The Big Red One (1980)

A veteran sergeant of World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the survivor Pvt. Griff, the writer Pvt. Zab, the Sicilian Pvt. Vinci and Pvt. Johnson, in Vichy French Africa, Sicily, D-Day at Omaha Beach, Belgium and France, and ending in a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia where they face the true horror of war.

Genres: Drama, War

What to watch after The Big Red One

• The Steel Helmet (1951) — Same feel: realistic, harsh
• The Professionals (1966)
• Hell Is for Heroes (1962) — Same subject: world war ii, infantry
• The Lost Battalion (2001) — Same subject: us army
• Brubaker (1980)
• The Longest Day (1962) — Same subject: world war ii, d-day