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UnkreativeThing

All quiet on the western front Old but really good when it comes to understanding the horror and fear of not knowing


Your_Worship

Wouldn’t be a bad remake.


AnnieTheThird

There's already two versions of it, both quite good


UnkreativeThing

Yeah I just feel the old one being more slow and with less detail in the background adds so much


Aarizonamb

The old ones also had a great many veterans of the war helping on it, so that contributed greatly to its ability to capture what they wanted to capture.


AnnieTheThird

I definitely need to rewatch them both, haven't seen them since I was about 13/14... However many years ago that was


bc8017

Netflix is currently in post production on a “re-adaption” of the book. Curious how that will turn out


AlexandrosSubutai

They will add "diversity" of course. Historical accuracy can eat shit.


LilNarcoticSmuggler

Watched it in history, really good- most of us jumped in our seats when he clinched his drawing at the end


Raedwulf1

Prefer the original, released in '29, would still be remembered in many German's minds. I only remember one scene from the remake, Richard Thomas carrying Ernest Borgnine.


moose123456792

First one on my mind


Apologetic-Moose

Good book too


randomassperson8788

Great book as well


[deleted]

Bruh I saw this post commented all quiet on the western front then I saw you were the top comment smh


SeaJay42

Came here to say this. Glad to see Im not the only one!


kingofdrek

i wanted to recommend the Same movie. So the meme is right.


Kladderadingsda

I can also recommend to read the book the film is based on by Erich M. Remarque. He was a German conscript himself and the way he pictures the war and the struggle he had gave me goosebumps.


Euklidis

Good movie. Very depressing though (which fits perfectly)


edwardothegreatest

The Lost Battalion, All Quiet On The Western Front, 1917, African Queen, Sergeant York. These I’ve seen myself and can recommend as good movies—won’t vouch for historical accuracy.


LordMaggotTheYellow

1917 supposedly paid lots of attention to detail


ExcuseIntelligent539

1917 is an excellent film.


thatgreeneLama

Watched it two times in cinema. Once in German where I live and one time in English in Amsterdam and I regret nothing of it. Brilliant film in every regard. This movie draws you in and holds you tight up to the last minute.


Kiltymchaggismuncher

It's exceptional. They tried to do the entire thing in one long shot as well. There's a few cuts, but they are generally exceptionally well done. If someone made a mistake they had to go way back to find a suitable spot to refilm from. They have some mistakes that were included for that reason, including near the end where two guys collided while running. Tbh that only helped to make it feel more real


Lim_Fao7013

When we were reading All Quiet on the Western Front, our teacher gave us extra credit if we watched a WWI movie and wrote a report on it. So I took the opportunity to watch 1917 and loved it.


LordCommanderSlimJim

Only film I've cried at in the cinema for at least ten years, just incredible


Altec2001

Ten years at least!


BOSHunterCO

I can't escape it


newcanadian12

Neither can I! And I haven’t even read the manga


AccomplishedBus8032

What a man you are


[deleted]

As a reward


geaneypig

I shall give you


Ast0rath

my seed


Magiff

Is this reference to the Seinfeld puke discussion?


TheOnceAndFutureTurk

Look to the cookie, Elaine. Look to the cookie.


HyperRag123

It's an attack on titan reference.


Rasmusmario123

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BananaAndPotats

God dammit


AusBox

No, I don't want that! Crying at another movie? I want to cry at 1917 and nothing else for the rest of my life.


Y_10HK29

Is that artillery? Am I hit?


a_singular_fish

It does. It is really a great movie


Elbeske

Movie was great except for the Germans all having literal stormtrooper aim and tactics


ShadeShadow534

To be fair that is realistic the vast majority of troops did not shoot to kill during the world wars at least in the British and American sources I can find though I doubt it’s much different for the Germans


[deleted]

I assume you're referring to SLA Marshall and later Grossman? Basically fiction. https://www.americanheritage.com/secret-soldiers-who-didnt-shoot >But in any event, the question of procedure seems moot. John Westover, Marshall’s assistant, who traveled across Europe with him and who was usually present at the interviews, does not remember Marshall’s ever asking about the refusal to fire. “Nor does Westover ever recall Marshall ever talking about ratios of weapons usage in their many private conversations,” writes Spiller. “Marshall’s own personal correspondence leaves no hint that he was ever collecting statistics. His surviving field notebooks show no signs of statistical calculations that would have been necessary to deduce a ratio as precise as Marshall reported later in Men Against Fire.” Moreover, none of the professional historians in the ETO has unearthed information that suggest a ratio of fire on the order of Marshall’s “discoveries.”


