The Battle of Britain
The Bridge on the River Kwai
A Bridge Too Far
The Cockleshell Heroes
The Dam Busters
Das Boot
The Dirty Dozen
Downfall
The Great Escape
Kelly's Heroes
Saving Private Ryan
Too Late the Hero
Where Eagles Dare
The Battle of Britain
The Bridge on the River Kwai
A Bridge Too Far
The Cockleshell Heroes
The Dam Busters
Das Boot
The Dirty Dozen
Downfall
The Great Escape
Kelly's Heroes
Saving Private Ryan
Too Late the Hero
Where Eagles Dare
A few good ones on that list, I'd agree with most. We're not limited to WW2 are we?
There are a couple of decent ones depicting the Vietnam War but mostly they're over-long US navel gazing or re-fighting a lost war.
Ice Cold in Alex
In Which we Serve
The Cruel Sea
San Demetrio, London
Dunkirk (both)
Waterloo
The Longest Day
Gallipoli
The Way to the Stars
Zulu
The Big Red One
Paths of Glory
Apocalypse Now.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Apocalypse Now
Boys From Company C
Full Metal Jacket
Von Ryan's Express
Where Eagles Dare
Das Boot
Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence
Too Late the Hero
Full Metal Jacket
Stalingrad
Zulu
Additionally:
633 Squadron
Enemy at the Gates
Hannibal Brooks
Ice Cold in Alex
The Longest Day
Mosquito Squadron
Von Ryan's Express
World War II aside:
Apocalypse Now
The Deer Hunter
Full Metal Jacket
Napoleon
All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)
The Grave Of The Fireflies (1988)
1917 (2019)
"Breakneck speed we drown ten pints of bitter"
Apocalypse Now
The Deer Hunter
Over-long US navel gazing, I fell asleep during Apocalypse Now it was so tedious, Conrad's Heart of Darkness was much better, and a bloody sight shorter.
PS I think I fell asleep during the Deer Hunter as well, notable only for the music.
Last edited by oldboots; 25-04-2020 at 21:46.
Top five, in a diverse range of styles:
- Zulu
- Kelly's Heroes
- The Dirty Dozen
- Apocalypse Now
- 1917