Which are your favorite WWII -related movies ?

Walter Schellenberg · Post by **Walter Schellenberg** » 30 Dec 2002 02:05

Mine are:
- Steven Spielberg's saving private Ryan
- Operation Daybreak (assassination of Heydrich)
- Band of brothers
- Lucie Aubrac (story of french resistence in Lyon where infamous Klaus Barbie was)

T.R.Searle · Post by **T.R.Searle** » 30 Dec 2002 02:21

-Band of Brothers (preferably parts I-Currahee II-Day of Days III-Carentan IV-Replacements)
-Conspiracy
-Cross of Iron
-Schindlers List
-Nuremberg(2000)

Can't think of many more right now but I will probably see one when other people post.

T.R.Searle

Gardawg · Post by **Gardawg** » 30 Dec 2002 03:33

Mr. Roberts

Pvt. Ryan

Patton

River Kwai

Das Boot

Billy Bishop · Post by **Billy Bishop** » 30 Dec 2002 04:16

Saving Private Ryan by far.

Gardawg · Post by **Gardawg** » 30 Dec 2002 20:58

i forgot a couple of my favorites ... they are black and white movies set in Canada ... you can check them out of the IMDB ... international movie database ... http://www.imdb.com.....

49th Parallel

Northern Pursuit

Korbius · Post by **Korbius** » 30 Dec 2002 23:10

I think that "Die Bruecke" is the best movie in my opinion. 8)

Oleg Grigoryev · Post by **Oleg Grigoryev** » 31 Dec 2002 00:29

Lidia Litvaik story is very "Hollywood"

peter_suciu · Post by **peter_suciu** » 31 Dec 2002 03:49

In addition to Saving Private Ryan (for the visuals not the lame Hollywood story) I would like to add some old time favorites:

Cross of Iron
The Longest Day
A Bridge Too Far
The Great Escape

But a few often overlooked must-sees:

The Best Years of Our Lives
Come and See
Holocaust

Klinsmann · Post by **Klinsmann** » 31 Dec 2002 09:31

Saving private ryan
Band of brothers

Klinsmann

Marcel1975 · Post by **Marcel1975** » 01 Jan 2003 01:21

The longest day (dot dot dot dooot)
Patton
Hiroshima
MacArthur

seakrieg · Post by **seakrieg** » 01 Jan 2003 22:38

In no particular order...the short list would be:
Saving Private Ryan
Stalingrad
Das Boot
Cross of Iron
Bridge at Remagen
Lord of the Ri...whoops, sorry, wrong war

Cheers

witness · Post by **witness** » 02 Jan 2003 02:20

The Thin Red line
Stalingrad
Come and see
The Pianist

Merten · Post by **Merten** » 02 Jan 2003 08:56

I have a vague memory that there's a long thread about this one somwhere, but since I haven't answered that...

Cross of Iron
Band of Brothers
Talvisota (Winter War)
Tuntematon Sotilas (Unknown Soldier - 1985 version)
Thin Red Line

I think that makes up for the top five, prone to change at a whim.

BTW, I'm eagerly awaiting for the two new Finnish movies that should come out in few years time. Does any one of the Finnish board members have any links on them. I vaguely remember that the first movie would describe the actions of a Swedish volunteer battalion and the second one would descibe battles at Taipaleenjoki - but I might be wrong, here.

Capitán · Post by **Capitán** » 03 Jan 2003 16:25

For me...

Cross of Iron.
Das Boot.
Stalingrad.
The Pianist.

Ende!!.