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re: Recommendation: Top three military/war movies
Posted on 8/26/23 at 5:44 pm to blueridgeTiger
Posted on 8/26/23 at 5:44 pm to blueridgeTiger
quote:
Tora, Tora, Tora
Credit to Hollywood of yesteryear, If you watch this and then Midway, you have a pretty decent factual understanding of the pacific theater.
Just so many great WWII stories for whatever you want - longest day, saving private Ryan, great escape, Dirty Dozen, casablanca, Schindler’s list, Patton, letters from iwa jima, bridge over river Kwai, and that’s just scratching the surface.
And not a movie - but Restrepo is hard to beat for something on the Afghanistan war.
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Posted on 8/26/23 at 9:29 pm to ned nederlander
“Black Robe” - Set in 1634 it follows a Jesuit missionary as he travels in the new world to convert Algonquins to Christianity.
“Best Years of Our Lives” - Shows the adjustment of three WWII veterans after the war. Might not be a “true” war movie but instead shows the after effects of war. I put this film on my list of 10 movies everyone should see before they die list.
“Thin Red Line” - It was released around the same time as Saving Private Ryan and they are unfairly compared to one another. They are very, very different movies.
“Best Years of Our Lives” - Shows the adjustment of three WWII veterans after the war. Might not be a “true” war movie but instead shows the after effects of war. I put this film on my list of 10 movies everyone should see before they die list.
“Thin Red Line” - It was released around the same time as Saving Private Ryan and they are unfairly compared to one another. They are very, very different movies.
Posted on 8/26/23 at 9:46 pm to HailToTheChiz
Hurt Locker is grossly underrated in this thread.
Posted on 8/26/23 at 9:49 pm to ned nederlander
The Outpost is actually pretty accurate of what went down at COP Keating.
Posted on 8/26/23 at 9:51 pm to chew4219
Great stuff everyone. I've got a nice list to start watching 
Posted on 8/26/23 at 9:54 pm to CocomoLSU
Das Boot
Apocalypse Now
Guns of Navaronne
Honorable Mention: Paths of Glory
Apocalypse Now
Guns of Navaronne
Honorable Mention: Paths of Glory
Posted on 8/26/23 at 11:47 pm to Jmcc64
Come and See from 1985 about Germany invading Russia. This is probably the most brutal war movie you will see.
Posted on 8/26/23 at 11:49 pm to HailToTheChiz
300, Blackhawk Down, Thin Red Line
Posted on 8/27/23 at 12:01 am to chew4219
“ The Outpost is actually pretty accurate of what went down at COP Keating.”
I would have The Outpost as the most under appreciated war movie. I had never heard of it and caught on Netflix a year ago.
I would have The Outpost as the most under appreciated war movie. I had never heard of it and caught on Netflix a year ago.
Posted on 8/27/23 at 7:29 am to HailToTheChiz
Playing for Time
Posted on 8/27/23 at 1:20 pm to HailToTheChiz
For anybody who has not seen Enemy At The Gate, do yourself a favor and watch it..one of my all-time favorite war movies.
Also:
Bridge Over The River Kwai
The Guns Of Navarone
Lone Survivor
Breaker Morant
Also:
Bridge Over The River Kwai
The Guns Of Navarone
Lone Survivor
Breaker Morant
Posted on 8/27/23 at 6:06 pm to HailToTheChiz
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) - actually a postwar movie
Paths of Glory (1957)
None have intense battle scenes, compared to more recent movies, but all are amazing and powerful films. I watched They Shall Not Grow Old again on a flight last week. It’s great too.
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) - actually a postwar movie
Paths of Glory (1957)
None have intense battle scenes, compared to more recent movies, but all are amazing and powerful films. I watched They Shall Not Grow Old again on a flight last week. It’s great too.
Posted on 8/27/23 at 6:46 pm to HailToTheChiz
quote:I didn’t see these listed.
Great stuff everyone. I've got a nice list to start watching
The Sand Pebbles
The Bridge at Remagen
A Bridge too Far
I guess my top 3 would be:
Patton
Das Boot
The Guns of Navarone
Posted on 8/27/23 at 9:12 pm to nctiger71
quote:
I guess my top 3 would be:
Patton
My man.
Posted on 8/27/23 at 9:58 pm to Proximo
They were Expendable
In Harms Way
The Outpost
In Harms Way
The Outpost
Posted on 8/27/23 at 11:35 pm to HailToTheChiz
Hell Is For Heroes
Twelve O’Clock High
The Story Of G.I. Joe
Twelve O’Clock High
The Story Of G.I. Joe
Posted on 8/28/23 at 8:45 am to HailToTheChiz
not sure if mentioned yet, but movies like Restrepo and others in that time frame are fantastic..
generation kill if you want a series that's unbelievable too
generation kill if you want a series that's unbelievable too
Posted on 8/28/23 at 9:07 am to Proximo
Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, and for something a little different, but intense: The Deerhunter.
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