with my fellow CAT officer we went to the movie at Quad with full Vietnam uniform, coz that's our official uniform during that time, with helmet of course.

4) last but not the least , The Longest Day.

[masterchief]

@
jnmodeller

Yup, 'COMBAT' was my favourite TV show when I was a kid.

@
kalbs
Die Bruecke (The Bridge) was really awesome. Imagine kids defending a bridge that was not even a notable objective.