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#3305791 - 05/28/11 12:29 PM
Anyone recommend good war movies, with a twist
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One of the things I really enjoy over Memorial Day is the blitz (no pun intended) of good military movies, AMC is running them back to back all weekend long.
But I have seen all the American films, and I got to thinking, there must be some excellant war movies made by Russian, German, Japanese, and British filmmakers too. They would be even more interesting, at least to me, because the Russian and German films would tell the story from a completely different perspective.
I'm not talking about propaganda films, just really good war movies made after World War II. They don't have to be dubbed in English or have English subtitles, I guess my best example of what I am looking for is "Das Boot".
If someone can recommend some good foreign war films: World War II, Vietnam or Arab-Israeli conflicts I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks, Tracy
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#3305799 - 05/28/11 12:41 PM
Re: Anyone recommend good war movies, with a twist
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a good one I have watched recently is this one: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098437/might be a good idea to check out some of the historical background first, but this is definitely a movie worth watching! another great one, probably the greatest German anti war movie is "Die Brücke" - "The Bridge" by Bernhard Wicki.
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#3305813 - 05/28/11 12:57 PM
Re: Anyone recommend good war movies, with a twist
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#3305819 - 05/28/11 01:06 PM
Re: Anyone recommend good war movies, with a twist
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I highly recommend "Cross of Iron". Yes it's in English but the movie was shot in Europe and was made by a European studio and featured a lot of non-US actors so it definitely has a very different feel to it.
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#3305826 - 05/28/11 01:09 PM
Re: Anyone recommend good war movies, with a twist
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One of the things I really enjoy over Memorial Day is the blitz (no pun intended) of good military movies, AMC is running them back to back all weekend long.
But I have seen all the American films, and I got to thinking, there must be some excellant war movies made by Russian, German, Japanese, and British filmmakers too. They would be even more interesting, at least to me, because the Russian and German films would tell the story from a completely different perspective.
I'm not talking about propaganda films, just really good war movies made after World War II. They don't have to be dubbed in English or have English subtitles, I guess my best example of what I am looking for is "Das Boot".
If someone can recommend some good foreign war films: World War II, Vietnam or Arab-Israeli conflicts I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks, Tracy soviet union http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_and_SeeLebanon Israel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon_%282009_film%29
Edited by Patrocles (05/28/11 01:12 PM)
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#3305827 - 05/28/11 01:10 PM
Re: Anyone recommend good war movies, with a twist
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never heard of The 9Th company! thanks for the link! 
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#3305841 - 05/28/11 01:30 PM
Re: Anyone recommend good war movies, with a twist
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Ugh... Watching eastern front movies on memorial day weekend in the U.S.? Who cares about the honorless wehrmacht and red army thugs. Let the Germans and Russians honor them. That's the most they deserve. War is hell, but these guys plumbed to new and shocking depths of depravity.
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#3305847 - 05/28/11 01:34 PM
Re: Anyone recommend good war movies, with a twist
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Excellant recommendations, I have never heard of any of them except The 9th Company, which I never saw.
Thanks everyone,
Tracy
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#3305850 - 05/28/11 01:37 PM
Re: Anyone recommend good war movies, with a twist
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Hey Vertigo,
Lighten up...I have TWO children in the United States Coast Guard...I know exactly what Memorial Day is all about !
Tracy
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#3305859 - 05/28/11 01:51 PM
Re: Anyone recommend good war movies, with a twist
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Hey Vertigo,
Lighten up...I have TWO children in the United States Coast Guard...I know exactly what Memorial Day is all about !
Tracy sorry. gut reaction. Enjoy your weekend.
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