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Posted: 7/16/2018 5:05:01 PM EDT

I know we’ve done this before, but we’re overdue to do it again.
What are your favorite WWII movies?

(In no particular order, just a few that come to mind)
1) Midway
2) Tora! Tora! Tora!
3) The Longest Day
4) Saving Private Ryan
5) Das Boot
Although not a film, Band Of Brothers was of course outstanding.

What else y’all got?

Posted: 7/16/2018 5:14:39 PM EDT

[#1]

Battle of Britain
12 O'Clock High
Stalag 17

The Ol' Crew Chief

Posted: 7/16/2018 5:17:01 PM EDT

[#2]

Sahara

The Longest Day

Fury

Guadalcanal Diary

Bridge Over the River Kwai

Run Silent Run Deep

Etc.

Posted: 7/16/2018 5:17:57 PM EDT

[#3]

Battleground
Stalingrad (1993)
Cross of iron
Talvisota (winter war)

Posted: 7/16/2018 5:18:05 PM EDT

[#4]

Patton

Posted: 7/16/2018 5:24:54 PM EDT

[#5]

Most of the ones mentioned already, plus I've always had a soft spot for A Bridge Too Far.

Posted: 7/16/2018 5:26:48 PM EDT

[#6]

Except for a few duds, all of them.

Posted: 7/16/2018 5:27:33 PM EDT

[#7]

Kung Fury

The Final Countdown

Posted: 7/16/2018 5:28:24 PM EDT

[#8]

Is Defiance any good? I saw its on netflix

Posted: 7/16/2018 5:28:52 PM EDT

[#9]

I like Das Boot

Posted: 7/16/2018 5:29:32 PM EDT

[#10]

The Great Escape

Posted: 7/16/2018 5:34:20 PM EDT

[#11]

One of my favorites is where the USS Indianapolis survivor flies with the head of the von Trapp family.

Posted: 7/16/2018 5:35:22 PM EDT

[#12]

"Allied" was decent.

Posted: 7/16/2018 5:36:10 PM EDT

[#13]

The Big Red One

Posted: 7/16/2018 5:36:39 PM EDT

[#14]

Some good ones have already been mentioned-

Dambusters.

In Which We Serve.

A Walk in the Sun.

Best Years of Our Lives.

Posted: 7/16/2018 5:37:11 PM EDT

[#15]

Pearl Harbor with Ben Affleck?

Posted: 7/16/2018 5:38:02 PM EDT

[#16]

When Trumpets Fade

Posted: 7/16/2018 5:38:24 PM EDT

[#17]

BATTLEGROUND - 1949 clip 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDQvYE8sbc8

Posted: 7/16/2018 5:39:03 PM EDT

[#18]

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Posted: 7/16/2018 5:39:12 PM EDT

[#19]

The Great Escape isn’t really 100% accurate, but it is a good movie, a la Dirty Dozen action.

Fat Man, about the Manhattan Project with John Cusack & Paul Newman was actually quite good.

Posted: 7/16/2018 5:39:51 PM EDT

[#20]

The most realistic one ever made: Kelly's Heros.

Posted: 7/16/2018 5:42:47 PM EDT

[#21]

A good thread with links

Posted: 7/16/2018 5:43:07 PM EDT

[#22]

Patton: Proud Of These Men

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIFICRj01Mc

Posted: 7/16/2018 5:47:58 PM EDT

[#23]

The Cruel Sea

Sands of Iwo Jima

Stalag 17

Tora Tora Tora

Das Boot

The Bridge (1961)

The Last Ten Days (AKA The Last Act) 1956

Posted: 7/16/2018 5:48:08 PM EDT

[#24]

Twelve O'clock High You are Already Dead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-Fg_c6jNTg

Posted: 7/16/2018 5:51:15 PM EDT

[#25]

Guns of navarone

Posted: 7/16/2018 5:52:57 PM EDT

[#26]

Anthropoid

Posted: 7/16/2018 6:01:05 PM EDT

[#27]

My all-time favorite is "Operation Tokyo."

U.S.N. submarine sneaks into Tokyo Harbor to support a special warfare mission and wreaks havoc on the IJN fleet.

Posted: 7/16/2018 6:04:17 PM EDT

[#28]

The Immortal Battalion
The Way Ahead in the States

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=942U80EAoRU

Posted: 7/16/2018 6:08:07 PM EDT

[#29]

One I have not seen mentioned is Downfall.

Posted: 7/16/2018 6:09:16 PM EDT

[#30]

Empire of the Sun and King Rat for POW's of the Japs movies.
Also Mr. Roberts, an amazing USN film that had a big impact when it was released.
There are so many...

Posted: 7/16/2018 6:11:07 PM EDT

[#31]

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I thought it was pretty good. Not your typical WW2 flick.

Posted: 7/16/2018 6:11:24 PM EDT

[#32]

Kelly's Heros is clearly the best

Posted: 7/16/2018 6:14:07 PM EDT

[#33]

The Enemy Below

None But The Brave

Posted: 7/16/2018 6:14:53 PM EDT

[#34]

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Most of the ones mentioned already, plus I've always had a soft spot for A Bridge Too Far.

