Top 10 World War II Movies
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Der Untergang was put at the tenth place, and Stalingrad was not even mentioned.
That's the worst betrayal of all!
Wait, why would you, great Führer want a movie about Stalingrad. Out of all places...
Honey Badger
He means the Film Stalingrad 1993
(a German Movie)
@@aliaspotter5523 r/woooosh :D
Adolf Hitler why the f*** would you choose that name you racist anti Semite go burn in hell
Hello there.
Inglorious Basterds absolutely should not be on this list. Don't get me wrong, I love Inglorious Basterds its a great movie, but I really don't think it should count on a list like this considering its 100% ww2 fiction and therefore not really ww2.
The Watcher I whole heartedly agree. Downfall was amazing!
well Inglorious Bastards is kinda true, what i mean that a group named Inglorious Bastards did exist. But of course they didnt do stuff like in the movie I can send a link to a youtuber talking about it.
*of a
Patrick Allen Personally I don't like the movie just because of how racist it is. In the movie, they hardly give any leniency to the Germans that hated the regime, but were trying to just do their duty. Take for instance. one of the first German soldiers they filmed, didn't want anything to do with the Nazi party. He was just a soldier, not even a member of the party. And yet, they had to mark him as somebody he hated. SO CRUEL!!!!!!!!!!!!! So I say..."Those bastards can suck it."
LDS German shepherd boy This movie is entirely fiction, don't get so dramatic about it. So pathetic l
A million war movies missed, most disappointed that “The Longest Day” is not here...
Time2Strike Ikr i also think a bridge too far is good as well
It’s called a top ten for a reason.
Maybe because its a top 10 list, not a million
Top 10
watch mojo just googles Top 10 lists of shit and then makes a video about it. That's all they do. I gueantee you no one on their staff have seen all of these films, let alone many great ones that are not here.
How about at least honorable mentions for “The Longest Day”, “A Bridge Too Far”, and “Tora! Tora! Tora!”?
Tora Tora Tora was lit
There all good films
The longest day is by far the best
Yup, I look forward in the commentary those complaining mention "A bridge too far", that movie is masterpiece
Because those are historically accurate movies
I'm surprised that "Downfall" is only at 10 in the list. It sent chills down my spine when I saw it and still does. I realise it's not in English but for my money it's still one of the top three WW2 movies.
+MrPeterpiper1969 Agree
Yes, it's a masterpiece! But I'm not sure how good it is if you don't speak or at least understand German
Narry121 It's sold on DVD/blu-ray all over the world with subtitles in many languages available. I don't speak German myself but watching it with English subtitles was certainly no hardship for me. I honestly think it's the best 'Hitler' film ever made by miles and one of the top 3 WW2 movies of all time.
+MrPeterpiper1969 I'm native austrian and this movie really is creepy and a monumental experience. I wonder why there is no english version. It sure could have made a lot more fans that way.
+MrPeterpiper1969 They didn't have this in their top 10 most likely because the film wasn't out when the film was released. But I agree with you!
"Inglorious Bastards" is just idiotic albeit stylish politically correct simplistic hate imagery.
Well, my problem with it is that it has no historical accuracy. It's just irresponsible film making.
A Imraah How dare you call a Quentin Tarantino film "Just irresponsible film making". He is one of the best film makers of today and the 90's.
CaptainNeedleDick - Quentin Tarantino certainly makes interesting and engaging films. But he is highly irresponsible about the negative social consequences from the total lack of accuracy in his implicit social commentary and vivid violent hate imagery.
CaptainNeedleDick the most overrated film maker in history maybe
Brian Gervais That would be Nolan or Lars Von Trier.
Not to mention "A bridge too far", "The battle for Britain", "Stalingrad", "Enemy at the gates" and "Tora tora tora" is hard to take serious
A Bridge Too Far was amazing!
@@nickmarchionda4345All the movies mentioned were made long before this video was made.
I love enemy at the gates also what about hacksaw ridge
What about hacksaw ridge
@@jasonhayes3736 Hacksaw is religious drivel. Atrociously bad movie!
What about "Come and See"? Probably the most powerful anti war film ever made.
Reinhard Gellen How so? just because it’s soviet? I have no sympathy for communists, but Belorussians (and russians) were really massacred by the Nazis
@Reinhard Gellen methods, possibly. They indeed look too chaotic. But the burning of villages and people seem well documented.
@Reinhard Gellen as I said, no sympathy for the communists, I'm from spanish descent and they helped destroy Spain during the Civil War, but why would the Germans be in Belorussia on the first place?
@Reinhard Gellen shut the fuck up
Reinhard Gellen the 3’d Reich used this horrible tactics in many regions of USSR and on other occupied territories. The film showed it. Are you trying to protect nazism somehow?
