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Best of the old standard Memorial Day WWII movies (1 Viewer)

Best movies from these Memorial Day weekend showings?

  • Battle of the Bulge

    Votes: 5 5.3%

  • The Big Red One

    Votes: 6 6.3%

  • The Dirty Dozen

    Votes: 29 30.5%

  • The Great Escape

    Votes: 29 30.5%

  • The Guns of Navarone

    Votes: 12 12.6%

  • Kelly's Heroes

    Votes: 23 24.2%

  • The Longest Day

    Votes: 19 20.0%

  • Midway

    Votes: 12 12.6%

  • Patton

    Votes: 30 31.6%

  • Sands of Iwo Jima

    Votes: 3 3.2%

  • Stalag 17

    Votes: 7 7.4%

  • Tora Tora Tora

    Votes: 14 14.7%
  • Total voters
    95
GregR

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I love the older World War 2 movies that get shown on Memorial Day weekend, and have to resist the urge to spend it camped out in front of the idiot box watching them all.

Limiting the poll to a group of movies mostly from the 60s and 70s with an American focus that I think of as Memorial Day standards. Not meant to be an all inclusive list of every great WW2 movie.

ETA: You can vote for more than one. I have a hard time choosing between The Dirty Dozen, The Great Escape, Patton and Kelly's Heroes, though I'd probably say Kelly's Heroes if forced to just one.

 
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Guns of Navarone, but only because Where Eagles Dare and Bridge Over River Kwai didn't make the cut.

 
Had Where Eagles Dare in the poll when I was first coming up with the list but replaced it with Guns of Navarone. Probably should have replaced Sands of Iwo Jima instead.

 
Just finished watching Kelly's Heroes. I have a question about the scene where Oddball and his Sherman's come out of the train tunnel. How much slave labor did they gun down?

 
The Dirty Dozen and Kelly's Heroes are my two favorites but most of that list is good stuff. Not a movie but I might have to watch some of Band of Brothers this weekend. That series is IMO the best available related to WWII. <SALUTE>

 
PIK95 said:
Was Das Boot World War II?  Great movie.  Great Escape is my favorite.
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Fantastic movie, yes WWII.  Though don't think I've ever noticed it around Memorial Day. I guess because it's told from the German side.

Friend who served on subs said it's the best movie for getting a feel for what they are really like.

 
Turner Class Movies has a lineup Monday starting at 11am central of Kelly's Heroes, Where Eagles Dare, The Dirty Dozen

 
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