Favourite war movies

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rglasby — 9 years ago(July 13, 2016 05:22 PM)

1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Das Boot
3. The Cruel Sea
4. Apocalypse Now
5. The Longest Day
   The Deer Hunter is NOT a war movie
   Neither is Schindler's List
   A "War Movie" is not just a movie set during a period of wartime, it is about the war itself. It doesn't have to have combat scenes but it does have to follow military events (true or fictional) during the conflict.
   The Pianist, The Gray Zone, Kapo, Schindler's List are all excellent movies that touch on the Holocaust - but they are NOT war movies.

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darlingmagic — 9 years ago(July 30, 2016 04:34 PM)

Schindlers List
Platoon
Full Mental Jacket
The Deer Hunter
Saving Private Ryan

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InfoBabe — 9 years ago(August 14, 2016 06:41 PM)

Tora, Tora, Tora.

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mycroftson — 9 years ago(August 21, 2016 10:27 AM)

Firstly i have to echo that Paths of Glory has to be all-time #1
But i can't believe that no one has mentioned (2) Zulu
3. Lawrence of Arabia
4. Where Eagles Dare
5. El Cid
eclectic list, i know, but i just wanted to highlight some great films, but seen less at the top of lists.

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phantom2-2 — 9 years ago(August 23, 2016 01:00 PM)

nobody mentioned star wars, either!

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Arwen2436 — 9 years ago(September 01, 2016 08:01 PM)

Just 5?!? Lol
I can't believe no one mentioned Glory, or the Patriot!

1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Apocalypse Now
3. Glory
4. Black Hawk Down
5. We Were Soldiers
   "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." -Gandalf the Grey

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FuTBoL_HooL — 9 years ago(September 18, 2016 09:56 PM)

Walter Defends Sarajevo
Downfall
Schindler's List
Saving Private Ryan
The Battle of Neretva

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vimhawk — 9 years ago(September 25, 2016 03:44 AM)

I just started perusing this list and found a list I particularly agreed with. Amazing that someone thought the same as me about great films. Turns out it was me!
Well it was last November that I posted it and I am getting old!

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joekinplaya — 9 years ago(September 25, 2016 09:21 AM)

Not in any order

1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Tae Guk Gi (Korean War)
3. 9th Company (Russians in Afghanistan)
4. Black Hawk Down
5. We Were Soldiers
   Honorable mentions to
6. Letters from Iwo Jima (the Japanese version; very very good and interesting to see the perspective of two Japanese soldiers who want to die gloriously in suicide charge and one who thinks their lives are more important than some national duty they were forced to bear arms for)
7. Full Metal Jacket (this is actually my favorite #1).

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Lamebrain17 — 9 years ago(November 03, 2016 02:15 PM)

1. All Quiet on the Western Front
2. Das Boot
   3.Platoon
3. BlackHawk Down
4. The Hurt Locker

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phantom2-2 — 9 years ago(November 04, 2016 08:39 AM)

apocalypse now
saving private ryan
aliens
the thin red line
glory
all quiet on the western front
come and see
(and star wars, of course!)

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lazy_eighthdwarf — 9 years ago(November 09, 2016 03:04 PM)

In no order, because as hard as I try, I can't place them:

• Objective, Burma!
• Battleground
• Sink the Bismark
• Patton
• The Great Escape
• Battle of Britain
  Early to rise and early to bed, makes a man healthy; but socially dead.

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tHe_cRacKfOx — 9 years ago(January 26, 2017 05:42 AM)

escape to victory
i like trumpets and bookmarks.

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Filmbuff29 — 3 years ago(March 01, 2023 02:51 AM)

Saving Private Ryan
Full Metal Jacket
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Apocalypse Now
The Deer Hunter