The Great Escape
The Dirty Dozen
Kelly's Heroes
Bridge on the River Kwai

Does Die Hard count as a WWII movie? Fighting Germans and saving his wife from the soulless Japanese company?

AustinAg2K said:

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Does Die Hard count as a WWII movie? Fighting Germans and saving his wife from the soulless Japanese company?

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JK... NO!!!!!

Zombie Jon Snow said:

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AustinAg2K said:

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Does Die Hard count as a WWII movie? Fighting Germans and saving his wife from the soulless Japanese company?

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JK... NO!!!!!

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To be fair, Takagi did state that "Pearl Harbor didn't work out, so we got you with (tape recorders??) ..."

But yeah, nope, doesn't count.

G Martin 87 said:

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rednecked said:

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I remember really enjoying Escape From Stalag 17 as a kid. was it the idea for Hogan's Heroes?

I also seem to remember a serious POW camp escape movie where they dig a long tunnel, it was a very tense movie as I recall. Was that The Great Escape? or a is there a different one?

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Yes, that's The Great Escape. WWII prison movies are a genre unto themselves. Hogan's Heroes was inspired by Stalag 17, IIRC.

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Hogan's Heroes was actually filmed, so you can find HD versions of the series.

I understand that many actual POWs were offended by the show because, apparently, being a POW wasn't actually all grins and giggles.

The Dirty Sock said:

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The Final Countdown

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Not sure how I missed this, now I'm thinking of adding a Sci-Fi/Comic Book/Horror Bracket if I do a WWII Tourney.

jkag89 said:

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The Dirty Sock said:

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The Final Countdown

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Not sure how I missed this, now I'm thinking of adding a Sci-Fi/Comic Book/Horror Bracket if I do a WWII Tourney.miss

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missed it too... loved that movie. great addition. Although I understand it kinda flopped back in 1980.

And it was filmed mostly on the actual USS Nimitz with full US Navy cooperation.

jkag89 said:

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The Dirty Sock said:

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The Final Countdown

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Not sure how I missed this, now I'm thinking of adding a Sci-Fi/Comic Book/Horror Bracket if I do a WWII Tourney.

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Overlord might be the top seed for that one. But then again, Captain America was pretty great, too.

The Longest Day

The rest are on Cinco Ranch's list on page juan

If y'all haven't seen the German miniseries Generation War (Unsere Mutter Unsere Vater in German) it is worth checking out.

That didn't suck

G Martin 87 said:

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jkag89 said:

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The Dirty Sock said:

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The Final Countdown

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Not sure how I missed this, now I'm thinking of adding a Sci-Fi/Comic Book/Horror Bracket if I do a WWII Tourney.

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Overlord might be the top seed for that one. But then again, Captain America was pretty great, too.

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Hellboy (2004) or Boys from Brazil. If I make it Sci-Fi/Comic Book/Fantasy/Alternative Time Line which I'm mulling over, Inglorious Basterds or maybe Bedknobs and Broomsticks. In other words, I could have all kinds of fun with this particular bracket.

Lots of my favorites listed already but I think these were missed:

The Big Red One - I always stop down to watch this one - Lee Marvin is awesome
Sands of Iwo Jima - Classic
In Harms Way
The Flying Leathernecks

Yeah, a bunch of John Wayne movies, but they are great!

rednecked said:

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G Martin 87 said:

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rednecked said:

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I remember really enjoying Escape From Stalag 17 as a kid. was it the idea for Hogan's Heroes?

I also seem to remember a serious POW camp escape movie where they dig a long tunnel, it was a very tense movie as I recall. Was that The Great Escape? or a is there a different one?

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Yes, that's The Great Escape. WWII prison movies are a genre unto themselves. Hogan's Heroes was inspired by Stalag 17, IIRC.

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thanks. definitely going to have to watch these again sometime.

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Stalag 17 is also a Christmas movie! One of my favorites

JB!98 said:

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Lots of my favorites listed already but I think these were missed:

The Big Red One - I always stop down to watch this one - Lee Marvin is awesome
Sands of Iwo Jima - Classic
In Harms Way
The Flying Leathernecks

Yeah, a bunch of John Wayne movies, but they are great!

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Nothing wrong with that. The three you mention are fantastic.

