Best war Movie

[rds13601]

For my money the best war movie was Blackhawk Down

[dancontrino]

Kelley's Heroes!

[rnrhero]

Has to be "The Longest Day" or Patton for me.

[Sonneilon]

I'm a fan of Platoon myself. Blackhawk Down was great but I'd take Hurt Locker over that flick.

[rnrhero]

I still have not seen Hurt Locker but everyone says its good. I guess I will have to see it soon.

[Flatline]

[COLOR=Red]STRIP[/COLOR][COLOR=LemonChiffon][COLOR=Silver]ES BABY[/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=Blue]!!!!!!!!![/COLOR] :p

[vader9900]

[QUOTE=rnrhero]I still have not seen Hurt Locker but everyone says its good. I guess I will have to see it soon.[/QUOTE]
Just Netflixed it, of course it has a "very long wait"!

[Death_at_Midnight]

"The Guns of Navarone"
"Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo"
"Sahara"
"Sink the Bismark"
"The Longest Day"
"Midway"
"Tora, Tora, Tora"
"Platoon"
"All Quiet on the Western Front"
"The Great Escape"
"The Bridge on the River Kwai"
"Sergeant York"
"The Empire of the Sun"
"Battle of the Bulge"

Just a few off the top of my mind.

Being a history buff I love classic movies, and love the old war films. I do watch documentaries once a year like Victory at Sea, and even Vietnam, a History. For films it's gotta be the old stuff. Take Sahara, for example, it's gritty, or a few weeks ago on TCM (Turner Classic Movies) the movie "The Seven Graves".

How about non-WWII films? "The Four Feathers" (1939?) come to mind, or some of those about the French Foreign Legion. Lots of great stuff!

[Sonneilon]

Hurt Locker had a limited release in both theater and dvd. I grabbed one when I could. TG and I watched that movie thru JTV and we were just floored. Talk about suspense! I just knew I had to have it in the end.

[Death_at_Midnight]

I have to add "Lawrence of Arabia" too... which is coming on TCM this Saturday.

[yorktownjoe]

[QUOTE=Death_at_Midnight]"The Guns of Navarone"
"Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo"
"Sahara"
"Sink the Bismark"
"The Longest Day"
"Midway"
"Tora, Tora, Tora"
"Platoon"
"All Quiet on the Western Front"
"The Great Escape"
"The Bridge on the River Kwai"
"Sergeant York"
"The Empire of the Sun"
"Battle of the Bulge"

[/QUOTE]

You hit a long streak of good ones there. I like Sahara because of the against all odds, never say die attitude. It's been a long while since I saw Sergeant York and some of these others...
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[Otto the Otter]

Full Metal Jacket (watched the first part every day for six weeks before I went to boot camp)
Blackhawk Down (I can relate, I was there. Lots of action)
We Were Soldiers (One of the best I've seen)
Enemies at the Gates (there's dispute about how accurate the movie is, but it's just plain awesome)
Heartbreak Ridge (Not the best, but Clint's Gunny Highway is an awesome character)
Star Wars (one of the classics. It has War in the name)
Saving Private Ryan (just the opening scene alone is worth it)
Flags of Our Fathers (not a whole lot of action, but still really good)
Behind Enemy Lines (not a true story, but still a good one)
The D.I. (with Jack Webb, an oldie but a goodie)
WWII in HD (not a feature movie per se, but worth watching on History Channel)

[ender098]

[QUOTE=Otto the Otter]Full Metal Jacket (watched the first part every day for six weeks before I went to boot camp)
Blackhawk Down (I can relate, I was there. Lots of action)
We Were Soldiers (One of the best I've seen)
Enemies at the Gates (there's dispute about how accurate the movie is, but it's just plain awesome)
Heartbreak Ridge (Not the best, but Clint's Gunny Highway is an awesome character)
Star Wars (one of the classics. It has War in the name)
Saving Private Ryan (just the opening scene alone is worth it)
Flags of Our Fathers (not a whole lot of action, but still really good)
Behind Enemy Lines (not a true story, but still a good one)
The D.I. (with Jack Webb, an oldie but a goodie)
WWII in HD (not a feature movie per se, but worth watching on History Channel)[/QUOTE]


Damn, Otto, you need to lfy out here and we'll break open a pitcher of Tequila and have Movie night! These are Definitely classics! Just tack on a few.....

The Wild Geese
The Dogs of War
Red Dawn

[vader9900]

Gunny Highway is one of the best characters ever!

[rds13601]

Best quote from Dogs of War, "Your're Late."

[giTom]

Two more for the growing list of great war movies -

Bravo Two Zero (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120617/) - stars Sean Bean. "This is the true story of the most highly decorated British patrol since the Boer war: an eight man SAS team inserted behind Iraqi lines during the Gulf War in January 1991."

The Beast of War (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094716/) "During the war in Afghanistan a Soviet tank crew commanded by a tyrannical officer find themselves lost and in a struggle against a band of Mujahadeen guerrillas in the mountains."

Great movies!

[General Scarlett]

Is it odd that I've seen all of these movies numerous times???? :p

I want to add 2 of my favorites:


Kelly's Heroes(1970)
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)

[dancontrino]

[QUOTE=General Scarlett]Is it odd that I've seen all of these movies numerous times???? :p

I want to add 2 of my favorites:


Kelly's Heroes(1970)
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)[/QUOTE]
I would have listed Where Eagles Dare as well....BUT THE NAME OF THIS THREAD SAID "MOVIE"....i didn't want to seem greedy :D When i was a little kid, my father and i would count how many people get killed by Clint Eastwood. They were directed by the same gent, I believe. Did i mention that these are correct and the rest of you are wrong...except Marcos(TPAMMT!)

