War Movies/Series You HAVE To See!

Well, I'm a pretty big fan of films. My favorite, of course, would be war films.
So I've decided to make a list, a list of War Movies/Series that are our favorites.

Movies
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
The Pianist (2002)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
The Dam Busters (1955)
Cross Of Iron (1977)
Stalingrad (1993)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Idi i sotri (Come And See) (1985)
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
The Big Red One (1980)
The Colditz Story (1955)
The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
Memphis Belle (1990)
To Hell And Back (1955)
The Longest Day (1962)
Dunkirk (1958)
Sir Henry At Rawlinson End (1980)
The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp (1943)
In Which We Serve (1942)

Series
Band Of Brothers (2001)
Anzacs (1985)

 

would love to get the series anzac, with Paul Hogan etc, seen it on e-bay for rediculous price

 

Dambusters
Cross of Iron
Stalingrad
A Bridge too Far
Come and See
Letters from Iwo Jima

 

A few spring to mind---
The Big Red One
Colditz Story
Cockleshell Heroes
Memphis Belle
Reach for the sky
To Hell and Back--[not a great film but stars Audie Murphy]
The Longest Day

 

would love to get the series anzac, with Paul Hogan etc, seen it on e-bay for rediculous price

A really great series. I watched it a couple of weeks ago for the first time in a long while.

Series runs for 524 minutes so be careful you do not get the American version as it was cut down to under 240 minutes for the U.S. market and called ANZACS - The War Down Under - Absolutely gutted it! Eight hours and forty four minutes to under 240 minutes - What a joke!

How much are they asking for it?


Cheers

Geoff

 

Anzac series was superb...Especially the trenches in France scenes with Aussies saving the day....I do have right Paul Hogan series I take it? Would love that to be repeated.

 

Some ww2 films you shouldn't miss:
Hasenjagd
Napola
Zvezda
Polumgla
Tobruk
Downfall

 

Elem Klimov's 'Come & See' - breathtaking film, well worth picking up on DVD if you can, puts Hollywood's efforts at WW2 to shame.

 

Sir Henry at Rawlinson's End, for the private POW camp....
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1980)


The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, because it should be part of the national curriculum....
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036112/


In which we serve, never has my lip been so stiffened....
In Which We Serve (1942)

 

Dunkirk...the scene at Ramsgate when civvy boat owners see the dishevilled troops coming home and realise what they have to do..and the music..melts my stiff upper lip..and if we can have anzacs..im allowed one after war..yangtse incident..HMS Amathyst story..when she slips anchor and makes a run for it..music..and later on passing forts at woo sung..Concorde (concourse)? in sight boys ..we re out...fair makes me want to join up all over again.

 

I remember having seen as young boy the German film Die Brücke, was in black and white and it made a BIG impression on me. Was over 40 years ago. Haven't seen it since.
Was about a group of young boys still at school who were armed, slightly trained and had to stop advancing the Americans at a bridge in their village.

Levien.

 

They show Die Brucke on TVO (TV Ontario) about every 6 months. I think that it was the first movie where I saw a MP-44. I remember watching it many years ago with my mother back when I was in High School and that would have been in the 70's!

 

I watch for the first time last night "Letters from Iwo Jima" what a great film, I even felt sorry for the Japs and pleased for the young Jap soldier who survived.

 

They show Die Brucke on TVO (TV Ontario) about every 6 months. I think that it was the first movie where I saw a MP-44. I remember watching it many years ago with my mother back when I was in High School and that would have been in the 70's!

Perhaps it wasn't as much as 40 years ago
Pity I can't receive TVO here in Holland. Would like to find out if I still think it is impressive.

Levien.

 

Perhaps it wasn't as much as 40 years ago
Pity I can't receive TVO here in Holland. Would like to find out if I still think it is impressive.

Levien.

It is impressive. At least the old version (new one is utter crap).
Defo deserves being listed here.

 

It is impressive. At least the old version (new one is utter crap).
Defo deserves being listed here.


Didn't know there was a new version.

Levien.

 

Didn't know there was a new version.

Levien.

Consider yourself lucky

 

I think I've seen most...The Last Series I saw was Generation Kill which was another HBO success. Quite looking forward to Pacific and on the film front the New Peter Jackson Dambuster movie.

Cheers
Andy

 

Consider yourself lucky

The director of the remake's name is Wolfgang Panzer!!!!

Levien.

 

would love to get the series anzac, with Paul Hogan etc


Ditto. I only ever saw it the once, when it was originally aired in the UK

Have to agree on The Yangtse Incident, if only the the reason I'm NOT looking forward to Peter Jackson's Dambusters - Richard Todd.

Definitely have a soft spot for In Which We Serve, despite the tubthumping

But my all-time WWII fave is Ill Met By Moonlight...not the greatest of films, and SO deserved to be in colour...but the overacting by David Oxley and the wonderful JP Cusack really make the piece.

Wasn't until i managed to get my hands on the "book" of the film - Billy Moss' original diary of the escapade - that I found out JUST how much of the film and dialogue was taken from real life...

...just chopped up and moved around a bit like Jackson's "script" for Lord Of The Rings...