best ww2 film

what is the best ww2 film you have seen mainly for the realism and truth to the story

my favorite would have to be DOWNFALL

the actor that played hitler is the best i have ever seen it captures the hopelessness of the situation

 

Stalingrad, Downfall, the first 20 minutes of " Private Ryan"....just to name a couple. And Finnish "Winter War".

 

yeh the first 20 mins of saving private ryan on a rear screen projector with the bass woofer up real loud close the light and i swear you are at omaha beach jumpin over the side

 

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(I'm sure we've had a favourite film thread before haven't we?)

Mod edit. Yes, sigh, we have. I'l look for the thread and combine them, but not tonight (Thurs). I have fire training...unless one of the other mods feels perky....

 

I got a real good one.

It really happend in ww1 but the movie was set in ww2.
In the real version ww1, It was German soildiers and British soildiers
and the movie protrays it being ww2 with German soildiers and American soildiers.

It's called A Midnight Clear, i don't think any of you blokes will know it
cause it never made it as a blockbuster film like other ww2 movies.

German unit and American Unit actually spent Christmas together and traded christmas gifts and even sang christmas carols together, all during ww2.

That really happend in ww1, so it's close enough to be realistic.

 

I would have to say that for me it's "The Longest Day."
That movie was very faithful to Cornelius Ryan's book. The producers and directors didn't use creative license to enhance the story. However, I have to admit that the movie would look dated given today's production values.
A close second is another Cornelius Ryan adaptation, which is "A Bridge Too Far."
One thing about these two movies, many of the actual participants were still alive and were able to share their experiences to those making these films.

 

we know of this said film .. and it is good film ... krieg

 

Talvisota definitely. The despair, thinning of their ranks, seemingly endless Russian attacks,… Great movie.
Dambusters, Kokoda

 

Greetings uncle kevin nice to see the new boss show his face here in the trenches. LOL anyhoo on to the subject too many to choose from but as a film student/ filmaker the opening sequence which most impressed me was in The Bridge at Remagen. Sequence goes for about 7min but brilliant sequence for the Sixties.Pity they were M-60 Patton tanks rather than the Sherman /Chaffe i believe actually undertook this action. {As always im hoping to be corrected/enlightened about this event}

Close second for opening sequence is of course "Saving Pte Ryan" Bloody hell i saw it at a good cinema when it first came out the effect was astounding most notable was the huge leap in realistic battlefield sounds.

Third could easily be Enemy at the Gates a surreal train ride ends in the doors of your carraige opening to reveal the nightmare hell forgot. That shot of Stalingrad across the Volga and the whole sequence up to the first veiw of his sniper skills timed to the beat of distant artilery fire. If the man himself Vasily Zyightzef {Please , spelling anyone?} Well if he in actuality was even half as good as the studio's portrayed then my lord that man could shoot.

As to the Question of which film is best overall we could linger all night But i'll part with a clue to one of my contenders and a brilliant scene from a great film.

English commando's are pinned in a shell torn building looking down the road over a large Iron Coat Hanger bridge at the other end of this bridge is the german panzer unit who have been so recently shooting at the English. Moving forward from the German position is a lone soldier carrying a white flag. An english officer carrying an umbrella with a white rag tied to the end greets him. In broken english the German soldier shouts." My commander whishes me to discuss terms of surrender. Laconicaly the Englishman replies No I'm afraid we're in no position to look after prisoners thankyou. Then promptly turns on his heel and strides back to his fellow commando's.

Pretty easy i know but have a guess.

Rats i nearly forgot Cheers to Hamburg for noting an Australian film Kokoda.Those fellows financed that project on their own and sadly i havent managed to get a look at it yet { Slack i know } But good on ya glad you liked it.

 

A Bridge Too Far is great!

 

Maybe this thread perhaps? LOL.

http://www.ww2f.com/wwii-films-tv/24139-best-world-war-ii-films.html

 

Ahhh... JC, you're absolutely right! As many of you guys say when they should have done something better, "my bad."

That's about it,
Fil

 

ive got 2. stalingrad (1993) & enemy at the gates (2001), stalingrad is written in german but i found a copy with english subtitles & if you ask me it makes it way more realistic with the actors speaking german.

 

that movie with jude law enemy at the gates was wrecked by the fake russian accent i have to say i like the realism in downfall even with subtittles

 

There are very few WWII films that I don't like, but my favorites would be:

The Longest Day
Enemy at The Gates
A Midnight Clear
Das Boot
Der Untergang
Saving Private Ryan

 

1. DOWNFALL
2. DAS BOOT
3. STALINGRAD
4. THE LONGEST DAY
5. BATTLE OF BRITAIN

 

MY best film would be 'The kumuppance of komrade kevin'!!!!

Due out in about 2 years!

John.

 

That's a scene right out of one of my favorite movies of WWII and it's been mentioned here. A Bridge too Far. I always loved how he carried that umbrella around just to prove to everyone he was an Englishman. Growing up in the 70's, my mother used to sign me up for a summer movie program at a local theater. Basically, every week I would go and see a movie for like 50 cents, we would get a letter in the mail showing us what movies were playing when. The movies covered a wide range of subjects and were generally a few years old. I saw movies ranging from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory to 2001:A Space Odyssey. My favorites became the WWII movies, Tora, Tora, Tora, Midway and of course A Bridge too Far. I can't tell you how many times I saw this movie. A lot of it was because as a kid I would get confused or lost in certain parts because the movie was somewhat complicated and covered a lot of different things but, after a while, I watched it so much because it struck such a cord with me. A lot of it could've been because I grew up in Fayetteville, N.C. which is the home of the 82nd airborne, plus the 101st spent a lot of time there too. I had patches and pins for both units and seeing them on screen like that really hit me.

There were others, more modern ones, that I liked. But those three hit me so hard as a kid. My wife is actually a big fan of Midway. She took a history course in college and one of her assignments was to do a report on the WWII period. She actually did a report on the movie and how it related to the actual events of the war. Her professor was impressed and gave her an A for it.

 

i really like Band of Brothers!

 

I compiled several lists recently. My faves:

1) (tie) The Longest Day
Tora Tora Tora
3) Kelly's Heroes (the logistics involved in making this film was staggering)
4) Sink the Bismarck
5) Patton