The best war movie ever

[Apollo 0]

My favourite's in order:

Full metal Jacket (brilliant from beginning to end ,a great source for oneliners ,and a much misunderstood pshychological movie)

Das boot (brilliant overall to ,and great atmosphere)

Bridge over the river Kwai (so brittish! )

[jakerod 254]

Quote[/b] ]Blachawkdown was ruined for me, watch the bit where the 3 soldiers run past a burnt out vehicle, one falls over, watch the top of your screen, you will see a hollywood bus and some traffic go by.

You do know that most, if not all of BHD was shot in North Africa right?

[bmgarcangel 0]

Hey

Best movie every made eh? God thats a hard one, The village ain't it, that was crappy, you know...i don't know man, red dawn was the most suck ass movie ever made, hmm....We were soldiers was good, and alot of other non-war movies are pretty good. I think others should be recognized here like.....Secret Window

~Bmg

[KDog35 0]

My favorites, which I'm very surprised these two movies where not mentioned, but I'm an old geezer..checkum out, damn good movies:

the Deer Hunter

Born on the 4th of July

[pajama 0]

McHale's Navy (1997)

lol j/k

The old 1962-1966 TV series was better

[CrackerJack 0]

Bridge at Remagen is a classic. If your a ww2 freak and you haven´t seen it then you should be ashamed.

[somebloke 0]

You do know that most, if not all of BHD was shot in North Africa right?

Still ruined the film for me seeing a bus.

[Blake 0]

My top-3 which has lasted for some years now:

1. Tuntematon Sotilas (1985 version)

2. Das Boot (TV miniseries)

3. Winter War

Onwards it's hard to put in order, but some movies/series which I would recommend to anyone anytime:

The Beast, Band of Brothers, A Bridge too Far, Saving Private Ryan, Platoon, Apocalypse Now: Redux, The Longest Day, Cross of Iron, Paths of Glory, Bridge Over River Kwai, Zulu, Full Metal Jacket, Patton, Die Brucke, Master and Commander, Black Hawk Down, Glory

Some recent stinkers:

Thin Red Line, To End All Wars, We Were Soldiers, Behind Enemy Lines, Three Kings, Tears of the Sun (the latter three are more like action flicks)

[scousejedi 0]

I cannot believe that no one has mentioned this but its probably my fav war film.

1. The Cruel Sea

2. Ice cold in Alex

3. A Bridge too Far (someone should do an OFP Arnhem mod *cough*)

I hated SPR and A Thin Red Line so much I've only seen the opening 20 minutes.

[soul_assassin 1750]

You do know that most, if not all of BHD was shot in North Africa right?

Still ruined the film for me seeing a bus.

bwahahahaha, had to see it by myself so i ran through the tape and ur right. A very lousy error. Although i dont think its in hollywood, rather just in whatever city they were filming. I wonder why noone has spotted this before.

[Winters 1]

3. A Bridge too Far (someone should do an OFP Arnhem mod *cough*)

Somebody is trying to be funny

[b_ringer25 0]

1. Kelley's Heros

2. Patton

3. Black Hawk Down

4. Rules of Engagement

5. Apocolypse Now

6. A Bridge Too Far

7. Saints of War

8. Behind Enemy Lines

9. Lawrence of Arabia (Very Long )

10. Platoon.

Those are my top 10

[daithi 0]

Even I know the rule about digging up old threads !!

[harley 3 1185 0]

Paths of Glory, one of 'ole Kubrick's best films.

Gettysburg.

The Thin Red Line.

And the two mini-series "The Winds of War" & "War & Remembrance", good in themselves, but the two novels upon which they're based are the best books you will ever read about World War Two.

[DracoPaladore 0]

I purchased The Beast yesterday, the one about the tank crew lost in Afghanistan.

I thought it was cool film.

But I question the probability of the whole 'team up' with the main character.

[breaker44 0]

Thin Red Line

We Were Soldiers

No-Man's Land <-makes fun of the UN. Priceless!

-Breaker Out

[swtx 42]

I just got through watching Saints and Soldiers. I must say for a Independant film it was very good.

It's an account of four soldiers who escape the brutal Malmedy Massacre in December, 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge.

It's now one of my favorite war movies.

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The Red Badge of Courage

The Story of a young Union Soldier who panics during is first engagement and runs. Very good movie, you don't see it discussed much in forums.

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The Boys from Company C

The real star of this film is GUNNARY SGT. R. LEE ERMY. This was his film debut, you'll prabably remember him as the drill Sgt. in FULL METAL JACKET.

Find out more here

Review of the movie can be found here

If you get some time be sure to check them out, they are all worth watching.

If you would like to recommend an under rated classic please feel free to leave your blog below

Cheers

[EiZei 0]

Just watched the beast of war, pretty good but quite unknown at least in Europe.

[harley 3 1185 0]

The Thin Red Line's fairly under-rated in my opinion-everyone always erroneously compares it with Saving Private Ryan, which is a great mistake - SPR, whilst not having the greatest story IMHO, was very much driven by the action-what service Spielberg paid to the characters seemed to me to be very steretypical and heartstring-pulling.

The Thin Red Line on the other hand is much more poetic, is far more character-driven and beautifully contrasts the horror of war with the beauty of where it is fought (filmed mostly in Gualdalcanal if I remember). Unlike Saving Private Ryan, where for the most part you could just sit back and watch (unlike Band of Brothers, a far better Enterprise), you have to listen to every word of the The Thin Red Line.

Critics panned it, but it is a very good war movie-one of the few realistic ones which covers the Pacific Conflict. My DVD copy's not very good (No extras at all, not very good quality), but I'd recommend it anyway. Watch this film those who have not.

[b_ringer25 0]

Saints and Soldiers.

Its based on a true story of a group of guys who escape from the Malmedy Massacre. They find a downed RAF pilot and have to return valuable information from the pilots recon mission.

[PainDealer 0]

well dunno about under-rated movies but I sure know many that are over-rated. one of them being saving private ryan.

[Warden 0]

Stalingrad a great movie, never heard of it before just picked it up in a bargan bin.

Tigerland is a great film too.

[hellfish6 7]

Reopening - this is now the new "official" war movies thread.

[Guest Ti0n3r]

There are so many superb war movies. Its to hard to pick one.

But I think Apocalypse Now is one of the best.

But if Der Untergang counts as a war movie, then that it is the best one ever. (It's the best movie I've ever seen)

[Gadger 0]

If "The Pianist" can count as a war movie its gotta be up there. Otherwise I would have to say its Zulu.