The Movieforums Top 100 War Movies Countdown

That's cool. A lot of MoFos don't like bad accents. I guess I don't have an ear for it.

Seen both and liked them, but neither made my ballot.

Ha! That's interesting. Look forward to what he says

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No votes. I thought the 2022 All Quiet on the Western Front was middling - really makes me think I should revisit the 1930 version more than anything else (if not just read the book itself). Judgment at Nuremberg is very good, but I've only seen it once and it feels like there are so many other three-hour films I'll (re)visit ahead of it.

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Great couple of reveals. I voted for neither of them, but they'd easily slot into my Top 50.

66. All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) - My first thoughts when I heard about this were the usual anti-remake knee-jerk reaction thoughts - but when people's ratings started coming in I was interested all the sudden. Yeah, this just happens to be one of those super remakes that absolutely holds their own when it comes to comparisons with the original. Don't get me wrong - I still think the remake is superior in every regard barring perhaps the cinematography and sound, but the gap isn't a gaping one as if often the case. Loved the modern Led Zeppelin-influenced score and so much about it. James Friend turned the visuals into a surreal kind of nightmare - perfect for this kind of film. There were a few films from 2022 I liked a little more, but this was definitely up in the top 10. Many thanks to KeyserCorleone and co for making sure this version belongs here, otherwise there would have been much debate over the next 24 hours.

65. Judgement at Nuremberg - Before I actually saw this, I'd always assumed it would have been about the main Nuremberg trials - but it's not. It's fictional account of one of the subsequent ones - four Nazi judges (one played by Burt Lancaster) who presided over cases where people were killed or sterilized. It asks a very interesting question - because the judges were simply upholding German laws at the time, are they responsible? There are parallels to those other German soldiers and officials who were simply "following orders". Chief Judge Dan Haywood (Spencer Tracy) arrives in a decimated city and has trouble understanding German culture and the mindset of the population in general, despite the fact that he wants to understand how such a disaster could have occurred there. Great film - a classic, and one I've seen a few times. It's probably one I could watch again, for it's been a while since I last saw it.

Seen : 22/36
I'd never even heard of : 8/36
Movies that had been on my radar, but I haven't seen yet : 6/36

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My grandfather died, on the 25th May 1940, near Dunkirk - he was a Lancashire Fusilier 1/8th Battalion. I don't recall the names of the three French or Belgian villages, but he was holding the line which intersects them, and was part of a group of soldiers that had to hold off the German advance as long as they possibly could. That made it a certainty he'd probably die - at best be captured, but he did die. Sacrificial, I thought it was really brave - but my mother was only ever angry. She hated Dunkirk being called any kind of miracle or success - to her it was a miserable defeat that changed her whole life.

One of the headstones against this wall, his grave occupies that of a group at the Chercq Churchyard.

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64: The title isn't referring to a soldier.

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Close enough.

64. Doctor Zhivago
63. Run Silent, Run Deep

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All Quiet on the Western Front (2022 is solid but nothing spectacular, and dare I say it ....overrated.

Not seen Judgement at Nurenberg. No votes.

64. Soldier of Orange
63. Road to Eternity

64. Valkyrie
63. Das Boot

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All Quiet On the Western Front is one I have yet to see because I want to see the silent version first, but didn't have the time before I had to turn my list in. Oh well.

I have yet to see Judgement at Nuremberg but I really want to.

Still only one for me but that's okay.

#8Hacksaw Ridge Main company rank #67

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Fwiw, the 1930 version of All Quiet isn't silent.

64. Waltz with Bashir
63. Once someone said Das Boot, I can't think of anything else.
ETA: Changing my 63 guess to Gallipoli

None of my list so far, apart from Three Kings & Tropic Thunder.

I have seen the new AQOTWF. I thought it was a really good movie, but had nothing new that I haven't seen in other war movies.

I haven't seen the orginal.
Does summer camp to military count? Went twice during school days.

Didn't make me more disciplined, but I got to ride horses, fired real machine guns (strict gun laws in my country means that's a rarity unless you are part of law force), did mountain climbing, came first in obstacle course on both visits, did para gliding (assisted), & several other cool things.

The most fascinating thing was the way they punished us. I'll give a quick example.

I laugh at my friend making a bird noise while standing in the assembly. The trainer catches me, & calls me forward.
Trainer : Go run one round around the ground (it's a big ground).
Me: But Sir, I didn't make that noise.
Trainer: Two rounds.
Me: But Sir,...
Trainer: (interrupts me) Three rounds.
Me waits, looking back at him in anger.
Trainer: Four Rounds.

I accept defeat & run four rounds.

Dammit! John Conner beat me to #63.

grumble-grumble.

Thanks for sharing Phoenix. I've heard about Dunkirk for a long time but it was only during this countdown that I decided to watch some WWII HD in color documentary series. That's were I learned that some of the British Expeditionary Force and some of the French troops had to stay behind, on the battle lines at Dunkirk to safeguard the lives of those who were on the beach waiting to be evacuated. I agree with you, your grandfather was a hero. I can't even image being in the shoes of those men. I like war movies for history as I love history but war itself is such a waste of life. Glad you posted that thank you.

I can now think of something else for 63.
Gallipoli.



Seems early, but is a new guess.

Y'all are not going to believe this, but I haven't seen any of #72-65. True story.

I have a friend who absolutely hated the recent version of All Quiet on the Western Front. Called it one of the worst movies he'd ever seen. Not a ringing endorsement!

Just curious what other films did your friend hate? BTW I haven't seen the remake of All Quiet on the Western Front, so just wondering.