Best War Films of All Time

Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:53 pm

I did'nt care much for Guns of Nav, but being a submariner, Das Boot was the best submarine flick out there, and definently one of the top 10 of all time.

Couple of more I'd like to mention:

Sink The Bismark
Mosqueto Squadren
Midway
Shindler's List

I turned off the pianist after I saw the little boy crushed under the drainage in the brick wall. Some reason, I can see thousands of dead bodies, but the suffering of 1 child effects me more.

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 12:40 am

shindlers list was long but very good and i no what u ean man i can watch tons of people die in a mvie but if it a little kid or a dog i dont wanna watch it anymore but good choice of movies there Very Happy

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 3:46 am

A couple I forgot to mention was U571 or whatever it was called was a pretty good movie. Also recently saw Flyboys and enjoyed that a lot to.

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 4:32 am

flyboys was kinda corny, what about Hunt for Red October Spru?

Secretary of Defense Joined: Feb 16, 2007 Posts: 2379

oh bullshit your just lurking int he days when u were young ya old fuck Smile

im sure 20 years from now this will come up again, and ill be the ine that likes old films....

Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 8:02 pm

Top 10 for me

1.Apocalypse Now

Everyones Watched this Film lol

2.The Thin red Line

Came out around the same time as Saving Private Ryan. But its not holwood shit. Pretty good

3.Full Metal Jacket

Some of the Funnyest Shit you can ever see lol Everyones watched that one.

4.Heartbreak Ridge

Again Funny shit and good old Clint Eastwood

5.A Bridge Too Far

One of the Few films with the british in it. Then you got the two guys with the flamethrower that miss the fucking pilbox and get the ammo supplies lol

6.Iron Cross

not many good films on the Germans and the russians in WW2 but you got to love Steiner(Lee Marvin) lol

7.Platoon

We all seen platoon too. good film

8.The Longest Day

In colour its a shit load better then saving Pte fucking Ryan

9.Big Red one

Again Lee Marvin I think it was the 1st Infantry of the US Army and takes you like patton for the start to the end for the war.

10.Glory

Its the best US Civil War's Film

Just mine too many good ones really to pick 10! ffs lol

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:42 pm

Good choices, but here are some of my favorites:

The Longest Day - absolutely the best war movie I have seen

Patton - I have to disagree with Spas on this one, I liked the history aspect.

The Green Berets - If you are a fan of Vietnam war movies, this is a classic.

Red Dawn - A bit unbelievable, but at the same time something that no other movie took on, the invasion of North America.

Midway - Very well done, a bit mushy and slow at times.

Full Metal Jacket - 1st part of the movie is awesome, 2 nd part is just OK.

A Bridge Too Far - About Market Garden, very good film.

The Tank - More of a drama, but based on a Russian tank that gets lost in Afganastan.

Apocolypse Now - Weird movie, but very enjoyable.

Battle of the Bulge - pretty good, but the fight scenes were a bit staged.

Guns of Navarrone - fairly good

Dirty Dozen - great flick with lots of stars

Thin Red Line - just saw this, very good film.

If you didn't notice yet, I love movies...

Edit - damn good call one the Big Red One and Iron Cross - two of Lee Marvin's best films.