Top 10 War Movies

[Ranger]

(Inspired by Benny and me bickering over 'Full Metal Jacket! LOL)

...Criteria: This is about pure entertainment (not arty stuff):

1] 'Zulu' (sorry, but it is coming up to Christmas! LOL)

2] 'The Longest Day' - fav. bit is Richard Burton as the downed RAF pilot!

3] 'Platoon'

4] 'We Were Soldiers' - LOL, guff - but enjoyable guff!

5] 'Glory' - Just fantastic! Brilliant! Terrific!

6 & 7] 'Go Tell the Spartans' & 'The Quiet American' (1958) - want to know more about teh Vietnam war than 'Hamburger Hill' tells you? Watch these!

8] 'The Young Lions'

9] 'Das Boot'

10] 'Cross of Iron'

[Anonymous]

Saving Private Ryan
We Were Soldiers (it is based on a true life event - I'm reading the book at the moment)
The Longest Day
Ice Cold in Alex
12 O'Clock High
Beach Red (only ever seen this once but a very under-rated film)
The Great Escape
Battle of Britain
Enemy at the Gates
To Hell and Back (the story of Audie Murphy)

Strange but I can't think of a single good movie about the First World War.

[Benny]

Can we include sub stuff?

Run Silent Run Deep was great. Loved that.

[Ranger]

Originally posted by BlueBall@Nov 16 2005, 03:57 PM
Saving Private Ryan
We Were Soldiers (it is based on a true life event - I'm reading the book at the moment)
The Longest Day
Ice Cold in Alex
12 O'Clock High
Beach Red (only ever seen this once but a very under-rated film)
The Great Escape
Battle of Britain
Enemy at the Gates
To Hell and Back (the story of Audie Murphy)

Strange but I can't think of a single good movie about the First World War.

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You know - I took 'Ice Cold in Alex' out of my list at the last moment!

I was also going to put that Noel Coward one in - er, 'In Which We Serve'

The Battle of Britain is enjoyable - but I think I left it out because I liked 'The Longest Day' a bit better. I've just finished listening to a great audio book on the top aces of WWII - fantastic. I think it was James E. "Johnny" Johnson (38 kills) was my favourite 'story' - the amazing tale of how he shot down a German fighter while flying UPSIDEDOWN!

'Great Escape' - LOL ~ another Chistmas film! (In fact - there's another thread there - Top 10 Christmas Films, do you dare me! Hee hee!)

[Dewey]

ok some of these aren't strictly war films but war like  :eyebrow:

1 A bridge to far
2 Dirty Dozen
3 Tears of the Sun (Bruce willis)
4 Where Eagles Dare
5 Under Siege (class! especially where the girl comes out of the cake  :dribble: )
6 The Hunted
7 BHD
8 Saving Privates Ryan
9 Windtalkers
10 Zulu

11 Hunting Chris Ryan (fantastic SAS 3 part series very entertaining)

[BigFatCat]

In no relevant order:

Tora! Tora! Tora!
Kelly's Heroes
Above us the waves
Battle of the Bulge (Nuts!)

Must get a copy of a bridge too far, want to see some bits about XXX Corps' relief and withdrawl of the 1st Airborne.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by Benny@Nov 16 2005, 04:09 PM
Can we include sub stuff?

Run Silent Run Deep was great. Loved that.

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Oooh forgot about that. yup that was a goodie

[BigFatCat]

And I'll chuck in The Yangste Incident too. Notable medal recipient was Simon, who, though injured, continued to "man" his station protecting the ships stores from rodent incursion.

[Apoc]

Originally posted by BigFatCat@Nov 16 2005, 08:03 PM
Kelly's Heroes

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Kelly's Heroes for the win

"positive waves Moriarity, positive waves"  :roflmao:


Apocalypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
Saving Private Ryan
A Bridge Too Far
The Longest Day
Where Eagles Dare

Still haven't seen Das boot all the way through, I always manage about an hour then someone/thing interrupts me  :ranting:

[DogMeat]

No Hamburger Hill?

Shame on you all.

D "Unass my AO" M

[Blunt]

All quiet on the western front

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[Maus]

Shame on you all for not having Thin Red Line in there. Also, shame on some of you for having Saving Private Ryan in there, too.

Thin Red Line
Battle Of Britain
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Cross of Iron
Longest Day
Glory

... and now I've run out. There's a cracking Normandy-set B&W one but I can't for the life of me remember its name.

[MAD_ness]

what about war of the worlds ??



 :roflmao:  :roflmao:  :roflmao:

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by MAD_ness@Nov 18 2005, 06:20 PM
what about war of the worlds ??
 :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

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//Dad's Army On

Stupid boy Pike!

//Dad's Army Off

[Maus]

Originally posted by MAD_ness@Nov 18 2005, 12:20 PM
what about war of the worlds ??
 :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

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I'll see your War of the Worlds, and I'll raise you a War of the Roses.