LordofWar

Its been way to long since ive bought a DVD. Im a history buff so im looking some movies that resemble history the most. Im looking for some good WWII movies. I want ones like Schindlers list and Grey Zone that show more of the affect on the victims then ones that only show the army's fighting.

danwiz

"Flags of Our Fathers"
"Letters From Iwo Jima"
"Heroes of Iwo Jima"

Available as a boxed set.

TGM

"When Trumpets Fade"
"A Midnight Clear"

canaryfarmer

"Band of Brothers"
"Band of Brothers"
"Band of Brothers"
"1941"
"Band of Brothers"

Numes

"Good Burger"

You may want to wait for the Criterion release, though.

cranberries fan

"Uprising"
"Saving Private Ryan"
"Tora,Tora,Tora"
Not WWII but the new 2 disc version of The Sand Pebbles is very good!

pro-bassoonist

Downfall
The Tunnel (East Germany 1964)
Shoah
Kanal
Come and See
Stalingrad (the award winning mini-series, not the feature film)

etc.

Pro-B

TGM

Enemy at the Gates

Cosmic Bus

Seconded. This one is astonishing.

Premise

Pianist

MechanicalMan

Come and See, Downfall, and The Pianist are all good recommendations. I'll add Sophie Scholl and Night and Fog.

hawksmullet

Downfall's good. Wolfgang 'good with water' Petersen's 'Das Boot' is an absolute classic as well. try n get the director's cut thing, i.e the really long one.

dhmac

Actually, the "Director's Cut" of Das Boot is much shorter than the "really long" cut, which is called "The Original Uncut Version". (The director, Wolfgang Petersen, has said he prefers the shorter "Director's Cut" over the full-length "uncut" mini-series version.)

dhmac

Also recommend:

Europa Europa

Zwartboek (Black Book) (this one just came out last year, so it probably isn't on DVD yet - watch for it when it is, though)

mdnitoil

A Bridge Too Far should be added to your list.

JCWBobC

Windtalkers
Saints & Soldiers

Wildo1966

I saw A Thin Red Line in the Walmart dump bin today for $5 (they lowered their dump bin from $5.50 to $5), that has a all star cast and was a great WWII flick....

TimeandTide

No love for the feature? Excellent film, IMO. Great take on the siege from a German perspective.

TGM

Hated "A Thin Read Line" and "Windtalkers"... but, hey... that's just me.

davidh777

Hope and Glory

pro-bassoonist

Plenty of love actually!

Problem is there isn't a single decent English-friendly release of this film. I can not recommend that you spend money on it.

Pro-B

tofferman

I'd recommend "The Winter War", otherwise known as "Talvisota", which covers the Soviet invasion of Finland of 1939-40. The PAL version is supposedly better (and uncut), if you have a region free player. One of the more realistic war movies I have seen.

parrothead

Sahara - Starring Humphrey Bogart. A great film made the same year as Casablanca in which he starred as a Tank commander lost behind German enemy lines. A terrific story that holds up well even today. Hope you have a chance to see and enjoy it sometime. It occasionally runs on Turner Classic Movies.

advdfreak

Here are must owns:

Band of Brothers
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Flags of our Fathers
From Here to Eternity
The Guns of Navarone
Letters from Iwo Jima (In Japanese with English subtitles)
Patton
The Pianist

obscurelabel

For the blackest of black comedy, try Catch-22. The movie is certainly uneven but numerous scenes are terrific IMO. Also features a great commentary with Steven Soderbergh and Mike Nichols.