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Psychedelic Paul 
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 Topic: Your Top 10 War MoviesPosted: November 07 2022 at 06:18 |
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My Top 10 War Movies in chronological order:-  1963: The Great Escape 1965: Battle of the Bulge 1968: Where Eagles Dare 1969: The Bridge at Remagen 1969: The Battle of Britain - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmsXyJgzk-8 1970: Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970: Kelly's Heroes 1977: A Bridge Too Far - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6O8rLXB7Qg 1998: Saving Private Ryan 2001: Black Hawk Down The Mike Curb Congregation - Burning Bridges (Theme from Kelly's Heroes) Edited by Psychedelic Paul - November 07 2022 at 06:20 |
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Posted: November 07 2022 at 07:00 |
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I'd have to give it some thought, and some would have more of a relation to war than are war movies, but these are sdome to come to mind quickly... and I tend to favour anti-war films...
The Tin Drum Das Boot Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Dr. Strangelove Red Sorghum All Quiet on the Western Front (black and white version) Grave of the Fireflies Apocalypse Now Inglorious b*****ds Kuroi no ame Threads Gallipoli Hiroshima, Mon Amour Jojo Rabbit Full Metal Jacket Pan's Labyrinth The Deer Hunter Salvador Life is Beautiful... |
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Posted: November 07 2022 at 07:39 |
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I'm trying to stick with ones that are more battle/combat related so movies like Dr. Strangelove, Schindlers List, Jojo Rabbit are not my this list.( Thought those are all great movies) Platoon The Great Escape Paths to Glory Saving Private Ryan Kelly's Heroes Glory Lawrence of Arabia The Sand Pebbles Blackhawk Down Honorable Mention : Patton, The Dirty Dozen, Full Metal Jacket, 1917, Inglorious b*****ds,, The Deer Hunter Edited by Argo2112 - November 07 2022 at 07:49 |
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Posted: November 07 2022 at 11:49 |
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in no order ranking
M.A.S.H. Full metal Jacket Platoon Apocalypse Now Monsieur Klein ( french , topic is occupation, deportation to death camps) Escape from Sobobor ( Holocaust, death camps, uprising) Le fou de guerre ( french moves, 2nd WW, Italian Fascist Army , Desert front) Saving Private Ryan Schneider' list L'armée des ombres ( french masterpiece , the topic is french resistance against nazi's occupation) and many more .. Edited by mellotronwave - November 07 2022 at 16:49 |
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Posted: November 07 2022 at 12:29 |
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Patton (1970) The Battle of Britain (1969) Tora! Tora! Tora! (1969) Midway (1976) Full Metal Jacket (1987) The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Das Boot (1981) All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Twelve O'clock High (1949) The Patriot (2000)
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Posted: November 08 2022 at 01:57 |
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The Patriot Escape from Sobobor ( Holocaust, death camps, uprising) The Great Escape Platoon Saving Private Ryan Full metal Jacket The Deer Hunter Black Hawk Down The Bridge on the River Kwai |
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Posted: November 08 2022 at 01:59 |
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I see no one has mentioned Downfall (Der Untergang) yet. A must see definitely.
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Seen it too. I could have added The Pianist |
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Posted: November 08 2022 at 04:56 |
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Posted: November 08 2022 at 05:02 |
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^ Another excellent choice! I have Downfall, Stalingrad & The Pianist all on DVD.
