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Do you have any favorite movies about WW2?
Dad was in Patton's 3rd Army. Safe to say, I like the movie "Patton" with George C. Scott.
But my favorite is a movie called "Battleground" with Van Johnson and James Whitmore. It was made in 1948 and is about the 101st Airborne at the Battle of the Bulge.
You have any favorites?
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"Band of Brothers". Technically not a movie, but a limited series, but both an outstanding tribute to the men who fought WWII and as an engaging movie. "Saving Private Ryan" for the vivid portrayal of the D-Day landings. And I understand why you listed "Battleground". Excellent movie and it holds up well even today.
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I've seen "Patton", but not "Battleground". Going to look that one up.
"Saving Private Ryan" is certainly way up there as one of my favorites though.
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All that are mentioned above.
One that never gets played, or aired is …
“ To Hell and Back” roughly based on the 95th infantry
and their Lorraine Campaign. ( my Dad’s division)
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All those mentioned above are great movies but I have to admit I am partial to submarine movies....go figure!
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The Battle of Britain, Das Boot, Cross of Iron (even if it does get surreal at the end), A Bridge Too Far, The Longest Day.
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Too many to remember…much less list. Twelve O’Clock High…Sands of Iwo Jima…The Best Years of Their Lives…The 49th Parallel…Guadalcanal Diary…The Longest Day…Saving Private Ryan…simply too many great films.
There’s also the little known or remembered films as well but are deserving of attention…The Tanks Are Coming…The Red Ball Express…simply more than I can remember.
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"Air Force"
"Desperate Journey"
"Tora Tora Tora"
"A Bridge Too Far"
"30 Seconds Over Tokyo"
"The Desert Fox"
"Flying Tigers"
"Fighting Seabees"
"Sands of Iwo Jima"
"The Dirty Dozen"
"5 Fingers" (more spy than war, but so what? An excellent suspense-filled film set during WWII)
"Destination Gobi"
"South Sea Woman" (a semi-comedy but WWII themed and entertaining)
"12 O'Clock High"
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A while back I was assigned a new Lady Doc.
I told her the only I ever heard her name was in a WWII Sub Movie.
Her name is Dr. Bungo.
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The Caine Mutiny.
Great story written by a former destroyer-minesweeper officer and WW 2 veteran, Herman Wouk. Bogart is superb, and the rest of the cast is top-notch. I watch it just about every time it comes on TCM, and it never gets old.
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Here are some of my favorites, in no particular order:
- Mister Roberts
- The Caine Mutiny
- Sahara
- Das Boot
I will give "Greyhound" an Honorable Mention.
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I've seen all the films mentioned here with the possible exception of "Cross of Iron". I may have seen it but don't recall it at the moment.
Many excellent movies listed already, but my #1 pick has always been "The Great Escape". It may be better than all the rest, but the degree of "better" may be slight.
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Bataan with Robert Taylor
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I remember seeing "Bridge over the River Kwai" as a kid, that became my standard to judge war movies by.
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Way too many to list but, Kelly's Heroes, Where Eagles Dare, The Eagle has landed, A Bridge Too Far...............
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I gotta submit: "When Trumpets Fade". A survivor malcontent is elevated from private to lieutenant in matter of days and takes initiative to successfully act to effect defense, and attack when the difference is not clear.
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Steven Spielberg's "1941"
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Lots and lots, all good so far.
In harms way hasn’t been listed yet. Recently, Hacksaw Ridge was a good “sleeper” to me.
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The Caine Mutiny.
Great story written by a former destroyer-minesweeper officer and WW 2 veteran, Herman Wouk. Bogart is superb, and the rest of the cast is top-notch. I watch it just about every time it comes on TCM, and it never gets old.
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The court martial scene (Queeg’s breakdown) is classic.
My favorite (“The Great Escape”) has already been mentioned.
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12 o'clock high, Dad was in the 8th. air force on B-17's.
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Some were better than others, but I pretty much like them all.
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Judgment at Nuremberg…not really a “war movie”, but one of the finest films about WW2 ever made.
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It's in my movie library. One of my favorite scenes is when Jose Ferrer exposes Fred MacMurray as the real villain in the drama.
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Saving private Ryan , Patton , Fury , Toro ,Toro Toro , All Quiet on the western front , Memphis Belle. Battleground.
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Battleground
Twelve O'Clock High
for older films
Saving Private Ryan
Fury
for newer films.
For German films
The Bridge
Das Boat
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All that are mentioned above.