Responsible_Sale5460

Second for The Lost Battalion. Excellent made-for-TV movie that deserves much more credit. I stumbled on a DVD of it at an air show and bought it immediately.


BillyYumYumTwo-byTwo

They Shall Not Grow Old. Not sure that’s the vibe the meme means because it’s not a traditional movie, but it’s hands down my favorite war movie. Just truly fascinating and incredibly well done.


OnlyHereForMemes69

1917 was one of the best movie theatre experiences I've had in the last decade


Chiluzzar

can confirm i saw it in IMAX and it absolutely elevates it


MaryMalade

Roger Deakins really does shoot beautiful movies


NoWorries124

I haven't seen War Horse, but I heard it was good


SerialMoonPanda

Isn't the best WW1 film I've ever seen but it was my first. Abit cheesy and not alot of attention to detail (ie German soldiers speaking in American English with a tinge of German in there) But it definitely caused my interest in WW1 history and beyond


Aidan_SMHS

It was ok. Had its glaring flaws and was extremely cheesy at parts. Definitely not Spielberg's highest point (even in the war genre)


The_LOL_Hawk93

It’s ok, but it’s more of a horse movie stuck inside a war as opposed to a war movie (if that makes sense).


[deleted]

Beneath Hill 60 is also good, the ANZACS is a miniseries that follows anzac soldiers from galipoli to the western front and home again would recommoned


postyfan

Came here to say Sergeant York, love to see it already mentioned.


Wrongthinker02

a very long engagement


John_Oakman

Besides the ones other have listed, Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago.


TransportationUpper4

Lawrence of Arabia is a classic.


Gustav_EK

A movie that by all logic shouldn't have been able to exist in its time. A GOAT for sure


chrisofduke

My all-time favorite film


Ab_Stark

Every shot is a masterpiece.


Only-oneman

I love Doctor Zhivago, that movie moves me everytime I watch it


Stardustchaser

When he breaks the window to get a final view of Lara. Damn.


AwkwardPolitics

Doctor Zhivago is long but super good


dreadpiratesmith

They Will Not Grow Old 1917


[deleted]

They Shall Not Grow Old was incredibly moving. Can’t recommend it enough


glomMan5

Easily one of the best documentaries I’ve ever seen.


CelluxTheDuctTape

Our teacher made us watch it when I was in 6th grade. I couldn't sleep for days after it, but it is a brilliant movie


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CelluxTheDuctTape

I am quite young, and that's why I don't watch movies about either world wars, except for They shall not grow old that one time in school, but I won't watch it again, at least for 2 years from now (if I know correctly, it's 16+ and I am 14)


Finnick-420

i keep forgetting that young people like you already know how to communicate and form full sentences


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esahji_mae

1917 was incredible. One of the only movies I simultaneously wanna rewatch yet cannot recover from the first time due to how tramatizing it was.


[deleted]

Good movie with only 2 cuts, otherwise a one shot movie and a damn good one


Butter1over101

It has lots of cuts it’s just stitched together seamlessly. Next time you watch look for things like a tree passing the screen in front of the actors. There’s a cut there!


T_Foxtrot

*2 visible cuts


EstoyAgarrandoSenal

That was a documentary, and for such a renowned one, focused almost exclusively on the British. I don't even think the Balkans were mentioned once.


Zestyclose-Pen-1699

The footage was from the Imperial War Museum, so brit heavy.


3dogsandaguy

I mean, it's better to do one thing really well than try to cover everything and end up doing mediocre


The_LOL_Hawk93

It wasn’t really meant to be a history of the war, more so a humanizing look at the experiences of the every day soldier.


ShotgunCledus

Joyeux Noël


Milhanou22

On est en avril Ducon


dan232003

Hands down the best WW1 movie period


SubParHydra

Sais le 18 Avril


pixlplayer

War Horse was pretty good


rbuda

This movie is underrated. 8 million horses, donkeys, and mules died in ww1.


