Top 5 war movies
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MisterGumby — 14 years ago(September 20, 2011 01:12 PM)
Using my lax definition of a war movie, my top 5 is as follows:
- Apocalypse Now
- Lawrence of Arabia
- The Best Years of Our Lives
- The Thin Red Line
- Come and See
If you would be willing to consider Ran or Lessons of Darkness war movies, then they would make the list.
www.imdb.com/list/TNxI-Raigt0/
My Top 100, suggestions & comments welcome.
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nishnishnish — 14 years ago(September 21, 2011 06:23 PM)
I do like the Thin Red Line.
Yet I still can't get over the grenade scene.
Completely unrealistic, comes to mind.
No one person could survive that. Grenades were designed to do more than that.
I think the director let his realism, slip into cod hollywood territory there.
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ilpohirvonen — 14 years ago(December 26, 2011 03:07 PM)
I find it hard to see A Man Escaped which is a masterpiece as a war film. But I do understand if someone does. Hard work, figuring out the genres and their limits. In some sense I feel that a war film must contain some war, even a second of it. I don't know why. Rome, Open City is another tricky one for me I think it's more of a description of the anti-fascist resistance than a WWII film. I don't know anyways here's my take on this:
- Ivan's Childhood (1961, Andrei Tarkovsky)
- Come and See (1985, Elem Klimov)
- The Cranes Are Flying (1956, Mihail Kalazotov)
- The Great War (1959, Mario Monicelli)
- Kanal (1959, Andrzej Wajda)
Russians do it best. No offense intended towards amazing American war films such as Paths of Glory or Apocalypse Now.
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Badlands1 — 14 years ago(January 01, 2012 01:14 PM)
Anybody who says; FMJ, Apoc Now, SPR, or In'Basterds is clearly a western teenage boy, or somebody who has no grip of History, Military or Relatity.
Platoon
Black Sun (Men Behind the Sun 3)
Come and See
Stalingrad
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billyblackwood — 14 years ago(January 17, 2012 05:30 AM)
You sir are smoking crack if you think this is a top war film! Lol
Maybe top Russian war film, and even then I'd say The Bomber was much better!
I liked the cinematography, but to put it with any of the movies below is a joke. The movie was a snooze fest until the Einsatzgruppen entered the village.
top war films all time should be at least some of these in no particular order
The Great Escape
The Big Red One
The Dirty Dozen
On a midnight clear
All's quiet on the western front
Patton
Saving Private Ryan
Apocalypse Now
The Longest Day
Full Metal Jacket
Hell in the Pacific
Stalingrad
A Bridge too far -
koshelev85040 — 13 years ago(April 26, 2012 03:45 PM)
As for me, Top-5 may be like this:
Come And Look - reflection of real cruel of that War
Only Old Men Are Going to Battle - first looking like easy movie with a little bit paper war, but any 9 of May I look this move and every time tears coming
Apocalypse Now - it is art of war move, great canvas
Full Metal Jacket - the best cleaner for young men's brain
The Longest Day - best epic war move
Also must see:
Tora! Tora! Tora!
All's Quiet On The Western Front
Our Own
Gu-Ga
One-Two, Soldiers Were Going
Brothers In Arms
Memphis Belle
Ivan's Childhood
War movies which better not to see:
Patton - wery stupid movie
Cross Of Iron - shooter which looked like serious movie about WWII
Enemy At The Gate - nuff said
Svolochi
All movies of Uriy Ozerov -
blunderbus — 13 years ago(April 28, 2012 11:49 AM)
My to 5 may not be the best films but ones I personally liked best for various and sundry reasons. And it may change at any time depending upon mood. In no particular order.
Platoon
12 O'clock High
All's Quiet On The Western Front
Ford's Cavalry Trilogy
The Boys From Company C -
queerever — 13 years ago(June 09, 2012 10:55 PM)
No order, and not a list to be difficult, but to complement and avoid too much repetition.
Idi i Smotri, (brought me here, and too much credit is not enough)
Battleship Potemkin, (damn it's a surprise to see how advanced some film maker's were)
Gallipoli, (as I saw it when I was a wee babe, and had some Australian pride. Glad to have lost it Back to the film - does it stand the test of time?)
And, no more, everything that comes to mind, is probably already listed -
urgrue-1 — 13 years ago(June 25, 2012 01:25 PM)
Grave of the Fireflies absolutely floored me like no film has ever done. One of the best ever. Deer Hunter too although I'm reluctant to call it a war film, really.
Other than that, in no particular order, Come and See, Empire of the Sun, Das Boot, gets me to five.
I find many of the "greats" over-rated. Platoon, apocalypse now, schindlers list. Good films, but not as great as their reputations. -
micaofboca-836-322711 — 13 years ago(August 08, 2012 09:03 PM)
The Polish film Shop on Main Street (1965) (original title Obchod na korze).
The great Ida Kaminska has never been more moving and Jozef Kroner (as Tono) gives the most remarkable psychological descent into madness and guilt, culminating into a phenomenal ending you'll never forget. Awesome film. When I saw it in the theater back in 1965 it stayed in my mind for 46 years and is still lingering there. -
andy-todd-1 — 13 years ago(December 04, 2012 12:24 PM)
A few elitist/snobs here.
MY top/fav war movie is
Saving Private Ryan (love the modern shock & awe aspect)
Band of Brothers is superior to Saving Private Ryan, but is a mini-series.
The remainder of My top 5 have been mentioned.
Appreciated Hotel Rwanda about as much as Schindlers List and The Pianist.
Recently watched The Garden of the Finzi-Continis and Defiance - both very good.
Otherwise, lots of great suggestions here.
Thanks all!