What is your favorite war movie?

VASTLY underrated films.
Empire of the sun (already listed)
Paths of glory execution of their own troops (French) due to munity
Breaker MORANT (sp) aussie film, boar war executed by firing squad for war crime (innocent, but public outcry, army had to do something0

Cannot recall title, Frank Sinatra was in it, Brief scene of American firing
squad executing G.I.'S FOR crimes against civilians in paris in
ww ii.
As firing squad was doing 'their duty'
Silent Night was played on sound track
 

...To End All Wars......


It is the true story of 4 POW's of the Japanese and was based on the memoirs of Ernest Gordon who was one of the POW's and served in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders....for me it was one of the best war films I have ever watched.
 
Bee said:
...To End All Wars......


It is the true story of 4 POW's of the Japanese and was based on the memoirs of Ernest Gordon who was one of the POW's and served in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders....for me it was one of the best war films I have ever watched.
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Must be a Brit movie, were getting darn few Brit movies, gott'a have the random killings, car chases...
That includes the movie package on Direct and Dish tv.
Forced to turner classic films, don't watch the zombies, the hobbits,
nor cartoon poising as movies.
 
jerry old said:
Must be a Brit movie, were getting darn few Brit movies, gott'a have the random killings, car chases...
That includes the movie package on Direct and Dish tv.
Forced to turner classic films, don't watch the zombies, the hobbits,
nor cartoon poising as movies.
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If I am totally honest Jerry and with no offence mean't, I much prefer British made war films
 
Yes, Brits and French often take a different slant on things, often superior to ours.
U.S; apparently have little choice but to attend movies where:
kill everybody, blow down a city, fires, bombs... horse poo!
Six Seals wipe out North Korean Army...
However, our war movies beat the general fare.
I listed those deserving praise that have been overlooked.
Das Boat is the best of all war films.
 
Gettysburg, Empire of the Sun, and Saving Private Ryan. Though I feel the plot of Private Ryan was preposterous, the cinematography was amazing. It made you feel like you were really in a warzone. Amazing film.
 
Two of my favorites:
Empire of the Sun' 87,a young Christian Bale is terrific as a schoolboy who led a sheltered life in Shanghai.He became separated from his parents,put into a prisoner camp when Japan invaded China at beginning of WW 2
"Saving Private Ryan' '98 both movies directed by Stephen Speilberg
 
Band of Brothers series - even more so since ms gamboolgals father was in the 101st all the way from Camp Toccoa thru the end of the war.

The Pacific - series based on Eugene Sledges experiences he wrote about in his book "The Old Breed"

Hacksaw Ridge

All Quiet on The Western Front

The Lost Battalion

Sergeant York

Platoon

The Red Badge of Courage
 
My all time favorite, The Hunt for Red October. I have seen it so many times I know the Russian dialogue. I love submarine movies, another great one was Run Silent Run Deep.
One of my all time thrills was sailing on two nuclear subs when I was a Field Engineer.
 
'Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan'
Long Tan had been a battle fought against almost impossible odds. A ferocious battle, a defining action of the Vietnam war
On the afternoon of 18 August 1966, a single infantry company of 108 mostly inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers engaged with a regiment of 2,500 battle-hardened Viet Cong and North Vietnam army troops. Almost surrounded, outnumbered 10 to one, they withstood Viet Cong attacks in cyclonic rain
 
Last of the Mohicans (1992). I watched a lot of cowboy and Indian movies snuggled in my dad's lap as a toddler and for some reason took a liking to the Indians. Like that the movie incorporated seeds of colonial discontent from the French and Indian War that set the stage for the Revolution.
 
The type of war movies I prefer:

Into the White (2012) "Norway, WWII: A group of British and German soldiers find themselves stranded in the wilderness after an aircraft battle. Finding shelter in the same cabin, they realize the only way to survive the winter is to place the rules of war aside."

The Thin Red Line is the most honest and multi-dimensional war movie I've ever seen. It vividly portrays just about every major facet of war.
 
officerripley said:
Zulu, 1964, Michael Caine & Jack Hawkins.
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I saw some ranking of all time best war movies and Zulu was #1. It is great.

I would also vote for The Enemy Below, with Robert Mitchum; Battleground; Hell is for Heroes; and another Robert Mitchum film, Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison.

Another favorite is A Bridge Too Far.
 
There were many war movies made, but most were fiction, dramatized, & edited to brainwash & program people into supporting the war & make the U.S. look wonderful & discourage any questioning & suspicion.
But the actual veteran who was there - Ron Kovic - was heavily involved in "Born on the 4th of July" & he wanted the truth to be told, before, during & after the Vietnam war. In my view, that is what makes that movie worth watching.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Kovic
 

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