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What is your Mt Rushmore of war movies?
Posted on 4/15/21 at 7:51 am
Posted on 4/15/21 at 7:51 am
My God! Where do you start? It is debatable what belongs in the top 20, much less the top. I will offer a pretty good top 10 I found but want to know what you think.
10) Platoon (1986)
9) The Thin Red Line (1998)
8) Inglorious Basterds (2009)
7) 1917 (2019)
6) Dunkirk (2017)
5) Schindler’s List (1993)
4) Full Metal Jacket (1987)
3) The Hurt Locker (2008)
2) Saving Private Ryan (1998)
1) Apocalypse Now (1979)
https://www.themanual.com/culture/best-war-movies/
10) Platoon (1986)
9) The Thin Red Line (1998)
8) Inglorious Basterds (2009)
7) 1917 (2019)
6) Dunkirk (2017)
5) Schindler’s List (1993)
4) Full Metal Jacket (1987)
3) The Hurt Locker (2008)
2) Saving Private Ryan (1998)
1) Apocalypse Now (1979)
https://www.themanual.com/culture/best-war-movies/
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Posted on 4/15/21 at 7:59 am to rebeloke
10?
How big do you think Mt. Rushmore is?
Platoon is way too low
How big do you think Mt. Rushmore is?
Platoon is way too low
Posted on 4/15/21 at 8:05 am to rebeloke
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10) Platoon (1986)
9) The Thin Red Line (1998)
8) Inglorious Basterds (2009)
7) 1917 (2019)
6) Dunkirk (2017)
5) Schindler’s List (1993)
4) Full Metal Jacket (1987)
3) The Hurt Locker (2008)
2) Saving Private Ryan (1998)
1) Apocalypse Now (1979)
Pretty shite list really. While there are movies on there that I really like like Inglorious Bastards it is more a fantasy flick then a war movie. Also Schindler's list while set in WW II is really not a war movie. I also have a real hatred of The Thin Red Line but others love it. For my list I am going by War.
Civil War-Glory and Ride with the Devil
WW I-All Quiet on the Western Front (original), 1917 and Paths of Glory
WW II-Saving Private Ryan and A Bridge Too Far
Korean War-Can't think of one sadly
Vietnam War-Full Metal Jacket
Modern Wars-Black Hawk Down
Posted on 4/15/21 at 8:15 am to Tackle74
The Longest Day
Posted on 4/15/21 at 8:20 am to rebeloke
May be a re-title of the thread to "Favorite War movies"?
The Mt. Rushmore gimmick is getting a little stale
The Mt. Rushmore gimmick is getting a little stale
Posted on 4/15/21 at 8:39 am to rebeloke
I think Black Hawk Down is the best war movie to come out in the 21st century. 1917 is a close 2nd.
ETA: Changed it up because I forgot BHD came out in '01.
ETA: Changed it up because I forgot BHD came out in '01.
This post was edited on 4/15/21 at 8:41 am
Posted on 4/15/21 at 8:49 am to rebeloke
Lawrence of Arabia
Casablanca
Outlaw Josey Wales
Starship Troopers
What's the parameters for a war movie?
Casablanca
Outlaw Josey Wales
Starship Troopers
What's the parameters for a war movie?
Posted on 4/15/21 at 9:24 am to rebeloke
Not saying this is on the Mt. Rushmore of war movies, but the movie Memphis Belle is one of my favorite war movies out there.
Posted on 4/15/21 at 10:20 am to rebeloke
Paths of Glory
Bridge on the River Kwai
Patton
Apocalypse Now
Bridge on the River Kwai
Patton
Apocalypse Now
Posted on 4/15/21 at 11:09 am to Tackle74
quote:Pork Chop Hill, maybe.
Korean War-Can't think of one sadly
Don’t guess MASH would be considered a war movie.
Posted on 4/15/21 at 11:27 am to rebeloke
Braveheart (First War of Scottish Indepence)
Saving Private Ryan (WWII)
Full Metal Jacket (Vietnam War)
The Empire Strikes Back (Galactic Civil War)
Saving Private Ryan (WWII)
Full Metal Jacket (Vietnam War)
The Empire Strikes Back (Galactic Civil War)
Posted on 4/15/21 at 11:31 am to rebeloke
The Great Escape
Bridge Over the River Kwai
King Rat
Stalag 17
Bridge Over the River Kwai
King Rat
Stalag 17
Posted on 4/15/21 at 11:55 am to rebeloke
Patton
Saving Private Ryan
Platoon
Deer Hunter
Saving Private Ryan
Platoon
Deer Hunter
Posted on 4/15/21 at 11:58 am to OlGrandad
quote:
The Longest Day
This has to be on the list
Posted on 4/15/21 at 12:05 pm to rebeloke
The Longest Day
Patton
We Were Soldiers
Midway(original)
Sergeant York
Patton
We Were Soldiers
Midway(original)
Sergeant York
Posted on 4/15/21 at 12:28 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
quote:
What's the parameters for a war movie?
I would say war - a real war that actually happened - has to be a central, overeriding theme of the film.
I would consider Paths of Glory and the Deer Hunter to be "war movies" despite the fact that maybe 20% of the film is actual war, but the war itself just permeates all of the other scenes and shapes the characters and their actions.
Schindler's List takes place during the war but it's more about the the holocaust and the dehumanization of the jews (concurrent social policies) than it is the German war effort.
Posted on 4/15/21 at 1:18 pm to rebeloke
If you can find an English version try Tuntematon Sotilas or (Unknown Soldier) in English. Most expensive Finnish production of all time...at 7 million Euros.
Thin Red Line is based off of the original book to this story. Easily in my top 10.
*Note- has a scene that set the biggest ever movie explosion Guiness WR.
Thin Red Line is based off of the original book to this story. Easily in my top 10.
*Note- has a scene that set the biggest ever movie explosion Guiness WR.
Posted on 4/15/21 at 1:22 pm to rebeloke
Is anyone going to do a John Cazale Mount Rushmore?
Posted on 4/15/21 at 1:26 pm to rebeloke
Saving Private Ryan
Apocalypse Now
Inglorious Basterds
Full Metal Jacket
Apocalypse Now
Inglorious Basterds
Full Metal Jacket
Posted on 4/15/21 at 1:29 pm to rebeloke
Patton, The Longest Day, A Bridge Too Far, The Best Years of Our Lives
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