# WW1 themed movie recommendations to set the mood. **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [May 9, 2016, 10:51am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ww1-themed-movie-recommendations-to-set-the-mood/101005 "2016-05-09T10:51:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reconpilot001](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/reconpilot001/32/103245_2.png) [@Reconpilot001](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Reconpilot001)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2016, 10:51am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ww1-themed-movie-recommendations-to-set-the-mood/101005/1 "2016-05-09T10:51:00Z")
AS the title says, i propose to collect a list of your favourite ww1 themed movies to share and spread the mood. Lets start off with the Australian tunnelers of Hill 60 # [Link to section: =============================================================== = MOVIES =](#movies-1)=============================================================== = MOVIES = - Beneath Hill 60 (2010) [In 1916, the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company is tunneling beneath German fortifications and bunkers to detonate massive explosive charges.] {Australia} - Warhorse (2011) [Young Albert enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. Albert’s hopeful journey takes him out of England and to the front lines as the war rages on.] - Lawrence of arabia (1962) [The story of TE Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War 1 in order to fight the Turks.] {Britain} - Gallipoli (1981) [Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I.] {Australia} - Joyeux Noel (2005) [In December 1914, an unofficial Christmas truce on the Western Front allows soldiers from opposing sides of the First World War to gain insight into each other’s way of life.] {France/britain/germany} - The Lost battalion (1919) [A battalion of the U.S. Army’s 77th Division penetrates deep into the Argonne Forest of France during the First World War. The battalion becomes surrounded and holds out for six long days, awaiting reinforcement and rescue.] {US} - The Lost battalion (2001 Tv movie) [Fact-based war drama about an American battalion of over 500 men which gets trapped behind enemy lines in the Argonne Forest in October 1918 France during the closing weeks of World War I.] {US} - Paths of glory (1951) [After refusing to attack an enemy position, a general accuses the soldiers of cowardice and their commanding officer must defend them.] - All is quiet n the western front (1930) [A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I.] {Germany} - Passchendaele (2008)[The lives of a troubled veteran, his nurse girlfriend and a naive boy intersect first in Alberta and then in Belgium during the bloody World War I battle of Passchendaele.] {Canada} - The Light Horseman (1987) [In 1917 when the British forces are bogged down in front of the Turkish and German lines in Palestine they rely on the Australian light horse regiment to break the deadlock.] {Australia} - () - () # [Link to section: =============================================================== = DOCUMENTARIES =](#documentaries-2)=============================================================== = DOCUMENTARIES = - Apocalypse WWI (2014) [Colorized historical footage in ascending order of World War 1. Not only the relatively known Flanders and France battles, but also the generally unknown Italian-Austrian, German-Polish-Russian, Japanese-German, Ottoman Empire- Allied and African German Colonies, and other unknown or forgotten fronts and battles. Original French production retold in English for National Geographic channel as: World War 1: The Apocalypse] - Our World War (2014) [During World War I, British troops face the horrors of the Battle of Mons in 1914, internal strife in 1916 and innovative tank warfare in 1918.] -13 Diaries of the Grear War () - The Somme: From defeat to victory (2006)[Based on diaries, records and eyewitness accounts, this is the story of the two Battles of the Somme from the perspective of British and German soldiers. It shows how the major lessons learned by the British Army leadership after the disastrous first attacks of July 1916 were turned into victory at the second attempt in September 1916, arguably the turning point for the First World War.] # [Link to section: =============================================================== = YOUTUBE CHANNELS =](#youtube-channels-3)=============================================================== = YOUTUBE CHANNELS = - “The Great War” by Indy Neidel - “Forgotten Weapons” by Will be edited to fill in suggestions ! ---
**Author:** ![JW063](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@JW063](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/JW063)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2016, 11:05am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ww1-themed-movie-recommendations-to-set-the-mood/101005/2 "2016-05-09T11:05:00Z")
Warhorse is probably the best of the recent. Lawrence of Arabia might be over 50 years old but still a great movie. I think most of the best of the rest are foreign. ---
**Author:** ![wwishie](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/f14d63/32.png) [@wwishie](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/wwishie)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2016, 11:11am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ww1-themed-movie-recommendations-to-set-the-mood/101005/3 "2016-05-09T11:11:00Z")
All quiet on the Western Front is a classic. Also Gallipoli with Mel Gibson. Johnny Got his Gun was pretty lame, but it was immortalized in the Metallica video “One”. ---
