Favorite war movies. What's yours?

[TomN]

The way things are going these days, I’m surprised no one mentioned Red Dawn.

 

[SBS]

1. The Longest Day, for it's historical importance in the survival of civilization.
2. Saving Private Ryan, lest we forget the individual and family.
3. The Dirty Dozen, a great flick, full of WWII vets, plus the first time I saw it was in a B52 bomb crater on the Laotian border with a bunch of grunts summer of '68 (admission 2 filled sandbags).

 

[jackieschmidt]

A really great movie that is just about 100% accurate is Waterloo, starring Rod Steiger and Christopher Plumber.
This is one of the last Epics that actually used live characters instead of Computer Generated Scenes. Literally thousands of them. Watching the battle scenes, especially when Napoleon committed his Imperial Guard, is quite a scene.
It’s a great depiction of 19th century warfare.
It’s free on YouTube.

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[Old Navy]

A lot of good ones on these lists but one of the first that came to my mind was The Big Red One. Surprised I had to make it three pages deep to see it.

To Hell and Back, The Audie Murphy story is a good one too.

Finally!

 

[Hi-NV Shooter]

Yes! "Act Of Valor," with Gene Hackman and Fred Ward. Small movie, with excellent acting, and a Big emotional impact.

SJ

The one I was talking about is not with Gene Hackman or Fred Ward. it is about-
An elite team of Navy SEALs embark on a covert mission to recover a kidnapped CIA agent.

Lee

 

[AckleymanII]

Band of Brothers
Fury
We Were Soldiers
ZuLu
Saving Private Ryan
The Patriot
Hacksaw ridge.

All Quiet On the Western Front is shocking!

 

[Toddmack]

Maybe not a "war movie", but what about Heartbreak Ridge?
I love the older war movies. Saw Kelly's Heroes mentioned many times. Of course not anywhere near being accurate, but it was entertaining.
The Black and white movie about Alvin York was a great movie too.

 

[Hi-NV Shooter]

Yes, I know Lee. That one's excellent too. Your Post just reminded me of the Hackman and Ward one, is all.
Thanks for your comment.

Chris (aka SJ)

You know not until you mentioned the Gene Hackman movie, I completely forgot about that one.
have you seen Terminal List? pretty good movie.

Lee

 

[Infrequent Shooter]

I just watched The Catcher Was a Spy, about Moe Berg, baseball player, excellent. Bridge Over the River Kwai.

 

[Fuj]

Two more to dust off out of the collection....."Raid on Entebbe"
based on a true story. And two popcorn fiicks....."The Beast",
about a Russian tank crew in Afghanistan, and Christopher
Walken in "Dogs of War". a more mercenary movie.

 

[Sleepyhollow]

Civil War- blue & Gary, God's and Generals and Glory
Vietnam - We were soldiers, full metal jacket
Modern era- America sniper, 13 hours, and Lone survivor

 

[Downhill]

Don't watch a lot of tv. But when they run the Band of Brothers marathon, I will watch it start to finish every time.

 

[kochie]

I’m a fan of war movies. One that’s at the top of my list is Saving Private Ryan, I think every young American should be required to watch it. How quickly we forget the sacrifices made on our behalf.

Your list good too!

Just got done watching the mini series the pacific very good movie.

 

[FrankG]

A lot of great ones posted!

I didn't see Murphy's War with Peter O'Toole.... that's a good one also.

Pork Chop Hill has a special place for me... My Uncle Paul fought at one of those see saw battles there. My dad had a picture of him in his military album in Korea digging trenches and he found a skull and was trying to figure out if it was Caucasian or Asian so he could turn it in for identification.

 

[perazziguy]

Lot's of great movies for sure! My granddad was in WW2 in Europe. When the movie The Battle of the Bulge came out, he took the family to see it. All he said was "it was kind of like that". He never talked to us grand kids about that, only basic training.

 

[Toddmack]

You know not until you mentioned the Gene Hackman movie, I completely forgot about that one.
have you seen Terminal List? pretty good movie.

Lee

The Terminal List was a very good show to watch.

 

[Willow]

Saving Private Ryan
The Battle of Long Tan
Fury
Act Of Valor
Blackhawk Down
Hacksaw Ridge

 

[karrarararararar]

Mini series
The Pacific
Band of Brothers

Movies
Platoon
We were Soldiers
The Patriot
Gettysburg
Apocalypse Now

Add masters of the Air to that list

 

[Bc'z]

Add masters of the Air to that list

I will, I looked at library for a few, ill hit the video store next

 

[Infrequent Shooter]

There is a French movie about a N. African or Arabic, hijacking. Very good. I can't think of the name of it. Excellent. French LE group gets it under control.