Lots of great war movies, many of which I had forgotten. If you want a great aviation related war move, "Battle of Britain" is my favorite. Lots of real warbirds, ME-109's, HE-111's, Spits and Hurricanes. Gen. Adolf Galland was the techical advisor and rumor has it he fired up a 109 and took it for a joy ride during production. No computer generated stuff like that joke "Pearl Harbor".
Your ONE favorite war movie.
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Old Dog
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Can't ever make up my mind between In Harm's Way (The Duke, Kirk Douglas, Burgess Meredith, Henry Fonda, Patricia Neal) and The Caine Mutiny (Bogart, McMurray) ... (yeah, I'm Navy.)
oweno
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Das Boot (but only the director's cut, in German, with English subtitles).
And it was a made-for-tv movie. Go figger....
And it was a made-for-tv movie. Go figger....
wingnutx
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The Fighting Seabees!
Texfire
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I'm suprised that I've haven't seen anyone mention Bat 21. Talk about a great Vietnam flying movie.
CombatArmsUSAF
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The Longest Day
jefnvk
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One?
If only one, I'd probably go with We Were Soldiers, with Band of Brothers and Blackhawk Down close seconds.
Although, I do like Full Metal Jacket for an alternate view.
And Gods and Generals.
Saving Private Ryan was good, but I don't care much for the made-up story line.
I'd throw in Apocalypse Now, but it isn't really a war movie in my book.
Worst definitely goes to Windtalkers.
If only one, I'd probably go with We Were Soldiers, with Band of Brothers and Blackhawk Down close seconds.
Although, I do like Full Metal Jacket for an alternate view.
And Gods and Generals.
Saving Private Ryan was good, but I don't care much for the made-up story line.
I'd throw in Apocalypse Now, but it isn't really a war movie in my book.
Worst definitely goes to Windtalkers.
HankB
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If only one . . . ZULU!
Honorable mentions . . .
To Hell and Back (Audie Murphy . . . only movie I remember where grenades smoked when the pin was pulled)
Sgt. York (Gary Cooper)
Spartacus (Hey, 1000's of Romans fighting 1000's of gladiators counts as war, right)
and, it's hard to believe nobody has mentioned it yet, this being THR and all, but what about . . .
THE 300 SPARTANS
Honorable mentions . . .
To Hell and Back (Audie Murphy . . . only movie I remember where grenades smoked when the pin was pulled)
Sgt. York (Gary Cooper)
Spartacus (Hey, 1000's of Romans fighting 1000's of gladiators counts as war, right)
and, it's hard to believe nobody has mentioned it yet, this being THR and all, but what about . . .
THE 300 SPARTANS
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Don't see many here that you can go wrong with but if you have not seen it check out "A Midnight Clear."
Great Escape
SPR
The Big Red One
Man in a Glass Booth
Great Escape
SPR
The Big Red One
Man in a Glass Booth
Shalako
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My favorite: To Hell and Back
Notable Mention: BOB, SPR, BHD, We Were Soldiers (the book was even better)
Suprised no one mentioned: From Here To Eternity, Desert Fox, the Deer Hunter, Dead Presidents, or Purple Heart
The war movie no one ever heard of: The Iron Triangle w/ Beau Bridges. Actually a good flick that shows the Vietnam War from both sides' perspectives.
Notable Mention: BOB, SPR, BHD, We Were Soldiers (the book was even better)
Suprised no one mentioned: From Here To Eternity, Desert Fox, the Deer Hunter, Dead Presidents, or Purple Heart
The war movie no one ever heard of: The Iron Triangle w/ Beau Bridges. Actually a good flick that shows the Vietnam War from both sides' perspectives.
absolute0
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Many many fine movies to choose from, as have been previously mentioned, but Oweno has the correct answer.
The directorys cut of "Das Boot" in German w/subtitles is hands down my favorite war movie.
The directorys cut of "Das Boot" in German w/subtitles is hands down my favorite war movie.
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No question about In Harm's Way for surface battle action. The Yamato model was incredibly lifelike and the salvos are thunderous, cranked up with a good surround system.Old Dog said:
Flying movies is why I chose Flight of the Intruder and We Were Soldiers. In Flight, the shoot-down scene is incredible, and the aftermath, especially the Spads flying CAS, is thrilling every time I see it, the sound nothing short of spectacular. Same goes for the Broken Arrow scene in Soldiers. Great stuff!Texfire said:
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To Hell and Back
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Patton.
Saving Private Ryan made me cry because it reminded me of my father, a WW2 vet.
Schindler's List was also a very moving story that really brought home the diabolical nature of the Third Reich.
The Guns of Navarone is a sentimental favorite, because I was a young kid when it came out and we went to see it at the drive-in.
Schindler's List was also a very moving story that really brought home the diabolical nature of the Third Reich.
The Guns of Navarone is a sentimental favorite, because I was a young kid when it came out and we went to see it at the drive-in.
