I enjoyed “Kelly’s Heroes”, starring (among others) Donald Sutherland as that wacky tank commander. In a more serious vein, “Patton” was excellent.
Also, I always liked the TV show “Rat Patrol”.
how was catch 22, i heard it was also a mive, was it good?
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well id say band of brothers, the thin red line, enemy at the gates, and teh one i forgot but was about stalingrad and is kinda old.
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It is called “Stalingrad” (I saw it last night) I also like Saving private Ryan and Enemy at the Gates.
I am mostly into the ones involving famous air battles.
But here goes my favourites:
The Battle Of Britain
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Pearl Harbor
Where Eagles Dear (Clint Eastward and Richard Burton were brilliant in this one).
Memphis Belle (even tho they exaggerated the Belle’s final mission in some ways).
Dam Busters
Saving Private Ryan
U-571
Number 1, The Battle Of Britain, great movie, amazing piece of history, and one which I am particularly fascinated with.
I cant believe I forgot Where Eagles Dare. That is a pretty good movie.
Being an English man serving in the US Army for 5 years now I am amazed at how little the Americans know about WWII except from the stand point of 1941 when the US entered it. Not putting you guys down at all, but only two of you mentioned Battle of Britain and Dambusters, how about the Cruel Sea? Hunt for the Bismark? All of these battles were very important, although old they do bring to the viewer the cruelity of war. Please remember if the battle of britain had been lost the war might still be on going with the East coast of this fine country as the frontline.
Sorry if I am alittle off subject but it is a little sore point with me as I have to deal with alot of Americans who do honesty think that they won the war.
Right you are about the negligence of missing these fine movies but I tend to look at it from a slightly different angle. We now live in a world where DVD has superceded the need to rent VHS movies and has really influenced the television world too. It seems that if it isn’t available in DVD format it doesn’t get the broadcast time that some of these movies used to get. Unfortunately we see the “out of sight…out of mind” syndrum kicking in here and I too admit to my guilt on this subject. I personally loved watching Battle of Britain and it is on my list of movies to buy (when it gets released in DVD) and I agree that The Dambusters was and is a story that needs to be told and could certainly use that Hollywood touch in a remake of this classic (as long as they stick to the true story line and don’t take too much artistic licence as they did in U-571). And while on the subject of remakes…how about a remake of “The Devil’s Brigade” the original had too much fiction added to it when it wasn’t needed. If anyone has ever read the stories of these guys, they were truly amazing and didn’t need ANYTHING made up about them. Their true story was better than fiction!!!
H.M. & G.B.
Shermanfreak
I grew up watching ww2 movies. My dad flew with the 92nd. bomb group in ww2.These are my favs, the longest day,saving private ryan,the dirty dozen,shindlers list,a bridge to far,patton,empire of the sun,enemy at the gates,and full metal jacket.theres more I like but i cannot list them all.By the way do any of the rabo movies count???
I agree. It’s alot like how many people believed the Mustang won the war, or the Spitfire won the battle of Britain, truth is, it was the Hurricane that did the dirty work, and swung the balance. And of course the Mustang did not come into it’s own until the Rolls Royce Merlin was introduced, the rest is history…
Many people are educated badly by their governments which is the reason for many believing that America won the second world war. Nothing is perfect, everything has it’s flaws, certainly you can’t not be amazed at the stats of the Battle Of Britain, 1500 aircraft VS 600, and the balance was swung in favour of the RAF. Of course, there was a similar scenario 2 years later at Pearl Harbour, arrogance prevented the US Army from meeting the Japanese Navy in the air over the sea instead of on the ground at Hawaii.
Many stories to be told of the past!!
Did anyone notice, how in U-571, the characters were played by Americans, even though it was a British mission to capture the code machine from the Germans, which involved a British Sub and british sailors?
Getting back to the topic…i notice no one has mentioned Pearl Harbor as one of the better War Films, sure, it drivvled on with the love triangle story which so often shapes movies about War, but one must not forget the action sequences. Was anyone else impressed with the portrayal of the Battle Of Britain? I sure was!
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Being an English man serving in the US Army for 5 years now I am amazed at how little the Americans know about WWII except from the stand point of 1941 when the US entered it. Not putting you guys down at all, but only two of you mentioned Battle of Britain and Dambusters, how about the Cruel Sea? Hunt for the Bismark?
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well i wouldnt say americans dont look at the war before 1941, i personally just thought all of those movies were horrible, and i am biased in a way that their genre isnt of my interest. remember this is FAVORITE movies, not name all that you can. just point it out
hey first time using quotes, arent i allowed to mess up
OK,guys…what about ‘Das Boot’.
I love Das Boot watch it at least once a month 
man i love das boot but i thought the translations wer off beat, one time i watched it with subtitles to see if they were right and i thought the subtitles didnt have translations that caught the moment. so to say. its like hte odyssey, you have to know the language its in to appreciate it
How about “In Harm’s Way” Bridge over the river Kwai" “The Battle of Britian” “The Enemy Below” “The Empire of the sun” “Torpedo Run” “Run Silient,Run Deep”
My favourite WWII films:
- Battle of Britain (I thik it’s the greatest !)
- Bridge Too Far
Regards ! Aleksander
Just to add, go see THE DEER HUNTER if you are into Vietnam. The movie is way too underrated and the movie so soooo strongly told. The “Game” they play is just greatly shown. Didn’t want to spoil the movei by saying what the “game” was.
I’m surprised Band of Brothers has not really made this list. While not technically a “movie” (it’s a mini series), the 10-part series shows the complete picture of WWII, not just one event, like Pearl Harbor.
Band of Brothers tells the story of the 506th 101st airborne infantry, Easy Company. It follows them from Normandy on D-Day until the final stop at Hitler’s Eagles Nest at war’s end. With Band of Brothers, you don’t see action with a Hollywood love story backing it, you see a true story with valor and heroism in stark reality.
Band of Brothers is the standard by which all other war films will be judged. Speilberg and Hanks have produced and delivered and accurately captured history for us to see 50+ years later.
How about real stinkers. . .or in the words of the Japanese sailor at the beginning of 1941. . .Harrrywood! I mean come on, “Memphis Belle” was so fictionalized it was sad, go get the original WWII documentary and see what really happened on her last mission.
Also slapping an iron cross on a Pershing or Sherman tank is silly, at least in "A Bridge too Far they placed plywood on them to attempt to make it look right.
How about the modern ships in the back ground of the movie “Pearl Harbor”? If you are going to computerize and put WWII era ships in digitally, go all the way!
Okay so you don’t think I’m a nit picker. . .I liked “The Eagle has Landed.”
Don
The Great Escape
DAS BOOT
Midnight Chase
Misfit Brigade
These are some of my favorites…oh yea HAnover Street and Where Eagles Dare