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What are the top 20 war films?
Lucky13
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Posted: Monday, July 31, 2006 - 11:37 AM UTC
Darson
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Posted: Monday, July 31, 2006 - 11:50 AM UTC
Not a war film as such but my all time favourite is Band of Brothers.
Other favourites would include (in no particular order):
We Were Soldiers
Battle of Britain
Bridges at Toko-Ri
The Odd Angry Shot
Saving Private Ryan
The Longest Day
Das Boot
The Guns of Navarrone
Full Metal Jacket
Platoon
Black Hawk Down
Bridge On the River Kwai
The Great Escape
Cheers
Darren
Other favourites would include (in no particular order):
We Were Soldiers
Battle of Britain
Bridges at Toko-Ri
The Odd Angry Shot
Saving Private Ryan
The Longest Day
Das Boot
The Guns of Navarrone
Full Metal Jacket
Platoon
Black Hawk Down
Bridge On the River Kwai
The Great Escape
Cheers
Darren
MiamiJHawk
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Posted: Monday, July 31, 2006 - 06:16 PM UTC
Darren's list is a good one.
However, I would add Galipoli (sp?), Battleground, Porkchop Hill and
Last of The Mohigans, the version with Madeline Stowe . . . sigh, oh
my!!! And with Daniel Day Lewis and I would
subtract, . . .
oh, ma' gosh. . . not easy to subtract four
from Darren's list.
Hokay, I got it. This is my list of 24 Best War pictures!!!!! :-) :-) :-)
However, I would add Galipoli (sp?), Battleground, Porkchop Hill and
Last of The Mohigans, the version with Madeline Stowe . . . sigh, oh
my!!! And with Daniel Day Lewis and I would
subtract, . . .
oh, ma' gosh. . . not easy to subtract fourfrom Darren's list.
Hokay, I got it. This is my list of 24 Best War pictures!!!!! :-) :-) :-)
Fitz
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Posted: Monday, July 31, 2006 - 06:46 PM UTC
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Not a war film as such but my all time favourite is Band of Brothers.
Other favourites would include (in no particular order):
We Were Soldiers
Battle of Britain
Bridges at Toko-Ri
The Odd Angry Shot
Saving Private Ryan
The Longest Day
Das Boot
The Guns of Navarrone
Full Metal Jacket
Platoon
Black Hawk Down
Bridge On the River Kwai
The Great Escape
Cheers
Darren
I never liked When We Were Soldiers - don't care for the directing style at all. I could add a few suggestions.
Enemy Below
The Lighthorsemen (semi-sequal to Galipoli).
kglack43
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Posted: Monday, July 31, 2006 - 08:52 PM UTC
All the others plus..."The Boys of Company "C"
SkateOrDie
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Posted: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 - 08:37 AM UTC
Mister Roberts
Force 10 from navarone
Force 10 from navarone
CReading
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Posted: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 - 03:32 PM UTC
Cross of Iron
Stalingrad
Tora Tora Tora
All's Quiet on the Western Front
Charge of the Light Brigade
12 o'clock High
Sink the Bismark
The Bunker
Das Boot
Stalingrad
Tora Tora Tora
All's Quiet on the Western Front
Charge of the Light Brigade
12 o'clock High
Sink the Bismark
The Bunker
Das Boot
wizard179
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Posted: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 - 03:35 PM UTC
Mr Roberts (definitely!)
The Man Who Never Was (still waiting for this to get to DVD)
Kelly's Heroes
Stalag 17
The Sea Wolves
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Von Ryan's Express
Der Untergang (Downfall)
Two Men Went to War
Hamburger Hill
Apocolypse Now
The Deer Hunter
Not, I repeat ...NOT Pearl Harbour!!!
The Man Who Never Was (still waiting for this to get to DVD)
Kelly's Heroes
Stalag 17
The Sea Wolves
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Von Ryan's Express
Der Untergang (Downfall)
Two Men Went to War
Hamburger Hill
Apocolypse Now
The Deer Hunter
Not, I repeat ...NOT Pearl Harbour!!!
Brigandine
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Posted: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 - 04:47 PM UTC
Can't disagree with most of the choices; Bruckheimer's Pearl Harbor? *Gack!* 
Others that haven't been mentioned; Dark Blue World. Sometimes cliched, but one of the few to show what happened to Czech (same thing happened to Poles) pilots, who flew for the RAF, in post-war Communist Europe.