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Plus one for Saving Private Ryan
Borachon
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"Shot Through the Heart". An HBO movie about the war in Yugoslavia during the 1990's. A sniper movie.
And "Breaker Morant".
"We applied rule .303. We caught them and shot them under rule .3!--0!--3!"
(British caliber...for your ignor-bominabils.)
And Zulu, "Zulus, sir. Thousands of them..."
And "Breaker Morant".
"We applied rule .303. We caught them and shot them under rule .3!--0!--3!"
(British caliber...for your ignor-bominabils.)
And Zulu, "Zulus, sir. Thousands of them..."
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rbernie said:
I love a movie that shows respect for the enemies. I think this one did it better than just about any that has been made.
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guess........... "WOLVERINE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
My all time favorite is ZULU - with Michael Caine.
OK so I named only ONE all time best war movie. Now I cannot control myself in naming some others because while there are none better than Zulu, some come very, very close such as:
Stalag 17 - A POW movie (prisoners of the Germans in WWII) - what a movie - with William Holden! This is quite possibly my second all time favorite war movie.
The Great Escape - cast of many stars
Sahara - a classic Humphrey Bogart
Gunga Din - a classic about another era with Cary Grant et al...
The Dawn Patrol - David Niven - a movie with lots of insight into the minds of those in the air war of WWI.
The Battle of the Bulge - another classic with a cast of thousands
Casablanca - Bogart again - definitely a war movie if not in the classic sense
King Rat - another POW classic this time prisoners of the Japanese with George Segal
Enemy At The Gates - great flick with Joseph Fiennes
Platoon - pretty darned intense
The Four Feathers - the original sound version from the 1930's I think, not the horrible recent remake
The Caine Mutiny - Bogart again (I think it was a wartime flick)
They Were Expendable - The Duke
Paths of Glory - Kirk Douglas
Run Silent, Run Deep - Burt Lancaster and Clark Gable
Patton - George C. Scott
Dr. Strangelove - greatest cold-war film ever with Peter Sellers and with a great George C. Scott role (compare it to his role in Patton).
MASH - the movie
The Mouse That Roared - starring Peter Sellers in 4 or 5 roles; hillarious especially in light of the current events at the time it was filmed. A very short war innthis movies but the outcome is great.
And finally one of which the name eluded for a bit, but I found it through a web search:
Life Is Beautiful - strange name for a war movie. Starring Roberto Benigni. Its about an Italian Jew his wife and his son who were POWs in a concentration camp. The father tried to make it all seem a game to his kid to protect him from the realities of one of the worst results of any war - the horrors of the concentration camps. Yes that too was a war movie, a quite touching and heartbreaking one. One that, if it does nothing else, shows us one of the reasons that going to war is sometimes the right answer.
There are more great ones, but if you get the chance, see all of these for some real variety in types of war movies. These are all very good ones.
All the best,
GB
OK so I named only ONE all time best war movie. Now I cannot control myself in naming some others because while there are none better than Zulu, some come very, very close such as:
Stalag 17 - A POW movie (prisoners of the Germans in WWII) - what a movie - with William Holden! This is quite possibly my second all time favorite war movie.
The Great Escape - cast of many stars
Sahara - a classic Humphrey Bogart
Gunga Din - a classic about another era with Cary Grant et al...
The Dawn Patrol - David Niven - a movie with lots of insight into the minds of those in the air war of WWI.
The Battle of the Bulge - another classic with a cast of thousands
Casablanca - Bogart again - definitely a war movie if not in the classic sense
King Rat - another POW classic this time prisoners of the Japanese with George Segal
Enemy At The Gates - great flick with Joseph Fiennes
Platoon - pretty darned intense
The Four Feathers - the original sound version from the 1930's I think, not the horrible recent remake
The Caine Mutiny - Bogart again (I think it was a wartime flick)
They Were Expendable - The Duke
Paths of Glory - Kirk Douglas
Run Silent, Run Deep - Burt Lancaster and Clark Gable
Patton - George C. Scott
Dr. Strangelove - greatest cold-war film ever with Peter Sellers and with a great George C. Scott role (compare it to his role in Patton).
MASH - the movie
The Mouse That Roared - starring Peter Sellers in 4 or 5 roles; hillarious especially in light of the current events at the time it was filmed. A very short war innthis movies but the outcome is great.
And finally one of which the name eluded for a bit, but I found it through a web search:
Life Is Beautiful - strange name for a war movie. Starring Roberto Benigni. Its about an Italian Jew his wife and his son who were POWs in a concentration camp. The father tried to make it all seem a game to his kid to protect him from the realities of one of the worst results of any war - the horrors of the concentration camps. Yes that too was a war movie, a quite touching and heartbreaking one. One that, if it does nothing else, shows us one of the reasons that going to war is sometimes the right answer.
There are more great ones, but if you get the chance, see all of these for some real variety in types of war movies. These are all very good ones.
All the best,
GB
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