What are your Top 5 War films?

[darthseinfeld]

What do you feel are the top 5 war films ever.

Mine ( Ill go into detail later, pressed for time right now)

1- Apocalypse Now
2- Full Metal Jacket
3- Hurt Locker
4- Platoon
5- Gettysburg

 

[MichaelWinicki]

1. Kelly's Hero's
2. Zulu
3. A Bridge Too Far
4. Midway
5. We Were Soldiers

 

[darthseinfeld]

1. Kelly's Hero's
2. Zulu
3. A Bridge Too Far
4. Midway
5. We Were Soldiers

Classic flair

 

[blindzebra]

No movie is better than Band of Brothers or to a slightly lesser extent The Pacific.
As movies go I will stay on my outside the box approach and go with Schindler's List, Judgement at Nuremberg, and Lincoln.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Classic flair

Hey I really liked your list, but I felt it was way too early to duplicate entries.

 

[haleyrules]

Like the above lists...how about adding Saving Private Ryan??

 

[CF74]

I'd replace #3 with Sands of Iwo Jima for starters...

 

[darthseinfeld]

No movie is better than Band of Brothers or to a slightly lesser extent The Pacific.
As movies go I will stay on my outside the box approach and go with Schindler's List, Judgement at Nuremberg, and Lincoln.

Im gonna include my thoughts on Schindlers List when go in more detail. I consider it a Top 10, maybe 5 film of all time

I agree whole heartedly with Band of Brothers

Edit: Not to leave you hanging, with my list I went with pure warfare. If I did it with movies concerning war, Schindlers List would be #2 behind Apocalypse Now

 

[darthseinfeld]

Like the above lists...how about adding Saving Private Ryan??

It was good, but Im not high on it as the 5 I listed

 

[blindzebra]

Like the above lists...how about adding Saving Private Ryan??

The first half hour may be the greatest accomplishment in film-making history, but the end was forced. I mean really, why not blow the bridge and get everyone out alive? It accomplishes both sets of orders without almost everyone dying.

 

[blindzebra]

An underrated film that deserves a mention is Letters from Iwo Jima.

 

[Trouty]

The Deer Hunter
Apacolypse Now
The Thin Red Line
Full Metal Jacket
Tigerland

 

[Trouty]

An underrated film that deserves a mention is Letters from Iwo Jima.

Fantastic film, Zebra!

 

[Rockport]

As a Marine, Full Metal Jacket is my favorite. The closest depiction of Marine Corp boot camp ever by any movie. I was at Parris Island boot camp in 75 and on fire watch. We were 1st phase so on the 3rd deck. It was about 2am and one of the recruits went out on the ledge and started screaming I want to die, I want to die!. I woke up the Drill Instructor who came out with his smokey hat and boxers and a t-shirt and started yelling at the guy, ******* jump, just ******* jump!

 

[blindzebra]

Fantastic film, Zebra!

It is funny because Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers was not that good.

 

[blindzebra]

As a Marine, Full Metal Jacket is my favorite. The closest depiction of Marine Corp boot camp ever by any movie. I was at Parris Island boot camp in 75 and on fire watch. We were 1st phase so on the 3rd deck. It was about 2am and one of the recruits went out on the ledge and started screaming I want to die, I want to die!. I woke up the Drill Instructor who came out with his smokey hat and boxers and a t-shirt and started yelling at the guy, ******* jump, just ******* jump!

I always thought that if you took the first half of Full Metal Jacket and the last half of Platoon and put them together you'd have had the perfect movie on the Vietnam war.

 

[Trouty]

It is funny because Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers was not that good.

It was alright, nothing special, but not nearly as good as Letters From Iwo Jima

 

[Trouty]

I always thought that if you took the first half of Full Metal Jacket and the last half of Platoon and put them together you'd have had the perfect movie on the Vietnam war.

The last half of FMJ is amazing!

Platoon is awesome, too.

 

[waldoputty]

do star wars and lord of the rings count?

 

[Trouty]

No love for The Deer Hunter, ey?