The Greatest War movies - Blu-ray Forum

PBR · 09-12-2010, 08:57 AM

I'm sure I missed some, add what you think I missed
I know Band of Brothers isn't a movie but I just had to add it.
Not all are available on Blu but soon I hope.
If you add explain your choice.

All Quiet on the Western Front
Apocalypse Now
Band of Brothers
Battle of the Bulge
Black Hawk Down
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Catch-22
Das Boot
The Deer Hunter
The Dirty Dozen
Dr. Strangelove
Empire of the Sun
Full Metal Jacket
Gallipoli
The Great Escape
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Lawrence of Arabia
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Longest Day
M*A*S*H
Midway
Paths of Glory
Patton
Platoon
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
The Thin Red Line
Tora! Tora! Tora!

Mahatma · 09-12-2010, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PBR

I'm sure I missed some, add what you think I missed
I know Band of Brothers isn't a movie but I just had to add it.
Not all are available on Blu but soon I hope.
If you add explain your choice.

All Quiet on the Western Front
Apocalypse Now
Band of Brothers
Battle of the Bulge
Black Hawk Down
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Catch-22
Das Boot
The Deer Hunter
The Dirty Dozen
Dr. Strangelove
Empire of the Sun
Full Metal Jacket
Gallipoli
The Great Escape
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Lawrence of Arabia
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Longest Day
M*A*S*H
Midway
Paths of Glory
Patton
Platoon
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
The Thin Red Line
Tora! Tora! Tora!

Think you covered most of them there.Will like to add The Ogre,not strictly a warmovie,but set in wartime.Not as good as the book,but Malkovich almost always make a movie worth watching.It is good,but slightly rough round it's edges.

warrenoates61 · 09-14-2010, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Mahatma

Think you covered most of them there.Will like to add The Ogre,not strictly a warmovie,but set in wartime.Not as good as the book,but Malkovich almost always make a movie worth watching.It is good,but slightly rough round it's edges.

i gotta couple did anybody say paths of glory casualties of war how bout breaker morant baby blue marine wholl stop the rain or coming home

koontz1973 · 09-12-2010, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PBR

I'm sure I missed some, add what you think I missed
I know Band of Brothers isn't a movie but I just had to add it.
Not all are available on Blu but soon I hope.
If you add explain your choice.

All Quiet on the Western Front
Apocalypse Now
Band of Brothers
Battle of the Bulge
Black Hawk Down
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Catch-22
Das Boot
The Deer Hunter
The Dirty Dozen
Dr. Strangelove
Empire of the Sun
Full Metal Jacket
Gallipoli
The Great Escape
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Lawrence of Arabia
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Longest Day
M*A*S*H
Midway
Paths of Glory
Patton
Platoon
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
The Thin Red Line
Tora! Tora! Tora!

Some to add:

Glory
Zulu
Battle of Britain
The Great Dictator
The Guns of Navarone
Black Book
A Bridge to Far
Where Eagles Dare

Reason for adding = great films that are classics

aiman04 · 09-12-2010, 11:59 AM

Star Wars

Just kidding. But yeah, I think you got all my favorite war movies listed already.

nolfoc · 09-12-2010, 12:06 PM

The Kingdom, Braveheart, Gladiator and Last Samurai you need to add

surfdude12 · 09-12-2010, 12:10 PM

We Were Soldiers

-there is a Vietnam Vet on this forum who has said it is a very good depiction of the war...I'll definitely take his word for it!

koontz1973 · 09-12-2010, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by aiman04

Star Wars

Just kidding. But yeah, I think you got all my favorite war movies listed already.

Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith fit the thread better as Star Wars is set after the war

koontz1973 · 09-12-2010, 12:53 PM

Add Starship Troopers to the list though.

Crimson King · 09-12-2010, 12:59 PM

Add some Civil War movies to the list

Gettysburg
Gods and Generals
Gone With The Wind
Ride With The Devil
The Blue and The Grey (miniseries)
The North and the South (miniseries)
The Good, the Bad and The ugly
Major Dundee
The Colt
The Great Locomotive Chase
The Beguiled
How The West Was Won
Birth of a Nation
Glory
Dances With Wolves
The Outlaw Joey Wales
Love Me Tender (yes, the Elvis Presley film)
The General

Grand Bob · 09-13-2010, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by aiman04

Star Wars

Everyone's favorite!

