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    Default Movies of WWII

    I have Thin Red Line and Saving Private Ryan for the moment to feed my hunger for World War II atmosphere. Are there any others that worth watching ? May we try making a collection here ?

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    Tora Tora Tora
    The Big Red One
    Guadal Canal Diary
    Wing and a Prayer
    Midway
    Battle of the Bulge
    Patton
    Tobruk
    The Desert Fox
    Battle of Britain
    Sink the Bismark
    Pursuit of the Graff Spee
    Das Boot
    The Enemy Below
    Bataan
    12 O clock High
    and of course Kellys Heroes
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    Stalingrad

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    Enemy at the Gates
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    Just bought Midway a few hours ago.

    Widescreen of course.
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    Which one of these give emphasis on the psychology of the troops more instead of the action itself ?

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    Full Metal Jacket is a good psychological movie.

    It's Kubrick after all.
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    The Great Escape.

    Awesome film about one of the biggest POW camp breakouts of the war. The film isn't 100% accurate (but neither are a lot of the films on that list!). I highly reccommend this movie.

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    Hell is for Heroes.

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    Man, i think there are way to many of these.. I much prefer medieval warfare movies...

    If you really like these movies you may like Windtalkers, though its really not that great..


    The old ones are the best, thoug hi dont know any names of the top of my head..


    And of course there is Pearl Habour, good if you dont mind some serious blows to historical accuracy..

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    Get the DVD set of Band of Brothers. You won't regret it.
    I got 'em. But I do not currently have my DVD-ROM. So it's been truly a blow before watching that highly appreciated production.

    And of course there is Pearl Habour, good if you dont mind some serious blows to historical accuracy..
    I heard that Pearl Harbor was sacrificed in a silly love triangle. The movie was not that good, they say.

    By the way, those Finnish movies recommended by kagemusha seem pretty well. Both have ratings over 7 at IMDB.

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    I heard that Pearl Harbor was sacrificed in a silly love triangle. The movie was not that good, they say.
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    It had great special effects and what not, but my main gripe is that two guys took on the whole Japanese attack, while nobody elese could get up...


    And yeah the love triangle was was to much focused, but I still believe it is worth a watch, if only for the visuals..

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    i've seen all those +almost all already stated above

    dirty dozen
    a bridge too far
    the longest day
    band of brothers (series)
    saving private ryan
    when trumpets fade
    bridge over the river kwai
    force 10 of navarone
    the guns of navarone

    moviees based on WW2 but without the actual fighting
    der untergang
    empire of the rising sun
    the bunker (not a reall ww2 story but a horror based on it)

    i saw more but i cant remember their names

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    oh and Thin Red Line (about the guadal canal)

    i like to see some ww1 movies and play some ww1 games...i quite had it with ww2 (well not exactly but i would be nice that they focused a bit more on ww1)

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    Quote Originally Posted by LeftEyeNine
    I have Thin Red Line and Saving Private Ryan for the moment to feed my hunger for World War II atmosphere. Are there any others that worth watching ? May we try making a collection here ?
    The Thin Red Line and Saving Private Ryan (but not after the opening scene), along with The Guns of Navarone, are by far the best I've seen. The Great Escape is quite interesting too, although there's not much fighting. But I haven't seen that many ww2 movies...

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    Stalingrad is excellent, as is the guns of Navarone, Full Metal Jacket is probably my favourite tho its not WW2
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    The Great Escape
    Kelly's Heroes
    Enemy at the Gates
    The Bridge at Remagen
    The Longest Day
    Saving Private Ryan
    ...but best of all....Band of Brothers (although it is a series.)

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    Der Untergang, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List. All great movies.
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    ah yup forgot that one...as well as the Uprising and The great escape was that of those fighter pilots is a POW camp or of the jews in a Death camp

    the best WW2 movies i saw were Band of Brothers, a bridge too far and When trumpets fade

    full metal jacket was awesome

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    Das Boot stands out in terms of its emphasis on the psychology of the soldiers. The TV series (ie an extended version) is better if you can find it. Extremely immersive as an experience.

    A Bridge too Far stands out in terms of its accurate representation of a campaign. Watching the film is almost as informative as reading a book about it (there was a good book of that title, I'm not sure if it predated the film - it may have done). The Longest Day was a film in the same mould, but not quite as good.

    Most other WW2 films feel phoney to me. That's one reason why Band of Brothers is such an amazing achievement - it feels so authentic, full of the arbitrariness of war.

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    yeah thats what i like about it...you just feel that that is the way it must have been

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    Das Boot, it makes you feel like you're right in the U-boat with the men.
    Rat Patrol. Well, I liked it.
    Battle of Britain, if only for the chunky ketchup blood effect.

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    I like the Dambusters. The 'special effects' aren't the best, I'll admit...
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    A bit off topic, but what is Hiemat(SP).

    It is sometimes on BBC4.

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    I really enjoyed 'Shaving Ryan's Privates'.
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    Heimat is a German series in black and white (although it's quite recent) about the German Home Front.

    @The Stranger:
    Some good WWI films are Paths of Glory and the Blue Max.
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    i'll check on it...how old are they

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    Paths of Glory was made in the 50s I think, with Kirk Douglas. It si in black and white however, but should be on DVD. The Blue Max was made in the 1960s with George Peppard and it-s in colour. That is defintely on DVD.
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    thanx mate: I'll check the net for them

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