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| re: Top War movies (Posted on 1/23/13 at 3:45 am to jmarto1)
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Saving Private Ryan Blackhawk Down The Guns of Navarrone The Dirty Dozen The Bridge Over the River Kwai Last of the Mohicans (kind of counts since it was the French and Indian War) Enemy at the Gates
Finally, a list that includes movies made before 1995. I'm only 30, and I'm ashamed at some of you.
First off, any list of greatest war movies that doesn't include Patton is bull shite.
My list, in no particular order :
- Patton
- The Longest Day
- Saving Private Ryan
- Apocalypse Now
- Blackhawk Down
Hon Mention.
- To Hell and Back
- Midway
- The Dirty Dozen
- 300
- Gladiator
Edit: I'd love to put the Great Escape here, but I dont really consider it to be a war movie. Guns of Navarrone is wonderful. Kudos to the guy that said Twelve o'clock High. 
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StraightCashHomey21 
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| re: Top War movies (Posted on 1/23/13 at 4:23 am to la_birdman)
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Never seen Black Hawk Down.
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Full Metal Jacket has to be in the conversation.
not really b/c when it comes to actual action its not much
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tenderfoot tigah 
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Looks like plenty of people need to watch apocolypse now.
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harmonics 
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| re: Top War movies (Posted on 1/23/13 at 5:21 am to elprez00)
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- Gladiator
Not a war movie. Actually more political than anything. But, the rest of your list is awesome. 
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Poxxxx says GFR
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| re: Top War movies (Posted on 1/23/13 at 5:59 am to elprez00)
1. Saving Private Ryan
2. The Thin Red Line
3. 300
4. Blackhawk Down
5. The Longest Day
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BloodSweat&Beers 
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Lawrence of Arabia
Inglorious Bastards
Hogan's Heroes
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AJF
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| re: Top War movies (Posted on 1/23/13 at 7:46 am to Davie Crocket)
1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Full Metal Jacket
3. We Were Soldiers
4. Blackhawk Down
5. The Hurt Locker/Zero Dark Thirty
I have never seen Braveheart and some of the older war movies. Yes, I know, there is no excuse for that.
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Phil A Sheo
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| re: Top War movies (Posted on 1/23/13 at 8:20 am to AJF)
Yet to be mentioned.
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alajones
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| re: Top War movies (Posted on 1/23/13 at 8:24 am to shiftworker)
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My favorite war movie is "We were soldiers". You can't beat Mel in those movies. The Patriot was another great war movie.
I was going to say "get ready", but I think you've already gotten it.
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jose canseco
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| re: Top War movies (Posted on 1/23/13 at 8:59 am to Davie Crocket)
I'm a big fan of Gettysburg.
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manwich 
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| re: Top War movies (Posted on 1/23/13 at 9:02 am to Jim Rockford)
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ETA: Add Mr Roberts to my list.
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manwich
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1. Saving Private Ryan
2. The Thin Red Line
3. 300
4. Blackhawk Down
5. The Longest Day
wtf?
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GeorgeTheGreek 
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| re: Top War movies (Posted on 1/23/13 at 9:09 am to Davie Crocket)
Black Hawk Down is terrible
Oh, and black hawk is two words people
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Cdawg 
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| re: Top War movies (Posted on 1/23/13 at 9:14 am to manwich)
1. All quiet on the Western Front
2. Stalingrad
3. Patton
4. Tae Guk Gi
5. Enemy at the Gates
6. Das Boot
7. Come and See
8. Letters from Iwo Jima
9. Platoon
10. Ran (not a historically war movie but a good war movie) OK I'll go with Glory.
and Star Wars!!!
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AJF
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| re: Top War movies (Posted on 1/23/13 at 9:18 am to Cdawg)
I totally forgot Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima.
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VolsMissthe90s 
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| re: Top War movies (Posted on 1/23/13 at 9:40 am to Davie Crocket)
Saving Private Ryan
Band of Brothers
Braveheart
The Pacific
Patton
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RollTide1987 
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Here's a handful of my favorites in no particular order:
Saving Private Ryan
Enemy at the Gates
We Were Soldiers
Stalingrad
A Bridge Too Far
Downfall
Fortress of War
Bridge over the River Kwai
Lawrence of Arabia
Sink the Bismarck
Midway
Patton
Gettysburg
Battle of Britain
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Solo
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| re: Top War movies (Posted on 1/23/13 at 9:58 am to Davie Crocket)
Top 5 in no particular order:
Midway
Platoon
Patton
Gallipoli
Braveheart
Guitly pleasure:
Kelly's Heroes
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Jim Rockford
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| re: Top War movies (Posted on 1/23/13 at 10:07 am to Solo)
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Midway
Srsly?
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saintkenn 
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| re: Top War movies (Posted on 1/23/13 at 10:24 am to Jim Rockford)
no Battlefield: Earth?
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