Good Historical Films

[heydaralon]

HeyDay, I never know when to take you seriously.

In general, Netflix films are not very good imo. They can get the actors, the budget, the camera work right, but the end result is something off. I don't know why that is. There are exceptions like that Buster Scruggs movie which was great, but most of them feel like they are made by a committee of marketers. That movie is basically the movie A Quiet Place (which I also thought was awful). In that post apocalyptic film, the gimmick was you have to be silent or you would be killed by monsters. This one is kind of like that, except you can't go outside unless you are blindfolded. To be honest, this movie is a rip off of that M Nigh Shamalan movie The Happening. Its almost identical.

[Speaker to Animals]

Sounds like a rip off of that Dr Who show.

[Hastur]

Great lists. Did anyone mention these?

The Name of the Rose (1986)
Waterloo (1970)
The Winter War (1989)
The Mission (1986)
Tombstone (1993)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
The Dam Busters (1955)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Battle of Britain (1969)

[heydaralon]

Sounds like a rip off of that Dr Who show.

Everyone talks about Dr. Who. I saw part of one episode and thought it was utterly forgettable.

[heydaralon]

Great lists. Did anyone mention these?

The Name of the Rose (1986)
Waterloo (1970)
The Winter War (1989)
The Mission (1986)
Tombstone (1993)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
The Dam Busters (1955)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Battle of Britain (1969)

Out of those, I've only seen Name of The Rose and the Mission, which were good and Tombstone was one of favorites when I was in elementary school. Everyone likes Holiday more than Earp. I'm going to check out these titles.

[TheReal_ND]

I don't know if someone mentioned the full length directors cut of Das Boot yet but I watched that in highschool in German class.

Also, I think I've mentioned this before but check out Russian cinema. You can get some decent WWII ones on YouTube and I have heard that Viking is excellent but haven't seen it yet. It's about Vlad the Great. I heard it is fairly accurate perhaps.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_(film)

Zulu is also great. I found that on YouTube once. There is another one that is in German about conquistadors that I watched a long time ago that was quite good. I think it is this one

[Speaker to Animals]

Herzog

[heydaralon]

Herzog

Bad Lieutenant Port of Call: New Orleans is Herzog's best film, and is probably in my top 10 movies of all time. Masterpiece.

[heydaralon]

Cobra Verde is a Herzog movie with Klaus Kinski where he plays a slave trader in Africa. Looks great, but I haven't seen it.

[TheReal_ND]

Herzog

Big whoop. They put out every movie in Hollywood and nobody bats an eye. They do the same in Germany and now the neonazis are supposed to go into conniptions. Grow up.