What are your Top 5 War films?

[Khartun]

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

Just watched Midway again the other day. Love that one!

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Just watched Midway again the other day. Love that one!

It took me a while to warm up to it simply because I wasn't as interested in the pacific theater but a trip to Hawaii and a visit to Pearl Harbor changed that for me.

 

[JIMMYBUFFETT]

Saving Private Ryan
The Bridge On The River Kwai
Braveheart
Das Boot
The Outlaw Josey Whales

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

There are two mini series movies I try to watch at least once a year.

Band of Brothers and Shogun

So those two will always be at the top for me.

Most of my favorites have been mentioned so here are a few others that I still like

The Great Escape
Memphis Belle
U-571
The Devil's Brigade
Platoon
Hamburger Hill
The Dirty Dozen
Glory
Master and Commander
Enemy at the Gates
Kingdom of Heaven
Bat 21
Seige of Firebase Gloria
Flight of the Intruder

 

[MichaelWinicki]

There are two mini series movies I try to watch at least once a year.
Seige of Firebase Gloria

"Siege" is a pretty darned good movie.

I don't think it's ever been released on DVD and you rarely see it on TV.

 

[DFWJC]

Well done!
Some great lists here.
I forgot about some these movies--gonna have to watch them again.

 

[dreghorn2]

My favorite war movie (and actually my all time number one movie) is Lawrence of Arabia.

Downfall is another excellent film.

 

[jobberone]

1- Apocalypse Now
2- Full Metal Jacket
3- Platoon
4-The Enemy Below
5-Saving Private Ryan
6-A Bridge Too Far
7-We Were Soldiers
8-Schindler's List
9-Midway
10-The Longest Day
11-Das Boot
12-Lawrence of Arabia
13-Patton

In no particular order
yes I cheated because those are all great

 

[DFWJC]

Watch Tigerland, Melon!

Yeah, The Deer Hunter is ******* insane.

Can't believe that I haven't seen Tigerland, Trouty.
Not even sure how that's possible, as it came out before the kids took over the TV and theater time.

Yeah, Deer Hunter was fairly epic...and disturbing.

 

[DFWJC]

I guess if a great movie built around a side story that just happened to occur during a war counts....like the amazing Schilder's List.....then maybe Papillion too?

 

[timb2]

1-Full Metal Jacket
2-Zulu
3-Hacksaw Ridge
4-Platoon
5-Hamburger Hill

 

[YosemiteSam]

1. Star Wars
2. Starship Troopers
3. Operation Petticoat
4. Good Morning Vietnam
5. Stripes

 

[dreghorn2]

Another David Lean movie which could be added (he directed Bridge Over the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia) is Doctor Zhivago, the wars, in this case, being both the Russian Revolution and the following civil war.

David Lean and Lawrence of Arabia were the main inspirations behind Steven Spielberg's desire to be a filmmaker. He did a complete restoration of the film and many interviews of his can be found where he talks repeatedly about the genius of Lean.

I just went back through the previous few pages, guys on here listed a lot of great movies, some i'd forgotten, and i was reminded of just how good they were.

 

[darthseinfeld]

I guess if a great movie built around a side story that just happened to occur during a war counts....like the amazing Schilder's List.....then maybe Papillion too?

Its all open to interpretation really. Many different could constitute a war movie. Zero Dark Thirty is another example

 

[blindzebra]

Its all open to interpretation really. Many different could constitute a war movie. Zero Dark Thirty is another example

Or Lone Survivor.

 

[blindzebra]

Fury was very good too.

 

[Melonfeud]

The late Bill Paxton did one "a bright shining lie" where he got in on the very beginning of Vietnam, he was popping Viet Cong from a Huey with a M-1 garand.
Also, I can't recall the name(I have the DVD)
The guy who played batman( I think )was a downed pilot p.o.w. in Nam and his escape partner is the dude who played the role of Augustus McCrae in the lonesome dove remake(he dies) but it was funny when he finally gets rescued and is helicoptered out ,the crew chief pulls a dead snake off him he'd been eating and does the wiggy-jiggy dance,,,hilarious.

 

[Preoccupied]

1. The green berets
2. Commando
3. Delta force
4. Rambo first blood part 2
5. Strike commando

 

[Melonfeud]

Or Lone Survivor.

I read that book first ,then saw the movie,to me the book is always better in the minds eye view!
Absolutely amazing how every time he kept getting blown further down the mountain side from RPG's
His rifle was ALWAYS laying there at his feet or within arms reach,he said in the book that the lord god almighty himself was placing it there as he took 5-6 pretty steep long tumbles that should've proven impossible to maintain his weapon any other way BUT from divine guidance from above.

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

1. The green berets
2. Commando
3. Delta force
4. Rambo first blood part 2
5. Strike commando

Shame on me for forgetting one of my all time favorites, the Green Berets. Aldo Ray was a serious tail kicker.