Inglorious Basterds should have been replaced by something else, like Enemy at the Gates, or Memphis Belle, or Tora Tora Tora, or Saints and Soldiers.
Matt D Enemy at the Gates? That movie isn't even good and the opening scene rips of Spielberg.
Matt D Totally agree. Bastards was a great movie but others deserved that spot over that. Tora Tora Tora or The Dirty Dozen need a spot there as well in my opinion. I mean hell what about 1941 with John Belushi, that movie is more historically accurate then all of these in this list :) .
Matt D I agree 100%, Inglorious B. is typical Tarantino colorful vomit, not a movie by any definition.
Matt D Kelly's Heros would work too
The Longest Day?
Downfall is one of those rare long movies in which i never felt bore even for 1 sec. Amazing reality.
In this kind of movie like "Downfall", you diving in and in some moment you ain't watching the movie, you standing in Hitler's bunker with all those officers, thinking about future...
The first time i watched the movie, the atmosphere like i was there right in the bunker. There's no second wasted in this movie, especially "Fegelein Scenes" 😂. This movie is a legend now with the parodies spread all around the internet. Damn Bruno Ganz was really really good.
I agree
Agree, very good
Downfall is a true masterpiece. If you could only list 10 all time great films, Downfall would be one of them for sure.
Any WW2 list without Come And See is invalid!
This is before Come and See became internet famous.
A Bridge too far is too important not be missed!
Where’s Battle of Britain???
Stalingrad?
Hacksaw Ridge???
Dunkirk??
And biggest of all The Imitation Game
*2014
I agree i was really upset they didn't have Dunkirk and Imitation game.
Where was the battle of britain
James Colville id like to know why Cross of Iron was not mentioned
where?a bridge too far,the longest day,tora tora tora,enemy at the gate,to ends all war?????
Underrated WW2 movie from German perspective : Stalingrad 1993.
YES
Awesome movie.
Hey mate, try "1944". Estonian movie about Estonian troops fighting for Germans and Red Army during the 1944 Soviet offensive
@@reljagajic4101 Title Please?
P. S. : Missing the topic. I watched "Birds of passage" last knight (what a movie).
@@noegojimmy Title is "1944"
0:50 Downfall
1:55 Inglorious Bastards
3:00 Patton
4:02 The Pianist
5:11 The Bridge on the River Kwai
6:08 The Great Escape
7:06 Casablanca
7:55 Das Boot
8:41 Schindler's List
11:03 Saving Private Ryan
Films really worth to see:
1# Saving Private Ryan
2# The Longest Day
3# Casablanca
4# Der Untergang
5# The Pianist
6# Patton
Empire Of The Sun
Hacksaw Ridge
Memphis Belle
Battle Of The Bulge
Schindlers'List
Iron Cross
The Dambusters
The Enemy Below
A Bridge To Far
Guns Of Navarone
The Tinn Red Line
Letters from Iwo Jima
Tobruk
Tora Tora Tora
Das Boot
Fury
La Vita È Bella
Soldaat Van Oranje
Enemy At The Gates
Der Hauptmann
Unbroken
Flags Of Our Fathers
The Imitation Game
Zwartboek
Dunkirk
Where Eagles There
Bridge On The River Kwai
The Dirty Dozen
The Great Escape
Land Of Mine
City Of Life And Death
Max Manus
Die Fälscher
The Diary Of Anne Frank
La Rafle
Battle Of Britain
Stalingrad (1993)
Unsere mütter, unsere väter
Sometimes it annoys me a bit when Germans speaking English in otherwise great movie's
Hacksaw ridge and saving private Ryan are great movies
@@kinggluestick9596 I think Hacksaw Ridge gives Saving Private Ryan a run for its money. Saving Private Ryan is amazing itself, but I mean how often do you see a combat medic go into battle without any weapon?
Unbroken is so underrated
De slag om Schelde good movie to Watch on This list
We need a film that's from a Wehrmacht soldier's perspective on the eastern front, or even an SS trooper. Actually show that most of the soldiers in the German army weren't all Jewish hating Nazis.
There is a mini-series done about four friends from Berlin, I think it's like four episodes, but, it sounds like what your looking for. It's called "Generation War", it's decent.
I know about that, but it isn't a film.
Then you should see The untergang, or Das boot, Those are german movies. From the perspective of the enemy.
Watch "Generation War", based on a group of friends living in Nazi Geramny, and follows their lives as soldiers and nurses on the Eastern front.
I used to love Sven Hassel's books, written from the perspective of a Danish person who gets drafted into the Wehrmacht unwittingly. They should really put his novels on film.
