Author Topic: The Great thread of Movies/Documentaries regarding WW1/WW2/Other conflicts  (Read 36587 times)

Offline Flippy Warbear

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No wonder the Tiger in the trailer looked quite convincing.  ;D

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For 1945 a Tiger II might be more appropriate though... :D

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I haven't read the whole thread so I am sorry if they were already mentioned, but these are a couple of my favs.

"The Fallen" (2004 Ari Taub)-Deals with a more rarely seen Italian campaign, features German, Italian, and American troops (subtitled, not dubbed or all English!) around the Gothic line I believe.  The story-lines are a little more atypical than many WWII movies.  (The Italian soldier that shoots an Italian deer with a German rifle)  Not a lot of combat scenes but the ones they have are good, and there's a couple funny moments, and good acting/characters.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382721/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Watch it for free at Hulu-http://www.hulu.com/watch/473694

"Stalingrad" 2013 (Russia)-Probably mentioned, and seen by most WWII movie buffs, so I won't say much about it other than it has some of the best combat action scenes and choreography I have seen in a WWII movie.  Every bit as good, if not better than the German (1992) film "Stalingrad"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1966566/?ref_=nv_sr_1

"Come and See" (1985)- (from IMDB) "During WWII, a Belarusian boy is thrust into the atrocities of war, fighting with a hopelessly unequipped Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces. Witnessing scenes of abject terror and surviving horrifying situations, he loses his innocence and then his mind."  This movie is brutal, but cinematically beautiful.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091251/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

"Brestskaya krepost" (original title) a.k.a. "The Brest Fortress" and "Fortress of War".-Just a really good historically accurate(?) depiction of the opening stages of Barbarossa and the siege of The Brest Fortress on the Eastern front.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343703/?ref_=ttrel_rel_tt

Watch it on Youtube-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J_wyXGa9dc

Of course, there's always THIS!-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_films
« Last Edit: 27-06-2014, 04:06:13 by HPSFroadrunner »

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Ok, just read the whole thread.  I can't believe "Cross of Iron" (1977) wasn't mentioned.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074695/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
From IMDB: "In 1943, in the Russian front, the decorated leader Rolf Steiner is promoted to Sergeant after another successful mission. Meanwhile the upper-class and arrogant Prussian Captain Hauptmann Stransky is assigned as the new commander of his squad."  From legendary director Sam Peckinpah, he was know for being very bloody and gory for his day.  Rare for an American WWII film from the 70's to be about the Eastern front.  Features James Coburn and lots of PPSH action.
Watch it on Youtube-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-_on1wmZxI

For the classic 'steal the Nazi gold from behind enemy lines' plot-line, there's "The Last Drop" (2006).  Not much for WWII story, more for the setting, but some funny moments, and simply excellent characters.  Billy Zane (who played 'Val' in "Memphis Belle") has one of the best lines as a Canadian pilot.  I don't want to give any spoilers.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398029/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
It looks like the whole movie can be seen on TheTube-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcHnquxlMIg

"Max Manus: Man of War" (2008)-True story of Max Manus, Norwegian resistance fighter and saboteur.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1029235/?ref_=nv_sr_1  Sorry, I couldn't find a free, streaming version of this one.  It used to be on Netflix, it might still be.

"Company of Heroes" (2013) Was absolutely dreadful.  I couldn't even finish it.  How do you make a boring WWII movie!?!  Not even Tom Sizemore (Sgt Horvath from "Saving Private Ryan") could save this movie.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2555426/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

I can't believe nobody mentioned the 2013 Russian film "Stalingrad" (I saw a couple people talked about the German (1993) one) and also "Attack on Leningrad" (2009)  both are must-see films even if you aren't a WWII film buff.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0432314/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2  IMDB has a link to watch the movie if you follow my link to IMDB... 
« Last Edit: 27-06-2014, 05:06:44 by HPSFroadrunner »

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Hope this isn't a re-post, I searched but couldn't find anything. I saw this documentary a long time ago and I recently just found it again on youtube in all its parts. It's one of the best documentaries I've ever seen, let alone one about the Pacific in WW2.

It's called Hell in the Pacific and it's a must watch if you haven't seen it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkfNfgsqWLE

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It's called Hell in the Pacific and it's a must watch if you haven't seen it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkfNfgsqWLE

I thought I had seen this before but apparently not. I watched the first episode but Im going to watch the rest too, seems very good. Thanks for posting!

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*bump*

Bumping with the trailer of the movie Fury.

http://youtu.be/q94n3eWOWXM

April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and out-gunned, and with a rookie soldier thrust into their platoon, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.



One of the worst WW2 movies I have ever seen.
First part is ok. the last part is pure unrealistic rambo madness

The conversations is like reading direct from a simpel script instead of acting
The music during the movie sounds like computer game soundtrack ( germans marching )
Every bullet fired looks like laser beams taken from a starwars movie

Dont waste your money on watching this cheap production

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Then, I will definetly watch it!

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Good WW1 movie: The Lighthorsemen (beautiful shots of mounted infantry riding through the desert landscape of Palestine)

Good documentary series I learned new stuff from: For King and Country - Canadians in WWII. Never knew there were Canucks defending Hong Kong, or example.

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"Coward"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOcEX3dYn3s#t=1481

If you have half an hour, give it a shot, quite good for an independent production...
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WWII Greatest Raids series on the Tube, and it uses something very closely related to Red Orchestra 2 engine to re-create some scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZljZTApI1k
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WWII Greatest Raids series on the Tube, and it uses something very closely related to Red Orchestra 2 engine to re-create some scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZljZTApI1k

Also it uses fh2 models, like the landing boats in this case.

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If you have Netflix, check out "The Last Heroes of WW2".  It's a Canadian documentary interviewing mostly Canadian and British veterans of D-Day through the end of the war.  Some Americans as well.  It uses loads of awesome archival footage, plus some cool special effects to show just how punishing machine guns, arty, mortars, etc. were. 

It's really cool, not jingoistic at all.

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Same series as above, but about SAS raid on luftwaffe airfield: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axZkgPCsv-A

More FH2 models?
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Yup, both the jeep and the Stuka.
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