What are your top movies by war?

[BRu-LAy]

best WWII movie: SS Doomtrooper!!!!!


j/k

[SS316SRV]

This will be a great "war movie"...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816711/

[Gremal]

Originally Posted by ThePhantomOak

I am trying to build a collection that shows a good HISTORICAL depiction of the wars and maybe the times around it...

Most movies have real problems with historical accuracy. I recommend documentaries if you're interested in getting a sense of the history.

[rock-ranger]

Hey guys, why does no one mention "Das Boot", which is my personal favourite. I thought this movie was even popular in the states...

I prefer the much longer TV Cut of the film. Unfortunately this version has not been restored with the same care as the Director's Cut, which looked and sounded much better.

Hopefully they bring it to Blu Ray very soon...

[pjasonOH]

Not really by war but some of my favorite war movies are)
(in no particular order)
Patton
The Longest Day
Full Metal Jacket
Hamburger Hill
Apocalypse Now
Black Hawk Down
Saving Private Ryan
Platoon
The Big Red One(reconstructed version)

[pjasonOH]

Originally Posted by rock-ranger

Hey guys, why does no one mention "Das Boot", which is my personal favourite. I thought this movie was even popular in the states...

Absolutely!I've only seen this film once,but it is excellent,makes being in a sub look anything but fun.

[BaronVH]

Revolutionary War: John Adams, The Patriot
American Civil War: Gone with the Wind, Glory
Spanish American War: The Wild Bunch
WWI: Sgt. York, All Quiet on the Western Front, Lawrence of Arabia, Legends of the Fall
WWII: Many- Patton, Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, Das Boot, Bridge on the River Kwai, Flags of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima, Battle of Britain, A Bridge too Far, The Guns of Navarone, Mister Roberts, The Longest Day, Midnight Clear, The Dirty Dozen, Tora Tora Tora
Vietnam: Platoon, Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket
Somalia: Blackhawk Down
Middle East: Three Kings, The Kingdom

The above are all from the conflicts involving the United States. There are many excellent ones from other conflicts like Master and Commander. Only about half are available on Blu-ray.

[SS316SRV]

Originally Posted by BaronVH

Revolutionary War: ...
Middle East: Three Kings, The Kingdom...

You forgot Jarhead.

[Canada]

WWII

1. Band of Brothers for the sheer scope of the series
tied for first Saving Private Ryan
2. The Great Escape
3. Das Boot
4. Patton
5. Letters from Iwo Jima

Vietnam

1. Platoon
2. Born on the Fourth of July
3. Heaven and Earth (and yes Oliver Stone diected them all)

Modern Wars

1. Black Hawk Down
2. Jar Head
3. Three Kings

[hfritz]

Downfall
Saving Private Ryan
Band of Brothers
Black Hawk Down
300
The Patriot
We Were Soldiers

[danay82]

Originally Posted by ThePhantomOak

I had nothing for Spanish/Mexican, 1812, etc...

Would "The Alamo" fall into this considering it had Spanish Mexicans in it??


Not really a war movie, but more of a certain battle.

[Seth Gecko]

WW I

Gallipoli
All Quiet On The Western Front (original)

WW II

Band Of Brothers
Come And See
Stalingrad
Winter War
Saving Private Ryan (best combat but asinine plot)

Modern

Black Hawk Down
Platoon
Apocalypse Now

[bferr1]

Heartbreak Ridge is the best movie about Grenada ever made!

[Old Geezer]

Viet Nam vet here; my favorite movies on that war are:

We Were Soldiers
Hamburger Hill
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket

Others;

Gettysburg, Andersonville, and Glory - Civil War

Patton and Band of Brothers - WWII

Sgt. York - WW I

[fugitsu]

Saving Private Ryan
We Were Soldiers
Patton
A Bridge Too Far
Platoon
Apocalypse Now
The Deer Hunter

There are some others, but I can't really think of them right now

[ThePhantomOak]

Originally Posted by danay82

Would "The Alamo" fall into this considering it had Spanish Mexicans in it??


Not really a war movie, but more of a certain battle.

That was Spanish American war/Mexican American war.

Also, as someone pointed out, The Alamo was Mexican Vs Texas before Texas joined the union.

[fasa]

1.Stalingrad (1993)
2.Boot, Das (1981)
3.Brücke, Die (1959)
4.Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
5.Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

[Astalder]

Sticking to movies...

The Patriot
Saving Private Ryan
Black Hawk Down
Braveheart
United 93
The Kingdom
We Were Soldiers (not a fan of Vietnam movies)
300 (took too many liberties to go higher on this list in this context)

Plenty of other good ones but these are the ones I liked recently.

[uziel5000]

Originally Posted by Hamawy

saving private rayan ( best WWII movie )

black hawk down ( best modern warfare movie )

AMEN!

Civil War - Glory and that movie withJeff Daniels and Martin Sheen
Vietnam - Full Metal Jacket

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by ThePhantomOak

Major Wars that is (ie turning points only) Give one per war

Revolution

Originally Posted by Rob71

Revolution - Revolution(I believe that's the name, Al Pacino was in it)

Yeah, sum'in like that!
(Don't tell me...You picked it because you'd heard of it, right?)

Originally Posted by Twelve Other People So Far

The Patriot

People...Are we THAT desperate, except for the guy who remembered to name "John Adams"?
(And "Last of the Mohicans" was French/Indian War, so doesn't count.)

Consider this a public service:
1776
The Crossing
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor

(Rent any one of these as needed, the next time you try mythologizing 80's Al Pacino megaflops or Roland Emmerich films, just out of a basic insecurity to keep up your end of the conversation.)