WWII DVDs (1 Viewer)

[ForresterW]

hello

i would really appreciate if anyone can recommend a good WW-II DVDs(documantary or movie) which are already out or soon to be out. i am more interested in documantaries but i wouldnt mind a good movie either

thank you =)

 

[Bill J]

I'll give you some good films:
Saving Private Ryan
The Thin Red Line
Patton
The Longest Day
When Trumpets Fade
Das Boot
Tora! Tora! Tora!
A Bridge Too Far
A Midnight Clear is a good film, but it is going to be released in pan&scan.

 

[BrianP]

The World at War is an excellent documentary that is available on DVD.

 

[Tony_Faville]

The Guns of Navarone is a good WWII flick as well as a good DVD. They made a fairly decent SE out of it.

 

[Jeff_HR]

I would agree that"The World at War" is most likely the best telling of WWII in documentary form. I would like to add "Twelve O'Clock High" & "The Great Escape" as other good WWII movies.

 

[Glenn Overholt]

AArrggghhhhh! Bridge on the River Kwai - one of the best ever made.

Glenn

 

[Larry Bevil]

I also liked a good Burt Lancaster WWII flick - The Train

 

[Philip Klein]

Das Boot
Stalingrad
if you want a different point of view

 

[Brook K]

Grave of the Fireflies - the best animated film I've seen is about 2 Japanese children trying to survive in Tokyo during the final days of the war.

They Were Expendable - very good John Ford/John Wayne film about Navy PT-Boats in the Phillipines

Mr. Roberts - sailors incl Jack Lemmon and Henry Fonda try to pass the time on a dilapidated minesweeper far from the action.

and more recently:

Divided We Fall, a Czech film about a couple who hide a Jew in their house. Nominated for a best foreign film Academy Award last year. I think it's already out on R1 DVD.

I really wish someone (Warner?) would put out the Frank Capra "Why We Fight" films.

 

[Jeff_HR]

Yes, "The Train" is a great DVD. I especially enjoyed the John Frankenheimer commentary.

 

[Philip Klein]

The Why We Fight films are out on DVD.
here ya go
why we fight
damn cheap too

 

[Terry H]

Stalag 17
In Harm's Way

 

[Brian E]

While not a documentary, Link Removed is a great look at the everyday "Joe" in WWII. Image's release is pretty nice.

 

[Hendrik]

...a few random titles (all available on DVD afaik)...
-> from Hollywood:
-- Hangmen Also Die
-- Bataan
-- A Walk In The Sun
-- Run Silent, Run Deep
-- Hell In The Pacific
-- When Trumpets Fade
-- The Best Years Of Our Lives
-> American TV Documentary series:
-- WW II In Color
-- Victory At Sea
-> from the former USSR (on RUSCICO DVDs):
-- Ballad of a Soldier
-- The Cranes Are Flying
-- Come And See
-> from Germany:
-- Aimée & Jaguar
-> from the Netherlands:
-- Soldier Of Orange
-> from Japan:
-- Black Rain
-- Human Condition - Parts 1/2/3 (on 3 DVDs from image)
-> from the UK (on Region2/PAL DVDs):
-- In Which We Serve
-- A Matter Of Life And Death
-- A Canterbury Tale
-- A Town Like Alice
-- The Battle Of The River Plate
. . . . . .

 

[Henry V]

There's also Billy Wilder's SAHARA (1943) starring Humphrey Bogart and Sam Peckinpah's CROSS OF IRON (1977) starring James Coburn and James Mason.

 

[Marty M]

I would also recommend The Big Red One. A very good movie that follows a squad throughout WW II. The movie stars Lee Marvin.

 

[balendu]

Das Boot - excellent movie from a German point of view.

Patton - great disc and movie, and George C.Scott's

performance is amazing.

Tuskegee Airmen or Memphis Belle - for the airwar

 

[Dennis Nicholls]

I really wish someone (Warner?) would put out the Frank Capra "Why We Fight" films.

There will be THREE versions of WWF in about a week's time: Madacy, Goodtimes, and now United American (release date 2 April). The Madacy is UNACCEPTABLE since they CUT the climactic final 12 minutes of The Battle of Russia - it jumps straight to the closing credits! Anybody got the Goodtimes yet? I'm ordering it and the United American versions. Maybe I'll even get around to a cross review of all three.
Hendryk: IIRC Victory at Sea is only available in Region 2. Why would the Europeans be interested in a paen to US naval greatness?

 

[Paul W]

What about The Devil's Brigade coming out this May? Is it a good movie? As I recall, this is another misfit GI movie with some Canadian troops thrown in the mix.

 

[Blu]

They were expendable is excellent

In Harms way is also very good

Midway I love

Saving Private Ryan is a crown jewel!