Your favorite war movie? - Page 5

uzim16 · 01-01-2011, 11:45 PM

Black Hawk Down.
Dien Bien Phu.

Mr.Negativity · 01-02-2011, 07:13 PM

Kelleys Heros, to Hell and Back are good. Every war movie i've seen about ww1 all the way to Desert Storm, i pretty much enjoyed. Or watched atleast once.

Bill Akins · 01-05-2011, 10:50 PM

"Edge of Darkness" with Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Walter Houston.

I like it because this movie shows how very very important having guns in the hands of civilians (the people) is to overcome tyranny.

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Max Donovan · 01-14-2011, 09:39 PM

Lee Savage was the gunsmith in Waukegan, Illinois in the 1950's. We was drafted at age 28 and drove a tank destroyer in Africa and Italy. He told me that there was one war movie which was completely real and showed the war he experienced: A Walk in the Sun. Dana Andrews starred, I believe.

remguage · 01-14-2011, 09:50 PM

full metal jacket
plattoon
the DI not really a war movie but still good

joedepilot · 01-15-2011, 11:52 AM

"Bridges of Toko Ri" The flying, fighting, story & actors. The crash landing of the panther jet very realistic. " Onion Head " with Andy Griffith. One of the few Coast Guard movies.

dbltap · 01-15-2011, 10:34 PM

84 Charley MoPic
We Were Soldiers
Band of Brothers

hogger129 · 01-16-2011, 05:26 PM

Platoon
Full Metal Jacket
Saving Private Ryan
Enemy At the Gates
Rambo: First Blood & First Blood Part II

Kent Detective · 01-30-2011, 10:56 AM

Battle of Britain

Bandits 9 o'clock high! Tally ho tally ho...

nightwolf3 · 01-31-2011, 02:53 PM

Black Hawk Down, and Braveheart

terryu1 · 02-01-2011, 10:52 AM

I didn't see one of my favorites listed. For the flyboys "The Bridges at Toko Ri"
Also like "To Hell and Back", "The Longest Day" (first movie I ever saw in a theatre) and of course the Duke in "The Green Berets".

1911 man · 02-02-2011, 05:03 AM

full metal jacket

GunHugger · 02-04-2011, 08:41 PM

Last of the Mohicans
Gettysburg
Band of Brothers
Full Metal Jacket
We Were Soldiers
Blackhawk Down

Juker · 02-15-2011, 02:32 PM

Das Boot
Saving Private Ryan
Band of Brothers
Stalingrad
Downfall
The Best Years of Our Lives

Cryptic · 02-15-2011, 06:36 PM

Juker · 02-15-2011, 06:40 PM

Dang, I forgot 'Breaker Morant' - not only a favorite war movie, but a favorite movie overall. Made in Australia, 1980, regarding the Boer War. A must see, if you haven't...

hogger129 · 02-16-2011, 04:47 PM

Full Metal Jacket, Platoon and I thought Enemy at the Gates was really good. Heartbreak Ridge was pretty good too. (The one with Clint Eastwood, cuz I thought there was an older one by the same name).

old 33 · 02-16-2011, 06:18 PM

Run Silent Run Deep-Gable
Caine Mutiny-Bogart
What Pride Glory-Cagney
Sgt. York-Cooper
Sand Pebbles-McQueen

Sands of Iwo Jima-Wayne
Horse Soldiers-Wayne
Alamo-Wayne
They Were Expendable-Wayne
Operation Pacific-Wayne

oh the list is long...............

safira218 · 02-24-2011, 04:37 AM

I accept with information: Like I said before the action scenes were great but:
1. Why leave your sniper and observer in the tower after the action gets going? A fundamental rule of action is don't stay in one place to long.
2. If you are trying to stop the tanks why fight on the far side of the river? When the enemy shows up blow it up and make your stand with it to your front and not your rear.

Johncant · 02-25-2011, 08:25 PM

Saving Private Ryan and Black Hawk Down. Awesome effects, and they both portay both, the best and for lack of better words "hardest" part of being a soldier.

polishshooter · 02-25-2011, 09:52 PM

A GREAT movie I saw about Korea ONCE on TV and can never find it anywhere and don't even remember the name...the one about a bookworm second LT who actually is the battalion "Unit Historian" that tags along on a patrol led by a hard bitten NCO just BEFORE the Chicoms come in, the patrol get's caught behind the lines surrounded by the Chinese offensive, the NCO is blinded and the LT leads them back using tactics from old wars that he has read about...if anybody remembers it let me know I would like to have a copy!

