War, what is it good for? Other than good movies that is. What are your top war movies?

phantomfoul88 said:
I don't have much of a rating but Downfall is fantastic and so is a Russian film called Come and See. I just saw Come and See not too long ago. Its about a kid who is forced to join the Russian resistance.

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I keep forgetting I want to wade into this movie. I’ve heard it’s intense and powerful.
 
Can't recall a ton of war movies, so I will just go with...

1. Saving Private Ryan
2. The Patriot
3. 300
4. Inglorious Basterds
5. The Hurt Locker
6. Braveheart
7. 13 Hours
8. Troy
9. American Sniper
10. Lone Survivor.
 
calsnowskier said:
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Jesus that movie was a dick punch.
 
stroked out said:
Fury was the best I ever saw. Hasn't even been mentioned. :tsk:
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"Because it's shit and totally unrealistic" - every WW2 historian and veteran who has seen it.
 
stroked out said:
I watched Apocalypse Now for the first time a few months ago.

Afterwards I thought, 'This is the movie everyone raves about?'

Total crap.
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Yup. Has a couple of good scenes but overall is way overrated and overhyped.
 
calsnowskier said:
Private Ryan is one of the best movies ever, imho.

but in no particular order, some other good ones are…

JoJo Rabbit
Full Metal Jacket
Inglorious Basterds
Bridge Over the River Kwai
Enemy at the Gates
TAPS (not sure this qualifies?)
Red Dawn (original)
The Day After (doesn’t REALLY belong on this list, but I saw it as a kid and it affected me)

I am certain I forgot a bunch of really good ones.
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I like your taste!
 
Can a person include Hacksaw Ridge and not be labeled a sympathizer? Asking for a friend.
 
Ugh...another love thy enemy movie....

How about Enemy at the Gates. Bad ass if you ask me.
 
A few I haven't seen mentioned:

Platoon
1917
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Dunkirk
Das Boot
'71
The Killing Fields
 
The Dirty Dozen.
 
Ernest in the Army
 
Orlando_Eagles said:
There will never be another role of this type where a relative unknown comes in with such fire. F Lee was a consultant on the movie and had the role down so well they just gave it him.

This one is right near the top for me. Not so much for the Nam part of the movie (though it’s damn good) but for the boot camp parts.

My father went through Parris Island right around the exact time this movie is set in. He said that everything about the boot camp experience at this time was so spot on, especially the Drill Sergeant. Of course, he didn’t have a Pyle in his unit lol….but he did have stories of guys to at cracked up in camp….just not to that level of crazy. In fact, the only thing he really hated about that whole thing was the fact that somehow a grunt could get a hold of a live weapon in barracks.
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I'll toss Christoph Waltz in there. Was he on any one's radar prior to his role in Inglorious Basterds? Maybe in the German cinema scene but for the general American audience he came out of nowhere and crushed it in that movie.
 
RememberTheKoy said:
I'll toss Christoph Waltz in there. Was he on any one's radar prior to his role in Inglorious Basterds? Maybe in the German cinema scene but for the general American audience he came out of nowhere and crushed it in that movie.
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Damnit man….good one. Absolutely loved Waltz in IB and Django. His play as Hans Landa was absolute fire from the first scene with the French dairy farmer to his branding at the end

Difference I guess is that Waltz was an actor that just popped with Tarantino, and F Lee was just a consultant who (I don’t believe) had acted before, in my mind anyway.
 
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