Illini007 · 09-13-2010, 06:39 PM

The only thing I would add that hasn't been included in the replies would be Tae Guk Gi (sp?). I really liked it.

rkolinski · 09-13-2010, 10:15 PM

This is a really broad subject but here is my list of some of my favorites:

Sophie Scholl
The Downfall of Berlin - Anonyma
The Red Badge of Courage
The Horse Soldiers
Andersonville
The Hunley
Cold Mountain (excellent BD)
Son of Morning Star
Drums Along the Mohawk
Zulu Dawn (since someone already mentioned ZULU and I own original movie memorabilia from both)
55 Days at Peking
The Killing Fields
The Sand Pebbles (again own movie memorabilia and excellent BD)
Jet Pilot
On the Beach (more movie memorabilia)
The Bedford Incident
Fail Safe (more movie memorabilia)
Beau Geste
Lion of the Desert
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Ivanhoe
Cromwell
Cast a Giant Shadow
Indochine
Dien Bien Phu
The Undefeated
Northwest Passage
The Last of the Mohicans
Alexander the Great (I own the movie poster & lobby card set)
The 300 Spartans
Courage Under Fire
Gunga Din
Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Persepolis (excellent BD)
Heartbreak Ridge
Battle Hymn
Battle Taxi
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Fixed Bayonets
The Hunters
MacArthur
Men of the Fighting Lady
Pork Chop Hill
The Four Feathers (all 3 versions but I have only seen the 1939 and 2002 versions)
Khartoum (more movie memorabilia)
Young Winston
Guns at Batasi
The Dogs of War
The Alamo (both the John Wayne and James Arness versions)
Damn the Defiant!
Captain Horatio Hornblower (recentlyh on TCM and was fantastic to watch)
Waterloo
The Duelists
Under Fire
Raid on Entebbe
The Last King of Scotland
The Battleship Potemkin
Dr Zhivago (excellent BD)
The Red and the White
Reds
Hotel Rwanda
Beyond the Gates
Salvador
Breaker Morant (really good movie available on BD)
The Children of Huang Shi
Ran
Shogun
Kagemusha
Barry Lyndon
Blood Diamond
El Cid (more movie memorabilia and fair BD)
Fall of the Roman Empire (fair BD)
The Warlords
Troy
Bat 21
The Siege of Firebase Gloria
The Buccaneer
Attila
Ben Hur (more movie memorabilia)
Spartacus (more movie memorabilia)
Cleopatra (more movie memorabilia)
Gladiator
Rob Roy
The African Queen
The Dawn Patrol
A Farewell to Arms
Gallipoli
Joyeux Noel
The Lighthorsemen
The Lost Battalion
The Trench
Wings
Zeppelin
For Whom the Bell Tolls
633 Squadron
Anzio
Ballad of a Soldier (excellent Russian film)
Beach Red
Battle of the River Plate
and Pursuit of the Graf Spee (I have this BD on order from Germany)
Heroes of Telemark
City of Life and Death - The Nanjing Massacre (ordered from Germany on BD)
The Big Red One
The Bridge at Remagen
The Dam Busters (excellent BD)
The Desert Fox
The Desert Rats
The Devil's Brigade
The Enemy Below (one of my favorites next to Das Boot)
Escape from Sobibor
The Fighting Sullivans
From Here to Eternity
The Guns of Navarone
Halls of Montezuma
Hell is for Heroes
The Heroes of Telemark
In Harm's Way
Katyn (excellent BD)
Memphis Belle
Midway
The Pianist
PT 109
Sink the Bismarck (more movie memorabilia)
Stalingrad
The Thin Red Line
The Train
The Tuskegee Airmen
Von Ryan's Express
Objective Burma
Bataan (another movie where I own the original 1943 movie poster)

Duffy12 · 09-13-2010, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Grand Bob

Everyone's favorite!

Hey Bob, what about those 'War of the Ring' films that Peter Jackson made a while ago?

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Grand Bob · 09-14-2010, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Duffy12

Hey Bob, what about those 'War of the Ring' films that Peter Jackson made a while ago?

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Let's get them into the list!

The_Basterd · 09-13-2010, 10:20 PM

OMGSH... No one has said Barry Lyndon?

Please add Barry Lyndon to the list.

rkolinski · 09-13-2010, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by The_Basterd

OMGSH... No one has said Barry Lyndon?

