What are the best movies about Vietnam and WWII for a research paper?

kassy95z_28

for vietnam i would say full metal jacket and platoon and for WW2 i would say band of brothers...its ten episodes so it might be kind of long but its really good

Marine till Death

Hambuger Hill and We Were Soliders for Vietnam. Both are based on actual events and battles, but We Were Soliders is more historically acurate. There is an old documentary series called Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War that is very informative. For WWII probably one of the most acurate movies is A Bridge Too Far. It's a bit of an older movie, circa 1960 I think, but excellent. Band of Brothers is also an excellent source and has some overlap with Bridge. If you could narrow you question to a time period or event, I may be able to help futher. Good luck

centurion613

well in my opinion:

for WWII, it has to be the mini series "the winds of war". as far as something that carries the storyline on the two war fronts, it certainly impressed me. I certainly did not think the network that showed it would include the portion about the holocaust, but they did, very vividly.

For viet Nam, id recommend two movies not mentioned: the Deer hunter, and air America. All the other movies are good mentioned above, but the deer hunter probably expresses the sheer insanity of that conflict, right along with the story line of the CIA private air force. its worth a look.

I really disagree with the use of a movie for a research paper...things must be different in the academic world today...

Vietnam - Platoon. World War 2 - A Bridge Too Far or Saving Private Ryan. But these movies just focus on a small part of each conflict.

bopper77

Movies for a research PAPER....RU serious?

Try a little depth....like a book with over 200 pages and not to many pictures.

MOVIES for a research paper...think about that for a minute....are you joking...you must be an american.

simon_sainteclaire

WW2 "saving private ryan", "tora tora, tora" and "enemy at the gates", If you want a german perspective "Stalingrad"

Vietnam ,full metal jacket and platoon

There was none of your John wayne carry on ( even though he was good) these movies told it like it really was or a close as it could have really been.

Be aware if you have not seen Private Ryan the first 10 minutes will absolutely shock you.

Praynographer !

The one I advise you to see is Casualty's of War. With Michail J. Fox. Speaks of the bad things our guys were capable of doing, but no one wants to talk about. Find it it will be worth it. Shows why some of us still feel some guilt about what went on over there. I was there I witnessed it.I think it will give you a little meaning to Post traumatic stress that our guys, most of them end up, and why we must go to sleep with these thoughts every night,and live with them everyday. Please if you catch Saving Pvt.Ryan play close attention to the part when Tom Hank's character gets shot and just before he dies he tells his Sargent to tell Ryan to make sure he makes the most of his life,because so many died to make sure he gets home, then at the very end at the grave scene, Ryan and older man now asks his wife" Did I lead a good Life?", Because all the brave men that died for him. I think that statement was ment for all of us. Live our lives as if no tomorrow.,because so many gave up their tomorrows so that we could wake up to a new sunrise everyday. Thank you and good luck on your report. Go and get an A+ for Pvt. Ryan. Most of all if you value your freedom, THANK A VET, and stand up for those rights and freedoms here at home that these brave men and women die for away from home.

brainstorm

Don't imagine that Hollywood deals in facts

trueblue88

"Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam" is a good movie.

Woah,there are a lot of war films,some pure fiction,some as much a historical record(ish)as anything else.

SOME TO STAY AWAY FROM(pure fiction)

guns of naverone,
dirty dozen,
the eagle has landed,
where eagles dare.
U571,
ice cold in alex.
Kellys heroes,
Cross of iron.
The great escape,
The Blue Max.
Escape to victory.

SOME NOTABLE GOOD MOVIES(real names,real people).

TORA,TORA,TORA,......Pearl harbour
Battle of britain,
battle of the river plate,........graf spee
Sink the bismarck,....bismark
Battle of midway,
Shindlers list,...holocost movie
dam busters
The longest day,...d-day
Heroes of telemark.....telemark raid(very loose adeptation)
Der Untergang(downfall),...Hitlers last days(excellent must see)
patton,
rommel,The desert Fox.
a bridge to Far.....operation market garden(arnhem)

FICTIONAL CARACTERS DURING REAL EVENTS;
Memphis belle,;
dunkirk.
raid on Saint nazaire.
back to batan.
malta story.
the bridge at ramagen,
battle of the bulge,
633 squadron,
Enemy at the gates.
sands of iwo jima
The colditz story,
stalingrad,
DAS BOOT,
Saving private ryan,
Stalag 17,
bridge on the river kwai.
All quiet on the western front....WWI
The cruel sea.
Thin red line.
The desert rats.
Big red one,
Flying leathernecks.
and about a zillion more.

Maybe one of these days we'll get a movie about Monte Cassino or the Battle of Kursk

Huey Freeman

"Platoon" and "Ike: Countdown to D-Day" were good movies to me. But the latter movie is just about D-Day, most of what I got from the wars were from documentaries, not movies per-se.

NeoArt

WINTER SOLDIER, Winterfilm Collective and Vietnam Veterans Against the War, 1972, 1:50. In 1971, over 100 Vietnam veterans testified about their participation in or knowledge of war crimes in Southeast Asia. This event, known as "The Winter Soldier Investigation: An Inquiry into American War Crimes," was published in the Congressional Record (April 5-6, 1971). The testimony was also filmed by members of the Winterfilm collective and released as a 16mm film. Called Winter Soldier, the film opened in January 1972 at the "New American Filmmaker's Series" at the Whitney Museum in New York. It was critically acclaimed, but by 1973 the film generally disappeared, until it was released on video in 1992.

I was not in WWII, but there are plenty of A&E and History Channel videos out there.

jacquesstcroix

Obviously, Full Metal Jacket, Platoon and Apocalypse Now, Good Morning Vietnam for Nam...a little wacked but pretty close. I saw the play.

WWII Iwo Jima, Das Boat and the new Clint Eastwood film. Also the film about Kent State. Also Private Ryan.
I think that it is important that you see the differences in the way that the two wars were presented.

There was a LOT of decent during NAM and the movies were GRAPHIC, lot of "MJ" etc. Now look at the movie industry and it is HEAVILY LIBERAL (against the war) and many of the movies were used to increase the enlightenment (decent).

WWII was a PATRIOTIC WAR with tremendous support. The movies during that time and shortly after were; HONOR, BRAVERY and SUPPORT OUR TROOPS.

Pay attention to when the movies were made and make a parallel between the theme and the tone of the government and the people.

If you want to take it a step farther take a look at "Rules of Engagement" or "Blackhawk Down"

I think that you be amazed how the movies reflect the attitudes of the government and the population.

GREAT ASSIGNMENT and Good Luck,
J

Jenny

WW2 I would always suggest Band of Brothers. Not a movie, but an HBO mini series. Everyone I know who was either in the war, or buffs of it, say it is the most correct. Vietnam, I am not really to sure. Maybe something other than a movie. Check out the history channel, they have MANY shows about the Vietnam war, along with WW2. Good luck with it.

k3s793

WWII -
The Longest Day
the Band of Brothers series
They Were Expendable (early WWII Phillipines)
The Bridge On the River Kwai
A Bridge Too Far
Tora Tora Tora (Pear Harbor)
lots of WWII movie reels

Vietnam -
The Green Berets
Apocalypse Now
Full Metal Jacket

bullwinklejmoose

Full Metal Jacket and Platoon come to mind for Viet Nam, The Longest Day and The Great Escape for World War Two..

Shadowfox

Full Metal Jacket gave people a good description of Marine Corp bootcamp and how the war was like.. Kind of like the Iraq war, the US giving freedom yet they don't appreciate it...

WWII I'm not sure, I heard Saving Private Ryan was good..

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