What are your top movies by war?

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Gremal

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

Especially since nobody's covered the War of 1812 yet (except for Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner in "The Buccaneer", which isn't any improvement)--
But for documentaries, History Channel managed a neat educational summary:
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/The_His..._1812/70020071

[PreciseDisarray]

I was very impressed with Black Hawk Down

[Rob71]

Originally Posted by EricJ

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


(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.)

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I saw it 20+ years ago and didn't feel like looking it up. Sorry my choice doesn't meet your approval.

Oh wait, no I'm not.

[P@t_Mtl]

Revolution : John Adams series
Civil War : Glory & Gettysburg
WWI : Lawrence Of Arabia & Gallipoli
WWII : Saving Private Ryan & Band Of Brothers & Midway
Korea : Pockchop Hill & The Bridges At Toko-Ry
Vietnam : Hamburger Hill

[steve1971]

WW 2: Saving Private Ryan, Band Of Brothers and Twelve O Clock High.

Vietnam: Platoon and We Were Soldiers.

Civil War: Gettysburg

Korean War: Porkchop Hill.

[gentrycoach]

Since Band of Brothers was mentioned for WWII, I'll add Generation KIll for "Operation Iraqi Freedom".

[Blu Man]

We were Soldiers