What are Your favorite War movies? (Casablanca, Saving Private Ryan, films)

[David674UT]

Originally Posted by Catrick

Glory
Pork Chop Hill
Saving Private Ryan
Full Metal Jacket
Gettysburg
Pearl Harbor-not for the storyline but for the dramatic portrayal of what happend to the sailors and airmen that day.
Run Silent, Run Deep


I would also have to say Platoon only because as a child of the 50's and 60's, war was in black and white and cleaned up. Platoon was the first movie I saw that was graphic.

I like Tora,Tora,Tora's take on the situation leading up to Pearl Harbor. The stupidity of those in charge refusing to see what was about to happen.

[cougfan]

We Were Soldiers (great book, too)
Patton

Even though it was a mini-series - Band of Brothers

[pekemom]

Kelly's Heroes.
This was one of the first movies my husband and I went to after we were married, 40 years ago.
The cast was great, Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor, Donald Sutherland..

[DANNYY]

Inglorious Basterds, if that counts!

[kitsunegames]

A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Braveheart (1995)
Mo gong/Battle of the Warriors (2006)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Patton (1970)
Ran (1985)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Das Boot (1981)
Defiance (2008)
Der Untergang/Downfall (2004)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Gallipoli (1981)
Gettysburg (1993)
Glory (1989)
Kagemusha (1980)
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Platoon (1986)
Rescue Dawn (2006)
Schindler's List (1993)
The Hurt Locker (2008)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Three Kings (1999)

[dollie123]

I like "The Hurt Locker"..

[DrummerBoy]

Platoon
Full Metal Jacket
Apocalypse Now
Glory
Air America
Coming Home
Stalag 17
The Great Escape
Tropic Thunder (does this count as a war flick?)
M*A*S*H
Das Boot
PT 109
Tora Tora Tora!
Life is Beautiful

[jjwebbster]

How about "The bridge at Rammagen" (1969)
Robert Vaun Ben Garazza

[Herbrocks]

For "older" movies, THE BIG RED ONE!

Also
PRIVATE RYAN
SCHINDLERS LIST
EMPIRE OF THE SUN
1941

A shout out to TV...

BAND OF BROTHERS
THE PACIFIC
MASH
HOGANS HEROES

And since posters keep naming STARSHIP TROOPERS, let me also be an ass and add these other "war" movies...

STAR WARS
LORD OF THE RINGS
INDEPENDANCE DAY
WATERSHIP DOWN
300

[K-Luv]

The Thin Red Line. In my opinion, one of the best war movies, ever. Yet, it seems to fly under everyone's radar even though it got great reviews, won some Oscars, and had an all-star cast. The book of the same title is worth a read, too.

We Were Soldiers. I think the movie itself was kind of cheesy, but I like how it showed the French in the beginning and how the wives at home were also a focus.

Platoon. Definitely one of the best.

The Hurt Locker. An excellent film all around.

Glory. Great movie, bummer ending. I like that this film showed that many Northerners were upset that they were fighting to free the slaves. Nothing to be proud of, but historically accurate.

Apocalypse Now. I don't consider this to be a war film, but one of the best anyways. Man, this movie has so many great quotes that seem out-of-place, but yet add to atmosphere. "Charlie don't surf!"

Das Boot. Excellent all around.

Downfall. Another great film that flies under the radar, perhaps because it was mostly shown in 'art house theaters' in the US.

Full Metal Jacket. What more can be said?

There are probably others, but one film that I did not like: Saving Private Ryan. This had the potential to be one of, if not the greatest, story of the D-Day landing and the days preceding it, but it all got lost in the corny Hollywood story. At least Tom Hanks redeemed himself with Band of Brothers.

Not really war films, but still good:
Dr. Strangelove.
Top Secret.
Firefox.
Stripes.

Not a film, but Anthony Lyod's book My War Gone By, I Miss It So, is a really well written account of the war in Bosnia (with a side trip to Chechnya).