Post by glenesq on Mar 2, 2018 21:57:53 GMT
Not a bad list of 50 films, some really great ones on there.
My list of 50 WWII films would also include:
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005) - I was gobsmacked by this powerful film, the true story of idealistic German university students in WWII who form an anti-Nazi resistance movement. On the one hand their courage is awe-inspiring, on the other hand their treatment and trial at the hands of the Nazis is a true life horror story. What a compelling film.
The Human Condition (I, II, III) - Shot between 1959 and 1961, the story centres around one soldier (Tatsuya Nakadai) trying to rise above the corruption and brutality of the Japanese occupation of Manchuria.
... not in my top 50 but as a curiosity for Canadians, Corvette K-225, a Hollywood 1943 film about the Canadian Navy in WWII. Randolph Scott and a very young Ella Raines (in her first movie) are the romantic leads. The crew of the corvette are full of Hollywood stalwarts such as Barry Fitzgerald, Andy Devine, and Noah Beery. And if you don't blink there's a small role for Robert Mitchum, 1943 was his first year in Hollywood. Nominated for best B&W cinematography.
My list of 50 WWII films would also include:
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005) - I was gobsmacked by this powerful film, the true story of idealistic German university students in WWII who form an anti-Nazi resistance movement. On the one hand their courage is awe-inspiring, on the other hand their treatment and trial at the hands of the Nazis is a true life horror story. What a compelling film.
The Human Condition (I, II, III) - Shot between 1959 and 1961, the story centres around one soldier (Tatsuya Nakadai) trying to rise above the corruption and brutality of the Japanese occupation of Manchuria.
... not in my top 50 but as a curiosity for Canadians, Corvette K-225, a Hollywood 1943 film about the Canadian Navy in WWII. Randolph Scott and a very young Ella Raines (in her first movie) are the romantic leads. The crew of the corvette are full of Hollywood stalwarts such as Barry Fitzgerald, Andy Devine, and Noah Beery. And if you don't blink there's a small role for Robert Mitchum, 1943 was his first year in Hollywood. Nominated for best B&W cinematography.