exhausted Posted February 26, 2012 Posted February 26, 2012 Ok, I want movies made about wars that are GOOD. Not the highest grossing, but as a man would call the film, good. I'll start with the format we'll be using: Dark Blue World - Czech Torpedo Bomber - Russia Stalingrad - Germany Das Boot - Germany Alright, keep it coming so I can Netflix it or burn it. Quote
Guest rscsjsuso5 Posted February 26, 2012 Posted February 26, 2012 to add to the list representing china - 1911 revolution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1911_%28film%29 staring Jackie Chan Quote
SFP1Ace Posted February 26, 2012 Posted February 26, 2012 (edited) Talvisota (The Winter War) - Finland Cross of Iron - UK/West Germany Kanal (Kanał) - Poland Idi i smotri (Come and See) - USSR Not strictly war movies, but movies set during the war, telling important story: Katyń (Katyn) - Poland Europa Europa - Germany/France/Poland Popiół i Diament (Ashes and Diamonds) - Poland Pokolenie (A Generation) - Poland The Pianist - France/Poland/Germany/UK Edited February 26, 2012 by SFP1Ace Quote
mdatelmi Posted February 26, 2012 Posted February 26, 2012 Battle of Britain (UK) El Alamein - The line of fire (Italy) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0329042/plotsummary Quote
B52STRATO Posted February 26, 2012 Posted February 26, 2012 I recommend very seriously Illuminados por el Fuego (Blessed by Fire) - Argentina. There is also: - L'Ennemi intime (Intimate Enemies) - France - Steal the Sky - U.K - The Dambusters - U.K - Le Ciel sur la tête (a.k.a Allarme dal cielo) - France (Maybe not available in English, shurely subtitle, but lot of nice catches of Etendard IV and Alizé) - Sink the Bismark! - U.K - Above Us the Waves - U.K - Die Letzte Brücke (The Last Bridge) - Austria Quote
+Gr.Viper Posted February 26, 2012 Posted February 26, 2012 They Fought for Their Country http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073488/ USSR Quote
+Gepard Posted February 26, 2012 Posted February 26, 2012 (edited) There were a lot of WW2 war movies. 4 good examples were: "Das Boot" "The boat"from West Germany "Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt" The adventures of Werner Holt from East Germany http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XL8VsYDCvg and 2 from the USSR: "Батальоны просят огня" Battalions ask for fire and "Отец солдата" Father of a soldier Edited February 26, 2012 by Gepard Quote
Capitaine Vengeur Posted February 26, 2012 Posted February 26, 2012 Most of the best French war movies rather target WW1: - A very long engagement : unorthodox investigation about a past strange episode in the no man's land - Capitaine Conan : incursion on the forgotten Balkan Front with unruly skirmishers - Joyeux Noël : Christmas fraternization in the no man's land - to be watched in original version for the priceless international casting Quote
+Piecemeal Posted February 26, 2012 Posted February 26, 2012 One of the best war movies I've ever seen is a 2004 South korean movie based during the Korean War: Plenty of great action scenes as well as a good storyline. I bought it on DVD from Amazon after a friend loaned me a copy. Quote
Von Paulus Posted February 26, 2012 Posted February 26, 2012 Adding to the list both versions of Tuntemanton Sotilas: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090215/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048752/ Quote
+whiteknight06604 Posted February 26, 2012 Posted February 26, 2012 did anyone mention Beneath hill 60 or gallipoli? Quote
Derk Posted February 26, 2012 Posted February 26, 2012 Soldaat van Oranje ("Soldier of Orange") Quote
Capitaine Vengeur Posted February 26, 2012 Posted February 26, 2012 I've just bought and watched last week "Fortress of War" (Russia) and "Passchendaele" (Canada). I've liked the first one, the second not that much... Quote
firehawkordy Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 (edited) The Odd Angry Shot (1979) Australia Aussie SAS in Viet Nam, so this about 82 or 83 not a bad pic, and not as preachy as that crap Stone was producing. Edited February 29, 2012 by firehawkordy Quote
+column5 Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 Not WWII, but a classic worth watching: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_Algiers Quote
+SayethWhaaaa Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 The Odd Angry Shot is a great Vietnam movie. It's just a shame the more recent Australian war flicks like Beneath Hill 60 and (especially) Kokoda have been more stylised and melodramatic than factual. Dark Blue World is pretty good. Stalingrad and Das Boot were fantastic. As was The Blue Max (WWI). Quote
+allenjb42 Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 It's been a while since I saw it but Attack Force Z was pretty good (& I loved the silenced M3 Greaseguns!). http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083591/ Australian & NZ SAS attempt to rescue a Japanese defector from a Japanese-infested island in the Pacific. Quote
Jug Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 One of the best war movies I've ever seen is a 2004 South korean movie based during the Korean War: Plenty of great action scenes as well as a good storyline. I bought it on DVD from Amazon after a friend loaned me a copy. Watched it last night and couldn't agree more. Very well done move. Ended on bit of a confusing note, but a solid film. Quote
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