I'm late on this thread but I just have to add that I sure am glad you guys haven't had the misfortune of watching some of the WWII based movies local producers have made recently.
Another thing, I think this thread have to be made current again so we and the other newbies can share their views.
I completely agree with the posts here about the Thin Red Line and Pearl Harbor. However, I have to admit that a part of me would like to splice some of the action sequences of Pearl with that of Tora Tora Tora. And come to think of it, some scenes of the Omaha landing in Ryan with the Longest Day.
I read through this thread and I'm surprised that Battle of Midway wasn't mentioned here. For me, Midway was more like a movie that used Tora Tora Tora out takes. It isn't the worst movie but it surely looked like it was a badly coupled up one that was made on the cheap. What really wrecked Midway for me was the scene when the hero pilot's plane crashed on deck of the carrier. The scene was lifted from footage of a jet crashing on deck! That was how cheaply made Midway was.
As for Enemy Below, that was the very first World War II movie I remember seeing as a kid. It was shown on a rerun on local TV.