**Author:** ![Reconpilot001](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/reconpilot001/32/103245_2.png) [@Reconpilot001](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Reconpilot001)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2016, 11:12am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ww1-themed-movie-recommendations-to-set-the-mood/101005/4 "2016-05-09T11:12:00Z")
> @JW063 said: > Warhorse is probably the best of the recent. > > Lawrence of Arabia might be over 50 years old but still a great movie. I think most of the best of the rest are foreign. even if they are, some are really good underated movies that need more internationnal love ! ---
**Author:** ![Carswell90](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/858c86/32.png) [@Carswell90](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Carswell90)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2016, 11:13am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ww1-themed-movie-recommendations-to-set-the-mood/101005/5 "2016-05-09T11:13:00Z")
Hmm. Not many good movies, but many good documentaries. Movies: -Gallipoli (early Mel Gibson film, QUALITY! Definitely check it out) -Warhorse -Joyeux Noel -The Lost Battalion -Paths of Glory (old Kirk Douglas movie) -All Quiet on the Western Front -Legends of the Fall (Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins) has some good WW1 scenes. Now for the good documentaries: -Our World War (3 part series, it’s on Netflix) -13 Diaries of the Grear War (also on Netflix, several diaries of people who fought and lived during the war, including Ernst Jü) -Channel 4: The Somme (on Vimeo) (VERY GOOD IMO) -The Somme: From defeat to victory (on YouTube) I’m sure I’m missing a few but I’ve watched all of these and they’re good. Also I mentioned Ernst Jü, if anyone wants a good first hand account read his book Storm of Steel. Pretty sure you can get it for cheap on the Internet. He fought through all 4 years, was a sturmtrupp officer. He killed (several times), and gives graphic accounts of assaults he led and defended, trench raids, etc. He lived to be 103, and received an iron cross and was the youngest ever recipient of the Pour le merite. ---
**Author:** ![ImBeauski](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/a183cd/32.png) [@ImBeauski](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/ImBeauski)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2016, 12:12pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ww1-themed-movie-recommendations-to-set-the-mood/101005/6 "2016-05-09T12:12:00Z")
Great idea, a little WW1 entertainment to help hold us all over until October. I have two Youtube channels to recommend. The Great War is a channel that is covering WW1 on a week to week basis over four years from 2014-2018. Think of it as a newsreel, bringing you the news of the war as it happened 100 years earlier. It’s very detailed and a pretty cool way of telling the history of the war. Indy really knows his stuff. The other is Forgotten Weapons. I’ve already talked about Ian’s channel in a few of my post, but if you are interested in firearms from around 1800-1960 you’ll love his videos. He has taken in depth looks at hundreds rare and unusual weapons, including many of the mainstays of WW1. And like Indy, Ian really knows his stuff. ---
**Author:** ![DingoKillr](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/dingokillr/32/101728_2.png) [@DingoKillr](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/DingoKillr)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ww1-themed-movie-recommendations-to-set-the-mood/101005/7 "2016-05-09T15:19:00Z")
The Light Horseman (1987) about the Anzac cavalry charge during the battle of Beersheba {AUS} ---
**Author:** ![DeathOn2Legs](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@DeathOn2Legs](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/DeathOn2Legs)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ww1-themed-movie-recommendations-to-set-the-mood/101005/8 "2016-05-09T15:54:00Z")
The Lost Battalion is a fantastic movie. Cannot wait to swing the Trench Club on someones head. ---
**Author:** ![Frankenstein68](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/frankenstein68/32/101998_2.png) [@Frankenstein68](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Frankenstein68)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ww1-themed-movie-recommendations-to-set-the-mood/101005/9 "2016-05-09T16:11:00Z")
Just a few additions… Movies \*The Trench (Daniel Craig on the eve of the Somme Offensive) \*The Blue Max (WWI aerial warfare before CGI) \*Hells Angels (Howard Hughs movie with real airplanes in mock combat) \*Dawn Patrol (Both the original and the remake) \*Flyboys ( but the CGI is good… Did every German fly a Fokker?) TV \*Black Adder Goes Forth Documentary \*The Great War (BBC/CBC documentary series. 26 parts… the best WWI doc hands down) ---
**Author:** ![vizionblind](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/vizionblind/32/104007_2.png) [@vizionblind](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/vizionblind)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ww1-themed-movie-recommendations-to-set-the-mood/101005/10 "2016-05-09T16:37:00Z")
watch the TV series called “Our World War” It’s like band of brothers ---
**Author:** ![Sarkzm](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/sarkzm/32/103367_2.png) [@Sarkzm](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Sarkzm)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ww1-themed-movie-recommendations-to-set-the-mood/101005/11 "2016-05-09T20:21:00Z")
Not a film or anything but Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History has a 6 part 17+ hour podcast series called “Blueprint for Armageddon” that is the most interesting yet informative series on WW1. Dan really makes this series shine, and I can’t recommend it enough. It truly is a gem to be shared. ---
