What's your top 5 War movies?

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t_constantijn — 13 years ago(March 23, 2013 06:43 PM)

Come and See. (Elem Klimov)
The Thin Red Line. (Terence Malick)
The Pianist. (Roman Polanski)
Apocalypse Now. (Francis Ford Coppola)
Full Metal Jacket. (Stanley Kubrick)

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edjohn66 — 12 years ago(April 23, 2013 02:04 PM)

1. When Trumpets Fade
2. Tora! Tora! Tora!
3. All Quiet On The Western Front
4. Das Boot
5. Joyeux Noel
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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.

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guigukn — 12 years ago(July 18, 2013 09:12 PM)

To call this film a "war movie" is like calling The Wire a "cop show".

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simon-1019 — 12 years ago(October 01, 2013 05:45 AM)

1. Zulu
2. The Dambusters
3. Master and Commander
4. Ice Cold in Alex
5. Waterloo

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simon-1019 — 12 years ago(October 01, 2013 05:48 AM)

1. Zulu
2. The Dambusters
3. Master and Commander
4. Ice Cold in Alex
5. Waterloo

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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

1. Beg (
   www.imdb.com/board/10049899/
   )
2. Proverka na dorogah (
   www.imdb.com/board/10067625/
   )
3. Voshozhdenie (The Ascent) (
   www.imdb.com/board/10075404/
   )
4. Zhenya, Zhenechka i "Katusha"(
   www.imdb.com/board/10062523/
   )
5. 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

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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'.

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tobias_681 — 12 years ago(January 12, 2014 10:00 AM)

1. Apocalypse Now
2. Idi i Smotri
3. The Deer Hunter
4. The Thin Red Line
5. Lawrence of Arabia
   if Arabia does not count:
   Paths of Glory
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Htos_Drol — 12 years ago(January 19, 2014 02:08 PM)

1. The Guns of Navarone
2. Where Eagles Dare
3. Kelly's Heroes
4. Tora! Tora! Tora!
5. The Burmese Harp

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loploppresents — 12 years ago(February 23, 2014 05:33 AM)

5. The Burmese Harp
   It's nice to see Kon finally make someone's list.
   My top five:
6. Fires on the Plain
7. The Great Escape
8. Barefoot Gen
9. Come and See
10. Schindler's List