War Movie DVDs - suggestions (1 Viewer)

[Eric Huffstutler]

If you had to pick only two '2' DVDs depicting each major war in history, which two would thy be? (ie: Platoon and Apocalypse Now for Vietnam). This will start with the War of 1812, Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War. Only the cream of the crop please

Eric

 

[Jim Dalton]

World War II: Patton and Das Boot.

Vietnam's choices include only one for me, Hamburger Hill.

 

[Harold Wazzu]

Civil War - Gettysburg , Gods & Generals

Vietnam - We Were Soldiers , Platoon

Gulf - Three Kings, Courage Under Fire? (not too many movies about the gulf war)

WWII - Band of Brothers (does that count?), Schindler's List

 

[Eric Huffstutler]

Maybe it would be easier to post what I already have and people can make suggestions from that as well as add to. You can see I am needing more WWI themes, something from 1812, and Gulf War. I am heavy on WWII titles so don't need any more there but feel I have some of the better ones available yet will look forward to your own "2 movies" suggestions!

War of 1812
(none)

Civil War:

Gettysburg
Glory
Gone With the Wind
Cold Mountain

WWI:

All's Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Lawrence of Arabia


WWII:

Patton
Saving Private Ryan
Pearl Harbor
Das Boot (Director's Cut)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Tora!, Tora!, Tora!
1941
In Harms Way
Battle of Britain
The Pianist
Schindler's List
The Thin Red Line
The Sound of Music
A Bridge Too Far
Enemy at the Gates
Sink the Bismarck!
U-571


Vietnam:

Platoon
Apocalypse Now
Tigerland
We Were Soldiers


Korean War:

The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Pork Chop Hill
M*A*S*H


Gulf War:

Three Kings

 

[Nick Sievers]

World War I:

Paths of Glory
All Quiet on the Western Front

World War II:

Band of Brothers (Not a film but a must see)
The Pianist

Vietnam:

Platoon
Apocalypse Now

 

[george kaplan]

Ones not on your list:

Revolutionary War:
The Patriot

Civil War:
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

World War 2:
Father Goose
To Be or Not to Be
Sahara
Stalag 17
Open City
The Great Dictator
Casablanca
Mister Roberts
The Dirty Dozen
To Have & Have Not
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Destination Tokyo
Closely Watched Trains
The Great Escape
Lifeboat
Operation Petticoat

Vietnam War:
Good Morning Vietnam

 

[Bryan X]

Revolutionary War: The Patriot

WWI: All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)

Vietnam: We Were Soldiers

Not a major war, but--

Somalia: Black Hawk Down

 

[Greg Black]

WWI: All Quiet On The Western Front

WWII: The Longest Day

Korea: Bridges At Toko-Ri

Vietnam: We Were Soldiers; Full Metal Jacket

Somalia: Blackhawk Down

 

[Elijah Sullivan]

I'll start with WWI, since I have no particular favorites from among the war films covering earlier conflicts.

WWI:
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Paths Of Glory

WWII:
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Das Boot

VIETNAM:
Born on the Fourth of July
Apocalypse Now (original cut)

MISC. MODERN WARS:
Three Kings
Black Hawk Down

 

[MatS]

WWI - Paths Of Glory

The Cold War - Dr. Strangelove

Vietnam - Full Metal Jacket

Seven Years War - Barry Lyndon

Galactic War - Star Wars

 

[JohnTRU]

WWI - Gallipoli
WWII - The Thin Red Line, Band of Brothers, Stalingrad (is this available?)
Korea - MASH
Vietnam - Apocalypse Now Redux, The Deer Hunter

 

[Eric Huffstutler]

Has anyone seen or own "The Lost Battalion" which is an A&E movie? I heard it was pretty good for a WWI flick but don't see it here yet?

 

[Chris_Liberti]

Civil War: Glory, Gettysberg

WWI: Lawrence of Arabia, Paths of Glory

WWII: Patton, The Thin Red Line

Vietnam: Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now

Recent conflict: We Were Kings, Blackhawk Down

 

[Brian Thibodeau]

World War II
GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (Japan, animated, 1988). Directed by Isao Takahata

 

[Scotty_McW]

World War II
Run Silent, Run Deep
The Enemy Below

 

[Jesse Blacklow]

I'd further divide the categories. From movies from probably WW2 on, there's movies that glorify war, honor the combatants, and mock and/or condemn it. There's a lot about WW2 that fall into the first two categories, and a lot of movies about Vietnam and later that tend to fall into the last two.

For instance, "Pearl Harbor", "U-571", and most of the films from the late 60s to early 70s tend to gloss over or glorify WW2 for entertainment purposes. "Saving Private Ryan", "The Longest Day", and "Black Hawk Down" are more balanced in terms of the cost of war, personal and otherwise. "Full Metal Jacket", "Good Morning Vietnam", and "Three Kings" all seem to condemn war in general, as well as the ones they depict. Others, such as "Grave of the Fireflies" and "Schindler's List" go even farther to depict the horrors that wars, those who order them, and those that fight them, inflicts on the innocent.

Also, foreign films, especially those made by those who lived in the affected countries, are a good balance towards American or European films. GOTF is a good example, since few people know exactly what we did to the Japanese populace during the close of WW2 out of a misguided (and somewhat racist) fear of the Japanese collective emotional state.

 

[Ken_McAlinden]

There ain't much to choose from for the war of 1812, but there have been two Hollywood films made about Jean Lafitte called "The Buccaneer". The 1938 version is directed by Cecil B DeMille, and stars Frederic March as LaFitte. The 1958 version was directed by Anthony Quinn and stars Yul Brynner as LaFitte and Charlton Heston as Andrew Jackson. Neither is available on DVD.

There was another film called "Last of the Buccaneers" with Paul Henreid as LaFitte, but it primarily concerns events occuring after the Battle of New Orleans.

Regards,

 

[george kaplan]

Well there is Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier , which is available on dvd.

 

[Brian Thibodeau]

Korean War

TAEGUKGI (Korea, 2004). Directed by Kang Je-gyu. Big budget war film that, finally, tells a story from the point of view of the people who suffered the most from it. Sure, it's fiction, but it touches on issues that American movies about that war have never even addressed. I would recommend this over BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI any day. Did that movie even have any Koreans who weren't "the enemy" in it?

 

[ScottCor]

Yes..and I have it on DVD..despite starring Rick Shroeder(sp?), who is actually pretty good in it..it is well worth a view especially considering there are far too few movies on WW1. Also it gives a different look to WW1 as the battle is played out in the forrest, not in trenches. Battle scenes are rather cool, and intense at times..especially when they bring in the flame throwers