Waiting to go and see Dunkirk. Got me wondering what the hive thinks is the greatest War Movie Hollywood has given us.
For me it is Platoon. Followed closely by Saving Private Ryan.

Escape to Victory

it’s the acting that does it 😉

Rachel

Kelly’s Heroes

I watched Lawrence of Arabia last night and it was Epic!

But then again my Dad starred in the film, so it’s got to be good 😉

Tropic thunder

I’m gutted that someone’s already voted for Kelly’s Heroes, so I’m not the first.

Apocalypse Now

Braveheart

I’m a sucker for those American propaganda films, so Black Hawk Down, Lone Survivor, 13hrs, the Mel Gibson Vietnam one, although Pearl Harbour was too much even for me.

Carry on up the Kyhber..

Kajaki

I think ‘We Were Soldiers’ is pretty high up there for war movies.

Cross of Iron
All Quiet on the Western Front (not the john boy walton one)
Battle of Britian
The Longest Day
A Bridge too Far
….

Star Wars

I think ‘We Were Soldiers’ is pretty high up there for war movies.

I like it…unusually for those kinds of film it does humanise the enemy.

Dam Busters
Run Silent, Run Deep
Battle of Britain
Mosquito Squadron
The Great Escape

Das Boot

I remember going to see the Battle Of Britain at the pictures with my Mum..there’s a scene where a German pilot/gunner gets shot in the stomach, put me right off my Jubbly that did..

Heroes of Telemark
The Longest Day
Guns of Navarone
Cockleshell Heroes

Where Eagles Dare.

Paths of Glory

The Deer Hunter

The Bridge over the River Kwai

Stalag 17

The Dirty Dozen

M.A.S.H.

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Full Metal Jacket

Shaving Private Ryan

Klunk – you have good taste – although a Bridge too far is overblown.

Where Eagles Dare
Battle of the Bulge

MASH is a very good call.

But also…

Full Metal Jacket
Starship Troopers
Black Hawk Down
The first 30 minutes of Saving Private Ryan

Come and See.

Though if you really want to limit it to Hollywood I’d go for Blackhawk Down.

Battle of Britain
Full Metal Jacket

Also love Band of Brothers

I love Das Boot, but I have to cast a ‘dark horse’ vote for Thin Red Line.

More a meditation than a ‘war film’, it depicts the existential experience of war better than any piece of cinema I can imagine.

Apocalypse Now

I’m a fan of The Thin Red Line, but it is a bit too flawed to be the greatest. Does get better with a few watches though.

Ice cold in Alex

Bat 21…although I may not be remembering it well, and it might actually be terrible.

In which case, Top Gun.

the deer hunter, a great film that has it all.