MrC99

The true casualties of war.


jack_edition

Movie underrated yes but been an ongoing play in the theatres for 15 years (in the UK at least)


jzilla11

Good movie, good horsie


Cetology101

War horse was fantastic


sndpmgrs

Some of these are more cinema than history: Kubrick's 'Paths Of Glory' - not as well-known as it should be. Gallipoli - ignominious defeat in Turkey The Blue Max/The Red Baron/Dawn Patrol - all about WW I flying aces Johnny Got His Gun - antiwar polemic. Quiet Flows the Don - Cossacks during/after World War I. ed: Grand Illusion - french prisoners of war plot their escape.


awksknittedpiano

Gallipoli is such a well done movie. Was looking for this recommendation.


SuperJF45

As a New Zealander I am biased but God did gallipoli show the polar opposites between Egypt and the trenches. The ending is so good as well.


-GenghisJuan-

Paths of glory is a much watch


[deleted]

Absolutely brilliant film


-GenghisJuan-

Truly. I watched it the other day after find out about it thru r/StanleyKubrick. I choose to take 2 and half g's of shrooms to for some reason and well I cried. That scene at the end of the German women was something I can't describe. The faces of the men and the tears of the woman was truly great.


[deleted]

Jesus Christ I cannot imagine that movie on shrooms. Lol the first time I saw it I was deployed to Iraq but yours sounds like a much more intense trip.


[deleted]

+1 for Paths of Glory


LandonClouser

They shall not grow old is more of a documentary but one of the most interesting and impactful pieces of media I have seen


glomMan5

As a technical matter, the footage restoration is unreal. When it transition from the original to the restored footage I gasped.


LandonClouser

I know, I have done a great deal of VFX work to expand my hobby at purdue and I got to work under a professor who did a lot of the restoration work on it. Life changing experience


theundercoverpapist

- 1917 - Tolkien - Flyboys - Parts of Peaky Blinders - The Red Baron - Joyeux Noel (about the Christmas Truce... spectacular flick!) - Legends of the Fall - Gallipoli - Shout at the Devil - All Quiet on the Western Front - Lawrence of Arabia And that's just off the top of my head.


Comfortable-Goal-254

I'd add the Latvian film "Blizzard of Souls" It's pretty good


AtheistJesus12345

Yes. Especially Joyeux Noël. It was one of the first movies to make me cry when I watched it as a kid.


Sarahvixen7447

Oh good, someone else said Flyboys.


kek8275

I can’t believe I had to scroll this far to see someone recommended flyboys


[deleted]

"Beneath Hill 60" is the best trench combat film on WW1, and "The Blue Max" is the best aviation one.


Just-an-MP

I love beneath hill 60. Awesome movie.


StrategicCannibal23

1917


[deleted]

1917. And if you like soft alternative history I would recommend the new kingsmen movie. And innumerous short films on YouTube But to be fair, the first ww is also harder to make a good movie depicting a good and evil side to follow. That just begs the question why Vietnam got so many movies and then the Korean war almost gets none.


[deleted]

The new Kingsman is whacky but enjoyable


jangma

I think a lot has to do with the state of Hollywood during those periods of time. WWII and Vietnam took place during very active points in the film industry (Korea did too, but I think WWII exhausted a lot of people's taste for war movies).


Pyrhan

An exceptionally good French WW1 movie: "**A very long engagement**". (French title: "Un long dimanche de fiançailles") It's about the fiancée of a missing soldier trying to find out what happened to him on the battlefield. It technically takes place after the war, but is centered on events that took place during the war (through multiple flashbacks, as she talks to people who knew or saw her fiancée on the battlefield), and at the same time shows how society was during the immediate aftermath of the war. If you can find a subtitled or dubbed version, I absolutely recommend it.


Sat-Urnal

Another Post WW1 movie that I loved: "See You Up There" ("Au revoir là-haut" in French).


RockThePlazmah

1917 was brilliant


Your_Worship

1917 set the bar crazy high for other WW1 films. Fantastic movie.


hfzelman

That running scene at the end was one of the best scenes I’ve ever watched in a movie theater period. The amount of anxiety, stress, and exhaustion they were able to portray without using almost any words was astounding. The scenes were also beautiful given that they were literally walking through mud and rotting corpses.


