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World War II Movies
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- 16 visitors recommend:
Action in the North Atlantic (VHS)
Source: Lloyd Bacon, Byron Haskin, directors
- Humphrey Bogart as the X.O. on a Liberty Ship. One of the most popular early WWII action movies. Amazon readers give it 4.5 stars. (1943)
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- 84 visitors recommend:
Saving Private Ryan (DVD)
Source: Steven Spielberg, director
- Tom Hanks and Matt Damon star in this modern classic of a war movie. Includes a realistic, terrible scene of Omaha Beach on D-Day. (1999)
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- 46 visitors recommend:
Enemy at the Gates (DVD)
Source: Jean-Jacques Annaud, director
- A magnificent modern WWII movie! A Russian sharpshooter (Jude Law) and a German sharpshooter (Ed Harris) duel at the Battle of Stanlingrad. This movie is extremely well made. It provides honest historical context -- showing the brutality of the communists as well as the Nazis -- and rivots you with a good story. (2001)
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- 16 visitors recommend:
So Proudly We Hail (VHS)
Source: Mark Sandrich, director
- The story of nurses on Bataan and Correigador during WWII. Claudette Colbert, Veronica Lake, and Paulette Goddard star. Amazon reviewers give it 4.5 stars. (1943)
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- 15 visitors recommend:
Thin Red Line (DVD)
Source: Terrence Malick, director
- One of the rare modern WWII movies set in the Pacific (mainly the battle for Guadalcanal). Excellent. (1999)
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- 13 visitors recommend:
World War II movie collection (DVD)
Source: History Channel
- A four-disc collection including four of the best Hollywood movies on the war ever made -- "The Thin Red Line," "Patton," "Tora! Tora! Tora!" and "The Longest Day." (2001)
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- 4 visitors recommend:
The Young Lions (DVD)
Source: Edward Dmytryk, director
- A German officer -- Marlon Brando -- and two American soldiers -- Montgomery Clift and Dean Martin -- whose lives intersect outside a concentration camp. (1958)
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- 2 visitors recommend:
Kings Go Forth (DVD)
Source: Delmer Daves, director
- A melodrama about two GIs (Frank Sinatra and Tony Curtis) in France at the end of the WWII competing for the love of a local girl (Natalie Wood). Amazon reviewers give it 5 stars. (1958)
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- 23 visitors recommend:
Twelve O'Clock High (DVD)
Source: Henry King, director
- A highly acclaimed drama about American bomber squadrons based in England in WWII. It includes real footage. Stars Gregory Peck. Amazon reviewers give it 4.5 stars. (1949)
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- 21 visitors recommend:
Air Force (VHS)
Source: Howard Hawks, director
- A B-17 takes off on December 7, 1941 and witnesses Pearl Harbor. Amazon readers give it 4.5 stars. (1943)
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- 19 visitors recommend:
Command Decision (VHS)
Source: Sam Wood, director
- Clark Gable wrestles with having to send crews on suicidally dangerous missions over Japan. Amazon reviewers give it 5 stars. (1949)
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- 14 visitors recommend:
Desperate Journey (DVD)
Source: Raoul Walsh, director
- Enjoyable propaganda starring Errol Flynn and Ronald Reagan as downed pilots fighting to escape Germany. (1942)
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- 13 visitors recommend:
Walter Grauman (VHS)
Source: David Seltzer, director
- Cliff Robertson is Yank in the Royal Air Force. The modern appeal of this movie for many people is that it features real RAF Mosquito fighter/bombers. Amazon reviewers give it 4 stars. (1964)
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- 8 visitors recommend:
Hanover Street (DVD)
