Best WWII Movie

**Beans** · 05-24-07, 09:21 PM

I am a huge WWII buff. I am most interested in the ETO(if you know what that means, we are on the same page). I have read countless books and seen tons of movies on the subject.
So what is the best WWII movie in your opinion?
Here is my list:
1. Band of Brothers(I know it is not a movie, but it is great)
2. Saving Private Ryan
3. Longest Day
4. Midway(Not ETO, but great never the less)

**countybear** · 05-24-07, 09:32 PM

1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Patton
3. Midway
4. The Longest Day
5. Run Silent, Run Deep
6. Mr. Roberts
7. The Dirty Dozen
8. A Bridge Too Far
9. Tora, Tora, Tora!
10. The Big Red One

Rounds out my top ten for WWII.

Honorable mentions for:

The Bridge over the River Kwai, The Guns of Navaronne, and Kelly's Heroes.

**smokey703** · 05-24-07, 10:24 PM

County are you sure that you didn't confuse that list with your top 10 porn flicks.

1. Saving Ryan's private
2. Run silent, Run deep
3. The dirty dozen
4. The big red one
5. kelly's hero's.

Just f*ckin with ya big guy. Can't say that I am a big WWII fan, but I did see Saving Private Ryan and thought it was a pretty good movie. And I didn't get to see it very often but the Band of Brothers series was exellent.

**cajunguy** · 05-24-07, 11:02 PM

ETO = European Theater of Operations

My Dad was at Normandy. He's 86 now, and still my hero.

His photo albums tell a whole story.
.

**Big Al** · 05-24-07, 11:09 PM

I like the above mentioned and A&E made a movie a year or so ago called "IKE" with Tom Selleck as Eisenhower about being the supreme commander and the decisions he made leading up to the D-day invasion

**Willowdared** · 05-24-07, 11:12 PM

No particular order.

Big Red One
The English Patient
Saving Private Ryan
Piece of Cake (great book - mini-series)
Band of Brothers
Plenty
Schindler's List

I'll add as I remember.

**bird1** · 05-24-07, 11:21 PM

Band of Brothers

Saving private Ryan

Patton

The Big Red One

The Great Escape

Flags Of Our Fathers

The Longest Day

A Bridge To Far

To Hell And Back

Battle of The Bulge

**iso607** · 05-24-07, 11:32 PM

Originally Posted by smokey703

County are you sure that you didn't confuse that list with your top 10 porn flicks.

1. Saving Ryan's private
2. Run silent, Run deep
3. The dirty dozen
4. The big red one
5. kelly's hero's.

Just f*ckin with ya big guy. Can't say that I am a big WWII fan, but I did see Saving Private Ryan and thought it was a pretty good movie. And I didn't get to see it very often but the Band of Brothers series was exellent.

+1

Smokey 1/CB 0

Let me warn you John, CB will respond.

**countybear** · 05-24-07, 11:41 PM

County are you sure that you didn't confuse that list with your top 10 porn flicks.

Nah, top 10 porn flicks, never... I only remember a few that I have ever watched...

1. Debbie does Dallas
2. Debbie does Everything Else
3. Smokey703 gets done by The New Orleans Saints Offensive Line

A footnote: I really wouldn't have been interested enough to watch the last one, but the star threatened to beat me with an autographed jockstrap if I didn't.

**iso607** · 05-24-07, 11:46 PM

Originally Posted by countybear

Nah, top 10 porn flicks, never... I only remember a few that I have ever watched...

1. Debbie does Dallas
2. Debbie does Everything Else
3. Smokey703 gets done by The New Orleans Saints Offensive Line

Knew it was comming.

**smokey703** · 05-24-07, 11:58 PM

Good one CB.

**countybear** · 05-25-07, 12:01 AM

Originally Posted by smokey703

Good one CB.

**Caveman** · 05-25-07, 12:27 AM

The Great Escape.....

Band Of Brothers......

Saving Private Ryan......

**keith720** · 05-25-07, 09:02 AM

1. Band of Brothers
2. Saving Private Ryan
3. Schindlers List
4. 12 O'Clock High

**Beans** · 05-25-07, 09:55 AM

I forgot about Schindlers list. Saving Sophie Scholl is another great one. It is German with subtitles, but I loved it.
Thanks for the porn titles.

**Caveman** · 05-25-07, 10:13 AM

What about Top Secret with Val Kilmer

**sgtbear111** · 05-25-07, 11:14 AM

The Young Lions
Longest Day
Schindlers List
Das Boot
Action in the North Atlantic
Midway
The Great Raid
Enemy at the Gates

**Beans** · 05-25-07, 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by sgtbear111

The Young Lions
Longest Day
Schindlers List
Das Boot
Action in the North Atlantic
Midway
The Great Raid
Enemy at the Gates

Enemy at the Gates! Great one, another one I forgot.

**Beans** · 05-25-07, 11:19 AM

Originally Posted by cajunguy

ETO = European Theater of Operations

My Dad was at Normandy. He's 86 now, and still my hero.

His photo albums tell a whole story.
.

Nice, you are correct sir. My grandfather is 91 and was part of a unit that liberated the concentration cap Dachau. The stories he has are unreal. I really need to document his stories on video before they are gone forever.
He has some great stuff that he took. Nazi armbands and German Army manuals and propaganda books.

**Ducky** · 05-25-07, 08:57 PM

Slightly OT here, but ancestry.com recently uploaded a LOT of military records, and they're free to search till June 6 or so. We found my grandfather's draft registration card from WWI (1917) - and he was listed as married. Thing is, he didn't meet my grandmother till 10 years after that, and he never said anything about having been married before. So now I'm trying to find a marriage certificate.

Ok, back to your regularly scheduled program.