Whats your favorite War Movie??
 

Mine would have to be:

Apocolypse Now
Platoon
BlackHawk Down
Saving Private Ryan

To name a few....

Whats yours??

It's damned hard to beat Saving Private Ryan.

All Quiet on the Western Front
Saving Private Ryan
Glory
Full Metal Jacket
We Were Soldiers

BHD, SPR. Naturally.

Band of Brothers isn't a movie, but it's right up there with SPR and BHD.

The Great Escape.

I've always loved Kelly's Heroes.

Forgot about Dirty Dozen....theres a classic flick.

My fav is an old Steve McQueen movie called Hell Is For Heroes.

I also love "Where Eagles Dare."

is that the one with that singer guy who takes hundreds of pows with him on a scenic train ride?

and then, to top it off, the singer guy doesn't even sing!! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

my goodness, you do have excellent taste... :toast:

Rain Man, you're forgetting that one movie you always see and say "Oh yeah! That one I loved."



Patton

Lawrence of Arabia
Bridge on the River Kwai
Patton
Apocalypse Now
The Deer Hunter

mentioning steve mcqueen reminds me of bullit...

i know, i know...

wrong thread...

Missing In Action was one of my all time favorites, all 3 of them, and a little trivia here how old do you guys think Chuck Norris without lookin it up ???

We Were Soldieres and Saving Private Ryan.

Das Boot - If i had to pick one this would probably be my favorite
Platoon
The Grand Illusion
Paths of Glory
Apocolypse Now
Saving Private Ryan

This thread made me want to watch BHD. That scene when they shoot the car through the engine block is so money. GOD!

the last starfighter

No love for All Quiet on the Western Front?

How about the Patriot?

Much older than he looks. Mid to late 60's i think.

No love for Patton?

Yeah that's great. So's the book.

"Oh yeah! That one I loved."

What'd I tell ya.

Yep he's currently 64, was born March 10th, 1940, so will be 65 on March 10th.

I would guess the same. At least the dude stayed in shape. Unlike Seagal, who got fat and pudgy....

Excellent choice,however,the run time and subtitles probably equals another movie not alot have had the patience to watch.

Saving Private Ryan....band of brothers is good stuff, too.

Glory
Gettysburg
Full Metal Jacket
Saving Private Ryan
Dirty Dozen
Kelly's Heroes
Patton
The Lost Battalion
We Were Soldiers
and I'm sure I'm forgetting a few

Band of Brothers would beat them all, but it doesn't qualify as a movie.

Yeah that will definitly scare away a lot of people, but once you start to watch it its pretty intense. I have talked some of my friends into watching it and they all really liked it.

Cool, i will have to check that one out.

Are you talking about the 4 hour directors cut or the original theatrical version??

Here's a review for you check out the list of actors and enjoy once you find it.

Don Siegel brings his tough worldview and crisp, no-nonsense direction to this quintessential World War II drama of an undermanned American platoon in France holding off a German advance through sheer bluff and bravery. Steve McQueen is curt and surly as the insubordinate loner whose tactical skills and soldiering savvy make him indispensable to his new unit. His reputation precedes him, but commander Fess Parker is in no position to be choosy when he learns that his tired platoon will not be shipping home as rumored, but tossed into a ragged new offensive. Harry Guardino costars as the soulful Sarge; James Coburn is the slow-talking, forever-tinkering mechanic; Bobby Darin is the scavenger with a small fortune in trinkets; and Nick Adams is the Polish orphan and unit mascot. Bob Newhart makes his feature debut as a hopelessly lost typing clerk drafted into the undermanned unit and re-creates his nightclub shtick making phony phone calls near a Nazi listening post in the pillbox. Like Pork Chop Hill, this film is less a patriotic flag waver than a "war is hell" drama that frames the battle not in its tactical importance (which is negligible) but in its cost in human life. McQueen's taciturn performance as a ruthlessly effective soldier and Siegel's tough, lean direction make it a modest classic of the genre. --Sean Axmaker

Force 10 from Navarone
The Guns of Navarone
The Wild Geese
The Bridge over the River Kwai
The Dirty Dozen
The Devil's Brigade
Zulu

For best Battle scene in a movie. It would be hard to top the nearly 40 minute Pearl harbor attack in "Pearl Harbor" The movie was mostly crap, but that battle scene was MONEY!

I'm not much on war movies for some reason. Appocolypse Now and Saving Private Ryan would have to be my two favorites.

The 4 hour directors cut...I cant imagine much being cut from it. The DVD of it is pretty nice as well. There is also a longer version thats about 5 hours that got released not long ago. Though i havent seen that one yet.

I think you are thinking of Von Ryans Express. He highjacks a train with a bunch of POW's and they try to make it to the border.

Count me in for

Patton
The Big Red One
The Longest Day
The Guns of Navarone

I would normally put Blackhawk Down but the movie just makes me angry sometimes. And I admit I get choked up when they cant stop the bleeding in that guys leg and the last thing he says is to tell his wife and kids he did a good job or something like that.

Kelly's Heroes is good for a laugh..."whats with all the negative waves Moriarty??" "This tank is JUNK!!! There is fuel leaking everywhere!!!"

