Well made, clear, well shot. Whats next?
Escape to Victory. Class acting and an almost documentary accuracy in its portrayal of the enormity of war.
Cross of iron
Went to Arnhem 3 weeks ago, worth a visit if you've not been.
Bridge at Remagen
Where Eagles Dare.
Eagle has landed
The Longest Day
The Battle Of Britain
The Dambusters
Saving Private Ryan may have been a bit of fiction based on the D-Day landings but it's still pretty harrowing
And for a bit of light relief, Kelly's Heroes
633 Squadron has a great theme tune but it's fiction. Ditto The Guns Of Navarone
Full,
Metal,
Jacket.
Lawrence, wrong war but serious acting and good filming.
And the book that led to the film, and tells part of the story that was twisted into 'Saving Private Ryan'...
A little B&W gem titled 'Went the Day Well?' (think Eagle has landed)
You have to remember the film was made in 1942 & imagine those watching when only a strip of water separated Britain from invasion.
Band of Brothers - the series. Just utterly brilliant (possibly excepting the effects at the start of episode 2).
Das boat.
Best war film ever
Rich_s - Member
Band of Brothers - the series. Just utterly brilliant (possibly excepting the effects at the start of episode 2).POSTED 7 MINUTES AGO # REPORT-POST
This +1
Mate of mine is heading over there next month for a cycling tour round Arnhem looking at the sites. His dad flew one of the gliders in and has his log book and diaries of the whole show. Heck of a mess.
edit: there's a good book I think he contributed to the research of:
Glider Pilots at Arnhem by Mike Peters & Luuk Buist
Dr. Strangelove. Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Hiroshima mon amour
The Thin Red Line is one of my favourite WW2 films, though certainly marmite. Cross of Iron up there too. Band of Brothers was excellent too, if a little bit melodramatic/schmaltzy/American at times.
Went The Day Well? is bloody marvellous.
In Which We Serve is a cracker if you like that sort of thing, as is Mrs Miniver.
Hora, if you do watch In Which We Serve, let us know if you get any hunches about Noel Coward.
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The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress:
A 1944 documentary film which ostensibly provides an account of the final mission of the crew of the Memphis Belle, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
Nearly forgot "The Hill". Absolutely riveting drama with a wartime setting.
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Hell in the Pacific, Big Red One and Bridge over the River Kwai certainly deserve a mention too.
Battle of the Bulge is always a cracker:
glad someone mentioned went the day well
If you can find 'Come and See' (Russian film) then get it, but don't expect it to be laugh a minute...
All Quiet on the Western Front 1930 version
Catch-22
The Great Escape
Bridge Over the River Kwai
Das Boot
The Dirty Dozen
Ice Cold in Alex
Possibly Pele's greatest ever war movie 🙂Escape to Victory. Class acting and an almost documentary accuracy in its portrayal of the enormity of war.
More seriously, Enemy at the Gates.
Black Book, Dutch language movie with subtitles, stick with it as it's great.
Ice cold in Alex
Stalingrad
Charlie mopic for something a little different.
Useless Fact / Pub Quiz Game Changer
Richard Todd stood next to himself in The Longest Day. As an actor, Todd would later play Major John Howard in the 1962 film The Longest Day, while Todd himself was played by another actor.
Forget movies and books.
Every brit should visit arnham and njimegan in their life.
It is an eye opener , an education on your ancestors past.
The memorial in the atrium at arnham war museum is sobering.
The number of names scribed onto the stone is beyond belief , there are walls and walls of them.
No one posted The Cruel Sea...?
Band of Brothers is excellent, but the full Das Boot mini series probably still pips it
Aces high, the cruel sea, above us the waves, battle of the river plate.
This.
Ignore the fact it's 'him', it's a great documentary about the Victoria Cross, but with special mention of Major Robert Cain VC. If you haven't seen it don't want to ruin the 'twist' but had me in pieces. in fact, tearing up now thinking of it.
The Hill
If memory serves that'll be the film Sean Connery actually acted in
Went across Nijmegen bridge with pipers playing as part of the British military contingent at the Nijmegen marches. Had watched bridge too far the previous week. Hair tingling stuff.
9th company. Its on youtube. Russian film in Afghan. Great film
Oh What a Lovely War.
Absolutely don't miss cross of iron.
Tora!Tora!Tora ! ,much better than the dross that is Pearl Harbour.
Another one for the Cruel Sea, the book is a great read as well, they left the more graphic bits out of the film.
pirahna - MemberThe Great Escape
Bridge Over the River Kwai
I only got around to watching this recently (having seen everything else on this thread, over the years.
The Bridge On The River Kwai is laughably bad, considering it's thought of as a classic must-see film. There is so much wrong with it it's difficult to know where to start.
I tried watching Fury yesterday - it made me remember how good Band of Brother was. (And The Pacific to a lesser extent.)
'Battle of Midway' (the Charlton Heston one) is pretty close to being a documentary with the battles and planning beforehand.
Well worth watching.
Debbie does Dallas?
"The Bridge on the River Kwai" is based on a work of fiction, written by a Frenchman, who was given the screenwriting credit for film too for political reasons.
My father served in the Bocage of Normandy and then was part of the liberation forces of Arnhem etc. He loved a good war film which would not have been the case if they had been even remotely reminiscent of his own experience.
