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Must see WWII movies?
Posted on 11/14/25 at 4:30 pm
Posted on 11/14/25 at 4:30 pm
What are the best WWII movies out there, taking into account historical accuracy?
Some I've seen:
Tora! Tora! Tora! - Feels like something out of a history book.
Midway - Same as above.
Saving Private Ryan - Historical fiction obviously, but the D-Day landing is beyond, for lack of a better word, impressive.
The Caine Mutiny - Also historical fiction and dated.
Downfall - Just finished this one. Not as fast-paced as Saving Private Ryan but just as gruesome in places. Portrays some truly EVIL people.
Others?
Some I've seen:
Tora! Tora! Tora! - Feels like something out of a history book.
Midway - Same as above.
Saving Private Ryan - Historical fiction obviously, but the D-Day landing is beyond, for lack of a better word, impressive.
The Caine Mutiny - Also historical fiction and dated.
Downfall - Just finished this one. Not as fast-paced as Saving Private Ryan but just as gruesome in places. Portrays some truly EVIL people.
Others?
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Posted on 11/14/25 at 4:49 pm to Broadside Bob
I"m not familiar with Downfall. Can you give a brief synopsis?
Posted on 11/14/25 at 4:49 pm to Broadside Bob
Schindler’s List (ironically, I’ve never seen it)
There’s a really good Nuremberg TV movie from the late 90s IIRC that was pretty good.
There’s a really good Nuremberg TV movie from the late 90s IIRC that was pretty good.
Posted on 11/14/25 at 4:58 pm to Broadside Bob
Pearl Harbor just for peak Kate Beckinsale
Posted on 11/14/25 at 5:08 pm to Broadside Bob
Then red line
Posted on 11/14/25 at 5:17 pm to hogcard1964
quote:
I"m not familiar with Downfall. Can you give a brief synopsis?
Actually, you probably are. There's a Hitler rant scene that has been re-subtitled dozens of times so that he was now ranting about any number of things (coaching searches, election results, etc.). The movie depicts the last week or so of his reign in the bunker in Berlin, primarily from the perspective of his secretary and senior officers.
Let me just say that, similar to Dos Equis' The Most Interesting Man in the World, if Eva Braun was anything like she is portrayed in the film, she had to have been The Most Stupid Woman in the World.
It is a German film with English subtitles so no multitasking/playing with your phone.
Posted on 11/14/25 at 5:18 pm to Broadside Bob
Feel real but invented plot:
Thin Red Line
Fury
Enemy at the Gates
Historically accurate for the most part:
Letters from Iwo Jima
Dunkirk
Hacksaw Ridge
Thin Red Line
Fury
Enemy at the Gates
Historically accurate for the most part:
Letters from Iwo Jima
Dunkirk
Hacksaw Ridge
Posted on 11/14/25 at 5:20 pm to Broadside Bob
quote:
What are the best WWII movies out there, taking into account historical accuracy?
If you consider it a WWII movie, Oppenheimer.
Posted on 11/14/25 at 5:29 pm to Broadside Bob
Classics:
The Bridge on the River Kwai
A Bridge Too Far
The Battle of the Bulge.
Midway. (1976)
The Big Red One.
More modern:
Saving Private Ryan
Enemy at the gates
taking into account historical accuracy
1941
The Bridge on the River Kwai
A Bridge Too Far
The Battle of the Bulge.
Midway. (1976)
The Big Red One.
More modern:
Saving Private Ryan
Enemy at the gates
taking into account historical accuracy
1941
This post was edited on 11/15/25 at 5:12 am
Posted on 11/14/25 at 5:44 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
quote:
taking into account historical accuracy
1941
Love it!
Posted on 11/14/25 at 5:47 pm to Broadside Bob
Das Boot
Enemy at the Gates
Patton
Stalingrad
Come and See
Longest Day
Big Red 1
Thin Red Line
Kelly's Heroes
Enemy at the Gates
Patton
Stalingrad
Come and See
Longest Day
Big Red 1
Thin Red Line
Kelly's Heroes
Posted on 11/14/25 at 5:58 pm to Broadside Bob
As far as historical accuracy goes?
Tora! Tora! Tora!
A Bridge Too Far
The Longest Day
Das Boot
Come and See
Stalingrad (1993)
Letters from Iwo Jima
Downfall
Tora! Tora! Tora!
A Bridge Too Far
The Longest Day
Das Boot
Come and See
Stalingrad (1993)
Letters from Iwo Jima
Downfall
This post was edited on 11/14/25 at 5:58 pm
Posted on 11/14/25 at 5:58 pm to Broadside Bob
Tora, Tora , Tora
Midway
SPR
Sands of Iwo Jima
That submarine movie Corbomite Maneuver was based on
Hacksaw Ridge
Guns of Naverone
Where Eagles Dare
Midway
SPR
Sands of Iwo Jima
That submarine movie Corbomite Maneuver was based on
Hacksaw Ridge
Guns of Naverone
Where Eagles Dare
Posted on 11/14/25 at 6:05 pm to prplhze2000
Heimat
Hell in the Pacific
Stalingrad
Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence
Hell in the Pacific
Stalingrad
Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence
Posted on 11/14/25 at 6:19 pm to Broadside Bob
Cross of Iron
Posted on 11/14/25 at 6:36 pm to Broadside Bob
U-571
Posted on 11/14/25 at 7:04 pm to Jor Jor The Dinosaur
Great escape
Posted on 11/14/25 at 8:00 pm to Broadside Bob
Watch Band of Brothers. A limited series, not a movie. Lots of good recs in the thread, but an obscure one, and relatively more recent is When Trumpets Fade.
Posted on 11/14/25 at 8:15 pm to Tangineck
Letters from Iwa Jima is one of the greatest war movies ive ever watched. Criminally slept on
Posted on 11/14/25 at 8:21 pm to Broadside Bob
Other than the ones you mentioned:
Patton (George Scott is more Patton than Patton was)
Letters from Iwo Jima/Flags of our Fathers
The Longest Day
U-571 (fictional but still worth watching)
Battle of the Bulge
MacArthur
Das Boot
Patton (George Scott is more Patton than Patton was)
Letters from Iwo Jima/Flags of our Fathers
The Longest Day
U-571 (fictional but still worth watching)
Battle of the Bulge
MacArthur
Das Boot
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