Source: Peter Hyams, director
- Harrison Ford is an American fighter pilot stationed in England. Amazon reviewers give it 4 stars. (1979)
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- 3 visitors recommend:
The War Lover (VHS)
Source: Philip Leacock, director
- Steve McQueen and Robert Wagner are B-17 pilots in a love triangle with Shirley Ann Field. Amazon reviewers rave about the aerial photography and give it 5 stars. (1962)
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- 42 visitors recommend:
The Longest Day (DVD)
Source: Darryl F. Zanuck, director
- A D-Day epic. John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, Sean Connery, and Richard Burton lead the all-star cast. Amazon reviewers give it 4.5 stars. (1962)
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- 25 visitors recommend:
The Bridge at Remagen (DVD)
Source: John Guillermin, director
- It's March 1945 and the Allies struggle to hold the Bridge at Remagan. One of the best World War II action films of the '60s. Amazon reviewers give it 4.5 stars. (1969)
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- 21 visitors recommend:
To Hell and Back (VHS)
Source: Jesse Hibbs, director
- Audie Murphy stars as himself in a film about his WWII experieces as a soldier in the Third Infantry Division in Italy and Southern France. Audie was the most decorated American soldier of WWII. Amazon reviewers give it 4.5 stars. (1955)
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- 12 visitors recommend:
Desert Rats (DVD)
Source: Robert Wise, director
- Richard Burton battles to defend Tobruk against Rommel until the British can regroup. Amazon reviewers give it 5 stars. (1959)
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- 11 visitors recommend:
Anzio (DVD)
Source: Edward Dmytryk, director
- Robert Mitchum and Peter Falk land with the Allies in Anzio, Italy. Amazon readers say its historically inaccurate but entertaining. (1968)
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- 7 visitors recommend:
Bataan (DVD)
Source: Tay Garnett, director
- One of MacArthur's platoons fights its way through a retreat in the Phillippine jungle. One of the most popular WWII movies. Amazon reviewers give it 4.5 stars. (1943)
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- 7 visitors recommend:
A Walk in the Sun (DVD)
Source: Lewis Milestone, director
- Director Lewis Milestone is the man who created "All Quiet on the Western Front." Here he takes on WWII with a character-based (not action-based) chronicle of an American platoon moving through Italy. (1945)
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- 7 visitors recommend:
Three Legendary World War II Movies on DVD
Source: Carol Reed, director
- A nice set for the collection. Three DVDs at a very low price. Includes "Gung Ho," "Go for Broke," and "The Immortal Battalion." (1945)
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- 5 visitors recommend:
To the Shores of Tripoli (VHS)
Source: H. Bruce Humberstone, director
- John Payne as a playboy rich kid who joins the Marines. (1942)
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- 5 visitors recommend:
Hell Is For Heroes (DVD)
Source: Don Siegel, director
- Steve McQueen, Bob Newhart, and James Coburn star in this story of a heroic, undermanned American platoon in France holding off a German advance. Amazon reviewers give it 4 stars. (1962)
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- 4 visitors recommend:
Go for Broke! (DVD)
Source: Robert Pirosh, director
- The story of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team -- the Japanese-Americans who fought gallantly in Europe. Amazon reviewers give it 5 stars. (1951)
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- 1 visitors recommend:
Everyman's War
Source: One-Eighty Films
- A story of hope and courage. Outgunned and
outnumbered, Staff Sgt. Don Smith
struggles to find hope and courage against
overwhelming odds in one of the decisive
confrontations in the "Battle of the
Bulge" during WWII.