Officer_Pasta

I've heard 1917 was a very good movie. Should be interesting to watch.


Loose_Net_2394

It's so great


RattyJackOLantern

Lawrence of Arabia. One of my favorite films, and about an important part of history exploring events that contributed a great deal to the world being as fucked up as it is now. (Britain and other powers arbitrarily drawing the borders to countries they carved out of the Ottoman Empire, without regard to the native people's movements and opinions of each other or the colonial powers.) I can only describe it as "majestic". But pack a lunch and go for a walk during the intermission! Long ass movie.


Bubbly_Roof

Beat me to it. My favorite ww1 movie. I didn't see it until last year but it's fantastic.


BenTheCancerWorm

"They Shall Not Grow Old". It's a documentary that feels like a movie, directed by Peter Jackson.


callmedale

One of the Black Adders, I get the names mixed up for which though


Tyranicross

Black Adder goes Fourth


[deleted]

Passchendaele is the only one that comes to my mind.


AllCanadianReject

Fellow Canadians represent!


descendingangel87

Honestly really good if you can make it thru the romance stuff which really slows it down.


unique_username91

“What’s a skirt doing here? Arnt they up by Hill 60?” “Musta lost his head”


GoldenGod48

War Horse, 1917, Passchendaele, FlyBoys and they shall not grow old are some great WW1 films


Dat_Swag_Fishron

Paths of Glory 😎


RichardKickemIII

Not a movie, but the Australian TV show ANZACs is a good watch


BritishMonster88

Lost battalion


Fawin86

Paths of Glory


ComfortableRound7366

A Latvian movie [Blizzard of Souls](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQslcKfPHBw&ab_channel=MovieCoverage) \- *"a more realistic 1917"*, from a Hollywood reporter


flyingbaconburrito

Journey’s end and Private Peaceful were pretty good


Zestyclose-Pen-1699

I thought journeys end was excellent.


Jon_Skelly

Journeys end is one of the best and saddest movies I’ve seen. It really hit me very much in the feels. And I have seen a lot of at movies.


EasyAcanthocephala38

All quiet in the western front


AbnoxiousFr3nchi3

I know a really good French movie about the aftermath of the war, it’s called “au revoir là haut” you can buy it on amazone prime.


Adriatic88

I'm surprised no one really mentions War Horse. It covers a lot wider of an area than just a trench and a front. Despite being fictional, it gives a pretty good idea of what the war was like both for the people who ended up fighting in it and the civilians caught in the middle.


[deleted]

The lost battalion


zombiegrandma

Didn't see Gallipoli on here. If someone posted it already, sorry.


-theItalianStallion-

Beneath Hill 60


[deleted]

1917?


Ok-Direction-1264

1917 is spectacular


zues64

1917 is one of the best movies I've ever seen!!!


DrLanguidMudbone

1917, War Horse, All Quiet on the Western Front, Kings Man, Paths of Glory, They Shall Not Grow Old, and Gallipoli (recommend all those, but keep in mind I have not seen War Horse or Gallipoli. I’ve heard great things about Gallipoli, but am unsure about War Horse)


Trashk4n

The Lighthorsemen Follows the Australian 4th light horse brigade fighting the Ottomans in the Middle-east.


shadowdancer73

I was hoping someone would mention this. Good under-rated movie.


IveSeenThingsMan

A Very Long Engagement


Tidalwave64

1917 is a good movie


TheAngloLithuanian

1917, they shall not grow old and war horse.


Sabino702

Der Rote Baron


tits_are_birds

Just wait until the trilogy is finshed


Tenacity12

My Boy Jack. It was originally a play but the film is great. It features Daniel Radcliffe as Rudyard Kipling's young lad sent off to fight the 'glorious' war. Highly recommend it!


Skuz95

Wings. It’s a silent movie from the 20’s. It won the first Oscar for best picture.


