grayray Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 there is great English movie with 2 of the greatest actors of their time Alex Guiness and John Mills ----------Tunes of Glory its about a English officer taking over a Scottish regiment during WW2 great acting by all in the movie.it is one of my alltime favourite movies ,along side Das Boot, Bad Day at Black Rock--Spencer Tracy-----one of my all time great actors Ronin----------- Robert De Niro and Jean Reno the last 2 are not WW2 movies but 2 of my favorites,i could not help myself once again I wander of the thread sorry fellas it's this bloody lockdown playing silly buggers with me head. well that's my excuse,you all get ya own regards grayray 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickrock Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 I think saving private Ryan would be up there When it came out ( late 90s I believe) many could handle the reality 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightcrawler Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Maybe not the greatest but my favourites are The Pianist, Boy in the striped pajamas and Inglorious Bastards None of them are war action movies as such and centre upon the cruelty of the Nazis. But top of the list as greatest for me is Where Eagles Dare I have watched it maybe 5 or 6 times and still love it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 The Great Escape The Longest Day Das Boot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveBC Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 (edited) Maybe not the greatest, but certainly worth watching. Enemy at the Gates Edited July 21, 2021 by SteveBC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Another two not mentioned that were good, Fury and Empire of the Sun. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Man Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Bridge Over River Kwai and D Day 6th of June. There were so many great WW2 movies so its difficult to pick one. My deepest love and respect to our soldiers ..All Gave Some Some Gave All 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightcrawler Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 "The Pianist" One of my favourite movies based in Poland during WW2 "Where Eagles Dare" Still my ALL TIME favourite WW2 classic. I confess to having watched it over a, dozen times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 The Great escape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazle Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 4 hours ago, Nightcrawler said: "Where Eagles Dare" Still my ALL TIME favourite WW2 classic. I confess to having watched it over a, dozen times. Alzheimer's? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightcrawler Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Bazle said: Alzheimers? Was that a Nazi Concentration camp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazle Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 41 minutes ago, Nightcrawler said: Was that a Nazi Concentration camp? No, and you didn't liberate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gs joe Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 As most of mine have been done, I’ll add 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqualung Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 7 hours ago, forcebwithu said: Another two not mentioned that were good, Fury and Empire of the Sun. Fury is a movie I've seen many many times. All the characters are superb, especially young Norman and the guy who enjoys licking other people's fried eggs! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 (edited) As someone else as mentioned, although technically not a "movie", Band of Brothers has to be up there as one of the best movies/TV show about WW2. Das Boot for the gritty realism of lives under the water. For something entertaining and enjoyable to watch, Jojo Rabbit, Escape to Victory and 1941 are up amongst the ones to watch. Also enjoyed Escape from Athena, but that's probably more to do with looking at some of that amazing countryside of Greece of how it used to be, compared to all that high rise crap and bollocks the Greek Islands have now become! Edited July 22, 2021 by Sherlock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 On 7/22/2021 at 2:36 PM, Sherlock said: As someone else as mentioned, although technically not a "movie", Band of Brothers has to be up there as one of the best movies/TV show about WW2. Das Boot for the gritty realism of lives under the water. For something entertaining and enjoyable to watch, Jojo Rabbit, Escape to Victory and 1941 are up amongst the ones to watch. Also enjoyed Escape from Athena, but that's probably more to do with looking at some of that amazing countryside of Greece of how it used to be, compared to all that high rise crap and bollocks the Greek Islands have now become! I'm surprised no one has mentioned To Hell and Back, the true story of Americas most decorated soldier Audie Murphy, who play himself in it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freee!! Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Impossible for me to tell which I consider best but "A Bridge Too Far" is definitely in my list. One interesting point about it, is that it was shot a bit down river (in Deventer) from the actual location (Arnhem) because at the time of shooting in Deventer there still was an exact duplicate of the already replaced bridge in Arnhem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gs joe Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 This was my mum’s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy Boy Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) It has to be Operation Daybreak for me, based on the book Seven Men at Daybreak, it's the true story of the assassination of Reinhard heydrich and the repercusions afterwards. The music, played by David Hentschel on an ARP synthesiser, is haunting and provides a suitably sad and menacing tableau for the events depicted in the film. Anton Diffring is superb as Heydrich, and the settings in Prague are all true to life. There have been a few remakes of the story in recent times, such as Anthropoid, but they pale into insignificance compared with the 1975 original, which I saw in the cinema in my home town shortly before I went to university in London. The ending is heartbreaking, but that was true of so much of the Nazi occupation of Europe. Edited August 1, 2021 by Toy Boy 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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