Which are good WAR movies to see

[saurabh]

hmmmm so what do you think are good WAR movies to watch , WWI WWII......anything....ooops ...anywar.

[stringzz]

Depends on what you are looking for. If you are looking for action, then Saving Private Ryan is a good one, great effects, the V-day puts you right in the action. I also like Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now, and Band Of Brothers.

[saurabh]

Any War movie released to date...........

Platoon
bridge over river Kawai
Where eagles dare

[purplepeople]

I guess it depends on what you call war.

ensen.

Gladiator - war in ancient Rome
Last of the Mohicans - War of 1812
Gallipolli - WW1
Dirty Dozen - WW2
Das Boot - submarine warfare
Dr. Strangelove - cold war
Blackhawk Down - regional war
Hunt for Red October - sub/nuke/cold war
Scarface - drug war
Hackers - electronic war
Independence Day - war for the world
Matrix Trilogy - cyberwar
Star Wars - intergalactic war

and

LOTR Trilogy - fictional war

[ds22030]

I highly recommend Tae Guk Gee- The Brotherhood of War....its a Korean film...very well made human story of the Korean War. One of the best war films ever.... Couple querks but its a tear jerker. Be warned...it is graphic. For commentaris, check out Amazon.com.

[David Meek]

There are a hundred definitions of "good" ya' know? Having said that, most of these are from my collection, but a couple are ones I still want to get.

Revolutionary - French/Anglo War:
Last Of The Mohicans
Patriot, The

Civil War:
Gettysburg - mini-series
Glory

WWI:
All Quiet On The Western Front
Blue Max, The
Lawrence Of Arabia

WWII - Must Haves:
Band Of Brothers - a mini-series, not a movie - but possibly the best of them all
Bridge On The River Kwai, The
Das Boot
Enemy At The Gates
Great Escape, The
Kelly's Heroes
Longest Day, The
Patton
Saving Private Ryan
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Twelve O'Clock High

WWII - other good ones:
Battle Of Britain
Battle Of The Bulge
Big Red One, The
Bridge At Remagen, The
Bridge Too Far, A
Dirty Dozen, The
Father Goose - comedy
Guns Of Navarone, The
Hart's War
In Harm's Way
Memphis Belle
Midway
Operation Petticoat - comedy
Pearl Harbor
Thin Red Line, The
U-571
Windtalkers

Korean War:
Bridges At Toko-Ri, The
Pork Chop Hill

Viet Nam - Must Haves:
Platoon
We Were Soldiers

Viet Nam - other good ones:
Apocalypse Now Redux
Flight Of The Intruder
Full Metal Jacket
Go Tell The Spartans
Green Berets, The

Other:
Black Hawk Down
Braveheart
Crimson Tide
Tears Of The Sun
Top Gun

[George Bellefontaine]

Tex has pretty much nailed all the goodies. BTW, just picked up Battle Of The Bulge. It replaces a non-widescreen vhs tape. Hope to watch it tonight in all its widescreen glory.

[Stoney]

Studio Ghibli Grave of the Fireflies directed by Isao Takahata.

Roger Eberts review http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/...8/3190301/1023

[George Bellefontaine]

Battle Of The Bulge

I watched this last night. Terrific job on restoration. Looked like it did in the theater, and maybe even better. I had it on tape but hadn't played it for years because I just can't watch tape anymore, but seeing it again in widescreen was a real treat. And talk about W I D E S C R E E N, my 92" wide screen has masking for 2:35 ar and there were black bars above and below the image. It was 2:75:1. Now that's widescreen.

[Glen B]

Other titles not mentioned:

Force 10 From Navarone
Von Ryan's Express
Back to Bataan
Sands of Iwo Jima
Battle of Britain (Michael Caine, Chris Plummer, Laurence Olivier, etc.)
Objective Burma [also released as Operation Burma]. (Errol Flynn)
Halls of Montezuma
The Fighting Seabees
Merrill's Marauders (Jeff Chandler, Claude Akins)
The Enemy Below (Robert Mitchum, Curd Jurgens)
Pursuit of the Graf Spee
Raid on Rommel
Sink the Bismarck
Stalag 17
The Devils' Brigade
Tobruk
Zulu (Michael Caine)

[David Meek]

Glen, I'd forgotten The Enemy Below, Sink The Bismarck, Stalag 17 and Zulu. Of course, I like the John Wayne vs. Japan series too.

[jimmyp58]

Though it is post-Vietnam, Uncommon Valor is a good one. Vietnam-era.

Mentioned above was We Were Soldiers --- WOW. It is a dandy!

[purplepeople]

Interesting that the common definition of a war movie is one in which gunpowder is the state of the art in weapons technology. Must be a Hollowood stereotype. Even more intesting is that movies set in a time before the American Civil War are often called epics rather than war movies.

saurabh: I'm curious, is this your definition too or is it "any war" as you state?

Maybe the fact that war is a major plot device in so many movies that it is not feasible for me to classify 50% of all Hollywood pictures as "war movies." Is this a indication of how important it is to humanity that much of our entertainment is based on conflict?

ensen.

[saurabh]

Well well, war for me would be anything which has the core plot surrounding a fight (as in war), whether or not they use conventional weapons or the traditional ones (bows, arrows) is not my concern.

Yeah! I agree with you that most people enjoy it, overlooking the humanitarian part of it, but thats human nature I guess......

[David Meek]

I'm sure it's just a gap in my knowledge (or memory :B ), but I can't remember many "war" movies that are set in times before the advent of gunpowder. The 300 Spartans comes to mind, but most are movies that focus on events happening on the edges of some war.

Some examples of pre-gunpowder movies would be nice - I'm still drawing a blank. :yesnod:

[purplepeople]

Some examples of pre-gunpowder movies would be nice - I'm still drawing a blank. :yesnod:

Even though the Chinese had invented it, the true power of powder had yet to be unleashed.

Troy
Cleopatra

Funny how boys have always seemed to get into fights over girls.

ensen.

[Chris D]

Well, how about Braveheart?

[David Meek]

Oh! Braveheart! Good one Chris. :T

Jensen, Cleopatra (at least to me) is one of those romances that takes place on the edge of a war - ie, the war isn't the focus of the movie.

[saurabh]

The Last Samurai........although gunpowder was used to some extent.....

[Shane Martin]

Master and Commander
Thin Red Line - though I hated it.
Tigerland - Little known war movie with Colin Farrell. Directed by Joel Schulmacher. in the $5 bins..

[George Bellefontaine]

The Big Red One was mentioned earlier. If you liked this Samuel Fuller film you should get the new dvd release that has added about 40 minutes missing from the previous laserdisc I had. I haven't played it as yet but am looking forward to it. It's one of Lee Marvin's best performances IMHO.

[goe2112]

One of my favorite war movie is "The Boys of Company C" . Unfortunately it is not on DVD (released 1978) only on VHS.