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    Cool Top ten war movies

    Seems like I have always enjoyed watching war movies since I was a young kid. Now don't get me wrong I'm not a war hawk or anything, but a good war flick stirs something inside of me...here are my picks, feel free to comment.

    1.) Saving Private Ryan (1998)...should be shown uncut on tv every Veterans Day.
    2.) Das Boot (1981)....get the directors cut, my favorite foreign war movie.
    3.) Twelve O'Clock High (1949)...actual war footage ties in..Peck at his best.
    4.) They Were Expendable (1945)...John Fords underrated classic.
    5.) Patton (1970)...George C. Scott's role of a lifetime..better on the big screen.
    6.) Stalingrad (1993)...gritty, one of the best about the Eastern Front.
    7.) Mr. Roberts (1955)..a great study of human character and endurance.
    8.) All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)...the war to end all wars..classic to watch.
    9.) Gettysburg (1993)...best Civil War movie period..part one of a trilogy.
    10.)The Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)...the Marines and John Wayne a natural fit.

    few honorable mentionables...Cross of Iron, Gallopli, Stalag 17 and the Blue Max.

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    few honorable mentionables...Cross of Iron, Gallopli, Stalag 17 and the Blue Max.
    Did you mean Gallipoli? If so, yeah your right. It wasn't a great war movie. To its credit, it was fairly historically accurate.

    Patton was a great movie, the American flag sceen is amazing on a big screen.

    Saving Private Ryan is simply in a league of its own.

    All Quiet On The Western Front is timeless. It is not as entertaining as many war films but it provides insight and much of the footage is real.

    The Lost Battalion was a made for TV movie that aired on A&E in 2001. It is one of my favorite war movies and it is extremly factual.
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    My ten in no particularr order. Some have lost their appeal cause I seen them too many times but still worthy of mention.
    1. Saving Private Ryan
    2. The Lost Battlelion
    3. Cross of Iron
    4. Stalingrad
    5.The Battle of Britain
    6. A Bridge too Far
    7.The Bridge at Remagen
    8.Raid on Rommel
    9. Battle of Neretva
    10. Pork Chop Hill

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    Man, you guys are serious about your war movies! I dunno, I think a "war" flick doesn't necessarily have to be about the war itself but can be set with a war as the backdrop. With that in mind, in no particular order:

    1) Band of Brothers (mini-series yes, but still the best war movie ever made, IMO)
    2) Saving Private Ryan
    3) Shindler's List
    4) The Dirty Dozen
    5) Midway
    6) Kelly's Heros
    7) Mash
    8) Platoon (I can't believe this hasn't been mentioned yet)
    9) Das Boot
    10) Glory

    Honorable mention to Apocalypse Now, Force 10 From Navarone, Good Morning Vietnam, & Memphis Belle.

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    10 eh...?

    1. All Quiet on the Western Front
    2. Glory
    3. Paths of Glory
    4. Brave Heart
    5. Bridge over the River Kwai
    6. Saving Private Ryan
    7. Gone With the Wind
    8. Courage under fire
    9. Deer Hunter
    10.Casualties of War

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    So Many!

    No order

    1. The Big Red 1
    2. A Bridge too Far
    3. Saving Private Ryan
    4. Patton
    5. The Guns of Navarone
    6. Midway
    7. All Quiet on the Western Front
    8. Das Boot
    9. U-571 for sound mostly
    10. Platoon
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    they've all pretty much been mentioned....

    everyone's pretty much listed the good ones, so i'll pitch in with just a few others not already mentioned:

    7 Year Itch, The Graduate, The Lady Eve, Amelie, Princess Bride, and An Affair to Remember.

    Hey, love is war, right?

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    Nobody mentioned...?

    Ran (Akira Kurosawa)--absolutely BEAUTIFUL samurai battles
    Tora! Tora! Tora!--if they only had cell phones in the 40s!
    The Great Escape--all star cast!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kam
    everyone's pretty much listed the good ones, so i'll pitch in with just a few others not already mentioned:

    7 Year Itch, The Graduate, The Lady Eve, Amelie, Princess Bride, and An Affair to Remember.

    Hey, love is war, right?

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    Hey some great picks...sounds like a great theme here. here are another ten I "dug up" that hasn't been mentioned yet...

    Sailor of the King
    The Desert Rats
    Zulu
    Objective Burma
    The Sand Pebbles
    Run Silent, Run Deep
    Sink the Bismark
    The Windtalkers
    When Trumpets Fade
    Lawrence Of Arabia

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    Does "The Last Samurai" count? Is this a war movie? Either way, I thought this movie was absolutely terrific !

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    Quote Originally Posted by topspeed
    Does "The Last Samurai" count? Is this a war movie? Either way, I thought this movie was absolutely terrific !
    When you think about it, human history is pretty much one war after another. Therefore most films made could be classed as a war movie, like Troy, Commando, Rambo, etc.. But specifically these are military war movies. So Last Samuri would be classed as Action.
    And another thing, a pet peeve of mine, I hope I don't offend you Americans but U-571 made me sick cause this movie is actually based on a British operation in WWII and this movie gives credit where it doesn't belong and I think its an insult to the British.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wireworm5
    When you think about it, human history is pretty much one war after another. Therefore most films made could be classed as a war movie, like Troy, Commando, Rambo, etc.. But specifically these are military war movies. So Last Samuri would be classed as Action.
    And another thing, a pet peeve of mine, I hope I don't offend you Americans but U-571 made me sick cause this movie is actually based on a British operation in WWII and this movie gives credit where it doesn't belong and I think its an insult to the British.
    I thought "U-571" was very clearly fictional and the end dedications mentioned very few Americans.
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    Anybody remember the one...

