Favorite war movies

I know it is not technically situated in a war, but I felt compelled to mention it. I'm not sure why.

You're right though, great film. Kurosawa was a brilliant director.

Apocalypse Now
The Deer Hunter
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket
Come & See
La Grand Illusion
The Thin Red Line

. . . . and many more that I can't remember at the moment.

What is it with the fascination of Warmovies? I never really get it.

I remember one day, I watch two movies with a couple of gotchaboys and -girls. We get drunk and pretty stoned and the host choose "Black Hawk Down" and "The Wind Talkers". I was like, um, dizzy and after "Black H.D." I asked for a calm movie or a thriller or a comedy. Just not another movie with screamining and shooting guys, who die like flies. They told me, "Windtalkers" is much more like a drama. Drama, my ass! Screaming and shooting guys, who die like flies! Later I needed to watch boring documentaries on TV to calm down!

So do you enjoy "The Action" in plausible Warmovies as much as the one in regular Actioners?

Try watching good ones

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Like what?

I try Flags of our Fathers (okay), Tigerland (boring), Black Hawk Down (okay), Windtalkers (boring) , some movie with Michael J. Fox (okay) and Saving Private Ryan (boring ). Maybe I just don`t get it. Starship Troopers was cool, but rather a social satire than a real War-Movie.

Apocalypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
Saving Private Ryan
Jarhead
I don't know if it counts, but the first Predator movie?

"The Pianist" and "Enemy at the gates". I prefer war movies that are focused on one, two characters and their tragedies than general destruction with many unnamed victims.

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I do love A Bug's Life! prols against the bosses!

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The 2008 HBO mini series Generation Kill, follows a recon team during the invasion of Iraq.
One of the best takes on modern war I've seen recently.

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Braveheart

This is simply the best movie ever made, containing all the elements a perfect movie should have. Amazing soundtrack and story. The extreme violence as well as the human compassion in this movie are overwhelming in its brilliancy.

I like band of brothers .

Enemy at the Gates
Pearl Harbour
Braveheart
Troy

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Braveheart is a good film, but it is far from being the best film ever made. I can't sit here and agree that the manipulative and somewhat over-the-top direction in this film qualifies for "best ever".

Do you honestly think Braveheart is on a level with stuff like Casablanca, Chinatown, and Lawrence of Arabia?

It isn't...not even close.

Braveheart is a powerful film, and I agree with the political subtext quite a bit, but from a cinematic point of view, I can't even put it in ten best films ever made.

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Full Metal Jacket
Saving Private Ryan
The Patriot
Pearl Harbor
Tora! Tora! Tora!

Easy.


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I'm tempted to put down Casablanca and Apocalypse Now, but I'm not sure either of those are war movies; just dramas of one type or another in a war setting.

But face it, folks, you can't do much better than David Lean:


The Bridge on the River Kwai


Lawrence of Arabia

and I would be remiss if I did not mention another one of my favorites; no, it's not in my top 100, and I realize it will never take its place among the Best Movies Ever, but I do love this last one and find it immensely watchable...over and over and over:


Zulu

So Apocalypse Now isn't a war film, and The Godfather isn't a gangster film. Right...

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This is a list of my unforgetable war movies. I'll keep this list as brief as possible knowing that some of you will have lots to add, hopefully something I haven't seen.

The Young Lions ( Brando )
Where Eagles Dare
When Trumpets Fade
We Were Soldiers
Vengeance One By One
A Very Long Engagement
U-571
Triumh Of The Spirit
Tigerland
Thin Red Line
The Tin Drum
The Siege Of Firebase Gloria
Tears Of The Sun
Stalag 17
Schindler's List
Salvador
Savior
Saving Private Ryan
Platon
The Pianist
Pearl Harbor
Paton
Paths Of Glory
Passchendaele
9th Company
Off Limits
Night Of The Generals
Miraccle At Saint Anna
Mephisto
The Longest Day
Letters From Iwo Jima
The Killing Fieldsa
Katyn
Le Joyeux Noel
The Hurt Locker
Heaven And Hell
Harrison's Flowers
Hamburger Hill
The Guns Of Navarrone
The Green Zone
The Green Barrets
The Great Raid
The Great Escape
Go Tell The Spartans
Glory
Gallipoli
Full Metal Jacket
From Here To Eternity
Forrest Gump
L'Ennemie Entime
Enemy At The Gates
Force Ten From Navarone
Fly Boys
Flags Of Our Fathers
84 Charlie Mopic
Exodus
Escape From Sobibor
The Eagle Has Landed
Downfall
Dogs Of War
The Dirty Dozen
The Desert Rats
The Desert Fox
Defiance
The Deer Hunter
Days Of Glory
Das Boat
Dark Of The Sun
Dark Blue World
Charge Of The Light Brigade
Chariots Of Fire
Casualties Of War
A Bridge Too Far
The Bridge Over The River Kwai
The Boys In Company C
Breaker Morant
The Blue Max
Black Hawk Down
Behind Enemy Lines
Apocalypse Now

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