This war-themed classic has all the elements that are to watch for - it has drama, a bit of romance and of course, it gives the thrills.
Red Tails pays tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen of WWII, the first African-American military aviators of the US Armed Forces. However, its stellar cast and the beautifully made dogfight scenes between fighting planes are just too good to miss. Most critics considered it a bit hokey for their tastes. The seventh film in this list of overlooked WWII movies received mixed reviews when it went out way back in 2012.
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Though it may share the same name with Quentin Tarantino’s 2009 movie and both may be, this 1978 spaghetti WWII production is nothing like the latter which, in this writer’s opinion, makes it the better movie among the two.Īction-packed the 1970s way, the story of this WWII caper revolves around a bunch of antiheroes - death row soldiers who went behind enemy lines to escape and ended up teaming with a German soldier – who had a very questionable loyalty – to do a very daring train raid. If they are then Hail the Conquering Hero wouldn’t have make it.ĭespite its being a “dramedy”, this 1944 production is remarkable in its direct jab at America’s obsession for war heroes. About 7000 people were arrested by the Gestapo because of it and over 4000 were executed.Īpparently, not all WWII movies in this list are war hard-cores. The planned assassination of Hitler is a true historical event orchestrated by high-ranking German officials, an obvious attempt to show the world that time that not all Germans were like Hitler and his cronies. Set in the Second World War’s Eastern Front, the movie is centered on a Russian officer hell-bent on being rewarded the Iron Cross not caring if it was on the expense of the lives of the men under him and the good but battle-hardened non-commissioned officer battling him.Īside from having a remarkable story line, the movie is also notable for its use of authentic WWII-era equipment and tanks.īased on a true story and centered on one of the main plotters of Hitler’s assassination in 1944, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, Valkyrie is an American-German collaboration that’s quite thrilling to see with all its twists. Third to this list of overlooked WWII movies is the disturbing brutal and pain-filled Cross of Iron, a 1977 British-German collaboration that could be one of the best war films in movie history but isn’t just watched by many. But just like the movie, this WWII battle was overshadowed by the start of the Battle of the Bulge which happened a few days later. Ironically, its plot was based on a true story during the Battle of Hürtgen Forest which occurred autumn of 1944. Released a month earlier from Saving Private Ryan and was totally eclipsed by the latter, When Trumpets Fade is a HBO WWII movie focused on a soldier who just wanted to get through the war alive but ended up doing heroic feats several times. The final battle sequence is epic showing McQueen at his best - maybe even better compared to his motorcycle riding stunt in The Great Escape. Hell is for Heroes possessed a suspenseful edge that would have anyone watching at the edge of their seats. The film centers on a small group of US soldiers given the task of holding off an entire company of German soldiers for 48 hours along the Siegfried Line.
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