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Back to Search18. "The Dirty Dozen" (1967)
World War II Movie Night gets down and dirty with 1967's "The Dirty Dozen." Lee Marvin leads the titular group on a suicide mission to take out Nazi …
6 years, 10 months ago
17. "December" (1991)
Released on the 50th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, 1991's "December" was seen by few and remembered by fewer (its worldwide gross is listed at $5,868)…
6 years, 11 months ago
16. "Mrs. Miniver" (1942)
World War II Movie Night goes to the flower show with "Mrs. Miniver," our second movie made during the war (1942). Both Churchill and Roosevelt recog…
6 years, 11 months ago
15. "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957)
World War II Movie Night does another bona fide classic with 1957's "Bridge on the River Kwai." Considered not only one of the best World War II movi…
7 years ago
14. "The Philadelphia Experiment" (1984)
Grab a Coke, lower your expectations and dive into 1984's "The Philadelphia Experiment," the first movie treatment of the War's most famous urban leg…
7 years ago
13. "The Great Raid" (2005)
World War II Movie Night goes down to the Philippines for 2005's "The Great Raid," which shows the 1944 raid that freed POWs from a Japanese prison c…
7 years ago
12. "Darkest Hour" (2017)
World War II Movie Night has its first biopic with 2017's "Darkest Hour," one of several movies made about Winston Churchill, and the one many consid…
7 years, 1 month ago
11. "The Longest Day" (1962)
An insanely large undertaking, 1962's "The Longest Day" is regarded as THE D-Day movie. Made close enough to June 6, 1944, to feature multiple cast m…
7 years, 1 month ago
10. "Das Boot" (1981)
World War II Movie Night has its first foreign-language film, and the first from the view of the Axis. A truly timeless classic, "Das Boot" is a high…
7 years, 2 months ago
9. "South Pacific" (1958)
World War II Movie Night ventures into an atypical genre with 1958's "South Pacific," the film version of the popular Rodgers and Hammerstein musical…
7 years, 2 months ago