War Movies

What are your favorite classic war movies and post-1980s war movies?
19teens- 1970s
Wings
All Quite on the Western Front
Twelve O'Clock High
Mrs Miniver

Sands of the Iwo Jima
To Hell and Back
Paths of Glory
Dunkirk (1958 UK)
Battle Of Britain
Where Eagles Dare
Patton
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Midway
A Bridge too Far (1977, UK)
1980s-2010s
The Big Red One
Gallipoli (1981, Australia)
Heartbreak Ridge
Glory
Gettysburg
Schindler's List
Saving Private Ryan
The Thin Red Line
Tigerland
Black Hawk Down
Enemy at the Gates
Flags of Our Fathers
Letters From Iwo Jima
In the Valley of Elah
Unbroken
Hacksaw Ridge
Dunkirk (2017)?

W?hat do think of this list?

Good list.

I would add

breaker Morant
Flame and Citron
Mrs Miniver

nd I just realised my list is so long the thread will explode. Probably every war movie I've seen. I really love this genre.

My immediate thoughts are that it's extremely English-centric (language not country) and In the Valley of Elah shouldn't be there.

No Battle Of Britain, Full Metal Jacket or Apocalypse Now surprises me and Flags Of Our Fathers on a list without Letters From Iwo Jima is just plain wrong imo.

Yes would agree about Mrs Miniver and I haven't seen the other two.

Some that haven't been mentioned(in the term of world war related movies)
The gun of navarrone
Dirty dozen
Ivan's childhood
The ascent
Cross of iron
The great escape
Grand illusion
Human condition I
A man escaped
Empire of the sun
The pianist
Enemy at the gates
The longest day
The train
Mash
Merry christmas mr lawrence
Inglorious basterd
Bridge of river kwai
Downfall
Slaughterhouse-five
Lawrence of arabia

Other stuff suckly i want to see,
Ashes and diamonds
Kanal
A Generation
Come and See
Army of shadows
Fires on the plain
Burmeese harp
Human condition II & III
Johny got his gun
Stalag 17
Dunkirk !!!

Eh mash was during korean war, silly me

The best trilogy EVER!!!!
Tatsuya Nakadai it's one of the best actors of all time!!!!

Pre-1980:
Human Condition trilogy
All Quiet on the Western Front
Lawrence of Arabia
Cross of Iron
Marine Battleground (1963)
Enemy Below

Post-1980:
Saving Private Ryan
My Way (2011)
The Admiral
Fury
City of Life and Death
American Sniper
R-Point
Front Line (2011)
Joint Security Area
Hurt Locker

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Thanks again, Mr Portridge.

It really is. I've seen Human Condition trilogy three times, and it gets better each time. Nice to see another fan! It's a shame not many people have seen it.

The Playlist pitches in.

I'll highlight Stalag 17 which I only just saw for the first time a few months back and loved it. William Holden is so good and had a "who done it?" that kept me on my toes.

Yes! Not only this trilogy but Masaki Kobayashi's works needs more attention!
The Human Condition trilogy, Harakiri (another great performance by Nakadai), Kwaidan, Izumi, Samurai Rebellion and so many others great works!!

I'm gonna try to limit it to just 10:

1. Full Metal Jacket
2. Glory
3. Black Hawk Down
4. Lawrence of Arabia (if it counts)
5. Cross of Iron
6. Zulu
7. The Patriot
8. The Thin Red Line
9. Saving Private Ryan
10. Hacksaw Ridge

HM: Bridge on the River Kwai, Jarhead, Platoon

Really excited to see Dunkirk as well.
9.

Definitely agree. Full Metal Jacket and Apocalypse Now are MUST HAVES.

The two best war movies ever for me are Schindler's List, and The Battle of Algiers, but it's hard to pick which is the best for me.

Good list. Saving private ryan is probably my best of all time. Love Tom hanks acting in the movie. Super!!!

'Casualties of War' always gets missed from these lists. I have no idea why, I think it's a cracking movie, if a little over hammed by Sean Penn.

I wasn't a fan of his Harakiri or Kwaidan, but I've not seen the rest. I want to see some of them, though, but I've been concentrating on other things.

I'm not as well versed as other in the war film genre as others but my list would go as follows
1- the hurt locker
2- saving private Ryan
3- hacksaw ridge
4- American sniper
5- full metal jacket

Oh damn I forgot inglorious basterds add that as 1