David D Posted February 5, 2014 Share #1 Posted February 5, 2014 Post your favorite war movie of all time and tell why. Only post one it can be from any war and any countries involvement. To start it off mine is got to be "Battle Ground" from 1949. I like it so much because the movie is almost 100% accurate on uniforms and equipment wise and also many of the extras actually served in the war. And at the beginning it states the background men are in the 101st. -Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakkasan187 Posted February 5, 2014 Share #2 Posted February 5, 2014 Von Ryan's Express My parents and I used to watch this when I was a kid growing up. I liked Frank Sinatra in this role as Colonel Ryan.. Leigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjones5452 Posted February 5, 2014 Share #3 Posted February 5, 2014 For what it took to bring it all together, without the benefit of computers and modern advancements, in it's time I'd have to say The Longest Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38Driver Posted February 6, 2014 Share #4 Posted February 6, 2014 "Battleground" would top my list as well. It told the story well without all the bells and whistles of the later war films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted February 6, 2014 Share #5 Posted February 6, 2014 Battle Cry,Hell is For Heroes,Stalag 17,12'Oclock High,The War Lover.and a host of other Black and whites that only come on around Memorial Day on TV are all favorites.Add in Kellys Heroes,3 Kings,Apocolypse Now,Blawk Hawk Down,BoB,Full Metal Jacket, and a host of others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 6, 2014 Share #6 Posted February 6, 2014 Von Ryan's Express My parents and I used to watch this when I was a kid growing up. I liked Frank Sinatra in this role as Colonel Ryan.. Leigh You'll get your Iron Cross now Von Ryan! I was looking for a way to foto shop a IK 1st Class on to his jacket before posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted February 6, 2014 Share #7 Posted February 6, 2014 Weird world Doyler Just shot FURY on the same airfield that the War Lover was shot !! Owen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack's Son Posted February 6, 2014 Share #8 Posted February 6, 2014 Hey RD......you took ALL of my favorites! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted February 6, 2014 Share #9 Posted February 6, 2014 Does it have to be about the USA ? ZULU was my first and still favorite war movie. I remember the night my parents went to the theater to see "Longest Day" and left me with a baby sitter. Yea I'm still upset about it !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted February 6, 2014 Share #10 Posted February 6, 2014 Weird world Doyler Just shot FURY on the same airfield that the War Lover was shot !! Owen O Here ya go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack's Son Posted February 6, 2014 Share #11 Posted February 6, 2014 Does it have to be about the USA ? ZULU was my first and still favorite war movie. NO manny! No movies that are non US, or have politics it them! BAD Manny.....BAD Manny!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted February 6, 2014 Share #12 Posted February 6, 2014 A movie that doesn't have politics in it ? On what alternate universe does such an animal exist ? I know.... the one that I'm not in. JS I stand by the Zulus. It was my 8th birthday present and a 2 year later consolation prize for not seeing The Longest Day. Rorke's Drift was just after a major British defeat by the Zulus January 23rd. 123 which tied into my birthday and I was born in Africa. So I'm emotionally involved and nothing I say will make sense. If loving this movie is wrong I don't wanna be right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOLO Posted February 6, 2014 Share #13 Posted February 6, 2014 Objective Burma is my favorite old school B&W WWII movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakkasan187 Posted February 6, 2014 Share #14 Posted February 6, 2014 You'll get your Iron Cross now Von Ryan! php0yVPqzPM.jpg I was looking for a way to foto shop a IK 1st Class on to his jacket before posting Nice.. Thanks Patches... Leigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted February 6, 2014 Share #15 Posted February 6, 2014 Objective Burma is my favorite old school B&W WWII movie That movie was such a distortion of the truth with regard to the campaign in Burma it caused outrage and was banned from British cinemas for many years after its release. Easy to see why! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOLO Posted February 6, 2014 Share #16 Posted February 6, 2014 That movie was such a distortion of the truth with regard to the campaign in Burma it caused outrage and was banned from British cinemas for many years after its release. Easy to see why! what about the movie U-571 ? I heard that was another movie the British were not too happy about since the true story is the British Royal Navy captured the first enigma in 1941 before the US was involved they kind of stole the glory from the Brits in that movie too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nix284 Posted February 6, 2014 Share #17 Posted February 6, 2014 The Longest Day. Because it's the one that started it all for me as a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fstop61 Posted February 7, 2014 Share #18 Posted February 7, 2014 Hands down..."The Best Years of Our Lives" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David D Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share #19 Posted February 9, 2014 any more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john k Posted February 10, 2014 Share #20 Posted February 10, 2014 Das Boat was pretty good IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martygraw Posted February 12, 2014 Share #21 Posted February 12, 2014 Patton, the greatest movie of all time, unquestionably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilgarvan Posted March 17, 2014 Share #22 Posted March 17, 2014 Last of the Mohicans....I love the French and Indian war and James Fenimore Cooper. Fiction, but, set at Fort William Henry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Borgmann Posted April 20, 2014 Share #23 Posted April 20, 2014 Hard to say which one to list here but I think the one I like best is "Advance and Retreat" ( if I got the title right) is about the Italians who got suckered into going into Russia with the Germans. Only saw it once many years ago but it was epic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jba1973 Posted April 20, 2014 Share #24 Posted April 20, 2014 In Harms Way. I just like seeing John Wayne, and Kirk Douglas playing more true life characters, warts and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atb Posted April 21, 2014 Share #25 Posted April 21, 2014 "A Walk in the Sun." Also, "Kelly's Heros," probably pretty close to the truth on how the WW2 US Army worked according to at least one WW2 veteran's opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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