Downfall, German story of last days of Hitler. Not a huge amount of war action, still worth watching
Enemy at the Gates Jude Law as a Russian Sniper - dramatised events of true Stalingrad story of a top Russian sniper V top German.
Gettysburg? Kinda - Martin Sheen was too short to play General Lee. Too much speecifying at times.
Others that haven't been mentioned; Dark Blue World. Sometimes cliched, but one of the few to show what happened to Czech (same thing happened to Poles) pilots, who flew for the RAF, in post-war Communist Europe.
Downfall, German story of last days of Hitler. Not a huge amount of war action, still worth watching
Enemy at the Gates Jude Law as a Russian Sniper - dramatised events of true Stalingrad story of a top Russian sniper V top German.
Gettysburg? Kinda - Martin Sheen was too short to play General Lee. Too much speecifying at times.
Fitz
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Posted: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 - 07:15 PM UTC
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Mr Roberts (definitely!)
The Man Who Never Was (still waiting for this to get to DVD)
Kelly's Heroes
Stalag 17
The Sea Wolves
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Von Ryan's Express
Der Untergang (Downfall)
Two Men Went to War
Hamburger Hill
Apocolypse Now
The Deer Hunter
Not, I repeat ...NOT Pearl Harbour!!!
I don't consider Kelly's Hero's a war film. It's a spaghetti western that just happens to take place during WWII.
Fitz
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Posted: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 - 07:22 PM UTC
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Can't disagree with most of the choices; Bruckheimer's Pearl Harbor? *Gack!*
I miss you more than Michael Bay missed the mark
when he made Pearl Harbor
I miss you more than that movie missed the point
and that's a lot girl
And now you've gone away
and all I can say is Pearl Harbor sucked
and I miss you
I need you like Ben Affleck needs acting school
He was terrible in that film
I need you more than Cuba Gooding needed a bigger part
He's much better than Ben Affleck and now
all I'm trying to say, is Pearl Harbor sucked, and I miss you
Why does Michael Bay get to keep on making movies?
I guess Pearl Harbor sucked just a little more than I miss you
Darson
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Posted: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 - 07:23 PM UTC
Wow so many good movies that I left out, doing my list again I would have to add Kelly's Heroes & Zulu. Both of these are classics in my book.
Cheers
Darren
Cheers
Darren
SkateOrDie
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Posted: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 - 09:46 PM UTC
Mister Roberts is the BEST WW2 COMEDY EVER
aaronpegram
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Posted: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 - 03:25 AM UTC
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The Lighthorsemen (semi-sequal to Galipoli)
I wouldnt exactly say that The Lighthosemen was a sequel to Gallipoli, but i can see how that inference can be made to an overseas audience. I guess the two movies would be like comparing Windtalkers to Saving Private Ryan - both the same conflict, but two totally different campaigns.
Australia's 'Slouch-Hatted Heroes' havent fared well on international screens, and I given that Gallipoli and TLH both came out in the 1980s, it is easy to see how the two are similar. I would go further in saying that TLH was driven by the success of Gallipoli!
What is even more interesting is that inbetween the two movies was a 10 part TV series called 'The ANZACS', which features a lot of the same actors as TLH.... I guess some roles suit some actors, but the prominence of some actors in one film heps drives the success of another.
Cheers,
Aaron.
Fitz
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Posted: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 - 04:37 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Quoted TextThe Lighthorsemen (semi-sequal to Galipoli)
Australia's 'Slouch-Hatted Heroes' havent fared well on international screens, and I given that Gallipoli and TLH both came out in the 1980s, it is easy to see how the two are similar. I would go further in saying that TLH was driven by the success of Gallipoli!
Cheers,
Aaron.
The Lighthorsement went so far as to use footage from Gallipoli IIRC
Brigandine
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Posted: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 - 05:53 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Quoted TextThe Lighthorsemen (semi-sequal to Galipoli)
I wouldnt exactly say that The Lighthosemen was a sequel to Gallipoli, but i can see how that inference can be made to an overseas audience. I guess the two movies would be like comparing Windtalkers to Saving Private Ryan - both the same conflict, but two totally different campaigns.
Australia's 'Slouch-Hatted Heroes' havent fared well on international screens, and I given that Gallipoli and TLH both came out in the 1980s, it is easy to see how the two are similar. I would go further in saying that TLH was driven by the success of Gallipoli!
