top 5 war movies

[Hooahguy]

my top five:
BlackHawk Down
Zulu
Bridge on the River Kwai
saving private ryan
Platoon

[Beefy187]

Does drama count?

If so, Band of Brothers is on the top

[Gregoshi]

Zulu
Gettysburg
Glory
Patton
Das Boot

Saving Private Ryan is a good movie, but is a little too intense for me to enjoy.

Some honourable mentions with varying amounts of cheese factor:

A Bridge Too Far
Tora, Tora, Tora
The Battle of Britain
Bridge on the River Kwai
The Longest Day

I'm sure there are others I'm forgetting.

[miotas]

Sgt. Bilko
MASH
Good Morning Veitnam
stripes
operation dumbo drop

[Beefy187]

Sure the Russian fans may not like them, but why isn't enemy at the gates listed yet?

I liked it

[Tribesman]

Catch 22 , all quiet on the western front , J'accuse , battle of algiers , how I won the war .

[Hooahguy]

whoa- tribesy posted in a forum ther than the backroom?

[Ramses II CP]

Full Metal Jacket

Zulu

Patton

Apocalypse Now

Gallipoli

Yeah, except for Patton, which has it's own relevance in context, I like 'em sorta grim.

[Fragony]

Hard one. In no particular order;

- Platoon
- Hamburger Hill
- Full Metal Jacket
- When Trumpets Fade
- Stalingrad

Those should probably come on top when it comes to soldiers, but there are so many different types of great war-movies

- The Pianist (so much better then Schindler's List)
- Der Untergang
- Zwartboek
- Warriors (well it's a series)
- Au revoir les enfants

[Strike For The South]

The Alamo (1960)
The Alamo: The Price Of Freedom
The Alamo (2004)
The Alamo (1936)
The Alamo: Thirteen Days To Glory

[Hooahguy]

The Alamo (1960)
The Alamo: The Price Of Freedom
The Alamo (2004)
The Alamo (1936)
The Alamo: Thirteen Days To Glory

why am i not surprised?

[Sarmatian]

In no particular order

Das Boot
A Bridge too Far
Tora Tora Tora
Bitva za Moskvu
Der Untergang

[Lemur]

Wow, this is a tough one. Hmmm ...

• Das Boot
• Seven Samurai
• Zulu
• The Bridge on the River Kwai
• Lawrence of Arabia

And for my personal raspberry mentions:

• Red Dawn (for everything)
• Braveheart (For depicting the Battle of Stirling Bridge on a flat plain with no water in sight, and for having the hero engage in a secret love affair with a princess who would have been four years old)
• Gettysburg (no film made by mankind will ever feature this many bad fake beards in one place ever again)

[The Fuzz]

Der Untergang
Soldier of Orange
Dr. Strangelove :P
Band of Brothers
Black Hawk Down

[Maximus The Bruce]

I always enjoyed Band of Brother and black Hawk Down (since my clan in COD4 is based on the latter).

[Veho Nex]

Band of Brothers
The lost Battalion
The charge of the Light Brigade(Errol Flynn version)
They died with their boots on(Errol Flynn)
Zulu
and
Dr Strangelove

[Veho Nex]

The Alamo (1960)
The Alamo: The Price Of Freedom
The Alamo (2004)
The Alamo (1936)
The Alamo: Thirteen Days To Glory

Oh lol, you texan piece of work... You must be one hellav a guy to hang out with.

[The_Mark]

Here's a Finnish film worth mentioning, the Tuntematon sotilas (1955) by Edwin Laine. A good, old movie that's quite much a part of Finnish identity (it's aired each independence day, as well as used as study material on leadership in NCO courses).

[Fixiwee]

Thin Red Line (f... A)
Stalingrad
Letters from Iwo Jima
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Atonment

[InsaneApache]

The Longest Day.

A Bridge too Far.

Zulu.

Waterloo.

The 9th Company.

I'll mention some turkeys as well.

The Patriot. oh c'mon....Mel again.

U - 571, No no and thrice no.

The Alamo. 1960. John Wayne?

Zulu Dawn. Never go back...

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

1. Black Hawk Down
2. Gettysburg
3. Glory
4. Gods And Generals
5. Kagemusha
6. The Alamo (2004 version)

[Pannonian]

Hard one. In no particular order;

- Platoon
- Hamburger Hill
- Full Metal Jacket
- When Trumpets Fade
- Stalingrad

Those should probably come on top when it comes to soldiers, but there are so many different types of great war-movies

- The Pianist (so much better then Schindler's List)
- Der Untergang
- Zwartboek
- Warriors (well it's a series)
- Au revoir les enfants

W00t! Someone else likes that series.

Not yet mentioned:

Cross of Iron
Paths of Glory

And the greatest series ever made, based on a war.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Blackadder Goes Forth

[InsaneApache]

What's Gladbladder? Or am I stoned again?

[Europe]

Here's a Finnish film worth mentioning, the Tuntematon sotilas (1955) by Edwin Laine. A good, old movie that's quite much a part of Finnish identity (it's aired each independence day, as well as used as study material on leadership in NCO courses).

Its called the Unknown Soldier in English and you forgot to add that more than half the population in Finland watched it when it premiered, good movie.

Full Metal Jacket
The bridge on the river Kwai
Apocalypse Now
Platoon
Does Star Wars count? Its a "War" movie

[Hosakawa Tito]

Some not mentioned:

1. The Deer Hunter
2. Sergeant York
3. Dirty Dozen
4. The Killing Fields
5. Where Eagles Dare

[Marshal Murat]

The Longest Day - Epic

Tora, Tora, Tora - Epic

Patton - Epic

Black Hawk Down - Close-up camera and authentic equipment. Visually enjoyable, has a good story, very realistic. Love it.

Battle of the Bulge - It isn't accurate most of the time, but I grew up on it.

Saving Private Ryan - Great story about war and it's costs

Bridge over River Kwai

Tavilsota - I really enjoyed it despite having to read the small white subtitles

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Ones I forgot:

Last Samurai - Ending sequences were beautiful
Zulu - How could I forget this? Argh.

[Beefy187]

Thin Red Line (f... A)
Stalingrad
Letters from Iwo Jima
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Atonment

Aww How could I forget the letters from Iwo Jima?

That was a master piece

I'll add Last Samurai as well. Despite my intial response "Why did Tom Cruise survive?? GAH!" that scene when all the Imperial Army bowed to the Samurais was very emotional. Oh and the emperor was well done. Good film over all.

Edit: I like Alamo as well.. Not sure which version I saw but it was great

[PershsNhpios]

Asterix.

[Gregoshi]

Battle of the Bulge - It isn't accurate most of the time, but I grew up on it.

Eh, yeah, I kinda intentionally left that one off my lists. It is hokey as all get out, and Henry "Know It All" Fonda's character gets on my last nerve, but like you I grew up on it and will stop to watch it when it is on. The cheese factor is heavy but the music is good. The Panzer Lied song is pretty catchy and the end theme is awesome.

In knew there would be some movies I'd forgotten or I didn't even think of as being in the war movie genre (Kagemusha). Good stuff. Keep'em coming!

[PershsNhpios]

Gladiator.
300.
Apocalypso.
Braveheart.
The Green Berets.
Troy.






Pfff.... ha ha ha hA HA HA!