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Favorite war movie.
There are quite several war movies now, war genre of movies are my favorite rather than other genre such as action, sci-fi, triller, horror, etc. What are your favorite war movie and why? Mine would be Apocalypse Now, because it made me want to keep watching it until the end and it has great actions in it and probably only best movie for Martin Sheen and even though it's a war movie they still have some comedy in which is great. But mostly, because it were the first movie I watched growing up. I had a bit of hard time deciding between Apocalypse Now and Saving Private Ryan. But definitely Apocalypse Now. (If there are another thread that has already made about this then I apologize - it seems that I keep duplicating threads accidentally without realizing that.  )Jun 14 13 11:11 am Link Probably Blackhawk Down. True story. Totally harrowing street scenes, especially the Humvee convoys trying to fight their way through the narrow streets. The music. The cinematography. The casting. Jun 14 13 11:19 am Link Apocalypse Now is my first thought, but thinking a little more I would say Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, Mash and Deer Hunter Jun 14 13 11:28 am Link  Jun 14 13 11:52 am Link My favs would be... Black Hawk Down Saving Private Ryan Apocalypse Now We Were Soldiers The Big Red One Full Metal Jacket Hamburger Hill I can watch them over and over again and not grow tired of seeing them. Platoon is also good, but I can't stand Oliver Stone so it's been tarnished by his name in the credits. Jun 14 13 12:23 pm Link Black Hawk Down Full Metal Jacket Enemy At The Gate and for pure enjoyment, The Dirty Dozen Kelly's Heroes Jun 14 13 12:44 pm Link kind of a moving target for me, the list changes all the time. Always gives me pause to remember, I had family involved in combat in each of these wars. Not necessarily in these specific actions, but 2 of my grandfather's brothers fought in WWI France, 9 uncles and my Father in WWII, an uncle in Korea, me and a cousin in Vietnam, a nephew in Somalia (he was only there a week and his unit left), and three nephews in Iraq and Afghanistan... Gallipoli Saving Private Ryan The Bridge on the River Kwai Mister Roberts The Bridges at Toko-Ri Pork Chop Hill We Were Soldiers Hamburger Hill Full Metal Jacket Born on the Fourth of July Blackhawk Down Restrepo Jun 14 13 12:44 pm Link The Longest Day Jun 14 13 12:44 pm Link rfordphotos wrote: You have a good family. Thank you. Jun 14 13 12:48 pm Link Ms Selina K wrote: This! Jun 14 13 12:58 pm Link The Wild Geese But you gotta be careful and watch the long version. When they cut the last 10 min it completely changes the movie. Jun 14 13 01:03 pm Link A lot of great movies mentioned. Apocalypse Now is an amazing flick in both versions, although Redux makes it a very different movie and really humanizes Capt. Willard. I'll add a few more that haven't been mentioned yet: The Eagle Has Landed, and two that aren't really war movies in the classic sense but are loosely connected to the Civil War: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and The Outlaw Josey Wales. Jun 14 13 01:09 pm Link Jun 14 13 01:10 pm Link Rick Dupuis Photography wrote: As do you , obviously. Jun 14 13 01:10 pm Link rfordphotos wrote: +100000000 Jun 14 13 01:20 pm Link My favourites: Blackhawk Down Braveheart We We Soldiers Platoon Jun 14 13 01:23 pm Link My favorite is The Young Lions. I like a lot of the above movies but that one describes the war from both sides. I thought of another good one, King Rat, about POW in the Far East. Some not listed above: Von Ryan's Express, El Cid, Go For Broke, Lawrence of Arabia, The Wind & The Lion. Jun 14 13 01:36 pm Link Midway Jun 14 13 01:52 pm Link Almost forgot... Memphis Belle Jun 14 13 01:57 pm Link Eros Fine Art Photo wrote: Ah, yes! Memphis Belle! Almost forgot that movie also, one of great war movie. Jun 14 13 02:19 pm Link Although I was Army my favorite war movies were Navy In Harms Way Midway Search for Red October Crimson Tide Run Silent, Run Deep Also Braveheart Longest day The Guns of Navarone Dirty Dozen Great Escape Twelve O'Cock High Worst...The Green Berets Jun 14 13 03:45 pm Link There are so many. Apocalypse now was the first VHS video I ever purchased. I think it cost $80. That was before the studios learned the value of video tape. My list tends to be Old School: Casablanca.... not a war movie per se but certainly set in the backdrop of WWII. Paths of Glory, fantastic anti-war movie. Kirk Douglas is superb. The Guns of Navarrone. I watched this one many