    ...that took place in Austrailia?

    American forces are awaiting whether a nulear war has commenced. I think Anthony Perkins is in it and maybe Kirk Douglas. In the end they all just wait for the nuclear
    cloud to come and wipe them out.

    No battle scenes or anything but I thought the atmosphere and tension really portrayed the climate of a world at war.

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    Just googled it. It was "On the Beach" It did not have Douglas but Gregory Peck. It also had
    Fred Astaire and Eva Gardner. Good flick!

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    Here are few more...

    Caine Mutiny with Humphrey Bogart (1954):


    Enemy Below with Robert Mitchem (1957):


    Southern Comfort with Keith Carradine (1981):


    And the war going nuclear, Fail-Safe (1964):

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    One of my favorite war movies I don't think was listed yet was A Midnight Clear. And as dedicated 80s fan, I must also mention Red Dawn. A great "post" Vietnam War movie, if anyone's interested, is Jacknife with De Niro and Ed Harris.

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    Red face Pheh..... you all know a leetle about war movies...

    very leetle!!! Just joking. I used to say that to Smokey every week....

    1. "They Were Expendable" - John Ford at his finest in a sensitve and stirring film that shows just how dark the early days were.

    2. "Air Force" - Same as above cept Howard Hawks covers the same period from the air. Fake battle at the end sure.. but marvelous anyhow.

    3. "Glory" - How often can a film educate (yes we Blacks fought for our own freedom in the Civil War) and move people emotionally with equal aplomb?

    4. "Battle of the Bulge" - The end is pure pap but but man what acting. Robert Shaw as Hessler, Bronson as Maj. Wollinski and Fonda.... as Fonda!!!!! Great!

    5. "Fort Apache" - Ford and Wayne with Fonda doing his best imitation of Custer. Great film even though in Black and White.

    6. "Enemy at the Gates" - Story long overdue, long ignored. If the valiant, long suffering Russian Soldier's hadn't withstood murderous enemies in front and behind them...

    7. "Sahara" - Early war Bogart film with a multiracial and multicultural cast that shows the war in the desert in all it's dry, hot and bloody glory.

    8. "In Harms Way" - Preminger does WWII but with toy models... how sad.

    9. "Sink the Bismark" - Amazing film but again with toy models... but you cared anyway.

    10. "The Story of G.I. Joe" - Real soldiers play themselves in a film made while the war was still raging. Some of them went back into action and died after filming was complete.

    11. "Tora Tora Tora" - Wow... just plain WOW!!!!

    I know it's Eleven so sue me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Worf101
    Pheh..... you all know a leetle about war movies....

    ....very leetle!!! Just joking. I used to say that to Smokey every week....
    You used to say alot of things to Smokey every week, including Philistine

    I forgot all about Sahara movie you mentioned. Not only this movie tackle horrors of war emotionally, but psychologically also

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    Great call on "A Midnight Clear"

    Quote Originally Posted by paul_pci
    One of my favorite war movies I don't think was listed yet was A Midnight Clear. And as dedicated 80s fan, I must also mention Red Dawn. A great "post" Vietnam War movie, if anyone's interested, is Jacknife with De Niro and Ed Harris.
    That WAS an excellent "under the radar" WW2 movie. A very unique story and very well acted. It was the first movie I recall seeing Peter Berg in who, IMO, is a very underrated actor. He was also excellent in "The Last Seduction".

    You guys check out " A Midnight Clear" if you haven't seen it. Well worth it!

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    More great picks..Midnight Clear very underrated flick. I could list about 50 more but decided to narrown it down to some that get overlooked...

    Lifeboat...Hitchcock directed.
    The Best Years of Our Lives..post war reality.
    By Dawns Early Light..Powers Booth at his best.
    Tigerland..Colin Farrell should of won something for his performance
    Aces High...British version of the Blue Max..hard to find
    Fixed Bayonets..James Dean in Korea
    The Beast.. Soviet tank crew on the run in Afghanistan.
    The Bedford Incident...excellant Cold War flick..boy what an ending.
    Breaker Morant...only movie I can think of dealing with the Boar War.
    The Train..best on a true story about stolen art by the nazis.
    The Man Who Never Was...again based on a true story..fooled Hitler.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Worf101
    6. "Enemy at the Gates" - Story long overdue, long ignored. If the valiant, long suffering Russian Soldier's hadn't withstood murderous enemies in front and behind them...
    Loved it!!!
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    Missed "Battleground," an absolute classic 1949 film about the Battle of the Bulge with just about every great stock actor MGM had under contract at the time.

    And I really liked "We Were Soldiers." Lord, I was drained at the end of that film.

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    No one mentioned Apocalypse Now - that is a classic!

    Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers - tied for the best war movie.

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