Must own German WW1/2 movies

[Rob E.]

Ok guys (and gals) help me out!

I currently own:

All quiet on the western front
Cross of Iron
Das Boot
Downfall
Enemy at the Gates
Ilsa She-Wolf of the SS (no collection is complete without it )
The Night Porter
The Occult History of the Third Reich
Schindler's List
Saving Private Ryan
Stalingrad
Triumph of the Will
U-234 Hitlers last U-Boat

What am I missing?

[MauserKar98k]

U-571

But seriously, Band of Brothers and the World at War Documentrary should be in all of our film libraries, if you don't have them already. For the German perspective, I've heard that Die Brücke (1959) and Hunde, Wollt Ihr Ewig Leben (1959) as well as Stormtrooper 1917 (or is it 1918) are also great movies. I'd recommend Come and See, but again, I've never seen it and it seems like one of those movies that you either love or hate, with not much middle ground.

And don't forget the classics: The Desert Fox, Sink the Bismarck, The Longest Day, The Train, The Eagle Has Landed, etc.

Doesn't have a German perspective but I've heard that Talvisota (1989), especially the full un-cut version, and Tali-Ihantala 1944 (2007) are must-sees as well.

[hucks216]

I would plump for..

Come And See (not sure if that counts as it is from the Soviet perspective, but agree with the above comment - you will either love it or hate it))
Uprising
Conspiracy
Sophie Scholl - The Last Days
The Pianist
Days Of Glory
Canal
Life Is Beautiful
Battle Of Britain
The Star (again, from the Soviet perspective - about a Soviet recce patrol behind German lines)
When Trumpets Fade
The Counterfeiters
A Bridge Too Far

[stonemint]

The US-made-for-TV "Big Three" of the early 80's:

1. Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985--w/ Bill Nighy, John Shea and Tony Randall)

2. The Bunker (1980--w/Anthony Hopkins)

3. Inside the Third Reich (1980--w/ Rutger Hauer)

[Diane]

Here are a few lesser known titles . . .

Firestorm (2003 w/ Sub)

The Reich Underground (w/sub)

The Architecture of Doom

The Goebbels Experiment

Television under the Swastika

Stalingrad ( 2003) The 3 Part Documentary

Olympia (1936) Not a war film

All these titles are available on DVD from www.amazon.com and

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[Norman LaBarge]

If you are looking for WW1 air combat movies. Here a few.

Dawn Patrol (Great)
The Blue Max (very good film)
Hell's Angels by Howard Hughes ( an early and OK movie)
Flyboys ( can be a fun film to watch if you get past the soap opera and other inaccuracies. I still enjoy watching the biplanes & triplanes whirl about.)
Norm

[Scott H]

I recommend The Train
Bridge at Remagen
Stalingrad
When Trumpets Fade

[Michael Root]

The Ogre


Decent film that rarely gets mentioned. The main character is French, but you get some HJ, SS and Russian front combat.

[Gene]

An overlooked WW1 movie is "Von Richtofen and Brown"

[Michele Zezio]

I like these movies too:

- Where the eagles dare;
- The guns of Navarone;
- Kelly's heroes

WR
Michele

[dect]

Guys, guys you missed some movies which are "a-must-have" and your collection is nothing without them

The Undead Reich! A collection of Nazi Zombie movies
1. Shock Waves
2. Zombie Lake
3. Oasis of the Zombies
4. Night of the Zombies

Also,
Outpost (2007), Dead Snow (2008) and Bunker (2001)

N'joy

[Immer Treue]

Decision Before Dawn great timepiece movie with a lot of real German "stuff". Filmed 1951.

World at War Series: Great story foremat. Also it's good place to do homework as toward when equipment/uniforms are not in continuity with actual time and place in video.

Immer

[Michael Root]

Decision Before Dawn great timepiece movie with a lot of real German "stuff". Filmed 1951.

nothing like channel surfing after midnight and finding this on AMC.

[George L]

Add these two

Memphis Belle
Patton

[Chad1]

missing titles

Here's couple I didn't see listed.

The Winter War (about the Russo-Finnish War)
Letters from Iwo Jima

And...

Paths of Glory

For those who haven't seen this film, there is an awesome attack seen where the French come out of the trench. This scene is really well done.