My father made 11 invasion landings against the Japanese during WW2 as a member of an LCVP boat crew and when I took him to see Saving Private Ryan it was the only time I ever saw him cry. He explained that the opening scenes of the D-Day landing were too realistic.
But wasnt D-Day german.
also tell him thanks for his service, one day I wanna be a u.s. marine and help in the future battles
@@idontcare2851 Oh okay so any beach landing invasion is considered "D-Day" not just the Operation Overlord landings?
“Stalingrad” is the best and most underrated war movie
Good, yes. Underrated, yes. The best war movie? Presumably ever?
I bet it’s old as shit.
Duell, Enemy at the gate was better.
It was really impressive i very recently watched it
@@gringo5866279 i thought it was incredible how they did all the sceneries. My grandfathers Brother was a german field medic in Stalingrad, he even survived the russian Gulags, he said it was incredible how they managed to show this incredible level of destruction in that movie.
He was 19 then, died 2005 with Age 82.
Is it weird that Tom Hanks is always a captain
Rommel needs a movie, people need to know what an honorable respectable man he was.
There is one but no one knows about it
...and?
Anonymooseity Eh, Rommel has a movie (The Desert Fox). You know who has never ever been in a movie despite being just as respectable and even more brilliant than Rommel. Yours truly.
Anonymooseity i had a german sheperd named rommel and Rommel is in Patton =3-
Anonymooseity Or maybe a mini-series.
Yea, Enemy at the Gates Stalingrad, Hacksaw ridge, etc and I am surprised that there was not a single war film about the Eastern front
I don't think hacksaw ridge should be on this but it doesn't mean this list isn't flawed
U are so right!!!
Enemy at the gates was so terrible that it should participate only in 'movies so bad it's not even laughable, just bad' type of list
@@DeniskaSalavat Why did you think it was bad?
@@SpaceCarl the movie is a complete list of all the awful myths and stereotypes about the red army. Soviet troops in this movie don't even look like soldiers, they are just a bunch of unarmed alcoholics lead by stupidest man in history of mankind. I can't imagine how would this mess of an army push germans all the way back to Berlin in real life, but as we all know, they did. Soviet veterans felt so insulted by the movie they even tried to ban it. Somehow in 1993 Stalingrad, which was filmed from a german perspective, red army looks much more competent. They are armed, supplied, trained and organised in german movie, in which they are the enemy, in contrast to EatG, which is supposed to, well, show them from the good side i guess
Just saw the Pianist the other day, one of the best films I have ever seen.
The Thin Red Line absolutely deserved to be in the top 10.
The Longest Day? Battle of Britain? A Bridge Too Far? C'mon!
Longest Day and Bridge Too Far were both 'epic Hollywood events'..overladen with hackneyed actors well-passed their prime!
Forgot Midway
good job..forgetting Midway. which was star vehicle overladen with fallen stars..but in senso-round!
Bridge Too Far
John Pottrogg Bridge Too Far is not an accurate,understandable depiction of Market-Garden! it's an embarassing mish-mash of flattering shots of stars.
This was a good list. But does anyone else think that Stalag 15 should have been at least an honorable mention?
You mean 17? Great film, but they already put two (if I counted right) prison films on the list, so they probably didn't want to include more
Yes I was thinking that too. But I feel it's only worthy as an honorable mention.
Yeah it's called Stalag 17.
stalag 17 is amazing!
No hacksaw ridge
1. Stalingrad !!!!!!
2. Enemy at the gates
3. Schindler’s list
4. Saving private Ryan
5. A bridge too far
dude enemy at the gates is a silly romance anticommunist propaganda that takes place during the greatest battle of ww2 which is shown in a manner where you question who is the bad guy in this movie. The passion to undermine the soviets-in all aspects- makes the Germans look cool and honest compared to greedy communists. its maybe one of the worst movies ever.
The only good thing about it, is that it mentions some real names and from that point the viewer must search on his own to find the truth. Chuikov, Zaichev etc were not at all like that.
@@jimirbon Are you trying to claim the soviets were saints during the war? Both sides did horrible things. Not to mention that Stalin was almost as bad as Hitler.
MY G WHERE IS HACKSAW RIDGE
Agree
The fact that YOU MISSED "CROSS OF IRON" ! is almost laughable !
Tony Webster Also one of my favorites. With that slowmo scene ‘DEMARCATION’ great stuff to watch.
Agree 100 percent
You are right!!!
Glad you didn't consider crap like "Pearl Harbour".
My Dad was in France 1944 (on the German side). He left the cinema after 15 minutes of "Saving Private Ryan" because he felt thrown back right into it. The horror was equal on both sides, and Spielberg hit the nail right on the head.
