Favourite War Film

[Juha]

Hello
Kelly’s Heroes
Stanley Kubrick: Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Edvin Laine: Tuntematon Sotilas ("Unknown Soldier") (1955)
Parikka: Talvisota, the original film
Mark Robson: The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954 )
Zulu
Battle of Britain
Ashquit: The Way to the Stars (1946)
Das Boot
Sam Peckinpah: Iron Cross
The flight of Intruder
Tora-Tora-Tora
Blue Max

A couple which I couldn’t watch very long when shown in TV
U-571
Pearl Harbor

I didn’t like Rukajärven tie because of the numerous tactical mistakes in the film.

Juha

[Brian Bines]

The War Lover
Twelve O'Clock High
Flying Leathernecks
Angels One Five
Cross of Iron
All Quiet on the Western Front
Night of the Generals
Stalingrad
Flying Tigers
Catch 22

Oh! and the first Star Wars films

[Nick Beale]

BBC2 has The Dam Busters on tonight, preceded by a documentary about the raid.

[Ruy Horta]

Originally Posted by Bomber Boy

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

You wrote 1hr and 8mins after posting the original thread.

There was a time when I was happy to get a reaction within a day, let alone an hour.

But that aside, back to the topic.

I like movies in general, so it would be hard to name one specific movie.

Often I love a movie for a single scene (which in the case of war movies is merciful, as they are often mediocre taken as a whole).

Band of Brothers, Saving Pvt Ryan, An Apocalypse Now, Dark Blue World, D-Day, The Hill, Flight of the Intruder, The Thin Red Line, Tigerland, The Way to the Stars, A Piece of Cake, Das Boot, Full Metal Jacket, Conspiracy, Catch 22, Twelve 'O clock High, Blue Max, Kelly's Heroes, Master and Commander, Indigenes, Soldaat van Oranje, Platoon, Hamburger Hill, Cross of Iron, Jarhead, The Hurt Locker etc.

Tora Tora Tora and Battle of Britain are not strong movies, but they are classics non-the-less because of the aerial element. With Tora I like the Japanese bits, with Battle I like the Brit bits.

I don't want a docudrama, I want a movie (so I can live with Troy and Patriot).

Leaving out many good ones.

Indeed Errol Flynn rules!!

Ruy

[John Beaman]

Hmmm.... I must disagree with our beloved site owner, for once.

Tora, Tora, Tora is very accurate for what it does (unlike Pearl Harbor which is garbage). Unfortunately, for today's generation, it does not have, sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll, just decent history.

And, what about Gunga Din? A movie about how we think India should be in history, and, it has a real British officer from one of the Guards Regiments!

[Ruy Horta]

Ah a couple more.

Hell in the Pacific
Sgt York
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Great Escape
Battleground

M*A*S*H (the movie)

Stalingrad (ok...forgetting the "righteous twist")

Hart's War (nice dogfight / aerial scene).

Those civil war flicks produced by Ted Turner have something, although sometimes the "drama" ends up looking a bit funny.

All Quiet on the Western Front should be mentioned (30-ies version).

Ah, for a 'interesting" experience try The 9th Company, which is a pretty slick Russian / Ukrainian (and more?) coproduction. Heavy on the action, even some sex, drugs and rock and roll. Some stuff is over the top, but there are some gems in between (certainly if you like original Soviet hardware).

[Six Nifty .50s]

Worthy of honorable mention:

Glory
The Dawn Patrol
Flyboys
Paths of Glory
O.S.S.
A Walk in the Sun
They Were Expendable
Objective BURMA!
The Sands of Iwo jima
Fighter Squadron
Stalag 17
The Train
The Longest Day
633 Squadron
The Eagle Has Landed
Go Tell The Spartans
Bravo Two Zero

[CortoM]

1. Das Boot
2. Band of Brothers
3. Tora Tora Tora
4. Thin red line

[JohnnyB]

1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Full Metal Jacket
3. Hamburger Hill
4. Platoon
5. Stalingrad
6. Tora Tora Tora !

7. Memphis Belle

8. Das Boot

9. Die Brücke

[Nokose]

1. The Alamo (starring Billy Bob Thornton as David Crockett)
2. Zulu
3. Zulu Dawn
4. Pork Chop Ridge
5. Hamburger Hill
6. The Pacific (The HBO series- OUTSTANDING)

I haven't seen the Russian film on the Battle of Rzhev and don't have the actual title but I hear it was very good as to how it was done. So if it even shows up in subtitles I want to see it.