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Enemy At The Gates (so underrated it doesn't even make Rotten Tomatoes top 100 best war films)
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The 633 Squadron (only for the last 20 minutes as the rest is crap) Schindler's List Zero Dark Thirty Apocalypse Now The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (a bit tenuous but I think this can count because of the scenes involving the American Civil War) Inglorious b*****ds Dunkirk Eye in The Sky bubbling under: The Imitation Game War Horse M*A*S*H Gallipoli |
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Posted: December 03 2022 at 07:41 |
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My top ten in no particular order The Big Red One The Longest Day Kelly's Heroes Where Eagles Dare Guns of Navarone (no one else on the thread has this one of their list? Are you kidding me?) Von Ryan's Express Patton Midway (1976) The Great Escape Honorable Mention - Attack (1956 see this one if you haven't) All the others Battle Cry Band of Brothers (if we want to include mini series) A Bridge Too Far To Hell and Back Battleground Pork Chop Hill Battle of the Bulge (a fun movie but wildly inaccurate) The Enemy Below Run Silent Run Deep Guadalcanal Diary Sands of Iwo Jima The Devil's Brigade Merrill's Marauders Enemy at the Gates T-34 (check this one out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aA0dVzCvn0 ) Paths of Glory (forgot about this one. Good film) Edited by Jeffro - December 06 2022 at 15:35 |
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Posted: December 03 2022 at 08:36 |
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In context, I'll assume we are talking about war just in the 20th/21st century. So, in no particular order.... Kelly's Heroes All's Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Das Boot Saving Private Ryan Pan's Labyrinth The Tin Drum Dunkirk The Grand Illusion Paths of Glory Others: Patton Schindler's List Bridge on the River Kwai Apocalypse Now Casablanca |
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Posted: December 03 2022 at 13:15 |
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(going to use IMDB's definition of war... as well as their titles) The Battle of Algiers Sunflower Anatahan The Grand Illusion The Cranes Are Flying Paths of Glory Full Metal Jacket Carriage to Vienna Il Generale Della Rovere Twelve O'Clock High
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Posted: December 03 2022 at 16:44 |
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Some not mentioned yet:
The Train Is Paris Burning? The Best of Enemies Shining Through Hart's War Stalag 17 Iron Cross The Keep (sci-fi) Failsafe Conspiracy Where Eagles Dare and the grand daddy of them all JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG |
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Posted: December 05 2022 at 15:59 |
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Alphabetically:
Apocalypse Now The Deer Hunter Flags of Our Fathers Full Metal Jacket King Rat Oh! What a Lovely War Paths of Glory Schindler's List Stalingrad The Train |
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Posted: December 05 2022 at 16:29 |
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Some of my favorites:
The Last Samurai
Apocalypse Now King of Hearts Joyeux Noël Jojo Rabbit Thin Red Line 1917 All Quiet on the Western Front Defiance Frantz Das Boot Platoon Beneath Hill 60 Bridge On the River Kwai Hamburger Hill Schindler's List Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Sergeant York Inglourious Basterds Salvador Edited by BrufordFreak - December 06 2022 at 15:45 |
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Posted: December 06 2022 at 15:25 |
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Honorable Mention: "Von Ryan's Express"
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Hi, Definitely on my list ... if I could make one, but there are way too many more to consider. In looking at my reviews, here is a bunch more: The Bedsitting Room (Spike Milligan's opus) Charge of the Light Brigade (Famous English screw up in leadership!) The Last Days of England The Field To Live Indochine (the French in SE Asia before America) The Nightporter (more about the aftermath of the WW2) The Island on Bird Street (you must see it to believe it!) Burnt by the Sun The Stalker (might not fit in this idea here) Hemingway and Gellhorn (mostly about the two in Spain amidst the Spanish Civil War) Rhapsody in August PS: "The Island on Bird Street" was listed at the Portland International Film Festival as a film for kids, and the sad factor was ... it killed the film. No mom was going to bring her kids in after reading the synopsis of the film. And no adult will show up to see a film with kids in the audience ... they get offended when a kid cries or laughs at the wrong moment! Never mind ... forget it! Its story is different and difficult, and one kid manages to survive in the rubble with a little friend ... a little mouse that finds the food and then takes the kid there to get it. And the kid manages to survive the whole thing, as the mouse eventually succumbs towards the end. In the middle of WW2 and a political story since the kids meets a Jewish family on the other side of the rubble ... exactly the type of story you really would not want to bring your child to see ... too many things to explain that are just impossible all around! It's a great film, and just a very different element about "war" ... but the kid survives it, even with the help from the little one! Beautifully done and thought out ... really is!
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