Best War films (1 Viewer)

[Josh_Hill]

What do you think are the best war films.
Apocalypse Now will always be my #1.
Thin Red Line is still horribly underrated and its just a beautiful film.
Das Boot- A masterpiece.
Platoon
Saving Private Ryan
Empire of the Sun
Black Hawk Down

 

[SteveGon]

12 O'Clock High
Grand Illusion
The Great Escape
Full Metal Jacket
The Longest Day
The Big Red One
The Steel Helmet
...and a bunch of others that I'm too tired to think of right now. Gee, Donny, for a minute there, I thought you'd usurped my plans for a war movie tournament!

 

[george kaplan]

Bridge on the River Kwai
The African Queen
Dr. Strangelove
MASH
Patton
Stalag 17
The Dirty Dozen
Duck Soup
The Great Escape
To Have & Have Not
Mister Roberts
Good Morning, Vietnam
Braveheart
Gettysburg
Father Goose
Tora! Tora! Tora!

Gee, Donny, for a minute there, I thought you'd usurped my plans for a war movie tournament!

Too late. It's already been done. However, I don't see any reason not to do it again. The science-fiction tourney is a big hit the second time around, and I've been thinking of redoing some that I already did a while ago.

 

[Josh_Hill]

Well, if ya want, I'll start the war movie tournament.

 

[SteveGon]

Go for it! I've got my hands full with the sf tourney, anyway. I love these tournaments! Hmmmm, think we could get away with a porno tourney?
Anybody want to host a Disney films tournament?

 

[george kaplan]

Anybody want to host a Disney films tournament?

Already done by Rain. But again, no reason why anyone shouldn't feel free to do whatever tourney they want. My only proviso is that they know the area well enough to break ties. My relatively limited knowledge of foreign films, keeps me from doing such a tournament. I'd certainly participate in another Disney tourney or a foreign films one.

 

[Scott Weinberg]

I have a few other tournament ideas rollin' around for when my "Favorite Movie" one draws to an end. Should be in about three days, seeing as how SPEEDY I am! :rolleyes

 

[Bill J]

1. Apocalypse Now

2. Das Boot

3. Paths of Glory

4. The Longest Day

5. Saving Private Ryan

6. The Thin Red Line (1998)

7. Platoon

8. Patton

9. The Deer Hunter

10.Glory

Other great war films:

Born on the Fourth of July

Tigerland

Stalingrad

When Trumpets Fade (HBO original movie)

Three Kings

MASH

 

[Jim_K]

Post WWII

Apocalypse Now
M*A*S*H
Platoon
Deer Hunter
Full Metal Jacket
WWII

Longest Day
Patton
Great Escape
Bridge on the River Kwai
Dirty Dozen
Saving Private Ryan
Das Boot
Where Eagles Dare
Guns of Navarone
Sands of Iwo Jima
They Were Expendable
Kelly's Heroes
Stalag 17
Train
Enemy Below
Run Silent Run Deep

pre-WWII

Paths of Glory
Braveheart
Ran
Spartacus
Last of the Mohicans
Zulu
Jim

 

[Oscar W]

ahhh...glad to see someone else mentioned When Trumpets Fade. I prefer it over Saving Private Ryan.

 

[Bill J]

ahhh...glad to see someone else mentioned When Trumpets Fade. I prefer it over Saving Private Ryan.

I agree, When Trumpets Fade is a great film, but very few people have heard of it. I think that When Trumpets Fade's story is way better than Private Ryan's.

 

[JohanK]

Another pat-on-the-back for When Trumpets Fade...greatly enjoyed that film.

Others that I like:

Apocalypse Now

Full Metal Jacket

Hamburger Hill

Platoon

Deer Hunter

Braveheart

Spartacus

SPR

 

[Steve Christou]

Bridge on the River Kwai
Lawrence of Arabia
Zulu
The Longest Day
The Great Escape
The Dirty Dozen
Battle of Britain (why isn't this on dvd yet?)
Patton
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Star Wars
Das Boot
Apocalypse Now
Platoon
Saving Private Ryan
Starship Troopers :p)
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