General Chat / Favorite WWII Movies

We are studying WWII now in history so I been watching a lot of WWII movies. So far I like:

Saving Private Ryan
U-571
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Patton
Memphis Belle
Schindler's List
Pearl Harbor

That's all I really saw so far. I haven't really liked WWII movies until now.

What are your favorites?

No Das Boot? NO DAS BOOT!? Blasphemy I tell ya, veiw Das Boot, WAY better than U-571. Also the Thin Red Line is a great movie, check that out. The great escape is also good

I'm probably forgetting something. Oh well.

Saving Private Ryan is probably the best.

Wind talkers is also very good, but im not sure if thats ww1 or 2?

Saving Private Ryan
U-571
Das Boot
The Pianist (duh)

are the best that I've seen so far.

u571 was ok... except us Brits discovered that code, not the Americans That caused quite a fuss over here, actually.

Anyway... same as everyone else really, plus Enemy at the Gates.

I loved Enemy at the Gates. I couldnt remember its name when i posted, so i left it out.

Saving Private Ryan is one of the best films in my book.

It's not a movie, but a mini series....... Watch Band of Brothers. It might take a few days to watch, but it is worth it and goes into 1000 times more detail than Saving Private Ryan.

It's not a movie, but a mini series....... Watch Band of Brothers. It might take a few days to watch, but it is worth it and goes into 1000 times more detail than Saving Private Ryan.

The History Channel is showing all 10 parts starting the 11th of April. They start at 9PM eastern. I plan on watching them.

i saw
das boot and
pearl habour
and i like them both. there is another ww2 film i have been seeing called die brücke. (or was it ww1 ) we saw it in some german lessons and it was prett good either.

pearl habour

Oh gos, not that horrible movie again

People liked Pearl Harbor? It was awful... and the less said about Windtalkers the better. John Woo tried to film WWII like an 80's macho action movie. Yuck.

Anyway...

The Thin Red Line
Das Boot
Battle of Britain
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Twelve O'Clock High
Band of Brothers (though technically not a film, it's superior in every way to Saving Private Ryan)
Patton (maybe my favorite of the ones I've listed)

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Patton
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Band o' Brothers (Very VERY well done)
A Bridge Too Far
Enemy at the Gates
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Don't forget "The Longest Day".

enemy at the gates
the thin red line
U571
tora tora

You guys all skipped Sands of Iwo Jima. I hate you all.

It's not a movie, but a mini series....... Watch Band of Brothers. It might take a few days to watch, but it is worth it and goes into 1000 times more detail than Saving Private Ryan.

Yep. I agree. Excellent mini-series. We have them all on DVD. (And the special features are awesome too)

Okay I just watched Das Boot. And wow. It is better than U-571. Very well done movie.

Come to think of it, I haven't seen that many WWII movies. Das Boot is good because it takes a different POV than most (it was made by a German director after all). The Thin Red Line is a beautiful philosophical piece on war that takes place during WWII but it really could be set during any war without changing the meaning of the film any. Sortof like Apocalypse Now. Well it's a good war movie anyway.

Patton just finished on AMC.
That is one good movie. A general leads troops to victory in Africa and Sicily, gets relieved of his command for hitting a soldier and running his mouth, then gets a second chance in the Allied invasion of Europe and the Battle of the Bulge. He's a good leader, really tough and stubborn, with a bit of a temper. Encompasses a huge variety of backgrounds, from African deserts to France in winter. Of course like all the old war movies it's long, but I'd recommend it to anyone. I see that it's already on a few people's lists and now it will be on mine.