Favourite War Film
 

Hi everyone

What is your favourite war film?

My personal favourite is the Dambusters.

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yep..looks like yet another of my posts on this site is being ignored by all!!!

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I like a bunch of them. Probably Tora Tora Tora is my favorite with Midway second.

aeroeng

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Blue Max

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Battle of Britain.

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Went the Day Well?
Fires Were Started
Enigma
Downfall
Battle of Britain (Spitfire porn!)

As for The Dam Busters, I saw the restored print at the cinema last year. Spectacular flying scenes, totally different from seeing them on TV.

Can I also recommend a novel about making a wartime film? "Their Finest Hour and a Half" by Lissa Evans.

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Of the past classics......
Battle of Britain -- rat tat tat tat tat tat (See "Piece of Cake" for more Spit fun)
Midway....
The Sea Hawk....old swashbuckler...

newer or Present wow too many...
Black hawk Down
Downfall
Glory
Stalingrad (German Film)
Gettysburg

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Good call. Made in 1940 and the Spanish Armada/Battle of Britain parallels are clear as day.

Other nominations:

Casablanca
The Cruel Sea

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For me it has to be Das Boot, Conspiracy is also on my list

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For good accuracy: Tora, Tora, Tora and Band Of Brothers. Also, The Horse Soldiers as it is based on an actual US Civil War Raid.

Worst accuracy: The Patriot with Mel Gibson. Only two things in the movie are accurate: There was an American Revolutionary War and there was (is) a city of Charleston, SC. The rest of the movie is garbage: Braveheart set in the US. Second worst accuracy: Troy. War lasting 3 weeks instead of 10 years, Troy the size of a major modern city....etc. However, it did not matter as my wife said (about the accuracy), "I don't care, I got to see Brad Pitt naked". Hollywood wins!