Checked a site the other night, cant remember what site it was, but they had the top 25 best war movies ever made. Saving Private Ryan was #1. Although I think it was a supurb movie, I still think the best was Black Hawk Down, and then SPR. And tho u guys will probably think me stupid but I thought Behind Enemy Lines was an awesome war movie, but it wasn't on the sites list. Btw, in my opinion Stalog 17 woulda made #1 for me, but it was more comical than serious. Go luftwaffe! lol
Posted by ledaemon (Member # 198) on :
I suppose going through my video/dvd collection I can think of a few right off the top of my head:
Saving Private Ryan Apocolypse Now Full Metal Jacket Platoon Blackhawk Down Tora Tora Tora Midway A Bridge Too Far All Quiet on the Western Front The Highest Honor
A few of the worst I can think of:
Windtalkers Thin Red Line Pearl Harbor
Posted by Hal (Member # 3484) on :
I also like "Das Boot" (The Boat), although it`s probably best to watch it in original language (German). And "Cross of Iron" is also quite good.
-Hal-
Posted by Gimme (Member # 6872) on :
I agree with LeDaemon's list, although I didnt like "BlackHawk Dawn" a lot. "Saving private Ryan" and "Das Boot" are my favourites.
Regarding "Das Boot" I liked the change of angles and the intension building up little by little. Being a fan of original scores, scripts and languages in movies I think it's best to watch it in German spoken language rather than the dubbed one, cause it would sound like Bruce Willis speaking is Spanish in "The sixth sense" when I happened to visit Madrid that time. Tends to be hilarious from some time onwards Posted by Hal (Member # 3484) on :
There`s an awesome long director`s cut version of "Das Boot".
Not really war movies, but I also enjoyed "Dr. Strangelove" and "Rambo I" (although the book is better than the movie).
-Hal-
Posted by Ben Del Amitri (Member # 2724) on :
I'll go with "Midway", that's a very clear number one for me. The mini-series remake of "From Here To Eternity" gets my very strong number two (William Devane, Barbara Hershey, etc).
That Pearl Harbor thing would be my least favorite. Not really much of a real "war movie" per se - it was more like sappy love triangle that kept getting interrupted by those pesky Japanese.
Honorable mention goes to "Gray Lady Down", which (technically) was not a war movie. A Navy movie with Stacy Keach, Ned Beatty and one of the fifty Caradine brothers.
Posted by ledaemon (Member # 198) on :
I totally forgot to put "Das Boot" on my list! I watched it in German language with English subtitles. Good flick if you have about 4 hours to spare!
My favorite line from Dr. Strangelove: "YOU CAN'T FIGHT IN HERE! THIS IS THE WAR ROOM!!!" Posted by wvcple2003 (Member # 5268) on :
Another one that deserves notice is Tears of the Sun. Not really up to par with the 'great war' movies, but it does have a lotta action, a pretty good storyline, and a whole bunch of soldiers 'gettin the back' of fellow soldiers. Check it out sometime. Like I said, not the greatest, but dam good nonetheless. BTW ladaemon, Ive seen all the movies on your list cept Tora Tora Tora;; Forgive my stupidity, but is that a J. Wayne flick. Ive heard of it b4, but never really thought about renting it.
Posted by ledaemon (Member # 198) on :
No, its not a John Wayne film. It is a good film version of the attack on Pearl Harbor rather than the Pearl Harbor movie released a few years ago.
Posted by Sam 4 Feet (Member # 2222) on :
My favourite war movies are: sink the bismarck the guns of navarone battle of the buldge the dam busters and the battle of britain
Posted by Wu (Member # 1) on :
For me, the first two that come to mind are:
Saving Private Ryan Glory
Wu
Posted by IAmSpartachris (Member # 3289) on :
I'm with Wu on this one. Saving Private Ryan would definitely top my list, as would Glory.
But come on guys...has no one mentioned The Great Escape????
Posted by wvcple2003 (Member # 5268) on :
Glory was only as good as Denzel,Morgan, and Broderick were in it. oops, they were. Excellent choice, with 3 damgood actors!
Posted by ledaemon (Member # 198) on :
quote:Originally posted by IAmSpartachris: I'm with Wu on this one. Saving Private Ryan would definitely top my list, as would Glory.
But come on guys...has no one mentioned The Great Escape????
Ok, Steve McQueen in the "Great Escape" was definitely excellent! Funny, that's in the DVD collection as well, but I forgot all about it!
Posted by Sam 4 Feet (Member # 2222) on :
I have only recently watched the Great Escape and from what people have told me I found it as a dicipointment
Posted by 21ToeSucker (Member # 3187) on :
Full Metal Jacket Hamburger Hill
... ... ...We Were Soldiers was pretty good
Posted by kilgore85 (Member # 7247) on :
"The Enemy Below" with Robert Mitchum "The Green Berets" with John Wayne
Posted by feet lover (Member # 2048) on :
savin private ryan black hawk down midway platoon pearl harbor tora tora tora full metal jacket the 4th of july forces of navorone10 behind enemy lines hunt for red october crimson tide 1941 stripes down periscope
Posted by D.L. Fergus (Member # 3416) on :
I have very odd tastes in war movies. My favorite war movie that might actually constitute what others would call a war movie is No Man's Land.
Posted by Tweener (Member # 1630) on :
I like war movies in general, Saving Private Ryan would top the list for me. There are some other excellent ones I've seen listed here, and a couple that I haven't:
Blackhawk Down Full Metal Jacket The Boys From Company C Hamburger Hill Platoon Band of Brothers (miniseries) The Big Red One Patton Kelly's Heroes (can't go wrong with Clint Eastwood)
Posted by Frank the Poet (Member # 2400) on :
Excellent topic indeed!!! There are so few great war movies made because hollywood feels the need to glorify combat. Combat realism is rife with raging emotions such as stark terror and utter horror. Out of the black smoke emerge the "damaged" heroes. That being said my favorite war movies would be 1)Saving Private Ryan 2)Hamburger Hill 3)Gettysburg-largely due to its historical truism 4)We were soldiers 5)Platoon - Frank
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