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Top 5 World War Two Films

UEAAddick
UEAAddick Posts: 512
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Another top 5. Probably been done before. My favourite period of history and probably films too.

1. Casablanca
2. Went The Day Well
3. In Which We Serve
4. Dunkirk- 50s version with John Mills
5. Come and See

Could do a different 5 easily.
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  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,599
    Not sure about top 5 but my outright favourite is The Battle of Britain 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    Battle of Britain
    Great Escape
    Hacksaw Ridge
    The Pianist
    Schindler's List
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    Casablanca
    Went the Day Well
    It Happened Here
    Hope and Glory
    Colonel Blimp
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,845
    Looking forward to someone coming out with how most WW2 war films don't portray the Germans in the correct light, or the impact of troops from the colonies/commonwealth - so basically we're all racist.
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,627
    Tricky one. Depends if you mean "real life" or  a semblance of truth/fiction ones.

    Real life

    Dambusters
    A Bridge too Far
    The Longest Day
    The Man who Never Was
    Dunkirk ( original)

    Others

    Guns of Navarone
    Schindler's List
    Great Escape
    Went the Day Well
    In which we Serve


  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    edited October 2024
    golfaddick said:
    Tricky one. Depends if you mean "real life" or  a semblance of truth/fiction ones.

    Real life

    Dambusters
    A Bridge too Far
    The Longest Day
    The Man who Never Was
    Dunkirk ( original)

    Others

    Guns of Navarone
    Schindler's List
    Great Escape
    Went the Day Well
    In which we Serve


    Forgot about A Bridge too Far, going to think this a few times on this thread, as its a genre of movies I really "enjoy"
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,193
    edited October 2024
    1. Saving Private Ryan 
    2. The Great Escape
    3. Son of Saul
    4. Memphis Belle
    5. Letters From Iwo Jima Ice Cold In Alex

    I wouldn't argue these are the best ever made. I can think of loads of absolute classics that should be on the list - Bridge on the River Kwai, Dambusters, Das Boot, Downfall and Hope & Glory all spring to mind and are probably better films than Memphis Belle and Iwo Jima (it pains me to put an Eastwood film in there lol).

    But I like all of these movies and I think they tell different perspectives. I almost wouldn't advise anyone watch Son Of Saul. One of the hardest watches I've ever had and I will never sit through it again. But what a fucking film. 

  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,459
    Schindler's list and the Pianist easily my top 2.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,023
    Bridge over the River Kwai
    The Real Heroes of Telemark (Ray Mears)
    Inglorious Basterds
    The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
    The Great Escape

  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,035
    Oppenheimer is one of the greatest films ever made.
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  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,736
    edited October 2024
    They Shall Not Grow Old
    The Longest Day 
    Inglorious Basterds 
     Letters From Iwo Jima
    The Great Escape 
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,845
    For me, there's 2 categories - "classic" and more "modern".

    Classic - Dambusters; Longest Day; Kelly's Heroes; Cruel Sea; Battle of Britain

    More modern - Saving Private Ryan; Fury; Sisu; Thin Red Line; Inglorious Baterds
  • UEAAddick
    UEAAddick Posts: 512
    Another 5.

    The Way Ahead
    A Way to The Stars
    Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
    A Canterbury Tale
    Ice Cold in Alex
  • Jaybinho
    Jaybinho Posts: 101
    Saving Private Ryan
    The Pianist 
    Enemy at the Gates 
    Schindler’s List 
    Saints and Soldiers 
  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,362
    Dunkirk- modern version 
    Ice Cold in Alex
    Enemy at the Gates 
    Imitation Game 
    Bridge on the River Kwai

    As I’ve got older I have developed a real loathing of the old British war films which usually include a working class cheeky chappy cockney and a whole load of plum accented toffs. 
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,193
    UEAAddick said:
    Another 5.

    The Way Ahead
    A Way to The Stars
    Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
    A Canterbury Tale
    Ice Cold in Alex
    Can't believe I left out Ice Cold. I'm changing mine! 
  • Afternoon Delight
    Afternoon Delight Posts: 913
    Cross of Iron
    Ice cold in Alex
    Von Ryan's Express
    The Train
    Das Boot
  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,646
    Yesterdays Enemy
    King Rat
    Bridge over the river Kwai
    Went the day well
    Hacksaw Ridge
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,023
    JiMMy 85 said:
    UEAAddick said:
    Another 5.

    The Way Ahead
    A Way to The Stars
    Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
    A Canterbury Tale
    Ice Cold in Alex
    Can't believe I left out Ice Cold. I'm changing mine! 
    Worth waiting for.
  • Ian Nightingale
    Ian Nightingale Posts: 392
    Cross of Iron 
    Das Boot
    Letters from Iwo Jima
    The Longest Day 
    Iron Fury (not for the script but for the tank battle scenes)

    So many good ones 5 isn’t enough
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  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,198
    A Matter of Life and Death 
    Das Boot (Seen here as a TV series but originally a movie.)
    The Enemy Below (yes, I like submarine films).
    Letters From Iwo Jima
    The Final Countdown (Don't know why the weird concept just kind of appealed.)

    Cross Of Iron (If you can find the uncut version) just failing to make the top five.
  • Blackheathen
    Blackheathen Posts: 6,655
    Lots of great films there.  I’d add Reach for the Sky, the Douglas Bader movie.
  • charlton_hero
    charlton_hero Posts: 4,665
    edited October 2024
    - Dunkirk (modern, but the original is great too)
    - Downfall
    - Saving Private Ryan
    - The Great Escape
    - A Bridge Too Far

    Honourable mentions for Inglorious Basterds, Battle Of Britain, Valkyrie, Schindler's List, The Pianist, Enemy at The Gates, The Longest Day, Bridge Over the River Kwai and The Forgotten Battle.
  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 5,820
    Most of my favourites have been mentioned except for The Tin Drum.
  • RaplhMilne
    RaplhMilne Posts: 4,601
    No votes for “Fury”
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,845
    RaplhMilne said:
    No votes for “Fury”
    Ahem ....
  • Stuart_the_Red
    Stuart_the_Red Posts: 1,850
    Tora, Tora, Tora
    The Battle of Britain
    The Dam Busters
    Saving Private Ryan
    Bridge on the River Kwai
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,228
    Dirty Dozen
    Where Eagles Dare

  • stoneroses19
    stoneroses19 Posts: 7,220
    The Bridge on the River Kwai
    Inglorious Basterds
    The Pianist
    The Dam Busters
    Grave of the Fireflies
  • usetobunkin
    usetobunkin Posts: 2,183
    edited October 2024
    Sink the Bismark
    In which we serve 
    Went the day well 
    Battle of Britain 
    A bridge too far

    Special mention.  The Imitation game 

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