Introduction:
The alphabetical list of movies that follows
is my own suggested viewing list of World War II films. It
is intended for somebody that is curious about World War II
films but is not sure where to start, or as a handy
reference guide for anyone wanting to start a collection of
DVD's.
This is not an 'all time best' sort of list although there
certainly is some overlap, because I avoided the worst
films of the genre. However, while it is hard to compare
big budget postwar blockbusters with smaller propaganda
films made during the war, both are important to include on
this list and watch in order to get an overview of the film
type. But for the most part the list does represent the
best World War II movies available based on my own
subjective opinion.
With thanks to C. Bernard Doyle, for the many
recommendations he made for additions to this list.
World War
II Movie Viewing List ver. 1.6
A
Anzio
Assignment in Brittany
B
Bataan
Battleground (1949)
The Battle of Britain*
Battle of the Bulge
The Best Years of Our Lives (suggest watching this last)
The Big Red One
Bombadier
The Bridge at Remagen
The Bridge on the River Kwai
A Bridge To Far*
C
Catch-22
Come and See
Command Decision
Cross of Iron
The Cruel Sea
D
Das Boot
Decision Before Dawn
Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
The Desert Rats
Destination Tokyo*
The Devil’s Brigade
The Dirty Dozen
Don't Go Near the Water (1957)
E
The Eagle Has Landed
Enemy at the Gates
The Enemy Below
Eye of the Needle
F
Five Graves to Cairo
G
Go for Broke (1951)
The Great Escape*
The Guns of Navarone
H
Hell in the Pacific
The Heros of Telemark
I
In Harm’s Way
J
Judgment at Nuremberg
K
Kelly’s Heroes
L
Lifeboat
The Longest Day
M
The Malta Story
Midway
Mister Roberts
Mrs. Miniver*
O
Objective, Burma!
P
Patton
Play Dirty
PT-109
Purple Heart
The Purple Plain (1954)
S
Sahara*
Sands of Iwo Jima
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler’s List
Sink the Bismarck*
Soldier of Orange
Stalag 17
Stalingrad
T
They Were Expendable*
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Tora! Tora! Tora!*
Twelve O’Clock High
U
Up Periscope
V
Von Ryan's Express
W
Wake Island
Where Eagles Dare
Wind Talkers
While not a feature film the following mini-series are also
suggested:
Band of Brothers
Danger UXB
Piece of Cake