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- 22 visitors recommend:
The Gallant Hours (VHS)
Source: Robert Montgomery, director
- James Gagney is Admiral William "Bull" Halsey during the early days of the war, including Guadalcanal. Amazon reviewers give it a solid 5 stars. (1960)
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- 11 visitors recommend:
The Enemy Below (VHS)
Source: Dick Powell, director
- Robert Mitchum is the captain of an American destroyer and Curt Jurgens is the captain of a German submarine. Amazon reviewers give it 4.5 stars. (1957)
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- 10 visitors recommend:
Wackiest Ship in the Army (VHS)
Source: Richard Murphy, director
- A family-oriented comedy. Jack Lemmon stars. Amazon reviewers give it 4 stars. (1961)
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- 8 visitors recommend:
Wake Island (VHS)
Source: John Farrow, director
- Amazon reviewers give it 4 stars, one wrote: "The emphasis is on the action here, as it should be, and it is efficiently and effectively played out. There's a number of familiar character actors that give the movie a comfortable feel. The film is competently made, and history lovers and war buffs will no doubt find it entertaining enough." (1942)
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- 8 visitors recommend:
Father Goose (DVD)
Source: Ralph Nelson, director
- Cary Grant's final performance. He plays a beach bum who monitors Japanese air activity for the Australian navy when a pretty French schoolmistress and her seven little charges crash land nearby. Amazon reviewers give it 5 stars. (1964)
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- 6 visitors recommend:
Lifeboat (VHS)
Source: Alfred Hitchcock, director
- An Alfred Hitchcock mystery set on a lone surviving lifeboat after a German U-boat attack. Amazon reviewers give it 4.5 stars. (1944)
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- 6 visitors recommend:
Torpedo Run (VHS)
Source: Joseph Pevney, director
- Glenn Ford is the captain and Ernest Borgnine is the XO on a submarine hunting a Japanese carrier. Amazon reviewers give it 4 stars. (1958)
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- 5 visitors recommend:
Fighting Seabees (DVD)
Source: Edward Ludwig, director
- John Wayne and Susan Hayward star in this action classic. (1944)
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- 4 visitors recommend:
We Dive at Dawn (VHS)
Source: Anthony Asquith, director
Country: United Kingdom
- A British submarine hunts a German warship in the Baltic Sea. Amazon reviewers give it 4.5 stars. (1943)
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- 1 visitors recommend:
Hellcats of the Navy (VHS)
Source: Nathan Juran, director
- Ronald Reagan is the commander of a U.S. submarine sent on a special mission. Amazon reviewers give it 4 stars. (1957)
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- 15 visitors recommend:
Guadalcanal Diary (DVD)
Source: Lewis Seiler, director
- A somewhat stereotypical war movie made during the war, but relatively true to the facts -- which were dramatic. Amazon reviewers give it 4 stars. (1943)
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- 121 visitors recommend:
Band of Brothers (DVD)
Source: Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, producers
- The best WWII miniseries ever made, if not the best movie. Fantastic. Magnificent. Awesome. Inspiring. (2001)
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- 22 visitors recommend:
Guns of Navarone (DVD Special Edition)
Source: J. Lee Thompson, director
- Gregory Peck leads a star-studded cast charged with a near impossible mission: destroy a pair of German guns nestled in a protective cave on the strategic Mediterranean island of Navarone. A thrilling war movie. Amazon reviewers give it 4 stars. (1961)
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- 21 visitors recommend:
Where Eagles Dare (VHS)
Source: Brian G. Hutton, director
- Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood fight their way to a mountain-top German castle. One of the best WWII movies. Amazon reviewers give it 4.5 stars. (1969)
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- 7 visitors recommend:
Devil's Brigade (DVD)
Source: Andrew V. McLaglen, director
- In the tradition of "Dirty Dozen," misfits are transformed into commandos. One Amazon reviewer reports that the movie is used by the Marine Corps as a mountain warfare training tool. (1968)
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- 17 visitors recommend:
Casablanca (DVD)
Source: Michael Curtiz, director
- Is there really anything we could add here? (1943)
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- 12 visitors recommend:
Shining Through (VHS)
Source: David Seltzer, director
