Bridge over the river Kwai, Dirty dozen, Whats the one with clint eastwood, Dom Delouise, and others ?

The Longest Day.

Where Eagles Dare?

Or Kelly's Heroes :)

Let's think Possitive
 

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The possible gain that this new film might have on us in the Submarine Fleet is that every time those same Producers become aware of another refurbished and fully operational WWII Fleet Boat , there is a good chance that they, Maybe even Spielberg himself , might realize the Availability of that reconditioned Sub for thier own potential Epic Sub Movie. Let us hope that this will be the result of all this.

Schlippittz mentioned The Longest Day. I would add Battleground, Twelve O'Clock High, The Great Raid (very recent, and already forgotten, but a very good movie), A Bridge Too Far, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, They Were Expendable, PT-109 (not a great movie, but certainly watchable), The Great Escape. And both the recent Clint Eastwood movies: Flags Of Our Fathers was good, and Letters From Iwo Jima I would classify as truly great. And though it's not a movie, let's not forget Band of Brothers.

But I will also watch Das Boot over and over. And I have the 5-hour version.

I didn't get to this thread/yourPost soon enough to respond.... I agree with 95% of the great American WWII movies mentioned by the others. I could add a few more, but I think you've gotten the point.

Well....here's another few of my favorites: "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo", "The War Lover", and "Sands of Iwo Jima"

P.S. I also will watch Das Boot many more times, and if ranking the Best of the Best, I would place Das Boot Very near to the top of the list. (My Best of the Best List obviously not limited to only American-made movies).

Looking at the actors I couldn’t help but notice this guy.
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Related to Das Boot Captain?

Let’s put some cheesy chin fuzz and a hat on him
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DAD!
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"Kelly's Heros"?

Or are you thinking of another one? I can't remember if Dom was in KH.

There are quite a few good U.S. WWII movies people have mentioned. I couldn't even think of them all.

IIRC, "Battle Hell" was another good one.

:rotfl:

Saw the movie Flags of Our Father... I kinda thought it was crappy, I guess it was made for American domestic consumption. Letters from Iwo Jima was pretty damn good though. Another movie I never see talked about, but I thought was brilliant was a movie called 'When Trumpets Fade'. It's more drama than action, but damn this was a great film. It follows an American infantryman who is treated like a coward for being the only survivor of his platoon... but the truth is vastly different.

Not holding my breath on this new film, actors look kinda pretty boy to me. If it had a few guys in there with faces only a mother would love, it would be more convincing. Still, Peter Jacksons first movies blew up sheep with rocket launchers and used the V6 Ford Capri as a secret service car, i'll give anything a shot. Good luck to the crew making this film.

Ok. So there are some good american WWII movies. I also forgot the great raid. And i also liked the 2 Iwo Jima movies Clint made. Fingers crossed this one will have the same high standard.
I know it's a German production but have you ever seen Stalingrad?

I agree with most of your selection, but Midway and the Bulge!!!:down:..............

Just read the "Plot"........


Oh dear me.....:nope:

One I saw recently on DVD was When Trumpets Fade. I gagged at what a German bullet did to a US soldier's lower jaw.:o

To me Das Boot is the all-time fave war movie.

I like also- Battle of Britain, Cross of Iron, Letters From Iwo Jima, The Tuskagee Airmen, Saving Private Ryan, Battle of Midway, Bridge Over River Kwai, Empire of The Sun, Memphis Belle, just to name some.

What I don't like about American movies is the fact Hollywood tries to rewrite history. Don't they know the rest of us are educated? In fact some years ago a survey done on American students revealed that many of them thought WW2 started 1n 1941 at Pearl Harbor.:88)

Look on the bright side...

At least the Drum is getting a makeover!

the plot sounds OK, until you get to the "lost brother" drama. what a crock!

and if you think there was a good minute in the film "Pearl Habor," let alone an entire hour, I have some land I want to sell you. almost nothing about that film was accurate.