Is this the best war film ever?…………

Aliens.

Quality.

‘Hey Vasquez – have you ever been mistaken for a man?”
“No, have you

Genius.

Edited – thanks – **** ipad!

Sorry you forgot Saving Private Ryan, you will get flamed 😉
Edit, did you have a slight typo?

What channel is it on?

DVD. 🙂

Nah – best war film ever title goes to either ‘Tae Guk Gi’ – South Korean film about two brothers, or ‘Come and See’ Russian WW2 film

Dog Soldiers?

Nope. Kelly’s Heroes is.

Cross of Iron or Ice Cold In Alex?
The Hill?
The Cruel Sea?

Damn. Not an easy one 🙂

Mmmnn… had a few sherbets?

I give you

Cross of Iron
Das Boot
Sands of Iwo Jima
Any episode of Band of Brothers
Full Metal Jacket
MASH
Apocalypse Now

Aliens is an excellent sci-fi film but more notable for the creation of the first female action hero(ine) in Ellen Ripley. Without her there would be no Alice Parks, Lara Croft, Sarah Connor, Selene etc

Nice one. Completely forgot about Zulu

I agree – dog soldiers and Kelly’s heroes are both, along with Aliens, the best war films ever.

Aliens got the banter right
Kelly’s heroes got the 70 psychedelic music in your head right ( even though it was set 30 years prior) and….
Dog soldiers got the ‘green stuff’ right.

I have had several ‘sherbets’ but as I am blessed with the best bits of both countries – I.e. I am English (well people’s republic of Yorkshire) and live in scotchland, I am not at work tomorrow, I don’t care :).

/thread

Nope. Kelly’s Heroes is.

^ this.

Lawrence of Arabia

Ice Cold in Alex

All quiet on the Western Front. The original one.

since when did Aliens become a war film? Just a holywood action/sci-fi film. Not a patch on Alien.

Iron Skies, it’s a deeply factual account of real life events, as is Dead Snow

Surely Apocalypse Now.

Lawrence of Arabia
Ice Cold in Alex
Cruel Sea
Apocalypse Now
Enemy at the Gates

Das Boot is brilliant

Platoon

Combat.

D’oh! That’s the tv series.

Das Boot +1
Does Starship Troopers count, that’s got some big set-piece battles in it?

Now I remember … Tora Tora Tora!

Das Boot
A Bridge too Far
The Longest Day
Cross of iron
MASH

Apocalypse Now is great, but it isnt really a war film.

Bridge on the river Kwai
Dambusters
Cockleshell heroes
The great escape

All need to be added to the list

Apocalypse Now is great, but it isnt really a war film.

Interesting point, I know what you mean. What would you call it? Road movie?

What would you call it? Road movie?

Gothic horror?

I’ve just remembered Waterloo. French Cavalry attacking the British Squares. Cast of thousands – one take.

And both Olivier’s and Kenneth Brannagh’s versions of Henry V.

If Apocalypse Now qualifies as a war film on the basis of setting, then I’d like to offer Dr. Strangelove with the same logic.

Otherwise, Kelly’s Heroes all the way.

Dambusters
Where Eagles Dare

How Sleep The Brave, the best Vietnam war film.

I think qualification as a ‘war movie’ is that it needs to be set in the backdrop of a historic conflict otherwise arguably any film with ‘soldiers’ in it could count.

Aliens, Starship Troopers et al = SciFi.

Personally I like Platoon, A Bridge Too Far & Zulu plus Band of Brothers/Pacific. Since Saving Private Ryan (also worth consideration) there’s a load of pretty decent indy films like Saints and Soldiers that are worth a watch.

Downfall

“The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow’r,
And all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave,
Awaits alike th’inevitable hour.
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

Oh I’d forgotten about Downfall!! Brilliant film with lots of copies to enjoy on Youtube.

Winter War?

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