Best WWII Movie (excluding Private Ryan)

There arent that many that impress my as much as Ryan did (I am a stickler for realism so obviously the bar is set pretty high by Ryan).  I thought enemy at the gates wasnt that bad, nor was Pearl Harbor (yes the new one) despite its Hollywood-esque love story, the majority of that movie was Historically accurate (watch the History Channel.) And yes you have the oldies, Patton was great, and Battle of the Buldge.  The olny thing that erks me about those movies is the tank selection (once again with the realism) if you didnt already notice all tanks in both these movies were 60-70 era Patton Tanks (I think thats their names) what was behind that?  Can any of you history/movie buffs enlighten me on that one.

How about others?

Later Fellas.

I heard that Untergang (Downfall) is a very good movie, but i haven't seen it. I find the idea of Germans making a WW-2 movie very interesting, because only a German could portray those events so accurately. The movie is about Hitlers last days in his bunker, when he was sipping champagne while the people of Germany were fighting for their lives in Berlin... Icarus405

..... Yeah sure, I have seen it, and I can tell you that that is not the case.

Anyways, its a very good movie. In german perhaps, but for me as dutch thats no problem at all. And hey we got subtitles for a reason. If you haven't seen it yet, go and watch it. Very well played

Ahh yes, I did just see A Bridge Too Far about a month ago, pretty solid WW2 movie very good acting! and decent action sequences (pretty realistic historically from what I have seen about Market Garden).

I will look up Downfall and try to get it (maybe on Amazon)

Thanks guys.

Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Soldier). It's a story about a finnish machinegun platoon in the continuation war, here's some info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuntematon_Sotilas

Antti Rokka for the win! :D

even tho was not movie band of brothers

band of brothers was a simply amazing show

full of great scenes and stunning realism

293 mins??????? that's like whole day!!!!!Gizmo_kicks_ass

I heard that Untergang (Downfall) is a very good movie, but i haven't seen it. I find the idea of Germans making a WW-2 movie very interesting, because only a German could portray those events so accurately. The movie is about Hitlers last days in his bunker, when he was sipping champagne while the people of Germany were fighting for their lives in Berlin... Icarus405

I saw Windtalkers on TV last sunday and it wasn't very good (i wasn't hoping on that anyway) but the battle scenes were decen't, except that when a tompson fired, the bullet spray looked like it came from a minigun. And when a grenade exploded, it looked like a bazooka round went off and when a bazooka round went off, it looked like a small tactical nuke exploded. The main concept was good however, about how the Allies used Navahos as radiomen in the Pacific and by so doing, created a code that the Japanese heard, but never understood... Icarus405

I just joined this union so take my vote for you think its worth. My best choice for a ww ii film would be The Longest Day with john wayne, henry fonda, richard burton, and others. No other film that documented the great war on such a large scale did a better job with historical accuracy as well as putting all characters in realistic perspective to the main goal of the operation.

Adam J Walters

Possibly Black Hawk Down.rocketman123

ummm I don't think that that is a WW-II movie lol

"Enemy At The Gates" is a good film, though historically inaccurate.eg.:The stakeout to shoot Major Konings took place over 5 days. Zaitsev and Kulikov (who was not shot by Konings' as in the film) waited for him in a foxhole until Danilov (no friend of Zaitsev's) joined them and was shot in the shoulder when he stood up. On the 4th to 5th day, Kulikov raised his helmet, which was shot, then stood up yelling he'd been hit. Konings' raised his head and Zaitsev drilled him between the eyes. Sgt. Tania Chernova WAS Zaitsev's lover, but believed him killed (he was grievously wounded, not her) at Stalingrad. She learned he had not died, but not until 1969, when he was already married to someone else.

UberCritic out!!

Band of Brothers.

I know it isn't really a movie, but still better than anything I've ever seen.

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[QUOTE="rocketman123"]Possibly Black Hawk Down.Icarus405

ummm I don't think that that is a WW-II movie lol

yeah I know its a good moive , but we talking here about best WW-II movies :)

lol i can't think any other than pearl harbour and SPR, maybe das boot i heard it was goodGizmo_kicks_ass

    "Pearl Harbour"??? Seriously? It nearly ruined Josh Hartnett's career (who cares about Ben Affleck). Without CGI it would have sunk without a trace. Want a good movie about Pearl Harbour and the Doolittle raid, you need two. "Tora Tora Tora" and "30 Seconds Over Tokyo". "Das Boot" is an exceptional war movie. The Director's Cut makes a huge difference, as does watching the film in German with sub-titles, rather than the dubbed version. It is based on Lothar Gunther Bucheim's novel, but the journalist in the film on board the U-Boat is actually fact. Bucheim based the story on his experiences as a journalist aboard a U-Boat in WWII.

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[QUOTE="rocketman123"]Possibly Black Hawk Down.maximus_2

ummm I don't think that that is a WW-II movie lol

yeah I know its a good moive , but we talking here about best WW-II movies :)

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[QUOTE="rocketman123"]Possibly Black Hawk Down.Iffy350

ummm I don't think that that is a WW-II movie lol

yeah I know its a good moive , but we talking here about best WW-II movies :)

WFT??? how could it be racist?????  are you black????

its a awesome movie