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Top 5 World War Two Films

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  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    'The Highest Honour' (1982) is a memorable war film set in the Pacific Theatre of War.
  • Dugdaleclass
    Dugdaleclass Posts: 557
    In no particular order:

    Ice Cold in Alex
    Dambusters
    Battle of Britain
    Tora, Tora, Tora
    12 O’Clock High

    Band of Brothers: the outstanding TV series depicting ground combat.

    Special mentions: Das Boot and Stalingrad for German productions…Letters from Iwo Jima giving a Japanese perspective.

    And one from left field: Attack, a 1950’s movie starring Jack Palance and Lee Marvin with Eddie Albert (a real war hero) playing an ambitious but cowardly company commander.
  • Gisappointed
    Gisappointed Posts: 1,000
    Off_it said:
    Looking forward to someone coming out with how most WW2 war films don't portray the Germans in the correct light, or the impact of troops from the colonies/commonwealth - so basically we're all racist.
    Not a film but war books by Hans Hellman Kirst try to portray the psyche of the of the ordinary German quite well..
  • MrWalker
    MrWalker Posts: 4,137
    Gallipoli 
  • NornIrishAddick
    NornIrishAddick Posts: 9,623
    MrWalker said:
    Gallipoli 
    Wrong war...
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,842
    The Cruel Sea
    Ice Cold in Alex
    Casablanca
    The Longest Day
    The Great Escape

    You could argue The Third Man is a WW2 film, just set in the aftermath rather than during the fighting. 
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,842
    usetobunkin said:
    Sink the Bismark
    In which we serve 
    Went the day well 
    Battle of Britain 
    A bridge too far

    Special mention.  The Imitation game 
    The destroyer copping it during the harrying of the crippled Bismark, something that didn’t happen, ruins Sink the Bismark for me. A shame, as otherwise it’s good. 
  • usetobunkin
    usetobunkin Posts: 2,198
    AddicksAddict said:
    usetobunkin said:
    Sink the Bismark
    In which we serve 
    Went the day well 
    Battle of Britain 
    A bridge too far

    Special mention.  The Imitation game 
    The destroyer copping it during the harrying of the crippled Bismark, something that didn’t happen, ruins Sink the Bismark for me. A shame, as otherwise it’s good. 
    Did not know that, thanks for sharing.
  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 9,772
    Also worth a mention is 'The Reader.'
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,842
    usetobunkin said:
    AddicksAddict said:
    usetobunkin said:
    Sink the Bismark
    In which we serve 
    Went the day well 
    Battle of Britain 
    A bridge too far

    Special mention.  The Imitation game 
    The destroyer copping it during the harrying of the crippled Bismark, something that didn’t happen, ruins Sink the Bismark for me. A shame, as otherwise it’s good. 
    Did not know that, thanks for sharing.
    The only ships lost were Hood and Bismarck. Prince of Wales was damaged but that’s it. Bismarck didn’t hit KG5 or Rodney once whilst they pounded her into a floating wreck. 

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  • usetobunkin
    usetobunkin Posts: 2,198
    AddicksAddict said:
    usetobunkin said:
    AddicksAddict said:
    usetobunkin said:
    Sink the Bismark
    In which we serve 
    Went the day well 
    Battle of Britain 
    A bridge too far

    Special mention.  The Imitation game 
    The destroyer copping it during the harrying of the crippled Bismark, something that didn’t happen, ruins Sink the Bismark for me. A shame, as otherwise it’s good. 
    Did not know that, thanks for sharing.
    The only ships lost were Hood and Bismarck. Prince of Wales was damaged but that’s it. Bismarck didn’t hit KG5 or Rodney once whilst they pounded her into a floating wreck. 
    Did HMS Norfolk shadow Bismark, through the Iceland gap? (Or Suffolk?). 
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,526
    usetobunkin said:
    AddicksAddict said:
    usetobunkin said:
    AddicksAddict said:
    usetobunkin said:
    Sink the Bismark
    In which we serve 
    Went the day well 
    Battle of Britain 
    A bridge too far

    Special mention.  The Imitation game 
    The destroyer copping it during the harrying of the crippled Bismark, something that didn’t happen, ruins Sink the Bismark for me. A shame, as otherwise it’s good. 
    Did not know that, thanks for sharing.
    The only ships lost were Hood and Bismarck. Prince of Wales was damaged but that’s it. Bismarck didn’t hit KG5 or Rodney once whilst they pounded her into a floating wreck. 
    Did HMS Norfolk shadow Bismark, through the Iceland gap? (Or Suffolk?). 
    Think it was HMS East London Overspill
  • ken_shabby
    ken_shabby Posts: 6,277
    Difficult as the Western films were so my five could have changed.

    Battle of Britain.
    The Great Escape
    Saving Private Ryan
    Letters from Iwo Jima
    The Pianist

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