War Movies - Your 3 Favorites

[brick_haus]

The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
Return of the King.

 

[Zuljin]

Starship Troopers?

Thought you could just slip that one in there without anyone noticing?

It has war and ****ies.

 

[Cavpilot2000]

The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
Return of the King.

Facepalm.

 

[Cavpilot2000]

Favorite war movie of all time?
This one.
Only because I co-star in it.
https://youtu.be/oTfNETifwYI

 

[ChelisHubby]

Tora Tora Tora We were Soldiers Blackhawk down!

 

[RoadKing]

The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
Return of the King.

I love these 3, and most named. My favorite though is Patton.

 

[DU99]

Tora Tora Tora..2nd world war
Zulu....1964 epic war film depicting the Battle of Rorke's Drift between the British Army and the Zulus in January 1879
Battle of Britain...1969 British Second World War film
Dambusters....
These are all old movies..not something hi tech with special effects

 

[JONNYROTTEN]

No mention of The War of the Worlds???
The Tom Cruise version was pretty awesome

 

[JonM]

Saving Private Ryan

Band of Brothers

Full Metal Jacket


Many, many honorable mentions, but I gotta mention Master and Commander.

 

[yeahfairly]

1) Midway
2) The Longest Day
3) A Bridge Too Far or Guns of Navaronne

 

[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.