Best War movie
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Mike Lavigne
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Patton might also be my favorite too......
Lawrence of Arabia is not chopped liver.
also....
Bridge Over The River Kwai
Apocalypse Now
Lawrence of Arabia is not chopped liver.
also....
Bridge Over The River Kwai
Apocalypse Now
CPP
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So many. Battle of the Bulge (1965) I saw it with my dad and uncle back then. , others :
Tora tora tora (1970)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Dunkirk (2017)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Patton (1970)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Schindler's List (1993)
The Great Escape (1963)
Midway (1976)
Just so many more
Tora tora tora (1970)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Dunkirk (2017)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Patton (1970)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Schindler's List (1993)
The Great Escape (1963)
Midway (1976)
Just so many more
VT Skier
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All Quiet on the Western Front
the best years of our lives (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) - IMDb
honorable mention: the razor's edge (1946 & 1984)
The Razor'''s Edge (1984) - IMDb
The Razor'''s Edge (1946) - IMDb
if non-cinema format is included: band of brothers (2001)
Band of Brothers (TV Mini Series 2001) - IMDb
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) - IMDb
honorable mention: the razor's edge (1946 & 1984)
The Razor'''s Edge (1984) - IMDb
The Razor'''s Edge (1946) - IMDb
if non-cinema format is included: band of brothers (2001)
Band of Brothers (TV Mini Series 2001) - IMDb
puroagave
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Das Boot
twelve o'clock high
The blue max
The Battle of Britain
Run Silent Run deep
The Enemy Below
as mentioned already, paths of Glory and all Quiet on the Western front. they would be in my top five.
twelve o'clock high
The blue max
The Battle of Britain
Run Silent Run deep
The Enemy Below
as mentioned already, paths of Glory and all Quiet on the Western front. they would be in my top five.
GSOphile
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Patton
Band of Brothers
Zero Dark Thirty
The Kingdom of Heaven
Band of Brothers
Zero Dark Thirty
The Kingdom of Heaven
NorthStar
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Among ...
• Saving Private Ryan
• 1917
• The Thin Red Line
• Black Hawk Down
• Platoon
• The Hurt Locker
• Hacksaw Ridge
• The Killing Fields
• The Deer Hunter
• Flags of our Fathers & Letters from Iwo Jima
• The Great Escape
• Das Boot
• Paths of Glory
• Zero Dark Thirty
• 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Some of them already mentioned and others ...
• Dunkirk
• Apocalypse Now Redux
• We were Soldiers
• American Sniper
• Full Metal Jacket
• Hamburger Hill
• Patton
• The Guns of Navarone
• Schindler's List
• The Bridge on the River Kwai
• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Tora! Tora! Tora!
• Casualties of War
• Glory
• Born on the Fourth of July
• Unbroken
• Lawrence of Arabia
• War Horse
• Fury
• Lone Survivor
• The Patriot
• Heaven & Earth
• The Longest Day
My favorite? Life is Beautiful
• Saving Private Ryan
• 1917
• The Thin Red Line
• Black Hawk Down
• Platoon
• The Hurt Locker
• Hacksaw Ridge
• The Killing Fields
• The Deer Hunter
• Flags of our Fathers & Letters from Iwo Jima
• The Great Escape
• Das Boot
• Paths of Glory
• Zero Dark Thirty
• 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Some of them already mentioned and others ...
• Dunkirk
• Apocalypse Now Redux
• We were Soldiers
• American Sniper
• Full Metal Jacket
• Hamburger Hill
• Patton
• The Guns of Navarone
• Schindler's List
• The Bridge on the River Kwai
• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Tora! Tora! Tora!
• Casualties of War
• Glory
• Born on the Fourth of July
• Unbroken
• Lawrence of Arabia
• War Horse
• Fury
• Lone Survivor
• The Patriot
• Heaven & Earth
• The Longest Day
My favorite? Life is Beautiful
CPP
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OK, I waited patiently to see if anyone else would name it, on my top 3 list for sure......... William Holden
Stalag 17
filmed the year I was born, I guess that's why it was one of my favorites, LOL !
PS - and to think MASH hasn't been named yet, no war movie has ever spawned a longer running TV series. Can you name the two from the movie that made it to the TV series ?
Stalag 17
filmed the year I was born, I guess that's why it was one of my favorites, LOL !
PS - and to think MASH hasn't been named yet, no war movie has ever spawned a longer running TV series. Can you name the two from the movie that made it to the TV series ?
puroagave
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heart wrenching. I'd put 'Salvador' in the same genre of civil war dramas.
NorthStar
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It is ('The Killing Fields').
* Revisiting war movies from memory is quite an emotional ride.
War is not fun, killing other human beings is not civilized, exploiting other human beings is despicable, using other human beings is like enslaving them physically or psychologically or both, and it's not good form. War sucks, hatred sucks, violence sucks, human exploitation sucks, racism sucks, corruption sucks, power by evil sucks, dictators suck.
Saving Private Ryan is one of the top best War movies. ...Apocalypse Now Redux also. Then all hell breaks loose with zillion of bullets, guns, blood and guts all over the movie sets...Black Hawk Down, 13 Soldiers, ...
** On another thread; Best Favorite Love story (Romance) movie ...
NorthStar
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Gone with the Wind also ranks among the top epic war movies.
And Dr. Strangelove.
* Stanley Kubrick ranks among the top film directors when it comes to war movies.
...With a different take; Dr. Strangelove, Full Metal Jacket, Paths of Glory, Fear and Desire, Spartacus, Barry Lyndon.
** Kathryn Bigelow (James Cameron's ex-wife) also ranks high as a director of powerful war movies; The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty, K-19: The Widowmaker.
And Dr. Strangelove.
* Stanley Kubrick ranks among the top film directors when it comes to war movies.
...With a different take; Dr. Strangelove, Full Metal Jacket, Paths of Glory, Fear and Desire, Spartacus, Barry Lyndon.
** Kathryn Bigelow (James Cameron's ex-wife) also ranks high as a director of powerful war movies; The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty, K-19: The Widowmaker.
still-one
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My favorite is probably Das Boot. In addition I enjoyed the first two of Spielberg's Trilogy "Band of Brothers" and "The Pacific" and have been looking forward to the third installment sometime called "Masters of the Air" or "The Mighty Eighth" currently in production which is about the air war in Europe.
Others have posted some excellent ones such as Saving Private Ryan, Midway (original), We Were Soldiers, Flags of our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima. There are a few that are great but hard to re-watch like Schindler's List and The Book Thief.
Funny but I never liked Patton.
Others have posted some excellent ones such as Saving Private Ryan, Midway (original), We Were Soldiers, Flags of our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima. There are a few that are great but hard to re-watch like Schindler's List and The Book Thief.
Funny but I never liked Patton.
Cory Cooper
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My two favorites are:
Battle of the Bulge (1965)
The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
They may not be the best of the bunch that others have mentioned, but they are to me for very personal reasons. My grandfather, who passed away in 2016 at the age of 95, fought in both of those battles.
C
Battle of the Bulge (1965)
The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
They may not be the best of the bunch that others have mentioned, but they are to me for very personal reasons. My grandfather, who passed away in 2016 at the age of 95, fought in both of those battles.
C