Good pick!
GNUFZ Spielberg and Howard are my 2 most favorite directors in the movie buisiness
Pearl Harbor the movie was worse then Pearl Harbor the attack on the Pacific Fleet.
Wait that means your father is like 70 years old, how old are you then ? XD
Let's walk through the math, Frenzy.
2018 - 1944 is 74. Add 18 (his dad's age) and you get 92 not 70. Vietnam vets are 70.
My dad was in the US Army and was Franz von Papen' (Vice Chancellor under Hitler) personal guard/driver at Nuremberg. My old man got him acquitted as a favor, he claimed.
Shame the rest of the film was so cringingly awful.
Battle of Britain, Memphis Belle, The Dam Busters, "Tora, Tora, Tora", Midway, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, Twelve O'clock High, Catch-22, The Enemy Below, U571, Unbroken, The War Lover, etc...
deep scuba here are some that not many People watched but are fantastic films:battle of Neretva, Sutjeska, Walter defends Sarajevo, most(the bridge)
You guy are new to the list , just eating of the top layer , better movie that actually depict an event rarely get seen, such as Naked amongs Wolves and Run Boy Run.
to much choices
U571 is okay but it's glaringly inaccurate on key points, which is annoying.
In no particular order: Cross of Iron; Stalingrad; The Longest Day; Kelly's Heros (Who says war has to be serious? Humor is what keeps a lot of combat troops sane); A Bridge Too Far. You should have divided this list into two parts, the first being films featuring WWII combat and combat troops (eg. Saving Private Ryan), and the second being the non-combat aspects of the war (eg. Schlinder's List). They really are not the same.
There's a lot missing - "Enemy Below", "Battle Of Britain", "The Cruel Sea", "Carve Their Name With Pride", "Where Eagles Dare", " A Bridge Too Far", "Battle Of The Bulge", "Sink The Bismark", "Tora Tora Tora", "Enemy At The Gates" - maybe even "The Third Man" (although technically no but ...) - it's an impossible list to compile - top ten WW2 movies - a respectable attempt though - thank you.
Saving Private Ryan should be in the honourable mentions The Pianist or Schindlers List should be at No1!
I know it wasn’t a movie, but band of brothers was really good.
Band of Brothers was excellent...!
Band of Brothers was excellent but The Pacific was even better.
BoB was as good as anything on this list. But it's not included because what? It's "TV"? Absurd.
Band of brothers was watched by veterans of the 101st and they said everything in the movie was so close to everything that happend because while writing tom hanks sat a talked battles with the veterans of course was some bits that weren't real just like when blyth died being shot in the neck blyth acc lived untill 1998 he was wounded but didn't die
except blyth who turned up at the next re-union after they showed him wrongly as a coward and died all untrue
Those who have never seen combat want to understand it. Those who HAVE seen combat rarely do. Movies are the only way we will ever understand combat. Saving Private Ryan is a war movie I will love, honor, cherish, and cry. Every time I tear up because my grandfather was there. I aspire to own every US small arm used during the war. Patron is amazingly well made AND written.
"Unbroken" is a very good one too
A good war movie is one that doesn't get you excited about war
truth
The thin red line is such a movie. Just great!
Stalingrad
Then full metal jacket was horrible
just like Saving Private Ryan
I’m not German, but das boot (not boat) is better in german
Yeah, watching it in German really makes you feel like you're on a U-boat.
I originally watched it in German because dubbing usually looks and sounds funny. But later found out, even the German dialogue had to be looped (re-recorded) because of the magnified camera noise caused by the submarine interiors.
What's interesting is because the major actors could also speak English, they dubbed their own voices for the USA and UK version.
Das means the
I was a German linguist in the Army and we watched it in German during our schooling.
Plus, they'd rehearsed so much, that when one of the crew was accidentally swept off the tower, they all automatically went into "man overboard" drill...not scripted, but it was so good they left it in.
Look Schindler’s list in German
Much more feeling for it
(I watched both versions)
6:51
That scene from the movie will ALWAYS make me laugh, the way the guy on the right coughs and says WoW, that’s just great
Huehg geugh wOw
Who is hear after World War III alerts :D
u forgot ,Steiner.......the eagle has landed.............the one that got away.............the german Stalingrad...............Full Metal Jacket.............the longest day
Heinrich Patan ww2 movies though
only full meatl jacket in my list isnt a ww2 movie im so sorry hahah
What about Cross of Iron? That is a great Sam Peckinpah war flick starring James Coburn.
cross of Iron is steiner das eiserne kruez in german
I also love The Big Red One! Happy Fourth of July everybody!!!!
