Top 5 war movies
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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! -
hoov-4 — 12 years ago(June 28, 2013 03:49 PM)
1.The Thin Red Line
2.Army of Shadows
3.Saving Private Ryan
4.Flame and Citroen
5.Stalingrad (92)
6.Apocalypse Now
7.Stalag 17
8.Max Manus
9.Winter in Wartime
10. Downfall
It's difficult to narrow down to five. There are so many more good ones like Black book, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Battle of Algiers, Full Metal Jacket
The Pianist, Come and See and Soldier of Orange, crossbow, the Great Escape and The Heroes of Telemark. -
nickolay-ilyin — 12 years ago(December 27, 2013 05:55 AM)
Let me mention only Soviet movies because they are much more familiar to me and not to mention "Idi i smotri" since it's completely uncomparable to all other movies. The list is
- Beg (
www.imdb.com/board/10049899/
) - Proverka na dorogah (
www.imdb.com/board/10067625/
) - Voshozhdenie (The Ascent) (
www.imdb.com/board/10075404/
) - Zhenya, Zhenechka i "Katusha"(
www.imdb.com/board/10062523/
) - Sluzhili dva tovarisha (
www.imdb.com/board/10063615/
)
Details can be found at
www.imdb.com/board/10091251/board/thread/216326249?d=223841400#223841 400
- Beg (
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benbo-3 — 9 years ago(May 08, 2016 09:49 AM)
In no order,
Fires on the Plain - how war corrupts the soul & sends a decent human who just wants to survive, into insanity & barbarism.
When Trumpets Fade - forced heroism, futility.
Fury - fantastic cinematography & effects, feeling like you're there for an underappreciated side of the war, the tankers.
Philosophy of a Knife - technically an atrocity movie as opposed to war, this graphically reminds us about another forgotten side of ww2, cruelty of the Imperial Japanese, vis a vis the infamous Unit 731 [Honorable Mention - 'Men Behind the Sun', same issue].
Saving Private Ryan - the King of the 'feel-like-you-are-there' ww2 experience.
& of course the more familiar 'Band of Brothers', 'A Bridge Too Far', 'Midway', 'Platoon', 'Full Metal Jacket', 'A Midnight Clear', 'The Lost Battalion', & 'The Big Red One'. -
tobias_681 — 12 years ago(January 12, 2014 10:00 AM)
- Apocalypse Now
- Idi i Smotri
- The Deer Hunter
- The Thin Red Line
- Lawrence of Arabia
if Arabia does not count:
Paths of Glory
You see things; and you say Why? But I dream things that never were and I say Why not?