Tora, Tora, Tora
Heartbreak Ridge for the one liners
A Bridge to Far
Where Eagles Dare
And.... #1 Platoon
Patton for me too.
Saving Private Ryan a close second.
Shaving Ryan's Privates
Dunkirk
Paths Of Glory
Sink The Bismarck! (just for the title song)
There are some great Russian films, too, but I'm assuming most of you don't speak Russian like I do. Some good Finnish ones as well.
You also might try Kelly's Heroes (unexpectedly good film) for the theme song.
1917 or Platoon.
Downfall. Ganz as Hitler was iconic. Pure acting brilliance.
The hurt locker gets the vote for me. Doesn’t get into politics or nothing, just a good ass movie
Orignal- Midway
1976 Midway movie -- One of my favorites (and I am a war film buff as well as a WWII history enthusiast).
Also, the cast of doom! Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, Hal Holbrooke, Toshiro Mifune, Robert Wagner, Jame Coburn, Glenn Ford, Cliff Robertson, Tom Selleck, Eddie Albert, Pat Morita, Erik Estrada.
In Sensurround!
When my dad took me to see it, the next showing was sold out, so we got tickets for the one after. In the meantime we saw Bambi. It was funny hearing the explosions from the next theater.
Catch 22
Also recommend Hell in the Pacific with Lee Marvin. Underrated WWII movie.
Hell in the Pacific - wow, forgot about that one. I had nightmares for a week after watching it. So much to think about considering what is right and wrong with the way we (I) think and live. Wrinkle after wrinkle about getting close to a happy ending . . .
Zero Dark Thirty.
If I had to binge a TV series, I would choose Band of Brothers, like many of the people above.
I’m on record in an earlier post with a different movie (Bridge On the River Kwai). But I want to say I’m surprised that nobody so far has given a nod to The Caine Mutiny. Bogart is phenomenal.
Master and Commander
Judgment at Nuremburg
Gettysberg
The son of the executive producer of M&C is a Michigan grad.
Starship Troopers
The only good bug is a dead bug.
I also enjoyed U-571.
In order . . .
Glory
A Bridge Too Far
Last of the Mohicans (if it can be called a war movie)
Apocalypse Now
Last of the Mohicans..yes! My favorite movie. Cinematography and score is amazing.
My modern day war movie favorite has to be 13 Hours. Excellent movie. That unit wanting to run in to the firefight severely outnumbered always gets me jacked up.
Lone Survivor then American Sniper if I had to rank those 3 movies.
Magua is such a great character/villain.
"When the Grey Hair is dead, Magua will eat his heart. Before he dies, Magua will put his children under the knife, so the Grey Hair will know his seed is wiped out forever."
Bad. Ass.
Damn. I just realized I left Last of the Mohicans in my desk at school. Want to watch now.
Good list!
Underappreciated - Twilight's Last Gleaming
I'll be the disparaged outlier: Hair. If I hadn't seen it in the past year, I probably would've said The Deer Hunter, another Vietnam movie.
If I had to pick only one: episode 2 of Band of Brothers (D-Day)
Other great ones:
Band of Brothers (overall)
Patton
Lawrence of Arabia
Das Boot
Midway (1976 version)
Full Metal Jacket
A Bridge Too Far
Theirs is the Glory
Saving Private Ryan
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Downfall
star wars
duh
Rocky IV
I'm a bit of a military history geek and so like a good war movie now and then. Lot's of great movies have already been mentioned. Here's 4 good ones I don't think anyone has mentioned yet. My apologies if I missed you.
ZULU
The Guns of Navarone
Waterloo
Ran
I'm also greatly looking forward to the new Tom Hanks movie coming out this summer "Greyhound" here's a link to the trailer if you haven't seen it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pNgAZVrf40
My personal favorites are Saving Private Ryan, Bridge Over the River Kwai, Gettysburg (first half is great - second half way too long you know what happens you can skip it), Patton and The Longest Day.
As for this weekend I think I'm going with The Longest Day. Haven't watched it in a long, long time.
Platoon is my favorite war movie. Doesn't seem to drag on like many others.
Troy
Stalag 17
Taking Chance is very appropriate for this weekend. It drives home the point of Memorial Day.
If you’re interested in something not as well known, Men In War (1957) is an excellent Korean War film. Very underrated.
Thin Red Line or 1917. Saw 1917 with my son last week and was overly impressed. Unique war story telling.
Easy
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I'm really surprised that no one has picked The Best Years of Our Lives. For Memorial Day its a good choice.
One of my favorite movies.
Great movie. Never knew the gentleman without his hands really fought in the war.
Excellent movie with great acting however once I understood that some of the actors were 5 to 20 years older than they should have been I find it out of sorts. A few of the scenes are lights out perfect though.
Mister Roberts
Is Braveheart considered a war movie? I’d go with that.
Andersonville. Straight to tv (tnt). My favorite war movie. I will also say the patriot has the most evil villain
The Bridge on the River Kwai(1957)
I am William Wallace, and I see before me a whole country in defiance of tyrany.
Braveheart.
I'll add 2 that nobody has mentioned, not really my favorites but still good. Flags Of Our Fathers and Sands Of Iwo Jima.
Unbroken, The Captain, El Alamein, T-34,Sobibor, Danger Close, Beneath Hill 60.
I like foreign war films for a different perspective. El Alamein made me buy the book “Mussolini’s Italy” to get a perspective of why Italy was in the war
My uncle drove a tank in Patton's army so my mother made sure we got to see Patton in the theater when it came out.
I think there was a post about what movie are you likely to watch again just by watching for a few minutes. Man, I have seen parts of the Patton movie on so many occasions
Great lecture at Hillsdale on Patton by Victor Davis Hanson
Thanks will check that lecture out this weekend
Full Metal Jacket