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Top 5 World War Two Films
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Can’t believe I forgot one of my all-time favourite films on my list!iaitch said:….Where Eagles Dare…1 -
Perfectly good thread with no sniping.... then you post that. Bravo.Off_it said: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.0 -
Battle of the River Plate
Bridge at Remagen
Hannibal Brooks
Von Ryans Express (one day Frank will make the train)0 -
Reach For The Sky
Battle Of Britain
Escape To Victory
Fury
Where Eagles Dare0 -
Great filmRaplhMilne said:No votes for “Fury”2 -
Now read all the suggestions above and could now probably make up a list of about 150
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The Pianist.The Forgotten Battle.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.
Alone in Berlin.
and if ‘Band of Brothers’ were a single film then that masterly work gets in, it owes a lot to ‘Saving Private Ryan’.
Battle of Britain gets an honourable mention as it seemed so authentic for a film.3 -
It's a joke mate. You know, a joke? The point being that nobody had posted anything like that up to that point, so who exactly was I supposed to be "sniping" at? But now you've taken aim ...... and missed!Siv_in_Norfolk said:
Perfectly good thread with no sniping.... then you post that. Bravo.Off_it said: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.
Speaking of which, Enemy at the Gates is a good film.1 -
Saving Private Ryan
Kelly's Heroes
A Bridge Too Far
Where Eagles Dare
Schindlers List
Honourable mentions to Dunkirk (new) and Enemy at the Gates. Just can't fit them all in!0 -
I can't believe it took so long for it to get a mention.Stuart_the_Red said:
Can’t believe I forgot one of my all-time favourite films on my list!iaitch said:….Where Eagles Dare…1 - Sponsored links:
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Many great mentions and struggling to narrow it down:
Probably, Saving Private Ryan, Letters from Iwo Jima, Memphis Belle, Come and See, Das Boot.
To those already mentioned, I'd only add (may have repeated so apologies):
The Big Red One - a bit underrated.
Inglorious Basterds - For that cellar bar scene alone, one of Tarantino's finest set pieces.
The Cruel Sea - Throws you into the action at sea impressively for its time.
A Man Escaped - French, almost art-house but very watchable and tense
Empire of the Sun - JG Ballard's most accessible work and Spielberg did it proud. Christian Bale was a pretty annoying child actor though.
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp - One of the better unashamedly propaganda films of the wartime period.
Patton - Larger than life character expertly portrayed by the demented George C Scott.
Also, my guilty pleasure, I'll admit it. I actually enjoy Pearl Harbour (From Here to Eternity is passable too). I'd happily watch it just for prime Kate Beckinsale but irrespective, I genuinely thought it was decent. I know...then again, I also really like Titanic, so read into that what you will.0 -
While I agree with lots of the listed films up until now, I'll throw in an idiosyncratic (pronounced pretentious, because that's me, so I'm told, as if it's a bad thing) choice or two...
A Town Like Alice (a, dated now, story by the brilliant Neville Shute, but still a cracking read), there's a decent 1950s film, but I really liked the 1980s TV series as well.
I really enjoyed Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, humming the theme tune as I type.
Life is Beautiful
Mediterraneo
Rome Open City impressed me when younger (I may have to rewatch to see if I still think so).
War related, I also like:
Catch 22
I often think about the film Sole Survivor about a General being reunited with a bomber from which he had as a young man bailed out over the Med, that crashed in the desert. It was a TV movie, but really impressive.
The Secret of Santa Vittoria was something I enjoyed as a child, but, like the equally enjoyable Tea with Mussolini, is more of a story set during the war than a war film.4 -
Some great films on here and I love all the classics.
Given I'm in some spiralling AI-loop with Amazon Prime, I now only ever watch second world war films, so I've dug out a few obscure ones that I love:
- 12th Man - true story but unbelievable
- 1944 - the Final Defence
- Stalingrad - really grim
- Hope and Fate - really, really grim (a series of long format episodes)
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Reach for the Sky
Battle of Britain
Town Like Alice
A Bridge too far
Battle of the River Plate
None of that fantasy revisioned Yank shite.0 -
5 peronal favourites
A Bridge Too Far
Ice Cold in Alex
The Longest DayA Midnight ClearSaving Private Ryan
5 reminders that war is hell
Come and See
Fires on the Plain
Grave of the Fireflies
Das Boot
Die Brucke (1959)
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South Pacific deserves a mention, as they haven't been said yet I don't think. Too many classics here I hadn't even thought about to come up with 5.
EDIT Gallipoli doesn't because I'm a fool...
I'll add Downfall and Darkest Hour as well0 -
Its a First World War film...McBobbin said:Gallipoli and South Pacific deserve a mention, as they haven't been said yet I don't think. Too many classics here I hadn't even thought about to come up with 5.
I'll add Downfall and Darkest Hour as well
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A Generation
Kanal
Rome Open City
Battle of the Rails
Some great choices for foreign films.0 -
The Great Escape
The Darkest Hour
Battle of Britain
A Bridge Too Far
The Guns Of Navarone
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One that hasn't been mentioned before:
"The Highest Honour" made in 1982.0 - Sponsored links:
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The film “Churchill” also “Darkest Hour”
On a lighter note, if the thread could be extended to include tv sitcoms then I would definitely go for ‘Allo ‘Allo and It ain’t half hot mum
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Greyhound (Tom Hanks) - defo worth a mention0
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Operation Petticoat.
In Which We Serve.
Gift Horse.
Downfall.
Twelve O'Clock High.
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Number one for me. Great film.Stuart_the_Red said:
Can’t believe I forgot one of my all-time favourite films on my list!iaitch said:….Where Eagles Dare…1 -
Life is beautiful
Dunkirk (modern version)
Downfall
Great escape
bridge over the river kwai
Plus the great das boot.
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633 Squadron
The Dambusters
Stalag 17
The Great Escape
Battle of Britain1 -
Surely, Dad's Army too?Blackheathen said:The film “Churchill” also “Darkest Hour”
On a lighter note, if the thread could be extended to include tv sitcoms then I would definitely go for ‘Allo ‘Allo and It ain’t half hot mum0 -
My favourite. How could I have forgotten.1
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It is difficult to say which are the best, more the ones I enjoyed the most.
1. Dambusters - Not just a story about the audacity and bravery involved in the operation but the obstacles faced by Barnes Wallis to get his idea into reality.
2. The Longest Day - Having visited the Normandy beaches in the 80s the film transposed the story onto the sites.
3. I was Monty's double - Based on a true story and the person who the film is about plays the actual double I think.
4. The Great Escape - So many layers to it
5. Escape to Victory - Nonsense but being a football fan I loved it. The poor acting from the footballers doesn't detract
I have missed some great films but we only get 5.0 -
Talking of the Pacific add Tora Tora Tora, Battle of Midway and From Here to Eternity.2
