Silvio Manuel Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Hello all, I'm hoping you could provide me with a few WWII movie recommendations. Mainly I'm looking for (in this order) movies regarding 1- Ground battles (as opposed to a heavy focus on the Air or Sea battles) in the Western and Eastern Fronts 2- Commando raids 3- N. Africa 4- Air battles 5- Sea battles I've seen (including all theaters): Saving Private Ryan Band of Brothers The Longest Day A Bridge Too Far Battle of the Bulge Bridge at Remagen Bridge on the River Kwai Midway Pearl Harbor Thin Red Line Flags of our Fathers Letters from Iwo Jima Hiroshima Sink the Bismarck Thanks~ -SM 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce90 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Das Boot. Battle of the River Plate. Battle of Britain. The Dambusters. The Cruel Sea. Downfall.(Not strictly a 'battle' war film but telling of the last few days in Hitlers' bunker.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rleete Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 If you're feeling particularly masochistic, I still have the copy of Come and See that Gyrene sent me. Send me a PM. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedy Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 The Winter War (Finnish) Die Brucke (German) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gridley Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Stalingrad Patton Must see flix. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Mister Roberts. Again not a battle flick, but it probably gives the best idea of what most sailors spent most of their war doing. Task Force. It's been years and years since I saw this one, but I recall it having an authentic look and feel to it. Run Silent, Run Deep. Possibly the best sub movie ever made (about the USN; pace Das Boot partisans). Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lascar Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Attack and Retreat (Italiani brava gente) 1965. An usual film about an Italian infantry regiment on the Eastern front. Actually filmed on location in the Ukraine and covers the period from the summer of 1941 to Stalingrad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 The Battle of the River Neretva. I only saw a little of this quite a few years ago, but it looked very good. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064091/ Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigduke6 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 V Boi Idut Odni Stariki (Only The Old Sweats Are Allowed Into Battle) 1973, Leonid Bykov in the leading role as Capitan Titarenko, the ace commander of an La-5 squadron famous for its air-to-air gunnery and musical skills its spare time. Funny and serious, a brilliant window into the Red Army, and by far the most-loved Soviet war film of all time. Includes the classic line: "Wars end...but music is eternal!" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Silvio Manuel, This topic has come up before, with some very wide ranging discussions. The stuff here should keep you busy for a bit. http://www.battlefront.com/community/search.php?searchid=77949 Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce90 Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 John as an ex-police officer you remind me of an old colleague whos' arrival on the scene of an 'incident' would immediately restore order to the situation. " Alright gentlemen move along please. There's nothing new to see here." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 bruce90, We seem to have this topic come up every so often. To run with your metaphor, there was absolutely nothing requiring reading of the Riot Act, but I thought I'd point out some very good prior discussions on the Silvio Manuel's topic. If you want to see a place where the Riot Act would be useful, come see what happens in the threads where I address things (very long list, it appears) that set people off. Even happens in threads I start or which are specifically addressed to me! And, yes, I have been here awhile, since February 2001 in the days of the CMBO Beta Demo. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Manuel Posted September 24, 2008 Author Share Posted September 24, 2008 Silvio Manuel, This topic has come up before, with some very wide ranging discussions. The stuff here should keep you busy for a bit. http://www.battlefront.com/community/search.php?searchid=77949 Regards, John Kettler Howdy John, Thanks for the tip. Your link, however, just took me to a screen that says "Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms." Where you trying to lead me to search results for a specific set of terms, or was that just your roundabout way of telling me to 'do a search!' 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Silvio Manuel, My apologies! That should've been a list of threads under the search phrase "best war movies." Have no idea why it returns that way. If you run the search with the phrase I listed (omitting the period), you should find it easily. Believe you'll enjoy the lengthy discussions. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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