Best war movies

doggie750
doggie750 Posts: 1,160
edited February 2009 in Music & Movies
I couldn't find a thread in here so, may I start one?:cool:

1: Saving P.Ryan
2: Full metal Jacket
3: Platoon
4: We were soldiers
5: Thin red line
6: Enemy at the gates
7: Das boot
8: Black hawk down
9: Schindler's list
10: beautiful life
11: BAND OF BROTHERS......gotta have this on the list.
12: a bridge too far


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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited February 2009
    Nice list.

    Id' definitely add Patton to it somewhere.
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  • GEBBY44
    GEBBY44 Posts: 939
    edited February 2009
    Despite how much I hate Mel Gibson as a person, Patriot is a great movie and definitely fits in my top 15 war movies.
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  • Retro152
    Retro152 Posts: 985
    edited February 2009
    I gotta add the Deer Hunter, though more War/Drama. Hate to say it but really like the Green Beret's with John Wayne. Not received very well by audience's upon release in 1968, height of the anti-war movement.
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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited February 2009
    Battle of the Bulge
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited February 2009
    Das Boot is the clear #1 in my list. Got to have Cross of Iron on the list as well. Apocalypse Now...
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited February 2009
    Apocylapse Now
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited February 2009
    "Bridge on the River Kwai", only because it won 7 Oscars. Back when they meant something.:rolleyes:

    "Uncommon Valor", and "Behind Enemy Lines" Although I didn't like Hackmans character in 'Behind', playing a political flag officer, fretting over the rules, when in REAL life, he wasn't exactly a 4.0 Marine:D
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  • del44
    del44 Posts: 686
    edited February 2009
    "The longest day". And I always liked "Midway".
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited February 2009
    del44 wrote: »
    "The longest day". And I always liked "Midway".

    Hell YEAH!!! And "Tora, Tora, Tora":eek:
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2009
    A few more great ones IMO...

    The Battle of the Bulge
    Stalag 17
    The Great Escape
    M*A*S*H
    The Longest Day
    The African Queen
    All's Quiet on the Western Front
    Midway
    The Guns of Navarone
    The Big Red One
    Slaughterhouse 5
    Catch-22
    Sergeant York
    Kelly's Heros
    Lawrence of Arabia
    The Battle of Britain
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  • Retro152
    Retro152 Posts: 985
    edited February 2009
    Now were rolling! How about "Pork chop hill", "The Big Red One" ?
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  • Retro152
    Retro152 Posts: 985
    edited February 2009
    shack wrote: »
    A few more great ones IMO...

    The Battle of the Bulge
    Stalag 17
    The Great Escape
    M*A*S*H
    The Longest Day
    The African Queen
    All's Quiet on the Western Front
    Midway
    The Guns of Navarone
    The Big Red One
    Slaughterhouse 5
    Catch-22
    Sergeant York
    Kelly's Heros
    Lawrence of Arabia
    The Battle of Britain

    Sorry shack ya got it. big red one.
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited February 2009
    I'll add Hamburger Hill...not in the same league as some of the above, nevertheless, entertaining.
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited February 2009
    Tears of the sun.
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  • Retro152
    Retro152 Posts: 985
    edited February 2009
    Sorry guys, love this subject and thread, " To Hell and Back", with Audie Murphy.
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  • jflail2
    jflail2 Posts: 2,868
    edited February 2009
    Obieone beat me to Bridge on the River Kwai. Absolute classic.

    It's a shame the movie based on the book "Ghost Soldiers" wasn't better than it turned out to be, as that is one of the better war books I have read to date.

    And I'd have to put Band of Brothers #1 on my list. Absolutely phenomenal series, even if it wasn't a movie.

    I'd also add Flags of our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima.
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  • metal83
    metal83 Posts: 1,219
    edited February 2009
    The Pianist, great WWII drama.


    Dog soldiers!
    Not really a war movie (well kind of), more of a horror movie, but i love it.
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  • Roy Munson
    Roy Munson Posts: 886
    edited February 2009
    Not really a war movie but rather an after war movie about returning WWII vets.

    The Best Years of Our Lives
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  • TNRabbit
    TNRabbit Posts: 2,168
    edited February 2009
    Add "The Thin Red Line"...
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  • avelanchefan
    avelanchefan Posts: 2,401
    edited February 2009
    I don't know guys, everything mentioned were very good in my opinion, but the glaring one left out for me is The Dirty Dozen.
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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited February 2009
    We were soldiers
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  • kuntasensei
    kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
    edited February 2009
    Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood Of War. Freakin' great South Korean movie about two brothers during the war in Korea.
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  • doggie750
    doggie750 Posts: 1,160
    edited February 2009
    Have anyone here seen "THE BUNKER", war horror drama

    POLKS, kindly add on the list....
    1: Saving P.Ryan
    2: Full metal Jacket
    3: Platoon
    4: We were soldiers
    5: Thin red line
    6: Enemy at the gates
    7: Das boot
    8: Black hawk down
    9: Schindler's list
    10: beautiful life
    11: BAND OF BROTHERS......gotta have this on the list.
    12: a bridge too far
    13: Pianist
    14: Tears of the sun
    15: Patton
    16: Tae Guk Gi
    17:The Battle of the Bulge
    18: Stalag 17
    19: The Great Escape
    20: M*A*S*H
    21: The Longest Day
    22: The African Queen
    23: All's Quiet on the Western Front
    24: Midway
    25: The Guns of Navarone
    26: The Big Red One
    27: Slaughterhouse 5
    28: Catch-22
    29: Sergeant York
    30: Kelly's Heros
    31: Lawrence of Arabia
    32: The Battle of Britain
    33: Hamburger hill
    34: No man's land
    35: Dirty Dozen
    36: Crimson Tide
    37: K-19 Widowmaker
    38: Bridge on the River Kwai
    39: Apocylapse Now
    40: Deerhunter
    41: The bunker
    42: Tora Tora Tora
    43: The Great Raid
    44: Letters from Iwo Jima
    45: Flags of our fathers
    46: Battle of britain
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  • PepeGameblouse
    PepeGameblouse Posts: 1
    edited February 2009
    I'd have to go with Saving Private Ryan, Platoon, Band of Brothers, A Bridge Too Far, The Longest Day, and The Thin Red Line. I also enjoy Red Dawn from time to time.
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  • BigMac
    BigMac Posts: 849
    edited February 2009
    Not a "true" war movie but good anyway, Red Dawn.
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  • BIZILL
    BIZILL Posts: 5,432
    edited February 2009
    the best are already mentioned, and though it's not a true "war" movie, i did like behind enemy lines.

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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited February 2009
    You kids. All the movies that were made during, and right after World War II.

    Bataan
    Back To Bataan
    Guadalcanal Diary
    Air Force
    Fighter Pilot
    A Wing and A Prayer
    The Purple Heart
    30 Seconds Over Tokyo
    Destination: Tokyo
    Run Silent, Run Deep
    God is My Co-Pilot
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  • BAD ASP
    BAD ASP Posts: 361
    edited February 2009
    worth a mention (middle of the pack) and a watch

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