Your 6 favourite war movies.

[idahoblues]

One of the best scenes ever

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

Platoon
Saving Private Ryan
Where Eagles Dare
1917
Hacksaw Ridge
Full Metal Jacket (it's almost like 2 films in one. The first bit is just fantastic when they're in bootcamp. Gunnery Sergeant Hartman's performance was perfection.)

 

[AliBobbyJ]

Saving Private Ryan
The Deer Hunter
Paths of Glory
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Man Who Never Was.

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

TOP 6

Escape to Victory
Saving Private Ryan
Great Escape
Kelly Heroes
Where Eagles Dare
1917

Also to add to this list would be films such as the following.

Inglorious bastards
Dam Busters
Bridge too Far
When We were soldiers
Braveheart
Hacksaw Ridge
Dunkirk
Zulu
Lone Survivor
The Patriot
Midway
Battle of Britain

 

[ZenHalfTimeCrock]

Come and See
The Ascent (a wonderful companion piece to Come and See that was directed by Larisa Shepitkov - Klimov’s partner)
The Sun (about Hirohito)
Battle for Algiers
Ivan’s Childhood
Apocalypse Now

The nine hour long Human Condition Trilogy (about the occupation of Manchuria told from the perspective of Masaki Kobayashi, a director who loathed Japanese militarism), and Fires on the Plain (an adaptation of Shohei Ooka’s stunning, Ballardian novel), are also movies that I would recommend to those who like this genre of films.

Japan trilogy “Human Condition” puts pacifism to harsh test

Masaki Kobayashi's brilliant pacifist classic — the nearly 10-hour "Human Condition" — gets a rare revival at SIFF Cinema in September.

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[discopop]

The Train
Paths of Glory
The Guns of Navarone
Where Eagles Dare
The bridge on the river Kwai
Platoon

 

[Citizen in Pakistan]

Enemy at the Gates
Fury
1917
Behind enemy lines
Hacksaw ridge

 

[uncle fester]

Longest Day
Apocalypse Now
The Man who never was
Went the day well?
Downfall
Sea of Sand

 

[BimboBob]

Where Eagles Dare.
The Longest Day.
Ice Cold in Alex.
Patton.
Tora Tora Tora.
Zulu.

Can I have The Dambusters and 633 Squadron as well please. Ta.

 

[Ribchester]

Zulu
Waterloo
Reach for the Sky
Battle of Britain
Where Eagles Dare
Green Beret
The Deer Hunter
Great Escape
Von Ryan’s Express
Unbroken
Top six within above

 

[Magicpole]

The Cruel Sea was accused of being a rip off "In Which We Serve", which is very unfair.




I know its daft, but I can't watch the scene where those two Delta take on the licals without bursting into tears. I was still in the army when they showed the news footage of them carrying their bodies out like lions killed in a hunt. I think that operation was the last time the Yanks trusted India armed forces with anything.

Pakistani Army.

 

[smudgedj]

Bridge on the River Kwai
In which we serve
The Cruel Sea
Zulu
Dam Busters
The Great Escape

 

[lefty goldblatt]

 

[Double R]

* Where eagles dare.
* Cross of iron.
* Apocalypse now (original not redux/final cut nonsense)
* The thin red line
* Platoon.
* Deer hunter.

Does Raiders of the lost ark count?

Edit: Have to include * The Keep.

 

[Gray]

• The Great Escape
• Bridge on the River Kwai
• The Cruel Sea
• The Dam Busters
• Run Silent Run Deep
• The Hero’s of Telemark

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

* Where eagles dare.
* Cross of iron.
* Apocalypse now (original not redux/final cut nonsense)
* The thin red line
* Platoon.
* Deer hunter.

Does Raiders of the lost ark count?

There is some guff on here so why not Raiders of the Lost Ark.

 

[lust overlord]

The Dirty dozen.
Kelly's heroes.
Where eagles dare.
Saving private Ryan
The big red one.

 

[levets]

1. The longest day
2. Hacksaw Ridge
3. Saving Private Ryan
4. Where Eagles Dare
5. Behind enemy lines
6. Von Ryan’s Express

 

[jimharri]

The Great Escape
Where Eagles Dare
The Dirty Dozen
Saving Private Ryan
Full Metal Jacket
Downfall

 

[city986]

1 when we were soldiers
2 full metal jacket
3 dam busters
4 battle of Britain
5 das boat