I choose "Der Untergang" (also known as "The Downfall"), hands down.
2007-02-16 03:35:15 · 16 answers · asked by possessed Regan 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Have none of you americans seen World War 2 movies made by Germans? Those are the best, really, all these american movies are just fake. I can't believe no one has chosen Der Untergang. Movies about Germans made by Germans are way more realistic than those american movies about american soldiers.
2007-02-16 04:46:33 · update #1
"Saving Private Ryan," hands down. A close second would be "Das Boot," in the original uncut director's version (which means subtitles and not being dubbed).
And the last time I looked, German-made movies weren't getting a lot of screen time here in the US. I would imagine to see one of those, you'd have to go somewhere that they're being played...like, maybe, Germany? ("Das Boot" played in the US because it was distributed here.)
2007-02-16 04:51:53 · answer #1 · answered by Team Chief 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Saving Private Ryan
2007-02-16 03:50:25 · answer #2 · answered by Ms Scarlet 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Oh my a rough one.....here's my list top 5 for me.
1. The Longest Day
2. Bridge over the River Kwai
3. Patton
4. Saving Private Ryan
5. Sands of Iwo Jima
2007-02-16 03:42:02 · answer #3 · answered by greg k 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Saving Private Ryan. I Know that the story is to save Ryan, but the context is The Second WW. A Unique Master piece, The directing is amazing (Best Director 99 : Spielberg), You seen these shots?!! The acting is perfect, Tom Hanks and Sizemore particullary. And the Screenplay one of the greatest.
2007-02-16 03:47:15 · answer #4 · answered by moviesfoxx 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Perhaps the original Manchurian Candidate (though that's more Cold War that WW2). Private Ryan is pretty good too. Catch-22 shows the sheer stupidity of war (though the book is infinitely better), and the German TV Series 'Das Boot'.
Hope that helps.
2007-02-16 03:40:46 · answer #5 · answered by Superdog 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
That movie is good!
For holocaust, watch The Gray Zone
For action, even though it's not a movie, watch Band of Brothers
To simply soak it in, try The Thin Red Line
I hear this currently playing French movie Days of Glory is really good but I haven't seen it yet.
2007-02-16 03:39:36 · answer #6 · answered by Nicnac 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Battlezone (an old 50s movie) Thoufght t he first 20 minutes of Saving Private Ryan sums up war very effectively.
2007-02-16 03:58:53 · answer #7 · answered by Jazzbass83 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
DOWNFALL is great, but you really have to know the details of history to follow who all the characters are.
2 great "allegory" films about WW2 are:
LIFEBOAT by Alfred Hitchcock
SCHINDLER'S LIST by Steven Speilberg
2 superb low-tech British WW2 films are:
WENT THE DAY WELL?
ONE OF OUR AIRCRAFT IS MISSING
2007-02-16 06:15:12 · answer #8 · answered by papyrusbtl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Saving Private Ryan has my vote, although Das Boot is also a classic.
2007-02-16 03:40:22 · answer #9 · answered by diogenese_97 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Schindler's List definitely touching humanity
2007-02-16 03:39:57 · answer #10 · answered by Dosage 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