your favorite WW2 movie?

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#41

The Guns of Navarone
The Bridge over the River Kwai
The Longest Day
The Desert Fox
The Desert Rats

Enemy at the gates

#42

Oldies but Goldies!! :smiley:

#43

my favorites are

Stallingrad
Saving private Ryan
Band of Brothe
The longest day D-Day

#44

Ill add another one to my favorites: To end all wars

I urge anyone who has the chance to watch this movie, it is based on a book written by someone who was a POW there. Very moving :cry:

#45

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0243609/

I’ll try to find it. Thanks S.A.M. :smiley:

#46

I’m stuck between 2 favorites and a series
-Band of Brothers
-The Longest Day
-Is Paris Burning?

I need to rent a lot of your favorite movies like Stalingrad and To End All Wars, I need to see these biggies :o I MUST!

#47

“Battle of the Bulge”, directed by Ken Annakin is a great one also. I believe it was made in 1965 but the special effects are top-notch, even today. True classic, runs on the History Channel sometimes.

Also, “The Great Escape” directed by John Sturges (hope i spelled his name right), is an awesome movie for those interested in POW life in WW2. While it may not be so realistic its still a good action movie. 1963 I think it was. They also made a really bad game off of it but thats for another forum…

#48

SPR and Band of Brothers are an excellent show for the people than never live or feel the war experience. my respect 8)

#49

Meh, battle of the bulge was too weird for me, looked like they were fighting in a desert half the time.

#50

The longest day and is Paris burning are my favorites
I like the Battle of the Bulge but only for it’s transient snow and lack of trees in the final scene ( if you have ever been to the Ardennes you will know what I mean).

#51

Anything where Paris is afire gets my vote.
:wink:

#52

Memphis Belle, this movie was ok.

#53

My two favorites are To Hell and Back as well as Sands Of Iwo Jima. Call me old school, but thats me :slight_smile:

#54

Old School - na na nana na!

#55

All of the above are great, but here is my list (in order)

  1. Battle of Britain
  2. Kanal (Canal) Polish movie about the Warsaw (not Jewish Ghetto)
    uprising in 1944
  3. Tora Tora Tora
  4. 633 Squadron (gave Lucas the idea about “trench attack” scene in Star Wars)
  5. SPR
  6. A Bridge Too Far
  7. Guns of Navaronne
  8. Where Eagles Dare
  9. Midway
  10. Memphis Belle
#56

Battle Of The Bulge
Saving Private Ryan
Memphis Belle
U-571
Anzio
and a lot more

#57

I already have most of the movies that have been posted, so I won’t repeat them.

Here are a few more of my favorites:

Between Heaven and Hell, Fox Studios, 1956, with Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Broderick Crawford and Buddy Ebsen.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000063URX/qid=1153711728/sr=1-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6195319-7752822?_encoding=UTF8&s=dvd&v=glance&n=130

Merrill’s Marauders, Warner Bros., 1962, with Jeff Chandler, Peter Brown, Claude Akins.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/6302756472/qid=1153711975/sr=1-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6195319-7752822?_encoding=UTF8&s=video&v=glance&n=404272

Halls of Montezuma, Fox Studios, 1950, with Richard Widmark, Jack Palance, Richard Boone, Karl Malden, Jack Webb.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005PJ8N/ref=pd_bxgy_img_b/002-6195319-7752822?_encoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=130

First To Fight, Warner Bros., 1967, Chad Everett, Marilyn Devin, Gene Hackman, Claude Akins.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/6303430961/qid=1153712111/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/002-6195319-7752822?_encoding=UTF8&s=video&v=glance&n=404272

Ambush Bay, MGM, 1966, with Hugh O’Brian, Tisa Chang, Mickey Rooney, James Mitchum.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00079ZAAO/qid=1153712195/sr=1-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6195319-7752822?_encoding=UTF8&s=dvd&v=glance&n=130

Heaven Knows Mr. Allison, Fox Studios, 1957, with Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00008DDGW/qid=1153712305/sr=1-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6195319-7752822?_encoding=UTF8&s=dvd&v=glance&n=130

Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, Universal Pictures, 2001, with Nicolas Cage, Penelope Cruz, John Hurt.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00003CXXG/qid=1153712384/sr=1-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6195319-7752822?_encoding=UTF8&s=dvd&v=glance&n=130

#58

i would like to add to my old list

tora tora tora
wind talkers
saving privite ryan
enemy at the gate
dirty dozan
saints and soldiers
patton
menphis belle
the eagle has landed-ok movie
commando-ok movie

#59

What about Black Hawk Down that was good to and it was the truth.

#60

G’day,

My top ten.

1All Quiet On The Western Front.

2Tora, Tora, Tora.

3Das Boot

4ANZACS(Australian mini series)

5Gallipoli

6Young Lions

7Stalingrad

8Saving Private Ryan

9Battle of Britain

10Zulu

And heaps more.

Regards to all,
Digger.