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Favorite Memorial Day movie?

Posted on 5/30/22 at 2:06 pm
Posted by H2P
Member since Jun 2021
1624 posts
Posted on 5/30/22 at 2:06 pm
The Patriot, Fury, Saving Ryan’s privates, Band of Brothers, Pearl Harbor?

Band of Brothers is my personal favorite.
Posted by Jjdoc
Cali
Member since Mar 2016
55377 posts
Posted on 5/30/22 at 2:28 pm to
Sat and talked with the last Band of Brother survivor this Sunday.


PfC Freeman.
This post was edited on 5/30/22 at 2:29 pm
Posted by TigerinSC
SOUTH CAROLINA
Member since Aug 2010
1763 posts
Posted on 5/30/22 at 2:31 pm to
Flags of Our Fathers is a good one for Memorial Day
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
SouthEast... you figure it out
Member since Aug 2021
42348 posts
Posted on 5/30/22 at 2:32 pm to
The Memphis Belle

Patton

A Bridge Too Far
Posted by Bass Tiger
Member since Oct 2014
53709 posts
Posted on 5/30/22 at 2:52 pm to
Patton has to be top 5….maybe the ol John Wayne movie The Green Berets, The Hurt Locker, Saving Private Ryan, Where Eagles Dare, Dirty Dozen, Full Metal Jacket….there’s a bunch.
Posted by lanticguy
AK
Member since Nov 2014
443 posts
Posted on 5/30/22 at 2:54 pm to
Monster-in-Law
Posted by hawkeye007
Member since Feb 2010
6067 posts
Posted on 5/30/22 at 2:55 pm to
That’s awesome, I watched band of brothers Saturday and sunday
Posted by thejudge
Westlake, LA
Member since Sep 2009
15053 posts
Posted on 5/30/22 at 3:13 pm to
Tora Tora Tora

Midway

Merells marauders

Sands of iwo jima

PT109

Bridge on the river Kwai

Longest day

For some reason I always watch the old pacific theater movies on memorial day...
Posted by Zach
Gizmonic Institute
Member since May 2005
116705 posts
Posted on 5/30/22 at 3:18 pm to
The Great Escape.
Posted by SantaFe
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2019
7610 posts
Posted on 5/30/22 at 3:46 pm to

The Longest Day.

Patton was an exaggeration.
Posted by newmexicotiger
Member since Sep 2017
4072 posts
Posted on 5/30/22 at 4:38 pm to
quote:

Saving Ryan’s privates


Not really a family movie...

Posted by Smokeyone
Maryville Tn
Member since Jul 2016
20922 posts
Posted on 5/30/22 at 4:45 pm to
Operation Petticoat
Mr Roberts
We were Soldiers
Flying tigers

That covers comedy, patriotic, and historical.
Posted by Bass Tiger
Member since Oct 2014
53709 posts
Posted on 5/30/22 at 5:06 pm to
quote:

For some reason I always watch the old pacific theater movies on memorial day...




That’s where my ol pappy fought, God bless’m….RIP PFC CDP
Posted by Homesick Tiger
Greenbrier, AR
Member since Nov 2006
56123 posts
Posted on 5/30/22 at 5:07 pm to
quote:

.there’s a bunch.


Midway.
Posted by themunch
bottom of the list
Member since Jan 2007
71329 posts
Posted on 5/30/22 at 5:10 pm to
Catch 22 was a weird flick
Posted by 14&Counting
Dallas, TX
Member since Jul 2012
41417 posts
Posted on 5/30/22 at 5:11 pm to
Midway

The Big Red 1

Patton

Saving Private Ryan

Heartbreak Ridge
Posted by thejudge
Westlake, LA
Member since Sep 2009
15053 posts
Posted on 5/30/22 at 5:55 pm to
quote:

That’s where my ol pappy fought, God bless’m….RIP PFC CDP


Bless him indeed
Posted by JetDawg
Los Angeles/USC Trojans fan/alum
Member since Oct 2020
8863 posts
Posted on 5/30/22 at 6:51 pm to
My favorites: "The Longest Day", "The Great Escape", "The Best Years of Our Lives", "Stalag 17", "The Hiding Place", "Schindler's List", "The Winds of War", and "Casablanca".
This post was edited on 5/30/22 at 6:59 pm
Posted by Zarkinletch416
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Member since Jan 2020
8689 posts
Posted on 5/30/22 at 6:58 pm to
Not even close. Saving Private Ryan. The scene where I had to look away? The struggle with the German soldier with the knife. THAT was hard to watch.
This post was edited on 5/30/22 at 7:01 pm
Posted by Smokeyone
Maryville Tn
Member since Jul 2016
20922 posts
Posted on 5/30/22 at 7:01 pm to
quote:

Saving Private Ryan


Hated that movie, just kill the damn nazi and be done with it.
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