What is even more interesting is that inbetween the two movies was a 10 part TV series called 'The ANZACS', which features a lot of the same actors as TLH.... I guess some roles suit some actors, but the prominence of some actors in one film heps drives the success of another.
Cheers,
Aaron.
A particularly good book to read - if you can find it; 'The Desert Column' Ion L. Idriess. Idriess was in the Australian Light Horse at Gallipoli and later took part in the battles around the Suez Canal, and through Palestine. The book was compiled from the diaries he kept (against regulations) during the time.
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Posted: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 - 06:12 AM UTC
The Flying Leathernecks
Sand of Iwo Jima
Air Force
Destination Tokyo
They Were Expendable
Bataan
Back to Bataan
Task Force
Wing and a Prayer
Wake Island
Gallant Hours
Dawn Patrol
Operation Burma
Operation Petticoat
The Fighting Seabees
Where Eagles Dare
Go For Broke
Gung Ho
The Sea Chase
Just to name a few.
Sand of Iwo Jima
Air Force
Destination Tokyo
They Were Expendable
Bataan
Back to Bataan
Task Force
Wing and a Prayer
Wake Island
Gallant Hours
Dawn Patrol
Operation Burma
Operation Petticoat
The Fighting Seabees
Where Eagles Dare
Go For Broke
Gung Ho
The Sea Chase
Just to name a few.
Brigandine
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Posted: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 - 08:41 AM UTC
There was a film made in 1944 called 'Thirty Seconds over Tokyo' which was about Doolittle's B-25 raid off the Hornet in 1942. Genuine WW 2 B-25s. 
aaronpegram
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Posted: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 - 02:25 PM UTC
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The Lighthorsement went so far as to use footage from Gallipoli IIRC
Seriously? What part? It wouldnt surprise me - the Australian Film Industry was not exactly a well funded branch of the Arts in the 1980s!
A.
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Posted: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 - 09:41 PM UTC
Some really good ones already mentioned,
I'll toss a few unmentioned classic sea films into the pot:
Corvette 225
We Dive at Dawn
The Caine Mutiny---The original with Boggie
They Were Expendable
Run Silent Run Deep
Destination Tokyo
Flat Top
Murphy's War
The Silent Enemy-- about good old Commander Crabb, who's death still sparks controversy.
Your in the Navy Now--- one of my all time favorite WW2 Navy Comedies.
A few Classic Ground Pounder films
Battleground
Battle Cry
A Walk in the Sun
And the list goes on....... :-) :-)
I'll toss a few unmentioned classic sea films into the pot:
Corvette 225
We Dive at Dawn
The Caine Mutiny---The original with Boggie
They Were Expendable
Run Silent Run Deep
Destination Tokyo
Flat Top
Murphy's War
The Silent Enemy-- about good old Commander Crabb, who's death still sparks controversy.
Your in the Navy Now--- one of my all time favorite WW2 Navy Comedies.
A few Classic Ground Pounder films
Battleground
Battle Cry
A Walk in the Sun
And the list goes on....... :-) :-)
afromon_11
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Posted: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 - 10:19 PM UTC
Enemy at the Gates
Regards
john
Regards
john
Jurjen
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Posted: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 - 10:35 PM UTC
My personal favourites:
Das boot and Tears of the Sun
Das boot and Tears of the Sun
Fitz
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Posted: Thursday, August 03, 2006 - 07:41 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Quoted TextThe Lighthorsement went so far as to use footage from Gallipoli IIRC
Seriously? What part? It wouldnt surprise me - the Australian Film Industry was not exactly a well funded branch of the Arts in the 1980s!
A.
I remember seeing it in the credits but have never watched either movie close enough together to figure out what was what.
SgtWilhite
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Posted: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 06:39 PM UTC
I may have missed it, but 'Sahara' with Humphrey Bogart has to be on the list just because there's a tank through the whole movie. 
old-dragon
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Posted: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 08:00 PM UTC
"Hunt for red October"...only because I'm fond of Mr Connery.
...I suppose "Sky Captain and the world of tomorrow" wouldn't be a likely candidate for this thread now would it...but she looks so good with/without that eye patch! :-)
...I suppose "Sky Captain and the world of tomorrow" wouldn't be a likely candidate for this thread now would it...but she looks so good with/without that eye patch! :-)
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