Teacher_Ag said:

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If y'all haven't seen the German miniseries Generation War (Unsere Mutter Unsere Vater in German) it is worth checking out.

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Thanks for the recommendation, never would have found this without the heads up. Definitely worth a watch.

Not a movie but.... my current favorite Nazi thing.....

guess it's been out there a while but new to me

Tora Tora Tora seems to be missing here, unless I missed it.

Man, don't know if I have 2. Tora is one. Midway (original), Patton, SPR, Dirty Dozen and Great Escape are all on there. And all equal in my book.

I love the shocked look from the Japanese pilots and crew on the last carrier as they watch the other 3 burning and sinking. From what I understand there was a lot of truth to that scene. The Japanese had gotten pretty over confident to that point and they were brought back down to earth hard.

Looking for suggestions for WWII espionage/spy films? Thinking of this as a catagory for a WWII Movie Bracket. There is Eye of the Needle, The Eagle Has Landed, maybe Where Eagles Dare but think of this more a a commando movie like The Guns of Navarino. Hitchcock has several good films that fit the catagory but looking for more strong films.

Dunkirk
Saving private Ryan.

What about Pearl Harbor... the one with the love triangle

River said:

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Dunkirk
Saving private Ryan.

What about Pearl Harbor... the one with the love triangle

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Team America destroyed that movie so completely nobody talks about it anymore.

jkag89 said:

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Looking for suggestions for WWII espionage/spy films? Thinking of this as a catagory for a WWII Movie Bracket. There is Eye of the Needle, The Eagle Has Landed, maybe Where Eagles Dare but think of this more a a commando movie like The Guns of Navarino. Hitchcock has several good films that fit the catagory but looking for more strong films.

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I did a search on IMDB - Best espionage films WWII, and came up with a list of 48 movies, most of which I have not seen, but I'll throw out some of the titles that I recognize.

Night Train To Munich
Cloak and Dagger
Shining Through (not a good movie)
Stalag 17 (pretty sure I've seen this but thought it was a POW camp movie)
Enigma

Others I can think of:
Allied
I Was an American Spy
Foreign Correspondent

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Stalag 17 (pretty sure I've seen this but thought it was a POW camp movie)

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I think of it as a POW movie also. I guess the American Volksdeutsche planted in the camp can classify it as spy film of a sort. You would think their would be a larger number of solid WWII espionage films.

Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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jkag89 said:

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Looking for suggestions for WWII espionage/spy films? Thinking of this as a catagory for a WWII Movie Bracket. There is Eye of the Needle, The Eagle Has Landed, maybe Where Eagles Dare but think of this more a a commando movie like The Guns of Navarino. Hitchcock has several good films that fit the catagory but looking for more strong films.

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I did a search on IMDB - Best espionage films WWII, and came up with a list of 48 movies, most of which I have not seen, but I'll throw out some of the titles that I recognize.

Night Train To Munich
Cloak and Dagger
Shining Through (not a good movie)
Stalag 17 (pretty sure I've seen this but thought it was a POW camp movie)
Enigma

Others I can think of:
Allied
I Was an American Spy
Foreign Correspondent

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Cloak and dagger - espionage set at the San Antonio river walk with video games. I'll allow it.

Midway
Patton
Tora Tora Tora

Has anyone mentioned Salo? It was set during 1944

Ronnie said:

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Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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jkag89 said:

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Looking for suggestions for WWII espionage/spy films? Thinking of this as a catagory for a WWII Movie Bracket. There is Eye of the Needle, The Eagle Has Landed, maybe Where Eagles Dare but think of this more a a commando movie like The Guns of Navarino. Hitchcock has several good films that fit the catagory but looking for more strong films.

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I did a search on IMDB - Best espionage films WWII, and came up with a list of 48 movies, most of which I have not seen, but I'll throw out some of the titles that I recognize.

Night Train To Munich
Cloak and Dagger
Shining Through (not a good movie)
Stalag 17 (pretty sure I've seen this but thought it was a POW camp movie)
Enigma

Others I can think of:
Allied
I Was an American Spy
Foreign Correspondent

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Cloak and dagger - espionage set at the San Antonio river walk with video games. I'll allow it.

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Cloak and Dagger (1946) as opposed to Cloak & Dagger (1984) ...