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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.
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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..
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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
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Star Wars
I like it...unusually for those kinds of film it does humanise the enemy.I think 'We Were Soldiers' is pretty high up there for war movies.
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 [b]very[/b] 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.
There's some great films listed but if I had to pick one it would be Apocalypse Now. I tried the Redux version but it's really too long and too weird the original one is better imho.
Being an ex submariner it's got to be 'das boot'
Guns of naverone!
Honerable mentions to 633 squadron, dambusters and band of brothers and Sharpe!
There's a really good Korean film called Brotherhood.
Apocalypse Now is one of my fave moves of all time though. So much to it.
Deer Hunter is good, but requires a patient mood.
The Fog Of War (11 lessons from the life of Robert S Mcnamara)
Not a movie but a documentary about the life and times of US former secretary of defence Robert S Mcnamara, if you have any interest in war you NEED to watch this!