re: Top ten war movies you’ve seen

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1. Siege Of Firebase Gloria

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Love this movie.

R Lee Ermey's character, Sergeant Major Bill Hafner, in this was just as good as Drill Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket.

Others I haven't seen yet that I thought were good
Flags of our Fathers
Tears of the Sun

In the "Not Necessarily War Movies" but military themed
Heartbreak Ridge
Rules of Engagement
Basic

Big screen only. Take your picks on 3. and 6.
1. Twelve O'Clock High
2. Saving Private Ryan
3. Flags Of Our Fathers/Letters From Iwo Jima
4. Hell Is For Heroes
5. Rough Riders
6. The Longest Day/A Bridge Too Far
7. Pork Chop Hill
8. We Were Soldiers Once
9. Black Hawk Down
10. In Harm’s Way

I would at least give an honorable mention to "The Steel Helmet ", a Korean War movie. I thought that was pretty good

In no particular order:
1. Black Hawk Down
2. Big Red One
3. Kelly’s Heroes
4. Band of Brothers
5. 13 Hours
6. Midway
7. Patton
8. The Great Escape
9. First Blood (does this count?)
10. Dunkirk

Non-Traditional “War” honorable mention
1. Olympus Has Fallen
- Honestly I could put just about all of Antoine Fuqua’s action movies here. Shooter, Tears of the Sun, etc
2. The Patriot
3. Starship Troopers
4. Enemy at the Gates
5. The Hurt Locker

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One dark horse movie about Vietnam I rarely see on any list and I'd put in my Top 10 (because other less critical war movies of its type at that time) - "The Boys in Company C" . I see it rarely mentioned (if not all) and get any love on here. It stars the same infamous drill Seargent from "Full Metal Jacket". Maybe because I saw it at such a young age (yes I'm old) and influenced my opinions of future similar type movie viewings over the years. Anyhow...

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Have you been eating chit?

Because you have a chit-eating grin.

No 12 Strong from anyone? I thought that was a great movie.