- Michael Douglas is a spy in Germany, Liam Neeson is a Nazi, and Melanie Griffith is the love interest. Amazon reviewers give it 4 stars. (1992)
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- 10 visitors recommend:
The Eagle Has Landed (DVD)
Source: John Sturges, director
- Michael Caine and Donald Sutherland star in this thriller about a Nazi officer who takes over a small town as part of a plot to assassinate Winston Churchill. Amazon reviewers give it 4.5 stars. (1976)
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- 5 visitors recommend:
All through the Night (VHS)
Source: Vincent Sherman, director
- A comedy-thriller. Humphrey Bogart is pitted against Nazi saboteurs. Amazon readers give it 5 stars. (1942)
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- 5 visitors recommend:
Edge of Darkness (VHS)
Source: Lewis Milestone, director
- Errol Flynn and Ann Sheridan star in this story of a Norwegian village uprising against the Nazi occupation. Amazon reviewers give it 5 stars. (1943)
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- 5 visitors recommend:
Golden Earrings (VHS)
Source: Mitchell Leisen, director
- Marlene Dietrich is a seductive gypsy who spies on the Nazis. Amazon reviewers give it 5 stars. (1947)
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- 4 visitors recommend:
Blood on the Sun (DVD)
Source: Frank Lloyd, director
- James Cagney plays a tenacious reporter who discovers the Japanese government's plan for world domination. Amazon reviewers give it 4.5 stars. (1945)
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- 4 visitors recommend:
Eye of the Needle (DVD)
Source: Richard Marquand, director
- Donald Sutherland stars as a German spy in this thriller based on the Ken Follett bestseller. Amazon reviewers give it 5 stars. (1981)
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- 3 visitors recommend:
To Have and Have Not (VHS)
Source: Howard Hawks, director
- Humphrey Bogart and a 20-year-old Lauren Bacall star in a Casablanca-like movie adaptation of an Ernest Hemingway book. Bogart plays a boat captain who reluctantly agrees to help the French Resistance. Amazon reviewers give it 5 stars. (1945)
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- 2 visitors recommend:
Background to Danger (VHS)
Source: Raoul Walsh, director
- One Amazon reader writes: "Set in neutral Turkey circa WW2, this nearly-forgotten film is a fast-paced tale of espionage ... a crisp, actionful movie, with a brisk car chase spicing up the latter sections." (1943)
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- 11 visitors recommend:
The Best Years of Our Lives (DVD)
Source: William Wyler, director
- A drama about domestic life after World War II. Winner of seven Academy Awards. Amazon reviewers give it 5 stars. (1946)
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- 8 visitors recommend:
The Hasty Heart (VHS)
Source: Vincent Sherman, director
- One of Ronald Reagan's best films. A Scottish soldier tries to recover in an Asian hospital near the end of the war. Amazon reviewers give it 4.5 stars. (1949)
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- 7 visitors recommend:
Yanks (VHS)
Source: John Schlesinger, director
- Richard Gere and Lisa Eichhorn star in this popular romance movie about American soldiers and English women in WWII. (1979)
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- 25 visitors recommend:
The Great Escape (DVD)
Source: John Sturges, director
- Steve McQueen, James Garner, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, David McCallum and other stars break out from a Nazi POW camp. One of the true greats. Amazon reviewers give it a solid 5 stars. (1963)
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- 7 visitors recommend:
MacArthur (DVD)
Source: Joseph Sargent, director
- Gregory Peck as Douglas MacArthur. (1977)
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- 18 visitors recommend:
Escape From Sobibor (DVD)
Source: Jack Gold, director
- The true story of a daring, successful escape from a Nazi concentration camp in Poland. Amazon reviewers give it 4.5 stars. (1987)
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- 12 visitors recommend:
Von Ryan's Express (VHS)
Source: Mark Robson, director
- Frank Sinatra leads a thrilling escape from a World War II POW camp in Italy. Amazon reviewers give it 4.5 stars. (1965)
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- 10 visitors recommend:
The Hill (VHS)
Source: Sidney Lumet, director
- Sean Connery stars in this powerful war movie set in a POW camp in Libya. Amazon reviewers give it 5 stars and glowing reviews. (1965)
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- 6 visitors recommend:
Captive Hearts (DVD)
Source: Paul Almond, director
- A captured American pilot falls in love with a Japanese girl. (1987)
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