TOP 10 FAVOURITE WAR FILMS

[Bakker1964]

Lets leave aside Band of Brothers. Despite it's greatness, it is not a film, but a mini-series. So, with that caveat . . . which films make your top 10 list?

Zulu
Patton
The Longest Day
Full Metal Jacket
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Devil's Brigade
Hyena Road
Lawrence of Arabia
The Beast
Kelly's Heroes

 

[Macfrommichigan]

Not a fan of the genre, but Zulu would make the cut, Patton, Bridge on the River Kwai, Heartbreak Ridge, and for a dose of silliness, MASH. Maybe Sgt York. Paths of Glory.

 

[davent]

Apocalypse Now!
M*A*S*H
Deer Hunter
Divided We Fall (Czech)
Das Boot (German)
dave

 

[emwolf]

another great list thread! I'm not a big war movie fan, but there are some that I really have liked.
M*A*S*H
Paths of Glory
Come and See
The Seven Beauties
Stalag 17
Lawrence of Arabia
All Quiet on the Western Front
What Price Glory (the silent one)
Gallipoli
--would Manchurian Candidate count?

 

[Doc4]

Zulu
12 O'Clock High
Bridge on the River Kwai
In Which We Serve
They Were Expendable
Sink The Bismark
Play Dirty
Mister Roberts

I have a second category for films set in prison camps during war ...
The Hill
Stalag 17

I have a third category for the "ripping yarn" war movie that isn't as serious but still great fun ...
Kelly's Heroes
The Dirty Dozen
The Guns of Navarone

 

[The Count of Merkur Cristo]

Bakker:
In order of precedence...another vote for:

"A film is a [amazing] fountain of thought". Jean Cocteau

 

[Chadjaja]

What about a different tact..

Frankensteins army
Dead snow.
Dead snow 2

Then
Thin red line
Full metal jacket
Hannibal brooks
Unbroken
Beneath hill 60
Gallipolli
Hacksaw ridge

 

[Mr. Scruffy]

The Deer Hunter
Gettysburg
Glory
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
The Tin Drum
Braveheart

 

[les24preludes]

I don't really like war films, at least not anything that glorifies war or is about heroics.

Casablanca
Catch 22
War and Peace
Dr Zhivago
Das Boot
La ligne de démarcation
The Vikings
The Black Shield of Falworth
Lacombe, Lucien
South Pacific


Love the TV series 'Allo 'Allo

 

[DocPapi]

Mostly mentioned already, but my favorites include

• The Dirty Dozen
• The Great Escape
• Hacksaw Ridge
• Sgt. York

 

[emwolf]

The Deer Hunter
Gettysburg
Glory
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
The Tin Drum
Braveheart

I haven't seen the Tin Drum for almost 40 years

 

[martym]

300
The Last Samurai
Bridge On The River Kwai
Dr Zhivago
Lawrence of Arabia
The Sands Of Iwa Jima
Zulu
The Great Escape
Tora Tora Tora
We Were Soldiers

 

[The Count of Merkur Cristo]

Bakker:
In order of precedence...another vote for:

Correction:
After "Lawrence of Arabia";

and then:

"A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet". Orson Welles

 

[Davidkimberly]

The Razor's Edge (Bill Murray)
The Great Escape
Lawrence of Arabia
Glory
Deer Hunter
Stalag 17
Inglorious Basterds
The Tin Drum
Dr. Strangelove
MASH

 

[Bakker1964]

Saving Private Ryan and some more ancient historical films about war like Kingdom of Heaven or Troy are my favourites.

Historical theme is next

 

[Bakker1964]

Also . . . thanks to all of you for reminders of some films I have forgotten. Funny story, my neighbour growing up had a Father who was an engineer in the aerospace industry. We were told that his response to the title of a certain naval film was always to ask, "Is that on tonight?". So, one summer night, as the gang of kids were sitting in the ditch wasting away the last of the summer daylight, this man comes home and decides to chat up the group of us. The subject of movies comes up and, little smart-*** that I am I mention something about the Bismark. Right on cue, he responds with, "Oh . . . is that on tonight?" and we all collapse in gales of laughter.

Funny the things you hold onto in the memory file.

 

[OkieStubble]

Green Berets
Saving Private Ryan
Thin Red Line
The Patriot
The Pianist
Gettysburg
We Were Soldiers
Glory
Black Hawk Down
The Longest Day

 

[martym]

Green Berets
Saving Private Ryan
Thin Red Line
The Patriot
The Pianist
Gettysburg
We Were Soldiers
Glory
Black Hawk Down
The Longest Day

The Pianist is an incredible movie.

 

[OkieStubble]

The Pianist is an incredible movie.

Yes it is.

 

[The Count of Merkur Cristo]

Opps...I forgot to add (before "Zulu";

"Of course, the whole point of a Doomsday Machine is lost, if you keep it a secret! Why didn't you tell the world, EH"? Dr. Stragelove