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Which realistic WWII movies are your favourite in last 40 years? My 10 best movies:

Stalingrad (Germany, 1993)
Das Boot (Germany, 1981)
The Winter War (Finland, 1989)
Band of Brothers (miniseries, 2001)
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Downfall (Germany, 2004)
The Pianist (2002)
Come and See (USSR, 1985)
Fortress of War (Russia & Belarus, 2010)
Schindler's List (1993)

The Longest Day
A bridge too far

"White Tiger" is very good too.
It's a Russian film and it's on youtube (subtitled):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiGDJ5-dXaI&t=363s

Just note though, it's allegorical, it's about the nature of Evil.
It ain't Saving Pt Ryan...

ugh White Tiger! Didn't care for that one other than that it had a T-34.
I thought Zvezda was much better.

I always recommend The Train.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1037789_train

One of the best war movies and train movies ever. Gritty with sweat, blood and real trains.

When French men were men and French women were women.

K

Is Zvezda this film?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcGC2JDh-pc

Yes, excellent film. OK so the Germans aren't very accurate and the plot holes are big enough to drive a panzer grenadier company through.

In no particular order. Only movies in the last 40 years. Not as a crticism but only as information, The Logest Day and A Bridge too Far are before 1979.

Europa Europa, 1990
The Tin Drum,1980
Downfall, 2004
Full Metal Jacket, 1987
Apocalypse Now, 1979
War Horse, 2011
Platoon, 1986,
The Hurt Locker, 2008
The Big Red One, 1980
Gallipoli, 1981
Black Hawk Down, 2001
Das Boot, 1981
Stalingrad, 1993
Come and See, 1985
Dunkirk, 2017

It was asked about World War 2 (also known as Second World War) movies [:-]

Well as some peeps are ignoring the poster I will do two lists - one my favourite war films - and the first, in line with the poster's requirements.

WWII Movies - last 40 years
1. Schindler's List
2. Conspiracy
3. Downfall
4. Das Boot
5. Valkyrie

War Movies
1. Schindler's List
2. Conspiracy
3. Battle of Britain
4. Waterloo
5. Operation Daybreak

Cross of Iron
Where Eagles dare

Conspiracy is an underrated gem!

Well I thought about it, but the best WW2 movies just aren't from the last 40 years:

The Cruel Sea (1953)
The Battle of River Plate (1956)
Ice Cold in Alex (1958)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

Enemy at Gates............https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IiKcMt0mfc
Battle of Sevastopol......https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZEsWbv-E1U

Memphis Belle.................trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOqvmbFvez0
The Thin Red Line............ Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKl5_OxKBn8

The Bridge at Remagen......https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbvIjYl ... GZujwAgCHj

Greetings to All,
I would add WW II films dealing with Italian and Spanish troops on Eastern front:
Attack and Retreat (Breva Genta in Italian) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9_WHR ... Is7IV4cdgA
La Division Azul (Spanish Blue Division) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS4341XBXl8

I would also include the miniseries "The Pacific"

"Saving Private Ryan"

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The Cruel Sea (1953
The Battle of River Plate (1956)
Waterloo (1970)
Das Boot (1981)
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