I don't agree with "Inglorious Bastards" being on this list at all. That is just a mess of a film that showcases how much Tarantino loves Tarantino and gives zero thoughts to the actual subject matter. "Flags of our Fathers" deserved to be on this list in my opinion as it showcases not only the brutality of war but also the significance of PTSD and the mainstream glorification/marketing of war in the states. "Tora Tora Tora" was somehow omitted even though it gives a good look at how both sides viewed the attack on Pearl Harbor which is important because all too often war films portray the enemy as some shadowy figure. It is important to see all viewpoints of the conflict in order to better understand the history of the conflict. Especially since the Japanese viewpoints was filmed by a Japanese crew.
When they post something with the title "Top 10 WWII Movies" and ask for what you would like to see on the list and why then my comment makes sense as I see the best WWII movies as being close to reality and not trumpeted special effects or in your face gore for shock value. You might think that the "Top 10 WWII Movies" must mean audience appreciation/revenue but that's your opinion and your welcome to comment on what movies you would like to have seen.
People who actually know film, especially Tarantino films, would understand why it's in the top 10. It could easily been 8, 7, or 6.
Have to agree. WWII fantasy.
Inglourious Basterds is Tarantino's best film.
turbowarrior23 but that's not reservoir dog
or even kill bill
The original "Midway".....one of the BEST cast of characters in any movie of all time, regardless of the subject.....Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, Glenn Ford, James Coburn, Hal Holbrook, Robert Mitchum, Cliff Robertson, Robert Wagner, Pat Morita, Tom Selleck, and last but not least, Erik Estrada
When I saw Inglorious Basterds, I just knew Christolph Walz was going to win the Oscar- what a performance! All of these are great films but I would have included "Battle of Britain." I loved "The Great Escape" but it is really a Hollywood version of what happened with many inaccuaracies. "Battle of Britian" air battle scenes are shown continuously at one of the hangars at IWM Duxford where parts of the movie was shot.
Where is The Great Ditactor
Without watching, I'm guessing that Saving Private Ryan came first.
Yup
1. "Come and see"
"let me get this god damn hitchhiker outta my boot"
best scene in the movie
I think Saving Pvt. Ryan is way too overrated.
Are you kidding me? You are the only person to say that or you haven't watched the movie.
***** Really, your opinion doesn't mean anything!
***** i agree, its way to stereotypical, sometimes just plain boring, and its impossible to watch it a second time without wanting to skip 50% of it. it tries to be something between hollywood and real WW2-movie, what came out is neither especially entertaining nor really deep. Ofc not bad, but overhyped. das boot for example has a way better, tense and realistic vibe to it, same goes for downfall.
most likely i think this way because im german, but i've yet to see a good (non-hollywoodish) american ww2 movie. i love inglorious bastards though.
+John Johnsen why would you pick inglorious bastards over saving private ryan
Hersh51 i would pick it, because it has more to offer than svpr. svpr has incredible boring lenghts, way too much stereotypical action and sentimental-war-scenes (the guy getting shot by a sniper bleeding to death, the army ex machina at the end, etc) and i predicted nearly everything correct.
like i said, its something between serious ww2-movie and hollywood, which doesnt mix good in my opinion. inglorious bastards is no serious ww2-movie, but its a better hollywood-movie. if i want a serious ww2 movie i'd rather watch a german production. im a german though, so my opinion is most likely biased.
No mention of so many iconic WW 2 films like 1) To hell and back 2) The Longest Day 3) Tora Tora Tora 4) The Battle of the Bulge 5) The Guns of Navarone 6) The Bridge Too Far and some others.
Pravin Shastri I like “Suite Franciase” it’s not based on a true story but the story is beautiful...
At last somebody mention the longest day. It's a great movie
"letters from Iwo Jima" and "Flags of our fathers" are good too
The longest day and Tora, Tora, Tora are two of the best I’ve seen.
I cant take the movie Downfall seriously anymore because of all the parodies XD
Ha! I know right! Plays plays or Hitler watches.
At about 2 hours in when that guy in the train station shot himself i just burst out laughing
Das ist alles Fegelein Schuld!
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Someone do a "Hitler Responds to Top 10 World War II Movies".
marcmarc1967 he will be like nien nein nein!
Winners tell the story. Losers don't. Loser!
@@joeyfourpaws5594 If, as you write, "Winners tell the story. Losers don't." why are there so many US films about Vietnam?
No mention of "A Bridge Too Far", or "Where Eagles Dare" or "The Battle of Britain", shameful.
Yes man what about the Dirty Dozen?
Where Eagles Dare is a quality film.
