Must Have War Movies? (1 Viewer)

[Gary-L]

What, in your opinion, are some of the must-have war movies on DvD? (did a search on "war movies" but haven't any thread on this)

IMO, my must-haves include:

Hamburger Hill

Black Hawk Down

Full Metal Jacket

Band of Brothers (not exactly movie, but...)

Deer Hunter

Battle of the Bulge

Tora Tora Tora

Platoon

Saving Private Ryan

How about yours?

 

[Peter Mazur]

As well as a few you mentioned, I like:

Casualties Of War

Apocalypse Now

The Big Red One

A Bridge Too Far

Midway

 

[Greg_R]

- Patton

- Three Kings

 

[Bill J]

Das Boot

Glory

The Longest Day

I also think The Thin Red Line is excellent, but it is one film that really divides people.

 

[Sergio Martorel]

M.A.S.H.

The Bridge On The River Kwai

Dr. Strangelove (not a war movie per se, but a parody of the war madness - and a great one)

Paths of Glory

 

[Jim_K]

Essential Modern Era War films (off the top of my head & in no order)
The Longest Day
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Lawrence of Arabia
Das Boot
Saving Private Ryan
Patton
The Dirty Dozen
The Great Escape
The Guns of Navarone
The Train
Paths of Glory
The Grand Illusion
Stalag 17
Attack
Platoon
Apocalypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
Black Hawk Down
The Deer Hunter
Bullet in the Head
Run Silent Run Deep
Soldier of Orange
We Were Soldiers
Gallipoli
MASH

Pre 20th century War films
Braveheart
Spartacus
Ran
Zulu
Breaker Morant

 

[george kaplan]

Open City
MASH
Duck Soup
The Train
To Be or Not To Be
Father Goose
Operation Petticoat
The Great Dictator
Midway
1941
Von Ryan's Express
Patton
Mister Roberts
Sahara
To Have & Have Not
The Dirty Dozen
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Where Eagles Dare
The Great Escape
Lifeboat
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Stalag 17
The Winds of War
Gettysburg
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

 

[Gary-L]

Great list so far!
Hmmm, no one else thinks Hamburger Hill and Battle of the Bulge is worth collecting except me?
Oh and yeah, I'm not overly impressed by Thin Red Line... although some of my friends loved it.

 

[Rob P S]

A Midnight Clear
Memphis Belle
Saving Private Ryan
Glory
Three Kings
Black Hawk Down
We Were Soldiers
Gallipoli

 

[Bry_DD]

TigerLand

Windtalkers

The Patriot

We Were Soldiers

Saving Private Ryan

Hart's War

Black Hawk Down

Behind Enemy Lines

The Thin Red Line

Pearl Harbor

U-571

there are more but I can't seen to find them on my profiler..

 

[Bill J]

A Midnight Clear

Good call. Too bad the DVD is MAR. :frowning:

 

[Geo Gabor]

I'll add Kelly's Heroes to the list.

 

[Philip Verdieck]

Twelve O'Clock High
The Beast
The Winter War
Sink The Bismark
The Patriot
Cross of Iron
The Blue Max
Battle of Britain
Heartbreak Ridge
Ran
Flesh and Blood
BraveHeart
Captain Blood
The Sea Hawks
Damn the Defiant
Horation Hornblower (movie and A&E films)
Sharpes series

 

[AaronMan]

Everyone has picked most of my favorites already. "When Trumpets Fade" was pretty good, too.

 

[Chazz_S]

Only one mention of Band of Brothers? Wow...
Band Of Brothers
Saving Private Ryan
Black Hawk Down
Patton
Those are my picks.

 

[SteveGon]

Some of my favorites:

All Quiet on the Western Front

Gallipoli

Gettysburg

Paths of Glory

The Steel Helmet

The Thin Red Line

I'll also recommend Come and See, a disturbing and almost surreal Russian film depicting Nazi atrocities as they rampage through the Soviet Union.

 

[jimbo w]

Cross of Iron

I remember seeing it a long time ago at the theater. Definitely worth a look and not many have seen it that I know.

 

[Jack _Webster]

Gettysburg

Gods and Generals

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Glory

The Patriot

Braveheart

Saving Private Ryan

The Thin Red Line (1998)

Lawrence of Arabia

Schindler's List

Dances with Wolves

 

[Sergio Martorel]

Jacob´s Ladder. Sorta.

 

[Edwin-S]

Stalingrad
The Dawn Patrol, if it ever makes it to DVD.
The Enemy Below
Murphy's War
Not sure that it is a "must have" but Operation Burma is a good film, considering that it was made during the height of the war. Surprisingly non-jingoistic considering when it was made