Lesser Known War Movies

[odanny]

I've seen this one, good but not great. Worth a watch.

Did just watch this one yesterday on Prime. A pretty good, realistic film. Available for free on Prime, but considering there are multiple stops for advertising during its length, I had enough and canceled Prime.

1944 (2015) ⭐ 7.0 | Drama, History, War

1h 40m

www.imdb.com

 

[Ringel05]

Here's a good WW I movie.

 

[hjmick]

Taking Chance...

Taking Chance (TV Movie 2009) ⭐ 7.4 | Drama, War

1h 17m | TV-PG

www.imdb.com

 

[dblack]

 

[Ringo]

There is a good one about the Soviet genocide of the Polish Officer Corp in WWll, they tried to blame it on the Nazis. Can't remember the name.

Don't use Goebbels propaganda too often.

 

[odanny]

Don't use Goebbels propaganda too often.

Let's try and avoid getting into war atrocities arguments, every one involved in WWII committed atrocities, some were worse than others, of course, but no one was immune. War is an atrocity and everyone suffers from it.

 

[hjmick]

Enemy at the Gates (2001) ⭐ 7.5 | Action, Drama, War

2h 11m | R

www.imdb.com

 

[odanny]

Great suggestion!

A Midnight Clear is one of my favorite lesser known war movies. Frank Whaley plays a medic in this, and he also plays a medic in When Trumpets Fade

 

[fncceo]

A 1985 Japanese War movie ... with a decidedly anti-War theme ...

 

[odanny]

Enemy at the Gates (2001) ⭐ 7.5 | Action, Drama, War

2h 11m | R

www.imdb.com

This movie is a joke compared to the original. In fact, it sullies the very name of the classic book "Enemy At The Gates", a must read on this battle, along with "Stalingrad" by Antony Beever.

Stalingrad from 1993 is a classic, must see film.

Here is one that is also a must see.

Operation Anthropoid

Anthropoid (2016) ⭐ 7.2 | Action, Drama, History

2h | R

www.imdb.com

 

[fncceo]

'Sink the Bismarck' based on the great C.S. Forester novel and starring Dana Wynter

 

[AMart]

Don't use Goebbels propaganda too often.

Keep sucking cock that destroyed your country.

 

[whitehall]

"Hellcats of the Navy" 1957 starring future president Ron Reagan and Nancy.

 

[odanny]

This is the true story behind When Trumpets Fade

Hallowed Ground: Kall Trail, Germany

As one hikes down the Kall Trail today in Germany’s Hürtgen Forest, it is almost impossible to visualize how U.S. forces in November 1944 managed to get

www.historynet.com

The Hürtgen Forest, 1944: The Worst Place of Any

A chilling excerpt from the final book in Rick Atkinson's Liberation Trilogy

www.historynet.com

 

[Flopper]

Here is little know submarine movie made in 1957 that is rarely seen these days but is a fine movie. In WWII in the battle in the Atlantic, two equally able captains on opposing sides square off in a life-and-death game of tactical maneuvering. American Capt. Murrell (Robert Mitchum) helms the destroyer USS Haynes, while his Nazi counterpart, Von Stolberg (Curt Jurgens), commands a German U-boat. As both men follow their orders, they push their crews to greater lengths to achieve victory. Over the course of the intense battle, a respect develops among enemies.

It is an intense movie with an unexpected ending.

Rotten Tomatoes rates as 86% and best of all you can watch the complete movie for free by clicking the link below.

 

[Mac-7]

A made for t.v. movie that is at least a war movie by the title.
"The Milagro Beanfield War" that will be very appealing to leftists mostly.
It's about the fight to defeat a big developer intending to destroy the lifestyle of ordinary people in a US, Mexican village of Milagro. A highly satisfying outcome that also includes a statement against the gun issue.

Thats off topic

 

[hjmick]

 

[odanny]

Stalingrad (1993)

 

[Flopper]

Here is a movie that barely meets the qualification of a war movie because it takes place just after the end of the war. This is not an action adventure movie but it is certainly about the war. Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 98%. It also won 8 academy awards including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Director.

"The Best Years Of Our Lives is an eloquent tribute to returned veterans [and] a magnificent, brilliant contribution to motion pictures as an art."

"Every member of the cast Is so much like some one you know, every one so natural and likable, as real and pathetic as any human being close to your heart, but Fredric March, Dana Andrews, and Harold Russell give faultless performances."

"No battle scenes, but possibly, the Best War Movie you've ever seen"

The Best Years of Our Lives

Fred, Al and Homer are three World War II veterans facing difficulties as they re-enter civilian life. Fred (Dana Andrews) is a war hero who, unable to compete with more highly skilled workers, has to return to his low-wage soda jerk job. Bank executive Al (Fredric March) gets into trouble for...

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[Flopper]

Here's a war movie that is really just about one Day, Jun 6, 1944
also know as:


It's a long movie but it's a good movie composed of a number vignettes that make up the Longest Day.