Please add Barry Lyndon to the list.

You are so correct SIR!

alanwotson · 10-04-2010, 08:49 AM

Here is some of my favorite war movies,
Saving the Privet Ryan
Black Hawk Dawn
Behind the Enemy Line
Enemy at the Gates
300

filmnut5 · 01-31-2011, 12:43 AM

My Top 10 War Films:

1. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
2. Platoon (1986)
3. Apocalypse Now (1979)
4. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
5. Patton (1970)
6. Schindler's List (1993)
7. Kelly's Heroes (1970)
8. The Dirty Dozen (1967)
9. The Deer Hunter (1978)
10. U571 (2000)

X12Celtics3 · 01-31-2011, 02:58 AM

I don't often watch war movies (and by that I mean rather rarely, actually) but I LOVED The Thin Red line. It is by far the best that I've seen (out of a very small sample).

If I was to watch another war movie, it would be Full Metal Jacket, which I've yet to see. If it tops The Thin Red Line I will be very impressed.

09-12-2010, 08:57 AM	#1
PBR Active Member Top contributor Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Altair 4 4K collection:141 Blu-ray collection:1555 Blu-ray reviews:2	The Greatest War movies I'm sure I missed some, add what you think I missed I know Band of Brothers isn't a movie but I just had to add it. Not all are available on Blu but soon I hope. If you add explain your choice. All Quiet on the Western Front Apocalypse Now Band of Brothers Battle of the Bulge Black Hawk Down The Bridge on the River Kwai Catch-22 Das Boot The Deer Hunter The Dirty Dozen Dr. Strangelove Empire of the Sun Full Metal Jacket Gallipoli The Great Escape The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Lawrence of Arabia Letters from Iwo Jima The Longest Day MAS*H Midway Paths of Glory Patton Platoon Saving Private Ryan Schindler's List The Thin Red Line Tora! Tora! Tora!

09-12-2010, 12:59 PM	#10
Crimson King Blu-ray Prince Member since:Oct 2009 Blu-ray reviews: 19 Trading Score:683	Add some Civil War movies to the list Gettysburg Gods and Generals Gone With The Wind Ride With The Devil The Blue and The Grey (miniseries) The North and the South (miniseries) The Good, the Bad and The ugly Major Dundee The Colt The Great Locomotive Chase The Beguiled How The West Was Won Birth of a Nation Glory Dances With Wolves The Outlaw Joey Wales Love Me Tender (yes, the Elvis Presley film) The General Last edited by Crimson King; 09-12-2010 at 01:04 PM.

01-31-2011, 12:43 AM	#19
filmnut5 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2011 Location:Leaf Nation Blu-ray collection:145	My Top 10 War Films: 1. Full Metal Jacket (1987) 2. Platoon (1986) 3. Apocalypse Now (1979) 4. Saving Private Ryan (1998) 5. Patton (1970) 6. Schindler's List (1993) 7. Kelly's Heroes (1970) 8. The Dirty Dozen (1967) 9. The Deer Hunter (1978) 10. U571 (2000) Last edited by filmnut5; 01-31-2011 at 03:03 AM.

09-12-2010, 11:59 AM	#5
aiman04 Blu-ray Champion Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Malaysia Home Theater Gallery:9	Star Wars Just kidding. But yeah, I think you got all my favorite war movies listed already.

09-12-2010, 12:06 PM	#6
nolfoc Banned Top contributor Member since:Nov 2008 Blu-ray collection:- Blu-ray reviews: 108 Trading Score:49	The Kingdom, Braveheart, Gladiator and Last Samurai you need to add

09-12-2010, 12:10 PM	#7
surfdude12 Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Club Loop Blu-ray collection:343 Blu-ray reviews:112 Trading Score:1	We Were Soldiers -there is a Vietnam Vet on this forum who has said it is a very good depiction of the war...I'll definitely take his word for it!

09-12-2010, 12:53 PM	#9
koontz1973 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Insane Alylum for the over achievers. Blu-ray collection:133	Add Starship Troopers to the list though.

09-13-2010, 06:39 PM	#12
Illini007 Active Member Member since:Oct 2007 Location:New Lenox, IL Blu-ray collection:88 DVD collection:79	The only thing I would add that hasn't been included in the replies would be Tae Guk Gi (sp?). I really liked it.

