Screamingeagles101 Posted November 9, 2012 Share #1 Posted November 9, 2012 What your favorite war movie and why. I have a few, I like The Longest Day Band of Brothers The Pacific Pearl Harbor. I can watch them over and over again and find them more interesting than each time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emccomas Posted November 9, 2012 Share #2 Posted November 9, 2012 Patton Zulu Courage Under Fire are a few that come to mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12thengr Posted November 10, 2012 Share #3 Posted November 10, 2012 Full Metal Jacket! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
history-buff1944 Posted November 10, 2012 Share #4 Posted November 10, 2012 Decision Before Dawn w/ Richard Basehart, Gary Merrill, Oskar Werner, Hans-Christian Blech, Hildegard Knef, O.E. Hasse, Wilfrid Seyfarth and a thankfully so short appearence by: Klaus Kinski. Hell To Eternity w/ Jeffrey hunter, George Shibata, Sessue Hayakawa, John Larch, David Janssen & Vic Damone. Pork Chop Hill w/ Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Harry Guardino, Rip Torn, bobby blake, & Harry Dean Stanton. Hell Is For Heroes w/ Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, Harry Guardino, James Coburn, Fess Parker and Bob Newhart. Battleground w/ Van Johnson, Richard Jaeckel, Marshall Thompson, James Whitmore Sr, & John Hodiak. Breakthrough w/ John Agar, David Brian, Frank Lovejoy & Paul Picerni. The Tanks Are Coming w/ Steve Cochran, Paul Picerni, Phil Carey and the voice of George Jetson himself: George O'Hanlon. A Force of Arms w/ William Holden and Frank Lovejoy. The Alamo w/ Duke, Richard Widmark, Richard Boone, Pat Wayne, Denver Pyle, Ken Curtis, and so many others. Shenandoah w/ James Stewart, Pat Wayne, Harry Carey Jr, James Best, Doug McClure, George Kennedy and so many others. Sands of Iwo Jima w/ Duke, John Agar, Martin Milner, Richard Jaeckel and many others. Twelve O'Clock High w/ Gregory Peck, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell and others. Hell and High Water w/ Widmark, Gene Evans, Cameron Mitchell and others. Back To Bataan w/ Duke, Anthony Quinn and Philip Ahn. Dunkirk w/ Sir John Mills, Nernard Lee and Lord Richard Attanborough. The Great Escape w/ McQueen, Garner, Bronson, Messmer, Alberty, Donald, Pleasance, Kiwi, Graf, Coburn, Lenie & Jackson. Just to name a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack's Son Posted November 10, 2012 Share #5 Posted November 10, 2012 The incredible Mr. Limpet, with Don Knotts!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firebaseb Posted November 11, 2012 Share #6 Posted November 11, 2012 Objective Burma, Errol Flynn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u95hYFykgE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack's Son Posted November 11, 2012 Share #7 Posted November 11, 2012 Cold War movie......"strips". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyCanteen Posted November 11, 2012 Share #8 Posted November 11, 2012 Oh there are too many to list, but those that I have watched due to my interests would be: "They were Expendable" Good USN PT boats/Defense of the Philippines 1941-42. "Run Silent Run Deep" A postwar film, it is set during WWII in the Pacific and aside from some inaccuracies it's pretty decent for a Submarine movie. "Guadalcanal Diary" Based on the book by Richard Tregaskis. "Tora! Tora! Tora!" While it's long it's also probably the best Pearl Harbor film out their for historical accuracy, not perfect but pretty good. "The Great Raid" A fairly recent film depicting the Palawan massacre and the subsequent liberation of the Cabanatuan POW camp in 1945 Philippines. That's just a few for the Pacific Theater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awheeler Posted November 12, 2012 Share #9 Posted November 12, 2012 I am thinking Apocalypse now... it is set in war but is it really a war movie? Ok... definite war movie then... BLACK HAWK DOWN "Super six four we have a black hawk down, we have a black hawk down in the city..." ("oh, sh*t.. you think as you sit on the edge of your seat) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fstop61 Posted November 13, 2012 Share #10 Posted November 13, 2012 Though no combat, my favorite is "Best Years of Our Lives" along with "Sergeant York", "Das Boot", and "Battleground". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klinsmann Posted November 19, 2012 Share #11 Posted November 19, 2012 Saving private ryan. Band of brothers. Everytime I see this serie I want to sell my car and purchase an Airborne uniform Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandomatic Posted November 19, 2012 Share #12 Posted November 19, 2012 Best Years of Our Lives is great. I also really like Battleground. It is one of the finest immediate post-war era films made, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wharfmaster Posted November 19, 2012 Share #13 Posted November 19, 2012 "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison". Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr. WW2 in the Pacific. The best! Regards, The Wharfmaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namvet Posted November 21, 2012 Share #14 Posted November 21, 2012 up periscope das boot pvt ryan shidnler's list Best Years of Our Lives full metal jacket and so many more. I have about 100 DVD war movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawberry 9 Posted November 21, 2012 Share #15 Posted November 21, 2012 Stalag 17 is a movie that I can watch over and over. Memphis Belle Lonely Are the Brave Stalingrad (Hard movie to watch) Mr. Robinson's Navy is good for a laugh along with the one's already listed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyCanteen Posted November 22, 2012 Share #16 Posted November 22, 2012 I would like to add another film, let us not forget "The Enemy Below" with Robert Mitchum. RC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1ashooter Posted November 22, 2012 Share #17 Posted November 22, 2012 There are so many. All Quiet on the Western Front Sands of Iwo Jima because my uncle fought there. Das Boat Pork Chop Hill 12 O'Clock High because I'm a SAC troop. Band Of Brothers The Pacific A Bridge Too Far The Longest Day Stalag 17 The Great Raid ANZEC Breaker Morant ZULU They Were Expendable Best Years of Our Lives. Its about our Moms and Dads Back To Bataan 30 Seconds Over Tokyo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasken_Lander Posted November 23, 2012 Share #18 Posted November 23, 2012 Saving Private Ryan The Thin Red Line (1998) -- I know many would argue if this even constitutes as a "war movie" lol but I love it Tae Guk Gi (The Brotherhood of War) - Korean film that revives 'Ryan' in the human drama and intense action caterigories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namvet Posted November 23, 2012 Share #19 Posted November 23, 2012 letters from Iwo Jima flags of our fathers the killing fields the cruel sea windtalkers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyCanteen Posted November 23, 2012 Share #20 Posted November 23, 2012 I must be the only one that watched "Hart's War" and found it interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Posted November 23, 2012 Share #21 Posted November 23, 2012 What's your favorite war movie My favorite war movie is the movie am still waiting for. The movie which will show the whole stupidity of war and full scale of human's dehumanization. The "When Trumpets Fade" is very close to the movie I think about. I would add to this movie various threads from James Bacque's "Other Losses" book. Maybe more people would think then what the war is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
history-buff1944 Posted November 24, 2012 Share #22 Posted November 24, 2012 I must be the only one that watched "Hart's War" and found it interesting. Your not alone. I saw it at the theaters and liked it, then saw it played on TV--hated it. Then saw it again on a DvD someone gave to me--and liked it again. Go figure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namvet Posted November 24, 2012 Share #23 Posted November 24, 2012 The Mortal Storm (1940) one of the few directly anti-Nazi Hollywood films released before the American entry into World War II in December 1941. The film stars James Stewart as a German who refuses to join the rest of his small Bavarian town in supporting Nazism. He falls in love with Freya Roth ( Margaret Sullavan ), the daughter of a Junker mother and a "non-Aryan" father. The Mortal Storm was the last movie Sullavan and Stewart ever did together. also stars Robert Young and Robert Stack what caught my eye was actor Ward Bond played a Nazi named Franz. he was John Waynes' pal and drinking bud and starred in mainly westerns. just when you think you've seen it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namvet Posted November 24, 2012 Share #24 Posted November 24, 2012 the caine mutiny - Bogart, José Ferrer, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasken_Lander Posted November 24, 2012 Share #25 Posted November 24, 2012 Somehow left out 'The Longest Day'. Add that to my list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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