Battle of Britain is my top childhood classics
So true my man
lmfao, during the honorable mention im saying "please be saving private ryan" when it showed it i was like " I KNEW IT!!!! :)
I remember watching Saving Private Ryan with my granddad. I asked him to watch with me. He initially didnt want to, but finally agreed. My country was occupied by Germany and our men were forced to fight for the Nazis. If they refused, they were killed, if they deserted, their families were punished. But as soon as my family fled the town, my granddad deserted and joined the partisans. After the film ended, I asked him what he thinks of it, and he said its bollocks, a fairy tale that doesnt reflect reality. And told me to never forget, that the reality was much much worse. He passed away 10 years ago.
In saving private Ryan, HOW THE FUCK DOES IT GET WORSE THEN THE D DAY SCENE?!
+Italian Stallion sounds like poland or around central Europe.
War isn't pretty
Raymoiful I mean no movie is reality it's all actors. and I doubt your grandfather fought at d day so how can he say it's bull shit
He didnt, he fought mainly at Slovak and Polish borders with partisans, but before that he fought in Poland and Russia under Nazis and that seemed to haunt him a lot. I think he just referred to the contrast between the movie and his memories on the war and the battles he survived. If someone has a right to express an opinion on a movie about WW II, its the veterans.
Operation Daybreak. Guns of Navarone. Tora Tora Tora. Longest Day. Night of the Generals. Where Eagles Dare. Enemy at the Gates. A Bridge Too Far.
RaihanKhan Photography Enemy at the Gates is a terrible film
RaihanKhan Photography Where Eagles Dare and Night of the German Generals were pretty good.
I'd forgotten about Guns of Navarone....and here's one, the Desert Rats, No one played Rommel Better than James Mason..!!
Disappointed in the lack of Kelly's Heroes.
Also, Where Eagles Dare and A Bridge too Far
There ya go again with the negative waves
@@TheDamnedUchiha Have a little faith baby...lol
LOVE Kelly's Heroes!
I agree.... Kelly's Heroes should be considered as a classic.
Good solid presentation. Most would probably agree. Ryan and Schindler's are out there on their own. Kwai, Escape, Patton were part of the golden war films age. Das Boot is an exceptional war drama.
no Yugoslavian or Russian movies?i guess we didn't fight enought?
Shut up. They are not on there because they were not good
michael tremblay not good?you didn't watch them
I have they were good but nothing compared to saving private Ryan
I never said that they did not fight.
Hollywood has made many Russian War movies aside from the WWII era.
A bridge too far and the longest day should be somewhere in there
A bridge too far was a mess.
"Come and See" is the WWII movie to see. I know it"s been mentioned on the comments, but to not even have it in honorable mentions is baffling! This movie (unlike any other on this list) is #30 on the "Sight & Sound" directors poll for all time best (to be fair, it does not appear on the the critic's poll at all, though none of the movies mentioned on this video appear on either list) This is mention-able because "Sight and Sound" is considered to be the most respected critical movie review panel among professional career film critics (according to Roger Ebert). Anyway, no disrespect to the folks at Watch Mojo, this is more just to say, check this film out! Very realistic depiction of war, void of any frills or "glory".
The Train, The Guns Of Navarone, Where Eagles Dare, Empire Of The Sun, but I thought your list was great though. We love all those movies!
My Top 10 WWII movies:
10. Das Boat
9. Flags of Our Fathers
8. Letters From Iwo Jima
7. Casablanca
6. Saving Private Ryan
5. Schindler's List
4. The Pianist
3. The Big Red One
2. Patton
1. Bridge on the River Kwai
No "A bridge too far"? Well, I call this list a bullshit.
It is a great story for a movie, but that is a very bad movie.
Pure Bullshit list.
make your own list them stupid fuck!
A good list. But, the subject matter is so immense and sweeping, and it inspired so many great movies, that one could easily make a top 50 list.
I love das boot, grave of the fireflies and saving private Ryan
Battle of Britain, To Hell and Back, The Longest Day and A Bridge To Far. Some of the movies missing from the list.
To Hell and Back... totally forgot about that one.... I think I have it on VHS! somewhere off HBO.
Other films I forgot to mention: Sink the Bismark, The Cruel Sea and Enemy at the Gates.
Kelly's heroes! how can you forget that one? and Midway? Any one watch them? or just me?
Theirs is the Glory. These Wild Geese.
The Bridge at Remagen, Das BOOT
You missed the great Finnish film "Tuntematon sotilas" and today's the independence day of Finland.
Downfall (2004)
Inglorious Bastards (2009)
Patton (1970)
The Pianist (2002)
The Bridge on The River Kwai (1957)
The Great Escape (1963)
Casablanca (1942)
Das Boot (1981)
Schindler's List (1993)
Honorable Mentions
Grave of The Fireflies (1988)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Letters From Two Jima (2006)
Life is Beautiful (1997)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
“The Human Condition” by Masaki Kobayashi is criminally underrated and is the peak of WWII cinema in my opinion.