Patton
Dr. Strange Love
Gettysburg
Full Metal Jacket
Saving Private Ryan

I love the scene in Gettysburg when Col. Gamble tells Gen. Bufford that there are about 70 thousand men coming towards them and they hope to hold them off with their 2 thousand until Gen. Reynolds arives with the infantry.

Gamble to Buford: "Damn sure glad the rain stopped, wouldn't want anything to slow down Reynolds"

Hands down - Sgt York. Gary Cooper is one of my all timers

Gettysburg, Patton and To Hell and back. To Hell and back is about Audie Murphy. Audie Murphy is played by Audie Murphy.

To Hell and Back was played back to back with Sgt York on AMC a few months ago.

All Quiet on the Western Front
The Green Berets
12 O'Clock High
In Harms Way
Saving Private Ryan
We were Soldiers
Midway
Torra, Torra, Torra

And probably many more I just can't think of right now. Yes, I'm a history buff!

Damn, I hate it I missed that.

A good Vietnam movie often overlooked is "Go Tell the Spartans," starring Burt Lancaster.

Is that out on DVD?

Actually, I just checked. It isn't. :grr:

Yeah i did as well. Pisses me off when i hear about an interesting movie only to find its not out on DVD.

Bataan
The Longest Day
A Bridge to Far
Sahara
Tora Tora Tora
and all the others already submitted.

Not exactly a movie, but I am a huge fan of Ken Burns' The Civil War

Patton

Distant second and third choices
Battle of the Bulge
Midway
Platoon

1. Apocalypse Now.
2. Saving Private Ryan.
3. The Train.

An under-viewed gem...
 

Patton
Gettysburg
Band of Brothers (Even though it's not technically a movie)
And for some reason, I'll always watch Heartbreak Ridge if it's on.

I love war movies especially any WWII movies so my favorites are:

Saving Private Ryan
Platoon
Band of Brothers (technically not a movie)
The Great Escape

Pretty much all of them.

"War of the Roses." It doesn't get any nastier than this.

That was one of the rare movies where I thought it was very well made, but too depressing to recommend or see again. Usually, I go for the movies that push emotional boundaries and sensibilities, but this one was too much for me.

Guns of Naverone
Bridge on the River Kwai
Great Escape
Platoon
Private Ryan
Stripes :p

Good one. I haven't seen it in a long time. I know my parents have it on VHS, I may have to borrow it.

Knowing that it was a black comedy, I didn't take it that seriously. The extent to which the divorcing couple were willing to exceed the bounds of fair play was the gag that the entire movie was based on. Sure it made me uncomfortable a few times, but I kept it in the perspective of the intent of the screen play.

I think, I think, it's a tribute to the acting. Because I can watch something like Bad Santa or Very Bad Things and laugh my ass off. That one just made me hate people in general.

Saving Private Ryan
Full Metal jacket

Heartbreak Ridge.

Jeez, not one mention of, IMO, one of the greatest war flicks of all time: Hamburger Hill.

Anyway, off the top of my head...

Glory
Apocalypse Now
Patton
Saving Private Ryan
The Longest Day
A Bridge Too Far
The Battle of Britain
Black Hawk Down
Platoon
Where Eagles Dare
Tora Tora Tora
Midway

This is why they make lots of movies...
 

Dr. StrageLove
Full Metal Jacket
Apocalypse NOW
Braveheart
The Patriot (w/Mel Gibson)
Saving Private Ryan
Platoon
The Gladiator
We Were Soldiers

'Run silent, run deep' and 'They were expendable' are two of my favs. And who can't love 'The dirty dozen'!

Has anyone mentioned "A Midnight Clear." Heavy-handed symbolism, but there were some scenes that disturbed me. That movie shook me up the first time I saw it.

Apocalypse Now, hands down.

would have to agree with that asessment.
one flick that sticks with you.

mother flipping out at the end and setting
off the 'chain reaction' is a total (bad) trip.

the other scene that sticks is they way the
morgue soldier treats father after the squad
hauls his body halfway across france.

very disturbing film...

I think for hand to hand combat "WAR" that Braveheart is one of the GREATEST movies I have ever seen.

Back then you didn't any real type of medicine let alone conventional medicine.

What did that mean ????

You were one tough Mother fucker or you died.

That was a great WAR movie

Cliff

Full Metal Jacket, there has never been a better war movie made and never will be.

Gotta luv R. Lee Ermy dontcha.

Mail call is one of my favourite TV shows. My wife just shakes her head when R Lee is on.

I've always thought of FMJ as a great basic training movie, and a pedestrian war movie.
Of course, I put The Train near the top, even though it's a movie about guerilla civilians saving a trainload of art during WWII, not so much a 'war' movie.

If anyone is interested Sargent York is on TCM this Thurs at 8:30PM

Good point,

I suppose FMJ is a little less of a "war movie" when you think about it, when the best parts of the movie are about basic.

I suppose the best movie envolving most war to me would have to be Gettysburg.

And when I make that distinction, keep in mind I still think it's a great movie. And naturally the BEST movie about basic training ever. Just I think there are better war movies out there. Sometimes I even turn it off when they end up 'in theater.' It's like have two pieces of Cheesecake Factory cheesecake. The second course is not as blissful as the first.

Peh. I can't say I disagree, as I've never seen the film you mention. However, there was just something about HH. For one, I thought the battle scenes were phenomenal. Also, it "felt" like the film was actually made in the 1960s, not a bunch of 1980s actors acting.