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re: What are your favorite War movies?

Posted on 12/1/23 at 8:04 pm to
Posted by DeltaTigerDelta
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Posted on 12/1/23 at 8:04 pm to
Patton
Posted by ItzMe1972
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Posted on 12/1/23 at 8:04 pm to
30 Seconds over Tokyo= Doolittle Raiders
Posted by Deplorableinohio
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Posted on 12/1/23 at 8:08 pm to
The Great Raid

Gettysburg

13 Hours

Schindlers List

Downfall

Black Hawk Down
Posted by OWLFAN86
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Posted on 12/1/23 at 8:10 pm to
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Tora, Tora, Tora... and The Longest Day both awesome and accurate.
watch every time I come across them
Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
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Posted on 12/1/23 at 8:10 pm to
1917, they shall not grow old (not really a movie, more of a documentary using real WWI footage colorized and digitized), both the OG and the new all quiet on the western front are great as well.
Posted by Lolathon234
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Posted on 12/1/23 at 8:10 pm to
Apocalypse Now. Truly a beautiful picture given the tech limitiations of the era when it was shot
Posted by Obtuse1
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Posted on 12/1/23 at 8:11 pm to
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Mean Girls


This reminded me of the first day in Family Law where the prof showed War of the Roses. He did it to make the point no matter how sane clients were before they started divorce proceedings they would be absolutely insane for the duration.
Posted by justice
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Posted on 12/1/23 at 8:12 pm to
we were soldiers was pretty good
Posted by dnm3305
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Posted on 12/1/23 at 8:12 pm to
Windtalkers
Rambo III
Tropic Thunder
Full Metal Jacket
Predator
Hot Shots Part Deux
Forrest Gump
Posted by SloaneRanger
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Posted on 12/1/23 at 8:13 pm to
Zulu.
Posted by HeadSlash
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Posted on 12/1/23 at 8:14 pm to
The Longest Day
Posted by MarciMoshes
Atlanta
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Posted on 12/1/23 at 8:28 pm to
First 45 minutes of full metal jacket.

Posted by lsuroadie
South LA
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Posted on 12/1/23 at 8:31 pm to
some great ones mentioned and I’ll add

Das Boot

really really good war saga
Posted by GruntbyAssociation
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Posted on 12/1/23 at 8:34 pm to
Anything WW2, Vietnam or Civil war. I won’t watch Blackhawk Down or anything resembling my time in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Posted by trussthetruzz
Marquette, MI
Member since Sep 2020
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Posted on 12/1/23 at 8:37 pm to
We have a movie board, for good reason.
quote:

LINK
Posted by Cymry Teigr
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Posted on 12/1/23 at 8:39 pm to
If you want some older WW2 movies mostly factual dramas:

The Dam Busters (LINK
Above us the waves (LINK
Posted by Mr Breeze
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Posted on 12/1/23 at 8:39 pm to
The Winds of War based on the novel by Herman Wouk, the prelude to WW2. Both the novel and film are excellent. He also wrote The Caine Mutiny, another classic.

South Pacific by James Michener is another WW2 classic worth reading or watching the film adaptation. His historical novel about Texas is excellent. Michener is one of the great historical novelists.

Full Metal Jacket is authentic in the sense it doesn’t over dramatize the combat scenes. The Marine boot camp section is as close as any to how it was in those days and mirrored my experience.

Apocalypse Now and the Deer Hunter are subtle anti-war films not 100% historically accurate but compelling drama. There are scenes in both I have difficulty watching, and haven’t viewed either in years.

Platoon for me had too many overly dramatic combat scenes, but a lot of truth in much of Oliver Stones narrative about his Viet Nam experience.
Posted by OWLFAN86
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Posted on 12/1/23 at 8:40 pm to
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The Dam Busters (LINK /)
the special effects were lacking , but good story
Posted by MadtownTiger
Texas
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Posted on 12/1/23 at 8:43 pm to
Band of Brothers** I know a series.

Movies:
Fury
Saving Private Ryan
We Were Soldiers
Black Hawk Down
13 Hours
This post was edited on 12/1/23 at 8:44 pm
Posted by Gee Grenouille
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Member since Jul 2018
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Posted on 12/1/23 at 8:52 pm to
quote:

The Winds of War based on the novel by Herman Wouk, the prelude to WW2. Both the novel and film are excellent.


Had no idea there was a movie about this, I know a mini series exists. I heard Seth McFarlene was working on a project for this and war and remembrance. That was 3 years ago. Maybe Covid slowed him down.
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