Wats Your Fav War movie of all time?

[Clown fart]

I can't help but think about the Vast gap and I do mean vast when I think about Adam Goldbergs role in Dazed and Confused and Private Ryan. It just boggles the mind.

[WritinMan]

Night Crawlers a 1hr episode of the Twilight Zone Series 2

Night Crawlers is one of the best Twilight Zone eps EVER. Ranks with the best of the original series. I'd love to have a copy.

As for favorite war moives, in no real order:
Saving Private Ryan
Band of Brothers
Apocalypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
Glory
Lawrence of Arabia
Patton
Braveheart
Three Kings
Hell in the Pacific
A Midnight Clear
Ran
Kelly's Heroes (not a serious war movie, but a fun watch)

[Clown fart]

ok this one is a stretch but it has wars in the title. STAR WARS. ok I guess by the same token that you could call Tek wars a war film. ok Tek wars was horrible forget I said anything.

[Alyasha]

Lawrence of Arabia
Lion of the Desrt
Lost Command
The Battle of Algiers
Ran
Kagemusha
Apocolypse Now
Silmido
Bridge over the River Kwai
Hell in the Pacific
Dogs of war
A Soldiers Story (Russian film)

I really wish someone would make a good film about Little Bighorn .
With Johny Cash's "Custer" as the theme song .

[Kuroi]

Aly - did you ever see the Little Big Horn section in the Dustin Hoffman flick, Little Big Man?

[Alyasha]

No sir , but Dustin Hoffman & The battle of little Bighorn should not be mentioned in the same scntance .
I like him , but it just doesn't even sound right .

[pukingdog]

Little Big Man is worth seeing, Aly. It's the recounting of his life by 127 year old Jack Crabb (Hoffman). It's a dark comedy, but manages to say a lot about the settling of the west. Custer, as portrayed by Richard Mulligan, is undeniably insane. It's a well-made film, directed by Arthur Penn in 1970.

1991's Son of the Morning Star is the story of Custer and the Little Big Horn (Greasy Grass), told from both sides. It's 187 minutes long, so there's quite a bit of ground covered.

[Alyasha]

PD ... Huh ? OK ...Well perhaps I shouldn't be too jaded . Just that there have been a sh!tload of horrible movies about The Battle of Little Bighorn , most of them makining Custer out to be some sort of martyrd hero as opposed to an egomaniacle imbicile who got his just reward .
Uppon your reccomendation , I will look into these two films .
Thanks for the heads up .

[Pvt. Ryan HOH]

Originally posted by haloed
I can't help but think about the Vast gap and I do mean vast when I think about Adam Goldbergs role in Dazed and Confused and Private Ryan. It just boggles the mind.

He was also in the hebrew hammer, pick that one up, its a keeper....

[WritinMan]

Actually, The Battle of Little Big Horn is only one portion of "Little Big Man" which follows the life of Hoffman's character in the old west. It's very well done, and it has some great acting by Chief Dan George (better known for "The Outlaw Josey Wales").

He was also in the hebrew hammer, pick that one up, its a keeper....

I saw this on Comedy Central about a month ago--a great watch!

[wangerbanger]

not sure if anyone mentioned this one, but '84 charlie mopic' is an excellent 1989 film that follows a lrrp team on patrol in the central highlands of s vietnam. fiction, but feels 'real.' an excellent, excellent movie. prolly my favorite nam film. look for it at your local video store (vhs only, no dvd afaik)

[mike]

My favorite war movies wold be:
We Were Soldiers
Band of Brothers
The Messenger

[medic]

If you like Drama.
Denzel (pfc peterson) - Ya told it didnt ya?

[howlin mad murdock]

zulu
zulu dawn
pork chop hill
patton
tobruk
tiger land
heartbreak ridge
wild geese
bhd
tots
dark of the sun
major dundee

[howlin mad murdock]

the vikings

the long ships

the war lord

el cid

taras bulba

the great escape

the green berets

i like the old movies and old stars like KIRK DOUGLAS.

