Downfall (2004) - IMDb - (Der Untergang - German ) - Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.
A Bridge Too Far (1977) - IMDb - An historic telling of the failed attempt to capture several bridges on a road to Germany in World War II, in a campaign called Operation Market-Garden.
Papillon (1973) - IMDb -A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
Life Is Beautiful (1997) - IMDb - "La vita bella" (original title) -A Jewish man has a wonderful romance with the help of his humour, but must use that same quality to protect his son in a Nazi death camp.
JFK (1991) - IMDb - A New Orleans DA discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
Ali (2001) - IMDb - A biography of sports legend, Muhammad Ali, from his early days to his days in the ring.
Turbo (2013) - IMDb - A freak accident might just help an everyday garden snail achieve his biggest dream: winning the Indy 500.
The Croods (2013) - IMDb -After their cave is destroyed, a caveman family must trek through an unfamiliar fantastical world with the help of an inventive boy.
Epic (2013) - IMDb - A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group of characters in order to save their world -- and ours.
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) - IMDb - A dramatization of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the series of American blunders that allowed it to happen.
Bodyline (TV Mini-Series 1984) - IMDb - Dramatization of the 1932/33 Test cricket series between England and Australia. Played in Australia, the series gained notoriety in Australian and worldwide cricketing history for the fact that the English team (headed by captain Douglas Jardine) applied a bowling technique called "leg theory", or more commonly, Bodyline. This technique involved bowlers bowling the ball directly at the batsman's body, and resulted in many of the Australian team receiving numerous bruises and injuries, with batsman Bert Oldfield sustaining a cracked skull. The series generated much anger and resentment towards the English team within Australia and seriously damaged Anglo-Australian cricketing relations at the time.
The Pelican Brief (1993) - IMDb - A law student uncovers a conspiracy, putting herself and others in danger.
Step Up 3D (2010) - IMDb - A tight-knit group of New York City street dancers,find themselves pitted against the world's best hip hop dancers in a high-stakes showdown.
. I was trying to mention his more recent action/sci-fi movies I liked
. I would like to add to your list - War of the Worlds, Vanilla Sky and Valkyrie. Well, most if not all of his movies are worth watching (more than once)