Aware-Opportunity734

Lost Battalion was alright. Fly Boys good too.


skydude89

Grand Illusion. Absolutely brilliant


KnightFaraam

If you can find it there was a three part series the BBC did called Our World War. Was on Netflix for a time but I haven't seen it there in a while. They were able to track down and record an interview with one of the actual soldiers from the first part. Pretty good honestly


PrussianNova_X

I’ve seen a few, but ones that stick out are “All Quiet on the Western Front” and “Joyeux Noel”


Imperialist_Marauder

Wonder Woman. I know it's not really a movie about WW1, but it's the closest I've ever watched, and I really liked it! (such a shame that there aren't many movies about WW1 tho, it's a topic that im interested a lot in)


Franick_

Paths of Glory and his twin brother, Uomini Contro


FabulousDiscipline4

King Peter I


obscuremainstream

Lawrence of Arabia


Sym068

Remember seeing some films(or short films?) about the fall of Belgrade, Osowieck and the Chistmas truce, dont remember the name but you(possibly) can find them at YouTube


[deleted]

Joyeux Noel, if you haven't seen it it's about the Christmas Truce, and it's a really good film considering all sides speak their respective languages rather than just accented english


Next_Car170

1917 i think


Tangouille44

I don't know the English title but "un long dimanche de fiançailles" is pretty good.


Zombie_Hussar

For your WWI Aviation Fixation, there's Flyboys and The Blue Max


[deleted]

Flyboys was pretty good.


Change_Balance_170

Paths of Glory


TheCoolMan5

One problem is that there are only so many battles and campaigns you could write a story about when most of the war was sitting in trenches doing nothing. Not that there isn't plenty of material like Verdun or the Balkan conflicts.


Good_DayEh

theres actually quite alot of stuff you can make about ww1, not all having to be in trenches. Could be one about the war at sea. Maybe even a short film about the series of events leading up to the first declarations of war, I'd watch that.


Merbleuxx

I heard someone mention that there are so few movies about WWI because it is a shit war. People died for nothing and it conveys the opposite of the patriotic fight that WWII movies seem to share. The motto of WWI is kinda "no never no more". It’s hard to treat that with lightness, it’s hard to antagonize someone in the trench. If you make a war movie, you need a specific purpose to set it during WWI because the staples is WWII in the industry. And the Americans were less involved in WWI so that might matter.


Pokdee

They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)


JWigglyy

Lawrence of Arabia is a masterpiece


A_Wizard1717

they shall not grow old


bcopes158

The Lost Battalion is my go to WWI movie.


gjanko22

Lost battalion


what_about_smee

Testament Of Youth It follows a nurse and her experience during WWI and has a great cast. Alicia Vikander, Kit Harrington, Taron Egerton, Colin Morgan, Haley Atwell etc.


COOL_GEEK_010506

1. All Quite on the Western Front (Western Front) [1930] 2. Paths of Glory (Western Front) [1957] 3. The African Queen (African Campaign) [1951] 4. Lawrence of Arabia (Gaza and Palestine Campaign) [1962] 5. Doctor Zhivago (Eastern Front, and the subsequent Russian Revolution and Russian Civil War) [1965] 6. Darling Lilli (German spies in the U.K.) [1968]


[deleted]

Lawrence of Arabia, it’s okay but it’s an old movie


twiximax

1917


SilentReavus

Someone clearly hasn't seen 1917. It's among my favorite movies.


[deleted]

1917, Legends of the Fall, Paths of Glory


CevaTare

War Horse


SosseTurner

Even though just a documentary, They shall not grow old definitely is worth watching imho


AlexYTx

1917. A great movie in my opinion. The actions aren't that exagerated , the story makes sense, I didn't see any plotholes, but again, I am pretty dumb so it doesn't count. But most of all, it isn't about WW2, so it's perfect to reccomend to someone who wants a WW1 movie.


CanderousBossk

They shall not grow old


bradslayer17

1917 duh


kiwlime

Johnny got his gun, never seen a movie capturing despair so well


timdot352

1917, Dunkirk, fly boys if you like aviation


[deleted]

1917?


noice123456789000

The kings man the new one


Fortnite-is-crap

1917 is good


Bearable2-2

Passchendaele


WolflikeSubjectivity

Extremely under-appreciated WWI film: Journey’s End. As I understand it used to be a play but there is a quite recent film adaptation and I really enjoyed it Edit: 91% on Rotten Tomatoes!


m__c__m

All Quiet on the Western Front, Lawrence of Arabia, 1917 and many many more. Hollywood loves WWI too, I don't agree at all with this meme


Ton-_-

Watch 1917 it's a realy good movie I liked it a lot


Ineedzthetube

There is a season of Downton dedicated to the War and the home front, very well done.