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Nobody likes musicals.

Sink the Bismark
Raid on Rommel

Posted: 7/16/2018 6:15:27 PM EDT

[#35]

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Well duh, but it's not technically a WWII movie, it's a Western set in WWII.

Posted: 7/16/2018 6:19:01 PM EDT

[#36]

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Most of the ones mentioned already, plus I've always had a soft spot for A Bridge Too Far.

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This and Big Red 1

Posted: 7/16/2018 6:22:03 PM EDT

[#37]

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Most of the ones mentioned already, plus I've always had a soft spot for A Bridge Too Far.

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A Bridge Too Far has always been one of my favorites.

Along with Saving Private Ryan, The Longest Day, Band of Brothers, The Pacific, and Downfall.

I recently saw Stalingrad and was impressed. Been meaning to watch that for a long time and was not disappointed. Great movie.

Posted: 7/16/2018 6:22:49 PM EDT

[#38]

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One of my favorites is where the USS Indianapolis survivor flies with the head of the von Trapp family.

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Great film.

"You'll be in a barrel, if you don't watch out for the fighters!"

Posted: 7/16/2018 6:25:13 PM EDT

[#39]

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This and Big Red 1

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The Big Red One was my great-uncle Bob's favorite WWII movie, I watched it with him more than once when I was a kid which not only gave me a better grasp of the history (he was a rifleman in the 1st ID from Torch through the end of the war) but also greatly contributed to my rather advanced grasp of the nuances of English for my age...much to my mom's dismay.

Posted: 7/16/2018 6:26:23 PM EDT

[#40]

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Nobody likes musicals.
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Except for South Pacific, a giant hit both as a play and as a film.

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Posted: 7/16/2018 6:28:40 PM EDT

[#41]

Hell is for Hero's, To Hell and Back, and one of the most realistic for its time, Hell to Eternity. Even as a kid I hated the fact that they used U.S. vehicles and aircraft painted as enemy. ruined it for me.

Posted: 7/16/2018 6:29:47 PM EDT

[#42]

The Longest Day

A Bridge too Far

The Bridge at Remagen

Guns of Navarrone

Those were my staple growing up, along with the TV show Black Sheep Squadron.

Fury is pretty good too, I enjoyed the combat scenes.

Posted: 7/16/2018 6:34:52 PM EDT

[#43]

Here to Eternity is literally one of the top ten films of the war.

Posted: 7/16/2018 6:37:39 PM EDT

[#44]

Lots of good flicks listed, I add another vote for To Hell and Back

To Hell And Back Theatrical Movie Trailer (1955)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kskT463MIpQ

Posted: 7/16/2018 6:42:14 PM EDT

[#45]

The Fighting Seabees
ETA: The Dirty Dozen

Posted: 7/16/2018 6:43:09 PM EDT

[#46]

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Lots of good flicks listed, I add another vote for To Hell and Back

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If you like the movie read the book. What was Murphy thinking in real life in the scene where he wins the Medal of Honor by standing on a burning tank destroyer and machine gunning German soldiers? It was the first time in weeks that his feet were warm.

Posted: 7/16/2018 6:50:59 PM EDT

[#47]

Between Heaven and Hell
Battle Cry
Pride Of The Marine Corp
The Devils Brigade

and all the ones already mentioned.

Posted: 7/16/2018 6:55:33 PM EDT

[#48]

In Harms Way with Wayne/Douglas. Filmed in black and white although it came out in 1965. Flying Tigers/Sands of Iwo Jima are good too.

Posted: 7/16/2018 6:59:51 PM EDT

[#49]

C'Mon, GD! Nobody has mentioned the best WWII action movie ever filmed?

They Were Expendable - Original Theatrical Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCNWA_0ouyY

Directed by John Ford, USN, and starring Robert Montgomery, USN and John Wayne as skippers of PT boats battling against overwhelming Japanese forces. The script follows the real-life exploits of Vice Admiral John D. Bulkeley, who earned the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross for his actions in combat.

As a bonus, it features the ravishing Donna Reed at the peak of her beauty

Escena de No eran imprescindibles (They Were Expendable) de John Ford.1945.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo0s6ZWNA_U

And that scene, that remarkable scene, where Dad has just watched the repaired PT boats leave his drydocks and is waiting for the Japanese to arrive

They were expendable clip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj4YF58EwWQ

Here's my top five:

1. They Were Expendable
2. Battleground
3. The Longest Day
4. Twelve O'Clock High
5. In Which We Serve

Posted: 7/16/2018 7:21:52 PM EDT

[#50]

Some on my list aren't a full WW2 movie, but have parts of it involving the war.

Band of Brothers
The Bridge On The River Kwai
Casablanca
Schindler’s List
It’s A Wonderful Life
The Sound of Music
The Best Years Of Our Lives
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Saving Private Ryan
Operation Petticoat
The English Patient
Stalag 17
Battleground
Das Boot

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