09-13-2010, 10:15 PM	#13
rkolinski Blu-ray Baron Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:May 2008 Home Theater Gallery:184 4K collection:76 Blu-ray collection:3078 Blu-ray reviews: 17	This is a really broad subject but here is my list of some of my favorites: Sophie Scholl The Downfall of Berlin - Anonyma The Red Badge of Courage The Horse Soldiers Andersonville The Hunley Cold Mountain (excellent BD) Son of Morning Star Drums Along the Mohawk Zulu Dawn (since someone already mentioned ZULU and I own original movie memorabilia from both) 55 Days at Peking The Killing Fields The Sand Pebbles (again own movie memorabilia and excellent BD) Jet Pilot On the Beach (more movie memorabilia) The Bedford Incident Fail Safe (more movie memorabilia) Beau Geste Lion of the Desert The Charge of the Light Brigade Ivanhoe Cromwell Cast a Giant Shadow Indochine Dien Bien Phu The Undefeated Northwest Passage The Last of the Mohicans Alexander the Great (I own the movie poster & lobby card set) The 300 Spartans Courage Under Fire Gunga Din Lives of a Bengal Lancer Persepolis (excellent BD) Heartbreak Ridge Battle Hymn Battle Taxi The Bridges at Toko-Ri Fixed Bayonets The Hunters MacArthur Men of the Fighting Lady Pork Chop Hill The Four Feathers (all 3 versions but I have only seen the 1939 and 2002 versions) Khartoum (more movie memorabilia) Young Winston Guns at Batasi The Dogs of War The Alamo (both the John Wayne and James Arness versions) Damn the Defiant! Captain Horatio Hornblower (recentlyh on TCM and was fantastic to watch) Waterloo The Duelists Under Fire Raid on Entebbe The Last King of Scotland The Battleship Potemkin Dr Zhivago (excellent BD) The Red and the White Reds Hotel Rwanda Beyond the Gates Salvador Breaker Morant (really good movie available on BD) The Children of Huang Shi Ran Shogun Kagemusha Barry Lyndon Blood Diamond El Cid (more movie memorabilia and fair BD) Fall of the Roman Empire (fair BD) The Warlords Troy Bat 21 The Siege of Firebase Gloria The Buccaneer Attila Ben Hur (more movie memorabilia) Spartacus (more movie memorabilia) Cleopatra (more movie memorabilia) Gladiator Rob Roy The African Queen The Dawn Patrol A Farewell to Arms Gallipoli Joyeux Noel The Lighthorsemen The Lost Battalion The Trench Wings Zeppelin For Whom the Bell Tolls 633 Squadron Anzio Ballad of a Soldier (excellent Russian film) Beach Red Battle of the River Plate and Pursuit of the Graf Spee (I have this BD on order from Germany) Heroes of Telemark City of Life and Death - The Nanjing Massacre (ordered from Germany on BD) The Big Red One The Bridge at Remagen The Dam Busters (excellent BD) The Desert Fox The Desert Rats The Devil's Brigade The Enemy Below (one of my favorites next to Das Boot) Escape from Sobibor The Fighting Sullivans From Here to Eternity The Guns of Navarone Halls of Montezuma Hell is for Heroes The Heroes of Telemark In Harm's Way Katyn (excellent BD) Memphis Belle Midway The Pianist PT 109 Sink the Bismarck (more movie memorabilia) Stalingrad The Thin Red Line The Train The Tuskegee Airmen Von Ryan's Express Objective Burma Bataan (another movie where I own the original 1943 movie poster)

09-13-2010, 10:20 PM	#16
The_Basterd Blu-ray Guru Member since:Feb 2010 Location:Grapes Are Fun! Blu-ray collection:307 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:20	OMGSH... No one has said Barry Lyndon? Please add Barry Lyndon to the list.

10-04-2010, 08:49 AM	#18
alanwotson Banned Member since:Oct 2010	Here is some of my favorite war movies, Saving the Privet Ryan Black Hawk Dawn Behind the Enemy Line Enemy at the Gates 300

01-31-2011, 02:58 AM	#20
X12Celtics3 Senior Member Member since:Jan 2010 Blu-ray collection:427	I don't often watch war movies (and by that I mean rather rarely, actually) but I LOVED The Thin Red line. It is by far the best that I've seen (out of a very small sample). If I was to watch another war movie, it would be Full Metal Jacket, which I've yet to see. If it tops The Thin Red Line I will be very impressed.

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