JOHN WAYNE, YUL BRYNNER, GEORGE PEPPARD,

CHARLTON HESTON, STEVE MCQUEEN

ALSO THE FINEST WW1 MOVIE EVER THE BLUE MAX.

[mikeranai]

1-The Great Escape

2-The Longest Day

3-A bridge too far

4-The Battle of Britain

Only old but goodies !! there are the bests !!

[santopapa]

In no particular order...

1. Saving Private Ryan

2. Taegukgi - Brotherhood of War

3. We Were Soldiers

4. Mibu Gishi Den - When the Last Sword is Drawn

5. Braveheart

6. Ran

7. Kagemusha

8. Black Hawk Down

9. The Pacific

10. The Pianist (war/drama movie??)

11. Flags of our Fathers

12. Letters from Iwo Jima

13. Otoko-tachi no Yamato

14. 9th Company

15. The Hurt Locker



EDIT: Hopefully, someone will come up with a movie adaptation of CoD Modern Warfare. I hope it wouldn't be a flop tho

[clhuke64]

They Were Expendable was always a favorite, flying flim is Fighter Squadron - can not wait until it comes out on DVD. Also Flight of the Intruder, Off Limits, Bat-21, The Odd Angry Shot and Platoon Leader (always liked the sargent in this movie !)

[Hawk MMS]

FMJ (SEMPER FI)

Kelly's Heroes

BHD

Hurt Locker

Do you think a major studio OEF or OIF related movie will be released in the future?

[onesixthpolice]

WWII

Saints and Soldiers
A Midnight Clear
The Bridge
The Bunker
Downfall

WWI

Passchendaele
Deathwatch

[mjw664]

A bridge too Far, that scene were the Germans offer surrender for the British is classic

[joeriot]

Add the Green Zone, The Pacific and Indigenes to my list.

[Sgt_Steiner]

So many great WWII movies so I'll keep it short.

* Cross of Iron is one of my favourites. The main character was called Sgt. Steiner. What a coincidence that that is what I call myself on this forum...

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[Mortar Conn]

Puking Dog and Admins.: There was at one time, a longer, older thread on this same topic at the OSW. Anyone know if it's in the archives or is it gone? I had posted a list there of my war flick favorites and would like to somehow re-access it if at all possible.

Cheers,

M.C.

[Scotch Monkey]

We Badly need more WWI Movies.

1. Das Boot
2. Band of brothers
3. Platoon
4. Zulu
5. All Quiet on the Western Front
6. Downfall
7. Lawrence of Arabia
8. Paths of Glory
9. A Bridge Too far
10. Saving Private Ryan
11. Gallipoli

[unclechopchop]

Did anybody list "The Beast"
Truly epic in all forms! And it has a Baldwin bro in it! double score!!! They're in everything

[pukingdog]

Puking Dog and Admins.: There was at one time, a longer, older thread on this same topic at the OSW. Anyone know if it's in the archives or is it gone? I had posted a list there of my war flick favorites and would like to somehow re-access it if at all possible.

Cheers,

M.C.

Sorry I took so long to respond, Mortar Conn. So far all I have found is this thread's evil twin: https://www.onesixthwarriors.com/foru...-all-time.html

I'll keep digging...

.....OK, you have 961 posts, and apparently 500 are in the hive memory. I think that may be the operative state for all of us, I'll have to ask Colossus, altho it usually starts queuing up ICBMs whenever I ask it something it doesn't want to answer.

[Mortar Conn]

Thanks, PD. Appreciate it.

MC

[Spanner 28]

We Badly need more WWI Movies.

1. Das Boot
2. Band of brothers
3. Platoon
4. Zulu
5. All Quiet on the Western Front
6. Downfall
7. Lawrence of Arabia
8. Paths of Glory
9. A Bridge Too far
10. Saving Private Ryan
11. Gallipoli

You should hunt around for the Australian Miniseries ANZAC's which stars paul Hogan. It is very good as is the current Hill 69.
Cheers
Al

[punchy]

My most oldie is 12 O'Clock High, Memphis Belle
Flight of the Intruder, Bat 21, Top Gun
The ones i grew up on was Sea Hunt and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
I always love seeing that flying sub.