1. The Great Escape
We know they’re not all going to make it, but it doesn’t stop us from hoping they might pull it off.
2. The Bridge on the River Kwai
Obi-Wan Kenobi gets his priorities mixed up in Burma. Stiff upper lip, and all that.
3. Stalag 17
It’s all fun and games in a Nazi POW camp…until it’s not.
4. Das Boot
You’ll never, ever, want to go in a sub after seeing this film. One of the best and most riveting movies ever made.
5. Life is Beautiful
If you thought a tragicomedy about WWII wouldn’t work, then you were wrong.
6. Run Silent, Run Deep
In case Das Boot wasn’t enough to put you off submarines for life.
7. Saving Private Ryan
Spielberg’s iconic film, so realistic no TV channel will play the unedited version.
8. Schindler’s List
Because Spielberg wasn’t done with WWII. Or Academy Awards.
9. The Pianist
A look at the Holocaust and destruction of Warsaw; you might not like Polanski, but this film is a masterpiece.
10. Mrs. Miniver
One lady and her stiff upper lip saves Britain.
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