Whatcha got? Whatcha looking for? (Hard to find let's say) Maybe we can remind others of what there is out there.

Got-

Battle of Britain
Paths of Glory
Patton
Gettysburg
The Devils Brigade
Kelly's Heroes.
Blackhawk Down
Platoon
Braveheart (Does this count?)

Need-

Ken Burns Civil War!!! ($100 at Amazon. Worth it!)
The PBS Battlefront collection
Victory at Sea
Bridge over River Kwai (But not for $30! Shmucks!)
Full Metal Jacket
Longest Day
Midway (Can't find it)
Bridges over Toko-Ri
Where Eagles Dare
Saving Private Ryan

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humm lets see, i have

Full Metal Jacket,
Platoon,
Apocalypse Now,
Black Hawk Down,
All Quiet on the Western Front, (my Favorite)
We were Soldiers,
Braveheart,
Saving Private Ryan. (My brother has a variation on this film called Shaving Ryans Privates, and i'm quite sure its not about war time barbers!!!)

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What I got:

Gladiator
Saving Private Ryan
We were soldiers
Thin Red Line
Misfit Brigade/Wheels of terror (awful movie)
Enemy at the Gates
Longest Day
Black Hawk Down
Master & Commander
Windtalkers
U-571
Das Boot
Last Samurai

Dubious & Not-sure category:

Troy
Three Kings

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Ok(a few of these are on VHS but i may as well throw them in)

Braveheart

Gladiator

Saving Private Ryan

Enemy at the gates

Stalingrad

King Arthur

Sparticus

The 13th Warrior

Full Metal Jacket

Alexander the Great(the one with richard Burton in and its pretty awful)

Dogs of War

Glory

Black Hawk Down

Master and Commander

Last Samurai

Aguirre: the Wrath of God(does that count?)

Platoon

Hamburger Hill

We were soldiers( which i really enjoyed)

The Patriot (good for a laugh)

Revolution (perhaps the worst film i have ever seen in my life)

Rob Roy(it shouldn't count because it really is shite)

El Cid( I know not very accurate but Heston's "My king bows to no man" line always gets to me)

The Alamo( The new one, not bad but certainly not great, enjoyed "I'm a bit of a screamer line" by Crockett( Billy Bob thornton) before he is killed)

The Vikings

The Bruce( a small release starring oliver reed and Brian Blessed all about King Rob and bannockburn. Really. really bad, picked it up off Ebay for about 50p )

The Messenger: Joan of Arc

Henry V

Waterloo( The battle sequences are very good)

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Ok, I'll play:

Saving Private Ryan
Apocalypse Now
Braveheart
Enemy at the Gates
Black Hawk Down
Master and Commander
Last Samurai
Stalingrad (never watched it completely though)
Gladiator (I dont think this should count, should it?)
Black Hawk Down
Three Kings
Star Wars Trilogy (hey, it has "wars" in the title.. )


Had Thin Red Line but didnt like it and it became a present to one of my friends who didnlt like it either and is now seeking the opportunity to return me the present.

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My dad is the war movie buff, and I don't know his collection well enough to list it all. I know, though, that he's looking for The Cruel Sea.

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I have:
Full Metal Jacket
Apocalypse Now
Platoon

Yeah I'm a big Vietnam War fan. Can you guess why?

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I've been looking for Henry V on DVD. Nothing yet.

And I forgot about Waterloo. I'll look for that too.

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Henry V is great its one of those films i thought i wasn't going to enjoy but i really got into it (i was a kid when i first was it) FOR HARRY ENGLAND AND ST GEORGE!!!

Dull Fact for the day = the 2 sticking up of 2 fingers originates form the 100 years war. When the french captured Englishmen they cut of their bow fingers out of fear for the English Longbows, therefor to taunt the French the English would wave their bow fingers at them.

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i have none, but have seen them all

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Hmm,

Difficult to remember them all while sat in the office diligently work avoiding

Das Boot
Ice Cold in Alex
The Dambusters
The Cruel Sea
Saving Private Ryan
Enemy at the Gates
Colditz
Gladiator
Last Samurai
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket

BTW I think Channel 4 (or 5?) in the UK are showing 100 Greatest war films this weekend

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