Why is it only one choice?

On your list there was at least 4 movies that is nr 1

1 Das Boot
1 The longest day
1 Saving Private Ryan
1 A bridge too far

Markus

Its a poll, it doesnt allow you to choose multiples.

I love the longest day and das boot. I refuse to choose between them. :rock:

The Pianist

it takes me weeks to recover every time I see it

@Letum, then choose "other"

@Crash, lol theres always gotta be a rebel in the bunch :hmm:

The Longest Day - Definately a classic, with an all-star cast and some memorable quotes 'Yeah, it takes an Irishman to play the pipes!' 'Wounds my heart with a monotonous langour.'
A Bridge too Far - Also a great film, more Connery and a bit of Caine...the German tanks were a bit off but otherwise good stuff. The music score was memorable too...same as The Longest Day.
Das Boot - The Daddy of all submarine films....nuff said. Best watched in original German with English subtitles :up:
Saving Private Ryan - Would you believe it, I only watched this the other day for the first time. Very Hollywood in places but managed to avoid some of the major cliches. The fact that Upham remained cowering even when the rest of the team were getting slaughtered made me nod my head in appreiciation, in other war films that would have been the moment he reached for his BAR and went gung ho into action. However, the whole reason for the mission, the whole 'go out and grab one guy' was a little far-fetched and a bit too Hollywood IMHO.
The Great Escape - Classic Steve McQueen, the moments in the cooler particularly funny and the 'Good luck' bit particularly cringeworthy ('Noooo!! You got that far why the hell did you have to slip up!!')
Other - The Battle of Britain - This is probably the one I'm gonna vote for here...it's got all the events covered, and covered beautifully. The special effects are good even to this day, the dogfight scenes wonderfully enacted....and when you add to this fact that I'm British and come from the south-east...well, the Battle of Britain has a soft-spot for me.
Hell, even the missus quite enjoyed it.

I haven't seen Cross of Iron or Stalingrad yet (saw part of 'Enemy at the Gates' during a History lesson....wasn't overly impressed) but I will put them on my list to watch.

There are a lot of accounts of men being saved by there helmets only to be shot in the head moments later. Usually the shock from being hit in the head keeps their heads up for another clean shot.. Realism. Grim reality.. LUCK has everything to do with it.

Das boot is the fav so far in this forum? Who would've thunk it. Its my fav, I also thought Tora! Tora! Tora! is great, and I like private ryan. I hear a lot of British complaining that private ryan is too hollywood, and by watching it you would think it was only americans at normandy, when in fact the majority were British, so maybe Ryan isn't as historically accurate and too hollywood than it should be. But nevertheless entertaining enough to be one of my favorites. The Great Escape is pretty good too.

The Longest Day - Definately a classic, with an all-star cast and some memorable quotes 'Yeah, it takes an Irishman to play the pipes!' 'Wounds my heart with a monotonous langour.'

I've got lunatics laughing at me from the woods. My original plan has been scuppered now that the jeeps haven't arrived. My communications are completely broken down. Do you really believe any of that can be helped by a cup of tea?

Couldn't hurt Sir.

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I would also throw Patton into the mix

I picked "Cross of Iron" but I have the uncut version that does not have the BBFC certification on it (lucky me).
But there are other's I like:-
The Enemy below
Sink the Bismark
Battle of Brittain
633 Squadron
Were Eagles Dare
The Great Raid
Just to name a few

I picked Saving Private Ryan, just thinking about it, it practically started every WWII shooter up until now. Patton should be on that list and Enemy at the Gates is worth honorable mention(certainly not the best but must see WWII material).

edit: also see Europa Europa

What is the BBFC cert your talking about? What am I missing with the cut version?

Gee, can I vote for Pearl Harbor? :88)

I have to go with the Great Escape. Classic.