Then "What did You do in the War, Daddy" Took place in Italy in WWII, where a "tired" US unit is up against an Italian unit in a town that is ready to surrender right before Italy changes sides, so they fake fighting during the day for weeks so the American brass think they are still fighting and the Germans who are watching think the Italians are still fighting, but at night they party together...until the Germans come in after the Italian surrender to take over then the Italians and Americans join up and do a great job actually fighting and beating the German SS unit sent to take over the town...GREAT movie, that again I cannot find a copy of....

Rooster Cogburn · 02-25-2011, 11:42 PM

"Patton" is my favorite war movie but my friend and I make it a point to watch "The Deer Hunter" at least once a year.

DGG! · 03-08-2011, 01:13 PM

I thought about all I have seen and the few I think really stand out are:

A Midnight Clear (Battle of the Bulge)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Midnight_Clear

The Eye of the Needle (Espionage in Britian)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_the_Needle

Das Boot (German submarine)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Boot

Zulu (Brits fighting the natives)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulu_(film))

Saving Private Ryan

12 o'clock High (WWII Bombers)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_O%27Clock_High

Benajah · 03-26-2011, 12:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dbltap

84 Charley MoPic
We Were Soldiers
Band of Brothers

84 Charlie MoPic was a really good one.

Old Steve · 03-27-2011, 03:58 AM

There have been a great many good movies listed here, and I would never try to separate out the very best, but I very much liked "The Enemy Below" mostly because it developed the sense of the crew's apprehension of the new Captain's abilities and they way they came to respect him. Combat on ships differs from infantry in that the crew is totally dependent on their Captain's skill and judgement (and luck), Kurt Jurgens was also very good, actually the crews of both vessels were played very realistically.

But what if he doesn't turn left?
We will survive until he does

I saw Das Boot after reading Herbert Werner's book "Iron Coffins" and frankly I thought it was silly and childish, very unrealistic.

01-01-2011, 11:45 PM	#101
uzim16 Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 29	Re: Your favorite war movie? Black Hawk Down. Dien Bien Phu.

01-02-2011, 07:13 PM	#102
Mr.Negativity Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Between Akron & Cleveland OHIO Posts: 23	Re: Your favorite war movie? Kelleys Heros, to Hell and Back are good. Every war movie i've seen about ww1 all the way to Desert Storm, i pretty much enjoyed. Or watched atleast once.

01-05-2011, 10:50 PM	#103
Bill Akins Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 18	Re: Your favorite war movie? "Edge of Darkness" with Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Walter Houston. I like it because this movie shows how very very important having guns in the hands of civilians (the people) is to overcome tyranny. .

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Max Donovan V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 77	Re: Your favorite war movie? Lee Savage was the gunsmith in Waukegan, Illinois in the 1950's. We was drafted at age 28 and drove a tank destroyer in Africa and Italy. He told me that there was one war movie which was completely real and showed the war he experienced: A Walk in the Sun. Dana Andrews starred, I believe.

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remguage V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: wisconsin Posts: 166	Re: Your favorite war movie? full metal jacket plattoon the DI not really a war movie but still good __________________

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joedepilot Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 9	Re: Your favorite war movie? "Bridges of Toko Ri" The flying, fighting, story & actors. The crash landing of the panther jet very realistic. " Onion Head " with Andy Griffith. One of the few Coast Guard movies.

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dbltap V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 110	Re: Your favorite war movie? 84 Charley MoPic We Were Soldiers Band of Brothers

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hogger129 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 4,064	Re: Your favorite war movie? Platoon Full Metal Jacket Saving Private Ryan Enemy At the Gates Rambo: First Blood & First Blood Part II __________________ Samuel Adams once said, "among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life, secondly to liberty, thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can." Last edited by hogger129; 01-16-2011 at 05:29 PM..

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nightwolf3 Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Kentucky Posts: 11	Re: Your favorite war movie? Black Hawk Down, and Braveheart

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terryu1 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: NE Pennsylvania Contributor Posts: 1,241	Re: Your favorite war movie? I didn't see one of my favorites listed. For the flyboys "The Bridges at Toko Ri" Also like "To Hell and Back", "The Longest Day" (first movie I ever saw in a theatre) and of course the Duke in "The Green Berets". __________________ ARMED INFIDEL

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GunHugger Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SW PA Posts: 1,159	Re: Your favorite war movie? Last of the Mohicans Gettysburg Band of Brothers Full Metal Jacket We Were Soldiers Blackhawk Down __________________ . “There will be a revolution in this country!” “I don’t believe people should to be able to own guns.” ~Barack Obama "Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war let it begin here." ~Captain John Parker, to his Minute Men on Lexington Green, April 19, 1775. Last edited by GunHugger; 02-15-2011 at 06:27 PM..

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Juker Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Land of Lincoln Contributor Posts: 2,872	Re: Your favorite war movie? Das Boot Saving Private Ryan Band of Brothers Stalingrad Downfall The Best Years of Our Lives __________________ SHOOT FIRST. SHOOT SECOND. MOST IMPORTANTLY, BE THE MAN WHO'S SHOOTING LAST.

