ALL TIME FAVORITE WAR MOVIE THREAD!

[P38 Pilot]

What are your favorite movies and tell us why! It can be from any era, past to present!

 

[lesofprimus]

What are is Favorite War Movie era?

Huh???

 

[P38 Pilot]

Sorry that was a typo. It should say "What is your Favorite War Movie era?"

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I could edit that but I wont for sake of laughs.

 

[cheddar cheese]

Tough Choice...Went for Desert Storm though...

 

[P38 Pilot]

Oh come on Alder! Someone has to edit it!

Here are my favorite war movies:
WWII: Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, Midway, Tora Tora Tora, When Trumpets Fade, Patton, The Great Escape, Memphis Belle.

I have never seen a Korean War movie before! I havent even heard of one!

Vietnam:
Hamburger Hill, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, Apocalyspe Now.

My Favorite Modern day war movies:
Black Hawk Down and Behind Enemy Lines.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I prefer WW2 era movies.

My favorite War movies though are as follows and know particular order:

Das Boot
Gettysburg
Battle Of Britain
The Desert Fox
Apocolypse Now


And there are many more, I just have to think of them again.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

My Favorite Modern day war movies:
Black Hawk Down and Behind Enemy Lines.

Oh give me a break! Behind Enemy Lines was amusing and it stops there. Trust me coming from someone who has had evasion training he did it all wrong and it was totally unrealistic.

 

[P38 Pilot]

Behind Enemy lines was unrealistic in a way. But Black Hawk Down was pretty good.

 

[cheddar cheese]

I really like Blackhawk Down. Great flick.

 

[syscom3]

Korean war movie? MASH and Hamburger Hill.

Civil War? Gettysburg and Red Badge Of Courage

My all time top 5 films:
All Quiet on the Western Front
Das Boot
Saving Private Ryan
Full Metal Jacket
Tora Tora Tora

Hornorable mention top 5:
Battle of Britain
Platoon
Band of Brothers
Apocalypse Now
The Longest Day

 

[Pisis]

I have several wartime movies in my collection:

* Sky Raiders - about Wellington Czechoslovak bomber pilots in RAF, WWII, movie from the 60's
* Atentát - about assasination of Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich by Czechoslovak paratroopers in 1942, who were sent from Britain, movie from the 60's (so both have b&w footage...)
* Dark Blue World
* Battle of Britain
* The Longest Day
* Bridge at Remagen
* Schindler's List
* Apocalypse

 

[cheddar cheese]

My war film collection consists of:

Apocalypse Now
The Longest Day
The Great Escape
Enemy at the Gates
Full Metal Jacket
Dambusters
Band Of Brothers*


Always room for more though.

 

[Pisis]

Well, I most probably forgot to mention some...... I got also bunch of WWII documents - those from Guido Knopp's team are great!

 

[JCS]

I like WW2 the best and Vietnam at a close 2nd.

My favorites (Not in any order):

1) The Flying Tigers
2) The Longest Day
3) Twelve O' Clock High
4) Memphis Belle
5) Platoon

 

[Pisis]

Looks like I'm unfammiliar with many of those above mentioned pieces

 

[Nonskimmer]

Korean war movie? MASH and Hamburger Hill.

Hamburger Hill was a Vietnam movie. I think you're thinking of Pork Chop Hill.

Right off the top I'd have to say I prefer the WWII flicks. Some that I like are:

- Das Boot
- Band of Brothers
- Tora, Tora, Tora
- Saving Private Ryan
- The Guns of Navarone
- Force 10 From Navarone (I liked Robert Shaw's character)
- Patton
- Hell in the Pacific

But I like Platoon, Apocalypse Now, Flight of the Intruder, and a whole slew of other war flicks as well. I could fill a page.

 

[cheddar cheese]

Hell in the Pacific, thats an under-rated one. I really enjoyed that one.

 

[Nonskimmer]

Toshiro Mifune was a great actor in my opinion. He really played it well.

 

[syscom3]

I remember watching on cable TV a show about WW1... "The Lost Battalion". good movie.

And yes, i meant to say "Pork Chop Hill"

Another good Korea movie..."the bridges at Toko-ri"