Top 10 War Movies

[undercoverbrother]

Another list to argue:

http://www.theguardian.com/film/film...-10-war-movies

#6 Three Kings (great great movie)

Interesting whatt is left out.

There are the well know ones, Saving Private Ryan, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket. Also surprised Cross of Iron and Stalingrad are not on the list.

[return to the red]

I've always liked

We Were Soldiers
Windtalkers

[Knut]

We Were Soldiers and Windtalkers were decent, but flawed. Windtalkers had some pretty poor acting.

I understand the Artistic Merit of a Movie like "The Thin Red Line" but Saving Private Ryan should really be on there ahead of it for the opening scene alone.

I think The Longest Day and Platoon are missing for the list. also, Tora Tora Tora and Das boot.

Edit: Seem's like the list is quite slanted to Movies that were critical of war and avoided movies that were more historical in nature.

[troutman]

The Bridge On The River Kwai

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bri...the_River_Kwai

[CaptainCrunch]

Das Boot
Platoon
Casualties of War
The longest day
Crimson Tide
(personal favorite of mine(The Devils Brigade)
A Bridge Too Far
Full Metal Jacket
The Enemy Below
Tora Tora Tora
Patton

[hah]

Kelly's Heroes is a better ( similar genre)movie than Three Kings IMO.

Platoon, Private Ryan, Inglorious Basterds, The Big Red One, Green Berets, Full Metal Jacket, Memphis Belle, Black HAwk Down are some favorites.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

(personal favorite of mine(The Devils Brigade)

[CaptainCrunch]

Should I feel guilty for hating Inglorious Basterds.

Also I thought that the Green Berets wasn't that great, except as a propaganda piece.

[PsYcNeT]

Platoon is crap. Oliver Stone is crap. If I wanted to be bludgeoned to death with a parable I'd go to church.

Most blatant omissions IMO are The Big Red One and The Dirty Dozen.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Glory should be on this list.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Maj. Alan Crown: [after the Canadians finished singing a mocking version of 'Yankee Doodle'] Corporal Peacock, your stripes are not a licence to behave like an ass. There will be no more insulting or derogatory remarks about the Yanks, is that clear?
Cpl. Wilfrid Peacock: Yes, sir.
Cpl. Wilfrid Peacock: [addressing the Canadians] There will be no more insulting or derogatory remarks about the Yanks.
Pvt. Hugh MacDonald: Oh, would ordinary insults be acceptable, sir?

[Delthefunky]

Platoon is one of my all time favourites, I've seen it so many times though.

A little off topic, but there's this documentary called "The Remnants of War". They talk about the bone fields outside Stalingrad, something like half a million soldiers just left there, to this day, mainly from the German retreat. It's really quite something.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by PsYcNeT

Platoon is crap. Oliver Stone is crap. If I wanted to be bludgeoned to death with a parable I'd go to church.

Most blatant omissions IMO are The Big Red One and The Dirty Dozen.

I wouldn't say that Platoon was the holy grail of war movies, but it was far from crap.

I can't believe I forgot about the big red one.

[Puppet Guy]

The Longest Day
Das Boot
Run Silent, Run Deep
A Bridge Too Far
The Great Escape
Stalingrad
The Dirty Dozen
Where Eagles Dare
Downfall
The Winter War

[kirant]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Tora Tora Tora

I'm always surprised how rarely this shows up. It might because it's not really a movie with characters to grasp onto, but I always loved the dramatization of history it presents.

[undercoverbrother]

Another good movie was All's Quiet on the Western Front. Tigerland should also get a mention.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

Glory should be on this list.

Absolutely, one of the great movies that tends to be under rated for some reason.

If anyone goes back far enough, the Red Badge of Courage was a phenomenal movie.

I'd put Battleship Potemkin and Alexander Nevsky way up there. Eisenstein was amazing for his time.

[Knut]

Enemy at the Gates is a very good movie too.

[PsYcNeT]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Another good movie was All's Quiet on the Western Front. Tigerland should also get a mention.

Just came back in to add All Quiet On The Western Front (1930, not the mediocre remake).

That movie is just harrowing.

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

I wouldn't say that Platoon was the holy grail of war movies, but it was far from crap.

I can't believe I forgot about the big red one.

I just have a massive hate-on for Stone. I get irrationally mad at how blatant and unsubtle his themes are. It literally drives me up the wall.

[CaptainCrunch]

I liked Memphis Bell, not top 10, but a pretty solid movie