times. Force 10 From Navarrone The Longest Day, ditto The Dirty Dozen... great fun, action, and humor, plus an all star cast. Patton... likewise re watched several times Sergeant York... Gary Cooper fantastic performance To Hell and Back. Audie Murphy CMOH winner.. A true American hero, acted by the hero himself. The Battle of the Bulge. Flawed but epic film starring Henry Fonda. I could go on and on. Jun 14 13 04:21 pm Link I'm not sure what qualifies as a war movie but at the top of any such list for me would be Das Boot. Also: Ran Lawrence of Arabia The Hurt Locker M*A*S*H Jun 14 13 04:22 pm Link The Band of Brothers miniseries. I know it's not a movie, but it has fantastic production values and it is actually better than Saving Private Ryan. Jun 14 13 04:26 pm Link Stanley L Moore wrote: Glad to see this one get a mention. Deeply flawed in terms of historical accuracy, but a hell of a lot of fun to watch. Jun 14 13 04:28 pm Link GoldRoseMedia wrote: Both "Band of Brothers" and "The Pacific" are outstanding miniseries and on par with "Saving Private Ryan". I love those shows. Jun 14 13 04:58 pm Link For miniseries I'd add the Sharpe stories with Sean Bean. Jun 14 13 05:32 pm Link Right now I have saved on my DVR: Fighter Squadron, with Edmond O'Brien and Robert Stack. This movie was Rock Hudson's first movie appearance and speaking role. Flying Leathernecks with John Wayne and Robert Ryan. The title says it all. God is my Co-pilot with Dennis Morgan and Raymond Massey as Claire Chenault. Air Force with Harry Carey, Sr., and a great B-movie cast. I have the Band of Brothers DVD set too. I have watched the series several times and I'm getting ready to watch it again. BTW: Major Dick Winters passed away in January 2011. While I tend toward aviation theme war movies like Twelve O'clock High, Batlleground with Van Johnson and John Hodiak is a favorite though. Another favorite with John Hodiak is Mission Over Korea. These guys were the original Forward Air Controllers, flying Stinson L-5s. When I was a kid, my dad and I would stay up to for the Late Show on Channel Four in St. Louis to watch these movies and I've been watching them ever since. My dad was a flight engineer on a B-29 in WWII. I need to add to this list Red Tails. An outstanding movie to be sure. Not a war movie as such, but an outstanding propaganda movie starring Jimmy Stewart: Strategic Air Command. Jimmy Stewart flew twenty missions over Europe as a B-24 airplane commander. Jun 14 13 05:39 pm Link rfordphotos wrote: I have nothing but utterly most respect for you all, thank you all for your all service! RennsportPhotography wrote: Thank you for your service. Jun 14 13 05:48 pm Link Also there are another few movies that are deserve to be in top list of war movies but they are mostly forgotten. Tears of the Sun. U-571. Casualties of War. Empire of the Sun. Did anyone mention Gallipoli? Jun 14 13 05:57 pm Link Stalingrad (original) Das boot (directors cut) Kelly's Heros Apocalypse Now Patton Jun 14 13 05:59 pm Link I liked The Patriot , mostly because I live in the "Historic Triangle" of Yorktown, Jamestown and Williamsburg where the victory was secured and the street I live on was named after on of the French officers characterized in the film. The Deer Hunter was pretty F'd up but some of the POW scenes are said to be accurate. I still think Saving Private Ryan was one of the best. Das Boot is another 'classic' war movie. Zulu and Zulu Dawn are worth a look. EDIT: my father had several squadron mates in the Hanoi Hilton incl Jeremiah Denton, author of When Hell Was In Session, a gripping read about life as a Vietnam POW Also, I was blessed to meet Wallace Terry, author of "Bloods - the black experience in Vietnam" and highly recommend it Jun 14 13 06:00 pm Link GoldRoseMedia wrote: I was able to watch this with my Father in law, a WWII veteran, and a Paratrooper with the 517th, although not a part of D day, he was in Operation Dragoon, and part of the Battle of the Bulge holding Soy. Jun 14 13 06:20 pm Link Warren Leimbach wrote: Yes, absolutely. I stumbled onto this film on Netflix and was riveted by it. Jun 14 13 06:24 pm Link I'd throw in for Black Hawk Down and The Great Escape. Jun 14 13 06:25 pm Link Glory, Pvt Ryan, & Last of the Mohicans. Jun 14 13 06:29 pm Link Battleground. Jun 14 13 06:40 pm Link Joshies Photography wrote: Thanks! Jun 14 13 06:47 pm Link Don't know if it is considered a true war movie but Red Dawn should be in there somewhere. "The Patriot" kind of reminds us where we came from. Jun 14 13 06:52 pm Link Platoon, best comical war movie! Jun 14 13 06:52 pm Link |
