The Longest Day (1962)

The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"

Genres: War, Drama, History

What to watch after The Longest Day

• A Bridge Too Far (1977) — Same subject: allies, world war ii
• Where Eagles Dare (1968) — Same subject: world war ii, commanding
• The Thin Red Line (1998) — James Jones worked on both
• The Blue Max (1966) — David Pursall and Jack Seddon wrote for both
• The Enemy Below (1957) — Same subject: world war ii
• How the West Was Won (1962) — Henry Fonda appears in both