P.S.=Inglorious Basterds is da coolest too!

[dancontrino]

[QUOTE=Death_at_Midnight]"The Guns of Navarone"
"Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo"
"Sahara"
"Sink the Bismark"
"The Longest Day"
"Midway"
"Tora, Tora, Tora"
"Platoon"
"All Quiet on the Western Front"
"The Great Escape"
"The Bridge on the River Kwai"
"Sergeant York"
"The Empire of the Sun"
"Battle of the Bulge"

Just a few off the top of my mind.

Being a history buff I love classic movies, and love the old war films. I do watch documentaries once a year like Victory at Sea, and even Vietnam, a History. For films it's gotta be the old stuff. Take Sahara, for example, it's gritty, or a few weeks ago on TCM (Turner Classic Movies) the movie "The Seven Graves".

How about non-WWII films? "The Four Feathers" (1939?) come to mind, or some of those about the French Foreign Legion. Lots of great stuff![/QUOTE]
Deathy...Tora, Tora, Tora has some of the best effects i have ever seen(prop flying across tarmac!) The seen where the B-17 crew has to take off immediately after landing still makes me tense every time.

[Rambo]

Rambo.
Lord of War
Braveheart
Soldier
Casablanca
Windtalkers

Top 100
http://digitaldreamdoor.nutsie.com/pages/movie-pages/movie_war.html

Top 50 IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/chart/war

[seyms]

Brian De Palma's Casualties of War and Redacted.

[troopsofdoom]

My top ten in no particular order...

Platoon
Enemy at the Gates
Saving Private Ryan
Kelley's Heroes
Hamburger Hill
Master and Commander
Saints and Soldiers
When Trumpets Fade
The Lost Battalion
A Midnight Clear
Blackhawk Down (Okay, that's eleven)


Don't forget some excellent war TV series...

Tour of Duty
Sharpe
Hornblower
Over There
Band of Brothers
Generation Kill

[neapolitan joe]

Ex aequo:
The longest day;
Black hawk down;
The dirty dozen.

[silentdusty]

For me:

Platoon
Saving Private Ryan
Shake Hands with the Devil (This is a Canadian movie)
The Longest Day
The Dirty Dozen
Bridge Over the River Kwai
The Devil's Brigade
Tora Tora Tora
Guns of Navarrone

..there are many others.

[The BATman]

I can't believe nobody has said "Apocalypse Now" yet. One of the very best movies ever, so definitely one of the best war movies ever. Granted, it's not about heroism or glorification of warfare, so perhaps that's the reason it didn't come to mind.

Also, "The Eagle Has Landed" and "Battle of the River Plate".

[Sonneilon]

I only went with what I felt was my fave, dopest war flick.

[size=2]But if it was military action, even if it's way fictional, DOOM and ALIENS are top for me. AND maybe the upcoming PREDATORS will be cool too![/size]

[ToneGunsRevisited]

[QUOTE=Death_at_Midnight]"The Guns of Navarone"
"Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo"
"Sahara"
"Sink the Bismark"
"The Longest Day"
"Midway"
"Tora, Tora, Tora"
"Platoon"
"All Quiet on the Western Front"
"The Great Escape"
"The Bridge on the River Kwai"
"Sergeant York"
"The Empire of the Sun"
"Battle of the Bulge"

Just a few off the top of my mind.
[/QUOTE]
Hard to beat this list.

[sithviper]

Battle Of The Bulge
Battleground
The Dirty Dozen
The Big Red One
The Patriot
Saving Private Ryan
Bridge Over the River Kwai
Tora Tora Tora
The Longest Day
Black Hawk Down
Kelly's Heroes
Sahara (The original with Bogie)
Star Wars
The Great Escape
1941
Red Dawn
ID4
LOTR

Band Of Brothers
The Pacific (new series)
Tour of Duty

Can't think of anything else :)

*edit*

Zulu was another good one

[Death_at_Midnight]

Zulu

I had forgotten all about this one until this morning. It's one of my favorites.

[yorktownjoe]

[QUOTE=giTom]
The Beast of War (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094716/) "During the war in Afghanistan a Soviet tank crew commanded by a tyrannical officer find themselves lost and in a struggle against a band of Mujahadeen guerrillas in the mountains."

Great movies![/QUOTE]

I can attest, this one is truly gritty. I think watching this should be a pre-requisite before deciding on heading to Afghanistan. That movie show the home court advantage is definitely in play. Cold war 80's well done.
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[vader9900]

The best war movie of all time is........

[vader9900]

GI Joe - The Rise of Cobra! :eek: :rolleyes: :p

[ender098]

[QUOTE=Death_at_Midnight]Zulu

I had forgotten all about this one until this morning. It's one of my favorites.[/QUOTE]


OMG! How could I forget that one! I used to give Data Students at 29 Palms a PME (Professional Military Education class) with that one! It has points for every leadership principle we try to teach them! And it's just a DAMN GOOD FLICK!!!

[macca glenlivet]

Some of my favorites are in no particular order:
Midway
Glory
Heartbreak Ridge
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket
The Tuskegee Airman
Black Hawk Down
The Longest Day
American Soldiers
Red Dawn
Bravo Team Zero
and for a adrenalin rush Navy Seals