No period in history has had move movies related to it than the Second World War. What are your ten best?
I'll try to compile the selections and put out the forum's top ten list on Memorial Day.
My selections (in no particular order):
Bataan (1943) - one of the best endings to a defeat possible, very rousing
Patton (1970) - a terrific biography of a military genius and flawed individual.
Tora Tora Tora (1970) - perhaps the definitive film of the attack on Pearl Harbor
Das Boot (1981) - claustrophobia on the big screen
Downfall or Der Untergang (2004) - sympathy for Hitler, hardly but you can't help but feel it for the German people being led by this madman.
Thirty Seconds over Tokyo (1944) - historically inaccurate but served the purpose of rousing the populace. Terrific propaganda
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) - Not all heroes come home to tickertape
Schindler's List (1993) - words still escape me to describe this
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) - soldiers are soldiers no matter the uniform
Casablanca (1942) - Play it again Sam
I'll try to compile the selections and put out the forum's top ten list on Memorial Day.
My selections (in no particular order):
Bataan (1943) - one of the best endings to a defeat possible, very rousing
Patton (1970) - a terrific biography of a military genius and flawed individual.
Tora Tora Tora (1970) - perhaps the definitive film of the attack on Pearl Harbor
Das Boot (1981) - claustrophobia on the big screen
Downfall or Der Untergang (2004) - sympathy for Hitler, hardly but you can't help but feel it for the German people being led by this madman.
Thirty Seconds over Tokyo (1944) - historically inaccurate but served the purpose of rousing the populace. Terrific propaganda
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) - Not all heroes come home to tickertape
Schindler's List (1993) - words still escape me to describe this
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) - soldiers are soldiers no matter the uniform
Casablanca (1942) - Play it again Sam