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Juker Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Land of Lincoln Contributor Posts: 2,872	Re: Your favorite war movie? Dang, I forgot 'Breaker Morant' - not only a favorite war movie, but a favorite movie overall. Made in Australia, 1980, regarding the Boer War. A must see, if you haven't... __________________ SHOOT FIRST. SHOOT SECOND. MOST IMPORTANTLY, BE THE MAN WHO'S SHOOTING LAST.

02-16-2011, 04:47 PM	#117
hogger129 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 4,064	Re: Your favorite war movie? Full Metal Jacket, Platoon and I thought Enemy at the Gates was really good. Heartbreak Ridge was pretty good too. (The one with Clint Eastwood, cuz I thought there was an older one by the same name). __________________ Samuel Adams once said, "among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life, secondly to liberty, thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can."

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old 33 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: midwest Posts: 60	Re: Your favorite war movie? Run Silent Run Deep-Gable Caine Mutiny-Bogart What Pride Glory-Cagney Sgt. York-Cooper Sand Pebbles-McQueen Sands of Iwo Jima-Wayne Horse Soldiers-Wayne Alamo-Wayne They Were Expendable-Wayne Operation Pacific-Wayne oh the list is long............... __________________ "Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..." - Thomas Jefferson

02-24-2011, 04:37 AM	#119
safira218 Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 1	Re: Your favorite war movie? I accept with information: Like I said before the action scenes were great but: 1. Why leave your sniper and observer in the tower after the action gets going? A fundamental rule of action is don't stay in one place to long. 2. If you are trying to stop the tanks why fight on the far side of the river? When the enemy shows up blow it up and make your stand with it to your front and not your rear. __________________ linkbuilding service linkbuilding services link building services

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Johncant Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Nebraska Posts: 3	Re: Your favorite war movie? Saving Private Ryan and Black Hawk Down. Awesome effects, and they both portay both, the best and for lack of better words "hardest" part of being a soldier.

02-25-2011, 09:52 PM	#121
polishshooter Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Indiana Contributor Posts: 7,859	Re: Your favorite war movie? A GREAT movie I saw about Korea ONCE on TV and can never find it anywhere and don't even remember the name...the one about a bookworm second LT who actually is the battalion "Unit Historian" that tags along on a patrol led by a hard bitten NCO just BEFORE the Chicoms come in, the patrol get's caught behind the lines surrounded by the Chinese offensive, the NCO is blinded and the LT leads them back using tactics from old wars that he has read about...if anybody remembers it let me know I would like to have a copy! Then "What did You do in the War, Daddy" Took place in Italy in WWII, where a "tired" US unit is up against an Italian unit in a town that is ready to surrender right before Italy changes sides, so they fake fighting during the day for weeks so the American brass think they are still fighting and the Germans who are watching think the Italians are still fighting, but at night they party together...until the Germans come in after the Italian surrender to take over then the Italians and Americans join up and do a great job actually fighting and beating the German SS unit sent to take over the town...GREAT movie, that again I cannot find a copy of.... __________________ The problems we face today are there because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.

02-25-2011, 11:42 PM	#122
Rooster Cogburn V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: North Carolina Contributor Posts: 109	Re: Your favorite war movie? "Patton" is my favorite war movie but my friend and I make it a point to watch "The Deer Hunter" at least once a year.

03-08-2011, 01:13 PM	#123
DGG! V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 160	Re: Your favorite war movie? I thought about all I have seen and the few I think really stand out are: A Midnight Clear (Battle of the Bulge) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Midnight_Clear The Eye of the Needle (Espionage in Britian) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_the_Needle Das Boot (German submarine) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Boot Zulu (Brits fighting the natives) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulu_(film)) Saving Private Ryan 12 o'clock High (WWII Bombers) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_O%27Clock_High Last edited by DGG!; 03-08-2011 at 01:24 PM..

03-27-2011, 03:58 AM	#125
Old Steve V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 57	Re: Your favorite war movie? There have been a great many good movies listed here, and I would never try to separate out the very best, but I very much liked "The Enemy Below" mostly because it developed the sense of the crew's apprehension of the new Captain's abilities and they way they came to respect him. Combat on ships differs from infantry in that the crew is totally dependent on their Captain's skill and judgement (and luck), Kurt Jurgens was also very good, actually the crews of both vessels were played very realistically. But what if he doesn't turn left? We will survive until he does I saw Das Boot after reading Herbert Werner's book "Iron Coffins" and frankly I thought it was silly and childish, very unrealistic. Last edited by Old Steve; 03-27-2011 at 04:00 AM..