Your favorite World War II movies

[JackD201]

Here's a good one! What are your favorite movies set during the second world war? We've got almost seven decades of film to choose from

Just a few of my favorites

Battle of Midway
Battle of the Bulge
Schindler's List
Empire of the Sun
The Thin Red Line
Stalingrad
The Great Escape
The Dirty Dozen
Inglorious Basterds
The Eagle Has Landed

 

[Steve Williams]

Here's a good one! What are your favorite movies set during the second world war? We've got almost seven decades of film to choose from

Just a few of my favorites

Battle of Midway
Battle of the Bulge
Schindler's List
Empire of the Sun
The Thin Red Line
Stalingrad
The Great Escape
The Dirty Dozen
Inglorious Basterds
The Eagle Has Landed

Agree with all of the above (have em all) but heck IMO you left out the best one

Saving Private Ryan

 

[RogerD]

Patton
In Harm's Way
They Were Expendable
Stalag 17
The Longest Day
D-Day Sixth of June
Twelve O'clock High
Von Ryan's Express
The Train
The Americanisation of Emily
Mrs Miniver
The Best Years Of Our Lives
From Here To Eternity
Charlotte Grey, to name a few.

 

[Steve Williams]

Great choices Roger. They all bring back memories.

IIRC Frank Sinatra was in Von Ryan's Express

Did anyone mention Where Eagles Dare

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

From the Pacific theatre

Tora, Tora, Tora
Bridge On The River Kwai

Although IMO the best movie about WW2 did not take place until 3 years later...

Judgment At Nuremberg

 

[JackD201]

Agree with all of the above (have em all) but heck IMO you left out the best one

Saving Private Ryan

Oh yes. It must have been because of Vin Diesel with hair

I also left out Patton (Thanks Roger) George C. Scott was something else. When I saw the real Patton, I thought GCS was better!

Here's a more obscure film I liked to watch a lot growing up. Sink the Bismarck!

 

[Steve Williams]

I thought U-571 was also very good with those guys in the subs waiting for those depth charges to hit. The sub sonic effects is staggering

 

[JackD201]

I haven't seen most of the movies on Roger's list and I haven't seen U-571 either. I'm really liking this thread!

 

[Steve Williams]

well if you want to give your HT a workout with low frequencies U-571 is a must. Your house will shake. Sort of like Master and Commander

 

[RogerD]

I haven't seen most of the movies on Roger's list and I haven't seen U-571 either. I'm really liking this thread!

Jack,

The movies I listed are all worth watching and each one is a classic in some regard. My ultimate favorites from the list of ones that you should check out are, They were expendable,the best years of our lives,from here to eternity,the train,Americanisation of Emily, and Mrs. Miniver. I always thought that Charlotte Grey was very good and I like the soundtrack too. I would have listed the Great Escape also.

 

[Steve Williams]

Apocalypse Now although not truly WWll is an all time masterpiece, especially The Director's Cut

 

[RogerD]

Apocalypse Now although not truly WWll is an all time masterpiece, especially The Director's Cut

yep and add Full Metal Jacket to that short list.

 

[Steve Williams]

I'd mention Hamburger Hill but this is the Viet Nam war, but a great film nonetheless

 

[DaveyF]

I like these ones.....The Guns of Navarone, The Battle of Britain, Where Eagles Dare, Schindler's List ,Force 10 from Navarone and The Sands of Iwo Jima

 

[Peter Breuninger]

Nice thread

I hop on this board once a day and click on “Whats New.” It’s nice to see an informative and fun to read thread. Sorry to say but many new threads are the same old sour grapes… how can it cost so much, reviewers are shills, nothing sounds like live, tubes vs… I would kill each of these threads if I was a moderator. But then there would be no new content.

I watch FMJ once a year. It's like three movies in one; the drill sergeant movie, the base reporter movie and the sniper on patrol movie.

I also agree with Steve, Apocalypse Now DC is one of the greatest movies ever made. Surely on my top ten list.

Peter B.

 

[fishnchips]

"Enemy at the Gates" is also good. I loved the "Dam Busters" (made at a time when real actors like Michael Redgrave still existed), and "Untergang" was just monumental. Let us not forget classics like "Casablanca" and Orson Welles' "The Third Man", which are not strictly about the war but are infused by it.

 

[DaveyF]

Forgot one of my favorites: 'A Bridge Too Far'.

 

[mojave]

I like some of the more recent movies. My favorites in this list are Hart's War (Bruce Willis) and The Great Raid (James Franco).

Valkyrie
Hart's War
Jakob the Liar
Defiance
The Great Raid
Windtalkers
Band of Brothers series

 

[mojave]

There is another one that hasn't been mentioned yet that when adjusted for inflation is the third highest grossing movie of all time! Can you guess it without looking it up?

Hint: It is on Blu-ray.

 

[Steve Williams]

Well if you are now getting into DVD and TV series and mentioned Band of Brothers you must incluse The Pacific by Spielberg and Hanks

BTW IIRC it is soon to be released on BD