Dam Busters (1995)

I recently watched some kind of criticism of Star Wars, in which the narrator mentioned that the Death Star trench sequence in Star Wars was taken from the movie Dam Busters, about a British plan to destroy dams in Germany during WWII with a new technique.

George Lucas certainly did not do a shot of shot rip off, and the paralells wouldn't occur to a casual viewer.  Still, the there are similaries with the concept and several lines of dialogue are nearly taken word for word, including having one of the pilots named Hutch.

While the film is quite good, it did seem a bit long, especially getting to the action.  It was fascinating to see the development of the idea, as well as all the red tape Barnes Wallis had to go through to get his idea funded and allow for testing.  It was also amazing at how British everyone was, which seems like an odd statement to make.  But, all the characters seemed to be apologetic as well as Barnes being slightly self deprecating at times.  They all avoided criticism of each other, in a way that only British will do.