The Best War Movie Ever

[Nosferatu]

I figured since we have done Westerns & Comedies we should do War Movies.

There are like the others so many to choose from, obviously I will not be able to include all of the greats so there will be other listed.

 

[The Derski]

Gladiator, Braveheart, Black Hawk Down, Saving Private Ryan

 

[Indrid Cold]

Downfall (Der Untergang)
Gettysburg (maybe Martin Sheen's best performance)
Apocalypse Now
Deer Hunter

 

[Nosferatu]

It took me more than 5 minutes to post the Poll. Ugh!!!

I don't have mod powers in this forum to erase this thread and make a new one either.

 

[Cyder]

Patton

 

[Nosferatu]

Some I had listed were

Platoon
Bridge on the River Kwai
Apocalypse Now
Stalag 17
Shindler's List
The Deer Hunter
Full Metal Jacket
The Dirty Dozen

 

[IndyAndy]

All Quiet on the Western Front ('29) - the original full-length epic war movie.

 

[ChicagoIrish]

Saving Private Ryan

 

[ChicagoIrish]

I don't like the older ones, too unrealistic.

The Hurt Locker was good, Black Hawk Down, We were soldiers

 

[Nosferatu]

Hamburger Hill was another I liked.

 

[evolver115]

The Longest Day
Schindler's List
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Das Boot
A Bridge too Far

 

[The PK]

In no particular order.
A Bridge Too Far
FMJ
Gettysburg
The Longest Day
Saving Private Ryan
Platoon

 

[broncosmitty]

Saving Private Ryan, Ride With The Devil, Glory, Full Metal Jacket.

 

[calsnowskier]

For me, SPR has to start the conversation. Absolutely AMAZING flick.

Schindlers List was really good, but I look at that as more of a period piece than a war movie (IMHO).

Das Boot was really good, but IMHO, I look at sub-movies as their own sub-genre (no pun intended) as well (HfRO, Das Boot, Widowmaker, etc)

River Kwai, Dirty Dozen, All's Quiet, etc are all good, but I am not familiar enough with those older movies to rank.

FMJ and Hamburger Hill were both powerful as well. FMJ was absolutely ground-breaking.

Could Star Wars 4-6 be considered war movies?

 

[Clayton]

The Hurt Locker was good

Probably wouldn't make my top 30 war movies. I did like the opening scene but the rest of the movie wasn't up to the same quality

 

[calsnowskier]

Probably wouldn't make my top 30 war movies. I did like the opening scene but the rest of the movie wasn't up to the same quality

Agree.

However, I fear that my expectations ruined this movie for me. I was so excited to see it and was VERY under-whelmed.

 

[Clayton]

Agree.

However, I fear that my expectations ruined this movie for me. I was so excited to see it and was VERY under-whelmed.

I will say that the opening scene was exactly what I was looking for, though. I just felt like Jarhead did what the rest of the movie was trying to do and did it better and no one really talks about Jarhead

 

[Dolemite censored]

Siege of Firebase Gloria

 

[Dolemite censored]

The Devil's Brigade

The Thin Red Line (original version)

Bridge at Remagen

A Bridge too Far.

 

[Clayton]

The Thin Red Line (original version)

I haven't seen the original version. How do you think it compares to the newer one?