Your top 10 favorite WW2 movies

[Instal]

Forgive me if this topic has been done to death before. I did look around but didn't find anything so here goes.

1 - Band of Brothers
2 - Kelly's Heroes
3 - A Bridge Too Far
4 - Bridge on The River Kwai (did you know they are making a sequal? It's called Kwai me a River)
5 - The Great Escape
6 - Das Boot
7 - The Enemy Below
8 - The Longest Day
9 - The Battle of Britain
10 - Midway

 

[david johnson]

not sure i have a favorite...

kelly's heroes
patton
das boot
battle of britain
some b/w spy flicks...forgot the names
von ryan's express
enemy at the gates

wwI -
dawn patrol
flyboys
blue max

be kwaiet about that sequel!

dj

 

[Soundbreaker Welch?]

A movie with really good flight scenes of the F-86 Sabre is "Jet Pilot."

It's got John Wayne in it, and the plot may be a bit thin and acting off, but Howard Hughes knew how to shoot some good flying.

 

[comiso90]

Montage of the best war scenes... take a look... rate it!


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao-hV5GkriM


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[drgondog]

12 O clock high, Band of Brothers and Saving Private Ryan in any order.. after that Kelly's Heroes.

 

[Wildcat]

Too Late The Hero, 12 O'Clock High, The Desert Rats, Between Heaven and Hell, From Hell To Eternity, Kokoda to name a few...

 

[Instal]

Wow I thought I was going to get slammed for rating Kelly's Heroes so high but I see I'm not the only Oddball fan out there. ("Ruff Ruff, that's my other dog impression") I completely fegot about 12:00 high and Von Ryan's Express. This is too hard I may have to make it top 20.

 

[Negative Creep]

In no real order

Saving Private Ryan
The Big Red One
Saints Soldiers
Days of Glory
The Longest Day
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Patton
The Thin Red Line
Schindler's List
Below (a horror rather than war movie but I still love it)

(I did't count Band of Brothers as it isn't a movie but a TV show)

 

[Engram]

In no order at all .........

Ice Cold In Alex
Bridge On The River Kwai
Battle of Britain
Das Boot
The Dambusters
The Cruel Sea
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Enemy At The Gates
Battle Of The River Plate
Murphy's War

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Best Years of Our Lives, 12 O'Clock High, Das Boot, Battle of Britain.....

 

[v2]

Battle of Britain,
Murphy's War
Memphis Belle
A Bridge too Far
Das Boot
Tora Tora Tora
The Big Red One
The Thin Red Line
Bridge on The River Kwai
The Longest Day

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

For me in particular order:

Das Boot
Band of Brothers
Saving Private Ryan
Tora Tora Tora
Battle of Britain
The Longest Day
A Bridge to Far
12 Oclock High
The Desert Rats
The Desert Fox
The Big Red One

 

[ToughOmbre]

Saving Private Ryan
Band of Brothers
Tora Tora Tora
Patton
When Trumpets Fade
The Longest Day
Wake Island
The Purple Heart
They Were Expendable
Wing and a Prayer

TO

 

[Thorlifter]

In a completely random, mixed up, hodge podge order!!

Enemy at the Gates
Band of Brothers
Saving Private Ryan
Tora Tora Tora
Midway
The Longest Day
Patton
12 Oclock High
The Desert Rats
Schindler's List
The Big Red One

 

[ccheese]

Not in any order:
The Enemy Below
Tora Tora Tora
Von Ryans Express
Murphy's War
The Longest Day
Patton
Midway
Saving Pvt Ryan
The Great Escape
Bridge on the River Kwai (sp)


Charles

 

[Marshall_Stack]

I can't believe so many people like "Saving Private Ryan". The effects were good (except for a P-51 destroying a tank) but the story line was cheesy.

Some of my favorites..

Where Eagles Dare
Das Boot
Kelly's Heroes (maybe cheesy but a favorite since I was a kid)
Battle of Britain
In Harms Way
Bataan
Air Force
Wake Island
Murphy's War
30 Seconds over Tokyo
12 O'clock High

 

[Gnomey]

In no particular order

Enemy at the Gates
Band of Brothers
Saving Private Ryan
Tora Tora Tora
Midway
The Longest Day
Where Eagles Dare
Das Boot
Kelly's Heroes
Battle of Britain

 

[ccheese]

Marshall: Just for grins..... how old are you? You hit on some old movies !
I can still see the very last scene from "Bataan" . The machine gun position
is about to be overrun by the Japanese, and the camera closes in on the
barrell of the water cooled .30 cal machine gun. Epic !!

Charles

 

[Marshall_Stack]

ccheese...

I am at the ripe old age of 43. I remember seeing Bataan when I was a teenager (the movie was made during WWII). I remember that same last scene. Right after that an advertisement would come up asking Americans to buy more war bonds. Typical of the movies made during WWII.

I also liked the heavy fog at night and the tension that produced....

 

[Wildcat]

Those old war movies are great, sands of Iwo Jima, The fighting Seabees, Away all boats, Merrill Marauders, The Flying Tigers, Attack, A wing and a prayer - all great stuff.