War Movies - Your 3 Favorites

[TorMag]

Where Eagles Dare
Ice Station Zero
Big Red One or A Bridge Too Far or Das Boot (in German with English sub titles)

 

[JonM]

Is Dr. Strangelove a war movie?

 

[DemonsRun]

The Great Escape
Kelly's Heroes
Red Cliff Parts I and II (not the shortened western release)

 

[DemonsRun]

Is Dr. Strangelove a war movie?

I would say yes, and would like to change my answer to Dr. Strangelove.

 

[Zuljin]

Is Dr. Strangelove a war movie?

I almost picked that one.

 

[FatDragon]

Full Metal Jacket
Saving Private Ryan
Apocalypse Now

I was having a related discussion with some friends just a couple days ago: Best Vietnam movie. We determined that the most accurate film about Vietnam is probably Platoon, but it's more "movie" than "film" (more entertainment than literature). Apocalypse Now is the greatest film that takes place in Vietnam, but to call it a movie about Vietnam is like saying To Kill A Mockingbird is a book about growing up in the South. Full Metal Jacket fits the bill for me as being more literary than simply entertaining, but still being a full-bore Vietnam movie.

The Deer Hunter would be a dark horse candidate for best Vietnam film, but damn if it's not the most psychologically scarring film I've ever seen...

 

[DromJohn]

The best Vietnam War movie that's not the Heart of Darkness Apocalypse Now, is Go Tell the Spartans.

 

[k1ngl1ves]

1. Where Eagles Dare
2. A Bridge Too Far
3. The Sand Pebbles

 

[jafo28]

Red Dawn(original)
We were soldiers
Patton

 

[catdaddy66]

1) Saving Private Ryan

2) Blackhawk Down

3) Bridge on the River Kwai

 

[KayaBrew]

In no order:
Bridge on the River Kwai
Ken Burns: Civil War
The Deer Hunter

 

[passedpawn]

You guys who like Bridge on River Kwai should check out Hell in the Pacific. Pretty cool slow-burn film, same war.

I'll throw out another movie that is one of my favorites. It's a WWII movie, but I'm sure it's based on the famous Christmas Truce of WWI. If there ever was a good war movie for christmas eve, this would be it. If you're a war movie buff and you want one that make you feel good, check it out: A Midnight Clear (1992)

 

[Brewer_Ben]

Saving Private Ryan
We Were Soldiers
Black Hawk Down

 

[Shwagger]

A lot of name dropping going on.

Apocalypse Now Redux
Hamburger Hill
Tae Guk Gi

 

[KayaBrew]

A couple more I like:

Three Kings (Desert Storm)
Jarhead
Hurt Locker

Let's not forget all that served and are serving in the Middle East and Afghanistan.

 

[catdaddy66]

A couple more I like:

Three Kings (Desert Storm)
Jarhead
Hurt Locker

Let's not forget all that served and are serving in the Middle East and Afghanistan.

Three Kings was damn good! As was The Hurt Locker...

 

[JonM]

Heh heh. Three Kings was awesome. "You see my Iraqi ass map?"

 

[TBC]

Kelly's Heroes
Midway
Braveheart

 

[DU99]

http://www.imdb.com/search/title?genres=war&sort=moviemeter,asc&title_type=feature

 

[GaBrewZoo]

Saving Private Ryan
Great Escape
The Green Berets- Just have to have a John Wayne Movie in here.

 

[GaBrewZoo]

You guys who like Bridge on River Kwai should check out Hell in the Pacific. Pretty cool slow-burn film, same war.

I saw that one a long time ago. It was a great movie.

 

[alphaomega]

@passedpawn : Southern Comfort is a really cool movie. (I almost choked on my coffee, when I saw you categorizing it as a Vietnam war movie, but I looked it up, and sure enough, It was set in that time. I just never made that connection, since it is not set in Vietnam.)

If I have to pick only three movies, my list offers few surprises
Apocalypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
Platoon

But, I'd also like to mention Stalingrad, a proper feelgood movie that really captures all of the wonderful glory that is war.