I haven't seen that one, think I'll give it a go.
Okay, but not a great list. Inglorious Basterds has no business being on there! An entertaining Tarantino flick, but NOT a great WW2 movie. I don't agree with Casablanca either, as the WW2 angle is so tangential to the story, not really very pivotal. And you missed some great ones: Cross of Iron, Defiance, A Bridge Too Far, Life is Beautiful (although it was mentioned in the Honorable Mentions)
***** I feel the same, Like Casablanca is more a romantic movie unlike movies which give a person a slight feeling of the horror a soldier feels when he's confronted with what war is really like.
Eric Zehnbauer Cross of Iron Was the biggest pile of burning dog shit i have ever seen. Not even eye drops of pure Holy Water save my eyes after watching it
Eric Zehnbauer Battle of Britain was a great movie though...
Eric Zehnbauer The Bridge at Remagen a good movie
Globle Theater I didn't like the movie but the book it was based on was pretty good.
A bridge to far? Some say it;s one of the best war movies
All the ones selected were great movies, but I am in my 80s and naturally have some favorites that I saw as a young boy. One that made a great impression on me was Battleground.
Just one that I can think of, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" (1983) starring David Bowie.
"Come and See" deserves at least a mention!
No.1 Patton
No.2 Tora Tora Tora!
No.3 Saving Private Ryan
No.4 Dasboot (Germany)
No.5 Liberation (Soviet Union)
No.6 Stalingrad (Germany)
No.7 Downfall (Germany)
No.8 Pianist
No.9 Schindler's List
No.10 The bridge too far
No.11 The bridge of river Kwai
No.12 The longest day
No.13 Midway
No.14 The bridge (Yugoslavia)
Saving private Ryan should be no.1
cincin75ytb Patton - No.1?
Are you seriously?
and why is it such a great film? American flag in full screen? =)
Patton is a great movie but for me saving private Ryan should be no.1 because of DDAY and all of captain John millers men die 1by 1 and Jackson with that sniper and the battle of rammelle So I think its no.1
Tyson Gaming that is, all the films without DDAY will not matter to you?
I think that important in your history is another event - the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - there killed 25 times more people than during the landing in Normandy.
Mikhail C No, because this film shows that war is pure meanwhile war is complicated. After watching this film, You could say that war is driven by pure violence, pure madness, and bunch of pure lunatics, but you also could say that war is driven by pure soldiers, pure ideal pursuing or bunch of pure spirit. That is why war is the most complicated massive human behavior. US flag or not, that is not important, just a kind of expression method of visual impact. Do not over react, please. XD
I know they're not movies but band of brothers and the Pacific are amazing
You missed "The Longest Day".. one of the rarest to cover all sides
NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN! DOWNFALL #1
So where's Fegelin.... the Downfall parodies on CZcams are hilarious
You forgot "Enemy at the Gates"
Da! That Movie is also real life story of the Soviet Sniper Hero named:Vasily Zeitsev, Good job mentioning that Comrade!
Its not really historycal accruate not at all
Axel 44, yeah it's not accurate but it's a great movie anyway! Regards
good movie
@@mktin72 yeah its a good movie a agree
Hardly anyone outside Finland knows of ”Unknown Soldier” but it is still a Genius of a Movie, both the 1956 original and the 2017 remake.
"A bridge too far" 1977 and the "Big Red One" 1980 should be on Every WWII Top 10 List. Big Red One, was Directed by a WWII Veteran of the 1st ID. The tactics, the way they wore their gear & cartridge belts up high so as not to affect shooting from the prone position are examples i can think of right off that i noticed as an Army, Vet. "A Bridge too Far" Shows with intensity how the Allies used combined arms to extreme effect. plus it is Spot On, with actual WWII Vets, playing many of the parts. Both are Highly recommended.
no Enemy at the Gates?
best world war 2 movie ever!
It was ok but very Historically inaccurate
traut man so
Pretty good movie but it always annoyed me that the Russians have English accents and the German has an American accent
im guessing it's not on here because people are hating on russia atm and supporting nazi-ukraine..
Casablanca does not belong in this list!
Jesus Acosta agreed!
Casablanca is a great movie...
Casablanca sounds like a love movie and those nobody likes
@@cmonmanyoursobad432 Casablanca is a super movie, it's not so much a war movie
Agreed. They could of put something better in it's place.....like a Second World War Film.
Even though "Generation war" is not a movie, it is an amazing German series about WWII. Besides I agree Stalingrad should,ve been mentioned along with Black book from Netherlands and My way from Korea.
