Favourite historical film?

[goat major]

historical rather than war films ? i'll vote for A Man For All Seasons every time

[privateer]

How about Dunkirk and the Cruel Sea.

[ziparoo]

Old B&W historical war films? Try:

Theirs is the Glory: Para re-enactment of Arnhem done in 1945 using the original survivors and the bombed-out town as a back-drop.

Sea of Sand: cracking yarn about the LRDG

[FierceKitty]

Hear, hear for Barry Lyndon. Not my favourite historical film - my favourite all-time film. But as a wargamer I must also put in a bid for Alexander Nevsky.

[FierceKitty]

P.S. Can't stand Kagemusha myself, much as I love wargaming the period. Kurosawa didn't have a clue about what happens on a battlefield. Ran is a better movie, and even there it's annoying that not one shot from a matchlock ever misses. Did Momoyama armies emproy onry Annie Oakries?

[Shedman]

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself  - a movie company films Pancho Villa and his battles 

What Women Want - the only accurate historical film Mel Gibson has ever appeared in 

Alan

[Leon]

What Women Want - the only accurate historical film Mel Gibson has ever appeared in 

Mad Max might have been, we'll just have to wait and see.   

[17-21l]

David Niven - a matter of life or death, great 1940's B&W then mid way turns to fabulous Technicolour, about a RAF pilot who bailed out of his Lancaster without a chute, and survived!- thus a bit of a debate in heaven to get him rightfully popping his clogs ( coz thats what should have happened).  Its a great Sunday afternoon movie.
Get the popcorn out.

[sixsideddice]

Gettysburg
Zulu Dawn & Zulu  (must watch one after the other)
Oliver Cromwell
Waterloo
Battlefield Britain (Boudica & Naseby... do these count lol)
Band of Brothers (okay, I know, doesn`t count either)
Deadwood (HBO series, but just had to include it)
Bridge Too far
The Great Escape
Battle of the Bulge (real family, pull the curtains, light the fire in the grate, and chill out movie)
Sobibor
Cross of Iron
Das Boot
Stalingrad
Downfall
Female Agents
Black Book
Inglourious basterds (querky, but kinda appealing)
Valkyrie
Cabaret



Hobson`s Choice (personal favourite)

[Sandinista]

The Wind That Shakes the Barley is a great film, never disapointed with a Ken Loach film. If you have not seen it yet, you should

[Leon]

There's a lot of stuff here for me to wade through!  I'll be starting with Band of Brothers once The Pacific has finished.

[Zbigniew]

BARRY LYNDON

[lentulus]

I quite enjoyed The Madness of King George.

[Leveller Mutineer]

As I've had a rant on the 'Worst Historical Film'  I think it's only fair I join in this one.

Tora, Tora, Tora. -
Unusual, at least for the time, to see both sides get a say in the making of the movie.

Das Boot. -
Always watch this with subtitles rather than dubbed.

Talvisota. -
Finnish war movie about the Winter War.

Gettysburg. -
Fix bayonets.  Not as syrupy as Gods and Generals.

Gandhi, -
Inspirational film

The Alamo, (2004)-
Interesting and fairly accurate retelling (from Disney???). Except for the combat fiddle playing.

Windtalkers, -
Underrated film about the Navajo radio ops in the Pacific.  Well worth a look.

Waterloo, -
No matter what anyone says about it, still visually stunning and a favourite.

Go Tell the Spartans, -
Vietnam war movie, set when the US were only there as advisers.

And here's something a bit different

Oh What a Lovely War, -
Dickie Attenborough's first directorial  outing.  The First World war as a musical.  Very clever use of metaphor, allegory and war time songs.

[Thomas Trolljaeger]

Hum, well I really loved these ones :

"Letters from Iwo Jima" and "Flags of our fathers", by Clint Eastwood.
"Flesh and blood", by Paul Verhoeven.
"Fanfan la Tulipe", by Christian Maudet (1951).
And of course "Barry Lyndon".

Among others.

[DanJ]

Oh What a Lovely War, -
Dickie Attenborough's first directorial  outing.  The First World war as a musical.  Very clever use of metaphor, allegory and war time songs.

I love this film but it is responsible for a lot of WW1s bad PR.

I also have a softspot for Kingdom of Heaven, the history is pretty ropy but the photography is lovely.

I also enjoyed the TV series ROME although the first series was much better than the second.

[Maenoferren]

Colditz...does that count?
Waterloo... oh the charge of the greys - which is why I do cavalry re-enactment (or did) unfortunately I did take the part of the lancers (well okay they were the wrong ones in the film).
Cross of Iron ....
kingdom of Heaven especially the cavalry charge - bit of a theme here
Zulu Dawn & Zulu
Band of Brothers
Bridge Too far
The Great Escape
Das Boot
Cabaret
Downfall - I have a love hate relationship with this one
Letters from Iwo Jima
Sea of Sand
Long and the short and the tall

Lord of the rings (Not historical at all but I love it) Guess which is my favourite bit!!!!

[Sean Clark]

Letters from Iwo Jima was far better than Flags of our Fathers in my humble opinion.

[Nicofig]

Barry Lindon

[SV52]

Most of what's been mentioned already plus:
'Hurt Locker',
'Generation Kill' (TV, I know),
'Come and See',
'All Quiet on the Western Front'