One that never gets played, or aired is …
“ To Hell and Back” roughly based on the 95th infantry
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Definitely To Hell and Back. Very good movie with name brand actors, some of who were actually there.
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Like 'em all. The Great Escape is probably my favorite, for cast alone, if nothing else. But I also like The Dirty Dozen and Operation Petticoat. Heck, Top Secret is technically a WW2 film and I liked that.
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Pretty much all of them made before the turn of the century. Not a fan of revisionism or remakes. All of the above, and will mention Enemy at The Gates, Longest Day, Tora, Tora, Tora, Midway and In Harm's Way. I always remember my father took us to Woodlawn drive in to see Tora, Tora, Tora and the actor that played Yamamoto lamented the late declaration of war and what they had unleashed.
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Not Sure of the name.Lee Marvin was in it I believe the name was the big red one. Is a great movie ,Have not seen it in a long time.
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"Band of Brothers". Technically not a movie, but a limited series, but both an outstanding tribute to the men who fought WWII and as an engaging movie. "Saving Private Ryan" for the vivid portrayal of the D-Day landings. And I understand why you listed "Battleground". Excellent movie and it holds up well even today.
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Although not a movie, BoB was an excellent biopic that was very faithful to the book by Stephen Ambrose. Both the book and the vids are in my library and in the tv show, it says the character "Blythe" died of his injuries. That was incorrect. He recovered and went on to make a career of the army. He actually died in 1967 of kidney failure.
Another book/vid combo in my library is Cornelius Ryan's "The Longest Day." The movie is also very faithful to the book.
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"Toro, toro, toro." "Bull, bull, bull." I've not seen that movie. Germany ran out of bombs and started dropping livestock?
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My favorite will always be “The Sands of Iwo Jima”. Otherwise there are too many to list. For those who like “Band of Brothers”, I thought it was a spectacular piece of work! It will always be a favorite of mine!
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Toro, toro, toro!
‘Really? I bet you won’t get out of your truck and say that!’
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The Pacific was very good,but my new favorite is Downfall it’s about the battle of Berlin very good in showing the madness of mr h
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"Since You Went Away" hasn't been mentioned until now. Not war, but wartime.
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Tora, Tora, Tora
Midway
The Bridge at Remagen
Hacksaw Ridge
Wind Talkers
Kelly’s Heros
Patton
Saving Private Ryan
Guns of Navarone
Where Eagles Dare
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"Toro, toro, toro." "Bull, bull, bull." I've not seen that movie. Germany ran out of bombs and started dropping livestock?
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The Fighting SeaBees
Patton
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Lot's of great ones here that I agree with. I'd like to add one of my favorites, 'In Harm's Way'.
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All the other +
Oppenheimer
Stalingrad
The Imitation Game
Schindlers List
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Some worthy British films
"Sink the Bismarck"
"The Dam Busters"
"The Man Who Never Was"
"In Which We Serve"
"The Cruel Sea"
"Where Eagles Dare"
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One of my favorites as well and is a part of my WW2 movie library. An interesting aside, the naval battle scenes were so poorly done (with their model boats and budgetary considerations) that Kirk Douglas begged them to do it over with more convincing props.
IMDb: The climactic battle with the Japanese fleet was staged mostly with model ships. Kirk Douglas thought the special effects were poor and complained to director Otto Preminger and the studio about it. He offered to re-stage the scenes at his own expense, using the special effects people who worked with him on Paths of Glory (1957). He felt the battle at the end of the movie was ruined by the use of very obvious models.
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So many to list and so many good ones to prioritize. Just about everything mentioned so far would be on my list. Just to add a few more that many not have been mentioned:
A walk In The Sun
A Wing and a Prayer
The Story of GI Joe
Objective Burma
Destination Tokyo
Command Decision
The Steel Helmet
The Blue Max
The Way Ahead (British)
The Waves Above Us (also British)
The Dam Busters ( British again)
The Gift Horse (another British one)
The Cruel Sea (British again)
The Malta Story (British)
Ice Cold in Alex (British and surprisingly good)
The Cross of Lorraine (US made about French POWs)
And it’s probably already been mentioned:Casablanca
The scene when the French patriots sing the La Marseillaise still can put a lump in my throat. If only we could get the unity within our community……
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She captures a Nazi, survives the Blitz, wins the village rose contest, and hubby goes to Dunkirk.
Getting to look at Greer Garson for 2 hours is a bonus.
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Hell is for heros
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Dark of the Sun
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