The best war movie ever

[mr burns 132]

did anybody ever see "Gods and Generals"? i rented it, but never got around to seeing it. is it any good?

the most horrible movie i ever got to watch...

had to press stop button during the film because it was soooo boring,

but maybe you like it, who knows  

Definitely 'All quiet on the Western Front'. Old b/w classic but unsurpassed (the book's also very good). Second best: 'Das Boot'. Both focus more on the people than the war action - without all the patriotic bullshit most modern war movies (incl. 'Private Ryan', etc.) suffer from. Which is exactly what makes them so good.

very good movies, i fully agree .. but stalingrad should´nt be forgotten

also steiner (the iron cross) is a good movie, though it´s long ago that i´ve seen it

edit: still learning to quote

[kavoven 4]

1)Black Hawk Down

2)Das Boot (The Boat)

3)The Hunt for Red October(Jagd auf Roter Oktober), I don't know if you can put it into the 'war movies' section, but I like it anyway

[SpeedyDonkey 0]

Best war movie: The rock

Best War book: Papilion

[berghoff 11]

1) The longest day, got black&white edition on DVD ;)

2) Saving Private Ryan.

3) Full metal Jacket. ( How tall are you Private?! )

Quote[/b] ]Best war movie: The rock

Is this a war movie? Only a few guys take over a old rock, more like a action movie to me but a good one.

[joltan 0]

Oh, forgot another VERY good one: Path of Glory (by Stanley Kubrik) - beats FMJ by lengths! Guess I have to edit my post above.

[jakerod 254]

Quote[/b] ]Bunch of high school kids with hunting rifles annihilating VDV convoys and attacking their prison camps with seemingly non-existant casualties?

They weren't all VDV. There were Cubans too and other Russian forces. I also remember one of their team members being executed (by them) one getting killed by a tank, 2 getting torn apart by hinds and 2 more dying in the final attack.

Have to love the one part where they are planning the attack on the airbase/prison...

Pilot: "We'll attack this flank here and put down grazing fire."

Rebel1: "Whats grazing fire?"

Rebel2: "And what the hell's a flank?"

Pilot: "I need a drink"

On-Topic: Black Hawk Down is another good one but there is that one part where the guy throws the grenade in the window from like 100 meters away and several stories up.

[Bordoy 0]

1. Black Hawk Down

2. Behind Enemy Lines

3= Bravo Two Zero

3= Enemy at the Gates

There's more but cant remember

[Donnervogel 0]

1. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

2. Paths of Glory

The other hollywood action style movies. some are nice but I don't like them so much as these two.

[Shashman 0]

What's wrong with patriotism?

Apocalypse Now, We Were Soldiers, BHD, No Man's Land, B-2-0, to name just a few of the ones I really enjoyed.

[BoweryBaker 0]

My favorite war movie would have to be Navy Seals starring Charlie Sheen or Rambo first blood part two or uhhh...missing in action starring Chuck Norris. Im a big fan of movies with interesting characters and i felt that in black hawk down the characters weren't made interesting, and you rarely got names except for if you did research but i felt the movie did little to make the individual characters interesting or different from one another. To the casual movie goer you might just have some guy getting blown up and you feel no real attachment even if he died for you it still wasn't enough. His name has to be imprinted in your head. Some might say well that guy in missing in action he wasnt much of a character, true, but he had an intelligent mind, though it was fiction.

Edit: Now in band of brothers there were some interesting characters and it was a very good story. I liked it better than black hawk down as well. I also like some of the wold world war two movies with Harrison Ford or Charles Bronson. They usually include suspense with the action which is very cool. There is alot of suspense in sneaking around.

[AKK 0]

Well I love most of the fore mentioned films (that I've seen)

But my friend I must dissagree in that

Quote[/b] ]My favorite war movie would have to be Navy Seals starring Charlie Sheen

is an awfull awfull awfull movie and most anything with Chuck Norris is bad. Just my opinion though

mine are:

Band Of Brothers

Schindlers List

Platoon

and Patton

[Pathy 0]

I like We Were Soldiers alot. Its the only war movie that can consistantly make me cry like a baby every time i watch it Its just so.....i dunno, its fantastic....the only bit i dont like about it is the little "back at home" interruptions....

[Tovarish 0]

Off the top of my head,

Come and See

Stalingrad

Platoon

Dark Blue World

No Man's Land

[DB-ERAUPilot 0]

Mine are:

1.Band of Brothers series

2.We Were Soldiers

3.A Bridge Too Far

4.Tour of Duty series(mainly season 1)

5.Battle of Britain(A TRUE classic)

[Milkman 1]

Now that I think of it, "BAT 21" was a pretty good war movie, but my favorites are:

-Blackhawk Down

-Full Metal Jacket

-Apocalypse Now

-Platoon

-A Bridge Too Far

[FW200 0]

-Apocalypse now

-Memphis Belle

-Battle of Britain

-Full Metal Jacket

-The Longest Day

[soul_assassin 1750]

I would have to agree that Platoon also deserves to be on the list of the best.

And i thought we were talking about war movies...how does Dehind Enemy Lines come into this? True its an intertaining movies but I would hardly say its a war movie.

[Milkman 1]

I would have to agree that Platoon also deserves to be on the list of the best.

And i thought we were talking about war movies...how does Dehind Enemy Lines come into this? True its an intertaining movies but I would hardly say its a war movie.

Well, two pilots get shot down by Serbians, and get caught in the middle of the genocide/war. Sounds warrish to me...

[Goldeneye 0]

errrrr

a bridge too far

bob

battle of britain

the heroes - lesser known one

gallipoli

bhd

we were soldiers

bravo two zero

das boot

[Bikecop 0]

Bikecop's list..

Schildlers list.

Longest day.

Red dawn.

No mans land.

Black hawk down.

Sniper.and

the all great *Drum roll*......

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Bravo two zero (Book is actually better)

[LT.Schaffer 0]

1.Where Eagles Dare

2.Patton

3.Pearl Harbor

4.Black Hawk Down

5.Bat 21

6.Tears Of The Sun

7.tora tora tora[Original Pearl Harbor Movie]

8.We Were Soldiers

9.Hamburger Hill

[LT.Schaffer 0]

10.Guns Of Navarone

11.Dirty Dozen

12.U571

13.They Were Expendable

14.Kellys Heroes

15.Midway

16.Run Silent Run Deep

17.Guadalcanal Diary

18.The Longest Day

19.Bridge Too Far

20.Bridge At Remogen

21.Battle Of Britain

22.Battle Of The Bulge

23.The Big Red One

24.Enemy At The Gates

25.HeartBreak Ridge

26.Sands Of Iwo Jima

27.Sand Pebbles

28.Destination Tokyo

[Konyak! 0]

One movie that hasn't been mentioned that I *really* like is:

The Thin Red Line.

It's just so wonderfully filmed and I think it has the best translation of the Flashpoint experience in a movie You feel their vulnerability and fear..

The others on my list would be:

Beast of War,

BoB, Private Ryan (same style really)

Three Kings

Konyak

[Gadger 0]

Sorry but nothing comes close to Zulu.  

Quite possible the most moving song ever in it too, Men of Harlech, ahh pure genius. Never get tired of watching.

I also advise to stay well clear of King Arthur, and go buy Excalibur, this film is fantastic!

[m21man 0]

Black Hawk Down or Gladiator (It's kind of realistic ).