Saw that one - Generation War. Awesome! There are a lot of non Hollywood movies that are outstanding.
"As Far As My Feet will Carry Me" you missed it
Very nice movie
Stalingrad??
Inglorious Bastards really? WTF? Where is a Bridge Too Far, Stalingrad, the Longest Day, TORA!TORA!TORA!, Empire of the Sun, Flags of Our Fathers, and Dunkirk, just to name a few. Thin Red Line should be more than an honourable mention too. Otherwise, it's a pretty good list.
Agree with you on Inglorious Bastards. .... Pretty boy Pitt leading a squad of tough guys? Gimme a break! You expect us to believe that? ..... Totally mis-cast! They'd beat him ugly!
George Flegel, Yeah, WTF. Granted it says at the top "top 10 propaganda movies," but an unabashedly fictional account like `Inglorious...` is closer to parody than propaganda. The Longest Day, T-T-T! are toned-down propaganda, but at least they have parts that appeal to Japanese too. I think _propaganda_ might best be limited to motivational films like _Mrs. Minniver_ at the high end and _Gangway for Tomorrow_ or _Tiger Fangs_ at the low.
I agree Inglorious Bastards should not be on the list. Midway or The Longest Day or A Bridge Too Far could have replaced it. The rest of the list is ok although not my top ten.
Finally, someone who appreciates the historical accuracy and quality of The Longest day.
@@stormzx9389 - _The Longest Day_ is being broadcast on TCM the weekend of Nov. 11. That weekend _Where Eagles Dare_ is playing too. Is that in the genre of _Inglorious Basterds?_ FYI, several other WW-II movies Veteran's Day weekend.
‘The thin red line’ for me is the greatest war film of all time.
It is perfect!
You missed two of the most classic world war II movies. " 12 o'clock High" is the story of American daylight bombing with Gregory Peck , Gary Merrill and many others. "Sink the Bismark" is an English movie about sinking the German battleship Bismark. Both quality movies with great stories and casts.
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
U-571 (2000)
Valkyrie (2008)
Valkarie was a excellent movie.
Saving Private Ryan
Hacksaw Ridge
Stalingrad
Enemy at the Gates
The longest day
Fury - Heart of Steel
I'm sad they didn't mention A Bridge Too Far
@connor it is very under rated, I have read the book and seen the movie 4 times and I'm still not sick of it. It even was the reason I joined a reenactment group and I'm only 15!
u 571? dumb as hell.
I can't believe you put inglorious bastards on this list, that was by far the stupidest world war 2 movie ever made, it should have been a dishonorable mention.
Inglourious Basterds isn't supposed to be realistic. And it's an amazing film for its intense and great dialogue, interesting plot, and subtle comedy. I haven't seen Downfall, but I doubt it's better.
It's a Quentin Tarantino movie. His style is historical revisionism.
turbowarrior23 If you even use comedy to describe a WW2 movie it is not worthy of a list like this.
Limacheck That's rather conservative. Just because of its satirical themes, Ingourious Basterds is a "lower" film than some of the others on this list? In that case, Life Is Beautiful shouldn't count either, or Patton; all of which have elements of satire meant not to make light of the situation, but to help people understand aspects of the film (Patton for sure).
turbowarrior23 I've seen Downfall. It's incredible (though hard to watch at times, simply because of the nature of the content).
hey mojo girl, do watch "come and see" (1985). it should be in top10.
The bridge on the river Kwai is a masterpiece 😊😍 and Grave of the fireflies breaks your heart 🥺
inglorious bastard is not ww2 movie...
it is happen in alternate universe is fiction...
i like the move a lot ba it wrong to be one the list
in alternate history liste maybe
saving private ryan....1!!!
wtf....it is not deserving to be even in the top 10...
devilfoxe well based on user votes it is
devilfoxe true
so you're basically saying a fictitious movie shouldn't be on the list? alternate reality or not, nearly all of these movies are fiction. and what is actually based on actual events, is by no means without fictitious aspects
Your comment is why Inglourious Basterds should be no.1. Tarantino's genius is recognizing that every WW2 movie is fictitious, so he unabashedly draws attention to that fact by starting the film with the phrase "once upon a time...". No WW2 movie is "real" they are all just as fictitious as Basterds.
Americans you are so proud of yourselves, this list is just another proof.
Coming from a Canadian channel...
Norha820 So what?
RedChiefAI No bias
You wanna say that Canadians are so much different than Americans?
Your ignorance astounds me
I feel like enemy at the gates and fury should've been on this list
Bruno Ganz was AMAZING in Downfall. An absolutely masterful performance.