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Posted: **Tue Jun 22, 2004 12:53 pm**

So whats your favorite WAR movie, there are so many out there that are amazing, but which are the ones that you love to watch over and over again.

Here is what IMDB lists as the best War Movies, there are plenty more but those are some.

1 Schindler's List (1993)
2 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
3 Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
4 Paths of Glory (1957)
5 Pianist, The (2002)
6 Apocalypse Now (1979)
7 Boot, Das (1981)
8 General, The (1927)
9 Bridge on the River Kwai, The
10 Ran (1985)
11 To Be or Not to Be (1942)
12 Great Escape, The (1963)
13 Saving Private Ryan (1998)
14 Vita è bella, La (1997)
15 Grande illusion, La (1937)
16 Stalag 17 (1953)
17 Battaglia di Algeri, La (1965)
18 Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925)
19 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
20 Braveheart (1995)
21 Patton (1970)
22 African Queen, The (1951)
23 Hotaru no haka (1988)
24 Full Metal Jacket (1987)
25 Kumonosu jô (1957)
26 Glory (1989)
27 Deer Hunter, The (1978)
28 Andrei Rublyov (1969)
29 Gone with the Wind (1939)
30 Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The (1943)
31 Spartacus (1960)
32 Platoon (1986)
33 Mister Roberts (1955)
34 From Here to Eternity (1953)
35 Napoléon (1927)
36 Caine Mutiny, The (1954)
37 To Have and Have Not (1944)
38 Henry V (1989)
39 Aleksandr Nevsky (1938)
40 Killing Fields, The (1984)
41 No Man's Land (2001)
42 Sergeant York (1941)
43 Barry Lyndon (1975)
44 Letjat zhuravli (1957)
45 'Breaker' Morant (1980)
46 MASH (1970)
47 Roma, città aperta (1945)
48 Kagemusha (1980)
49 Four Feathers, The (1939)
50 Cabaret (1972)

So many more.

Personally I love Black Hawk Down, and I hvae this wonderful 3 disc set that has so many extras you lose your mind, interviews with the original men who went through the combat, the training of the actors, directors commentary, etc.. It's awesome.

So whats your favorite war movie.

Posted: **Tue Jun 22, 2004 1:16 pm**

Saving Private Ryan was ok...

Posted: **Tue Jun 22, 2004 1:52 pm**

The Great Escape

Posted: **Sat Jul 10, 2004 2:07 pm**

I'd take Bridge on the River Kwai and the flawed masterpiece that is Apocalypse Now as my favourites, with Das Boot a close third (which I must buy on DVD).

As much as I like Dr Strangelove, I don't really think it's the second greatest war movie ever.

Posted: **Sat Jul 10, 2004 2:23 pm**

My top 4:

1) Apocalypse Now
2) Glory
3) The Deer Hunter
4) Full Metal Jacket

Posted: **Sat Jul 10, 2004 11:03 pm**

That list is suspect; where is A Bridge Too Far on your list? Maybe I missed it there, but how could you not list it?! Or Where Eagles Dare, or The Eagle Has Landed! They are all classics.

Posted: **Sat Jul 10, 2004 11:09 pm**

Not my list, found that on IMDB as their list of top war movies, as I mentioned there are plenty more, it wa sjust to get your mind rolling, cheers.

Posted: **Sat Jul 10, 2004 11:20 pm**

Sorry I was referring to IMDB - yeah I know it's from that. Good that Das Boot and Strangelove are up there at the top, though.

Posted: **Sun Jul 11, 2004 1:32 am**

1) Saving Private Ryan
2) We Were Soldiers
3) Gettysburg
4) Patton

Posted: **Sun Jul 11, 2004 3:19 am**

Ah, forgot about Patton. Probably my #5.

Posted: **Sun Jul 11, 2004 4:07 am**

The Big Red One. How can you not love a war flick with Mark Hammill. Number two on my list is Kelly's Heroes.

Posted: **Mon Aug 16, 2004 11:00 pm**

The Caine Mutiny

Posted: **Mon Aug 16, 2004 11:08 pm**

How could they leave out the very cool ancient (1935) Gary Cooper classic The Lives of a Bengal Lancer?

Posted: **Mon Aug 16, 2004 11:29 pm**

Where's Force 10 from Navarone. Harrison Ford is awesome int it.

Posted: **Tue Aug 24, 2004 11:31 pm**

Posted: **Wed Aug 25, 2004 9:56 am**

I have watched quite a few but the ones that stand out for me are:
Full Metal Jacket which I felt was a great depiction of desocialisation and had many other interesting points to it.
Thin Red Line because of the way it was filmed. Not the best film in my opinion but the settings were great.
Saving Private Ryan if you take out the typical Hollywood twist to it-very well done though imo.
Also enjoyed Behind Enemy lines which was the most recent one I watched.

Posted: **Wed Aug 25, 2004 10:26 am**

OK... Im gonna go a bit controversial maybe but ROTK could loosely be called a war movie and maybe to a lesser degree TTT.

Im not a great fan of modern warfare films but Saving Private Ryan was an exception and I could never forget the image of Christopher Walken playing Russian Roulette in The Deer Hunter.
The Last Samurai
Braveheart
Troy

Posted: **Wed Aug 25, 2004 10:43 pm**

Posted: **Tue Nov 09, 2004 9:52 pm**

1) The Big Red One--hands down the best-especially the new DVD.

2) The Longest Day.

3) Bridge on the River Kwai.

4) A Bridge too Far.

5) The Deer Hunter.

So many other good ones though...

Posted: **Sun Nov 21, 2004 1:36 am**

Hmmm, Apocolypse Now goes downhill the moment Robert Duval exuants for the last time.

I am a huge Lean fan, Kwai and Laurence are absolute masterpieces.

I am not sure Strangelove counts as a war movie though...

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