Recommend me some WWII films

[Greenlizard0]

What other good ones are there?

I've seen :

The Pianist - Excellent moving film.
Enemy of the Gates - ok
Band of Brothers - Not a film but very moving all the same. Great score.
Saving Private Ryan - ok

I can't think of any others atm.

 

[4T5]

Battle of the Bulge.

 

[spirity]

Not WWII (it's set during the Korean war), but I'd definitely recommend Brotherhood [taegukgi]. In fact, I just bought the dvd today for £5 after losing my first. If you're after a moving war film, this is it.

 

[Cybermyk]

The Dirty Dozen
Anzio
A Bridge Too Far
Cross of Iron
Kellys Heroes

 

[marlos]

where eagles dare.

 

[Greenlizard0]

No other more recent ones or have I listed them all?

Cheers for the suggestions so far, keep 'em coming

 

[Eddie]

The Longest Day, very good, full of famous actors.

Kelly's Heroes is one of my all time favourite war films, I love the part Donald Sutherland plays.

Apocalypse Now is one you'll have to watch if you're a war movie fan. The helicopter sequence is amazing.

Edit: Apocalypse now is Vietnam, still a good film though.

 

[spirity]

No other more recent ones

No.

Brotherhood is 2004 and that's as recent as you're going to get.

 

[Dougall321]

The Thin Red Line

 

[Greenlizard0]

No.

Brotherhood is 2004 and that's as recent as you're going to get.

That's a tv show isn't it? Not heard of it..

 

[NuclearWinter]

Das Boot

Letters from Iwo Jima if you want something released recently that was pretty good.

 

[Azagoth]

Von Ryan's Express
Tobruk
The Guns of Navarone
Tora Tora Tora
Das Boot
Heroes of Telemark
Mosquito Squadron
633 Squadron

 

[spirity]

That's a tv show isn't it? Not heard of it..

Nah. There's a trailer for it HERE

Have to warn you though. If you watch this film you'll be blubbing like a baby by the end. It's pretty emotional and one of the best war films of all time.

 

[Eddie]

Band of Brothers - Not a film but very moving all the same. Great score.

Glad to see you've watched BoB now after saying in a previous thread that you didn't think it was your cup of tea.

To be honest I don't think it can be bettered, imo it's the best war film/series out of the lot, and recent too.

 

[Judge Mental]

Stalingrad
Memphis Belle
Big Red One
Twelve O'Clock High
Beach Red
Play Dirty
The Eagle Has Landed

 

[Greenlizard0]

Aye, I've never really been a fan of war films but I thought I'd give it a shot. Very much won over by a strong story.

 

[Nix]

The Thin Red Line

Yes! I love this film.

The Big Red One (1980) is pretty good.

Saints and Soliders (2003).

 

[Eddie]

Another one worth mentioning would be Cross Of Iron, although not recent. It looks at the war from a Germans (James Coburn) point of view.

A good sea battle one would be Battle of Midway - loads of good actors and plenty of decent action.

What about Schindlers List, not so much action but definitely needs watching if you haven't watched it.

The Thin Red Line is good, as mentioned - I seem to remember that not going down well but I thought it was definitely worth a watch.

 

[Nix]

The Thin Red Line is good, as mentioned - I seem to remember that not going down well but I thought it was definitely worth a watch.

I've found that a lot of fantastic films often don't get the recognition they deserve. Let's take The Fountain for example -- an excellent thought provoking masterpiece but many didn't 'get' it. The main problem I think TTRL had was that it was heavily over-shadowed by Saving Private Ryan when it first came out.

 

[spirity]

Downfall.

You know the Hitler skit where he's ranting about getting banned from xbox live? That film is Downfall. And it's really good (though hardly any action, it takes place in Hitlers bunker during his last days).