**Author:** ![JW063](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@JW063](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/JW063)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ww1-themed-movie-recommendations-to-set-the-mood/101005/12 "2016-05-09T21:45:00Z")
Any readers, Peter Fitzsimons “Fromelles and Pozières: In the trenches of Hell” is absolutely gut-wrenching. It’s from a purely Australian perspective and almost entirely about trench warfare, though not entirely. Fromelles - 5500 dead in one night as the result of one half-wit British Commander’s (Haking) belief in cavalry charges against entrenched and well defended machine-gun positions. Pozieres - 23000 dead in seven weeks. Haking was there again. Soon to be released by Fitz (maybe in time to beat Bf1 release?) “Victory at Villers Bretonneux”. And before you ask, no I’m not his agent or relative or friend (though he does readily, very readily, discuss and debate freely with his readers via Twitter and email etc - write or tweet to him and he actually reads, responds and even asks for your opinions.) Best Australian non-fiction historical author of modern times. A movie is soon to be made on another totally unrelated book of his “Batavia” which I’ll give a plug because it’s one of the most both savage and uplifting things I’ve ever read - and all true. Anyway… time to send Pete my invoice… ---
**Author:** ![redzuluzulu0096](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@redzuluzulu0096](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/redzuluzulu0096)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ww1-themed-movie-recommendations-to-set-the-mood/101005/13 "2016-05-09T22:33:00Z")
Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden is fantastic. It’s about two Native Canadian boys who grow up together and volunteer to be snipers in WWI. They were hunters at home, so this helped them immensely as snipers. There’s some pretty crazy parts involving No Man’s Land as well as many descriptions of trench raids at night. (Native units were really good at this from what I’ve read.) ---
**Author:** ![xCRIMSONxGUARDx](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/xcrimsonxguardx/32/101054_2.png) [@xCRIMSONxGUARDx](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/xCRIMSONxGUARDx)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ww1-themed-movie-recommendations-to-set-the-mood/101005/14 "2016-05-09T22:40:00Z")
hmm, maybe someone needs to make a new ww1 movie, just because it has so many stories there, although i am going to check out op list to though. ---
**Author:** ![Preluda](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@Preluda](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Preluda)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ww1-themed-movie-recommendations-to-set-the-mood/101005/15 "2016-05-10T00:58:00Z")
Yeah there needs to be more modern WW1 movies:P ---
**Author:** ![RougeDestr\_7i0v](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RougeDestr\_7i0v](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/RougeDestr_7i0v)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 1:07am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ww1-themed-movie-recommendations-to-set-the-mood/101005/16 "2016-05-10T01:07:00Z")
Anything with the Russian revolution and Russo-Japanese War before WW1 The most recent Sherlock Holmes movies ---
**Author:** ![mgreider89](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@mgreider89](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/mgreider89)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ww1-themed-movie-recommendations-to-set-the-mood/101005/17 "2016-05-12T16:46:00Z")
I know it sounds lame, but you should listen to Hardcore History podcast on WW!. It’s super interesting and informative. It’s 6 parts that are 4 hours long each. The guy who narrates is an awesome storyteller. It really got me into that time period. To me it’s better than any movie. ---
**Author:** ![windowlicker1005](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@windowlicker1005](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/windowlicker1005)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ww1-themed-movie-recommendations-to-set-the-mood/101005/18 "2016-05-12T16:55:00Z")
“Red Baron” is pretty good, recent movie with amazing dogfight scenes. After I watched that I realized how intense those air battles really were. Check it out if you have Netflix. ---
**Author:** ![Razeh](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/razeh/32/103231_2.png) [@Razeh](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Razeh)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ww1-themed-movie-recommendations-to-set-the-mood/101005/19 "2016-05-12T16:55:00Z")
The Lost Battalion (2001) was good. When you watch toward the end you get to see an early group of “stormtroopers” coming in to attack. When the call the Americans New York Gangsters after being unable to take their position, just classic. ---
**Author:** ![Razeh](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/razeh/32/103231_2.png) [@Razeh](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Razeh)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ww1-themed-movie-recommendations-to-set-the-mood/101005/20 "2016-05-12T16:59:00Z")
Also a documentary called "Digging in the Trenches " is really good. It starts as archeologists are excavating a farmers field in Belgium. Several reinactment scenes as they explain their finds. Very cool and informative. I am sure there is a bootleg on YouTube or Dailymotion.