Best War Movies-Memorial Day

[scfanblue]

1. Saving Private Ryan

2. Platoon

3. Apocalypse Now

4. The Dirty Dozen

5. The Great Escape

6. Where Eagles Dare

7. The Guns of Navarrone

8. Troy

9. The Lost Battalion

10. Gettysburg

 

[ChicagoBlueFan]

1. Saving Private Ryan

2. Platoon

3. Apocalypse Now

4. The Dirty Dozen

5. The Great Escape

6. Where Eagles Dare

7. The Guns of Navarrone

8. Troy

9. The Lost Battalion

10. Gettysburg

I'd have to add "Zulu" with a young Michael Caine to that list.

 

[anon_sg4bgyiuileo1]

We Were Soldiers
Band of Brothers

 

[scfanblue]

I agree with those and the Pacific should be added

 

[JP2Blue]

Full Metal Jacket
The Deer Hunter
Born on the 4th Of July
The Thin Red Line
Letters From Iwo Jima
Dr. Strangelove

 

[anon_sg4bgyiuileo1]

I agree with those and the Pacific should be added

I have both. BoB was brilliant on so many levels and you really get attached to the characters. The Pacific was meh to me.

 

[mgobob]

For anyone who served in the Nam, We were soldiers was real.

 

[Reality Man]

Saving Private Ryan is hard to argue with as being the best.

Apocalypse Now is really good. Haven't seen all of them. Full Metal Jacket is good. Dr. Strangelove...great stuff. I did enjoy The Longest Day.



RM

 

[CoachW]

Saving Private Ryan is hard to argue with as being the best.

Apocalypse Now is really good. Haven't seen all of them. Full Metal Jacket is good. Dr. Strangelove...great stuff. I did enjoy The Longest Day.



RM

I would add "Glory"

 

[ChicagoBlueFan]

1. Saving Private Ryan

2. Platoon

3. Apocalypse Now

4. The Dirty Dozen

5. The Great Escape

6. Where Eagles Dare

7. The Guns of Navarrone

8. Troy

9. The Lost Battalion

10. Gettysburg

Not sure it qualifies as a "war movie", but I like " Last of the Mohicans" a lot. It does concern characters caught up in the French and Indian war.

 

[scfanblue]

The Last of the Mohicans was brilliant. It is a shame that a movie has never really been made covering the longest war in U.S. history which was the 27 years Plains Indians War which was waged by the U.S. Government.

 

[ChicagoBlueFan]

The Last of the Mohicans was brilliant. It is a shame that a movie has never really been made covering the longest war in U.S. history which was the 27 years Plains Indians War which was waged by the U.S. Government.

Someday I think you and I are going to have a serious disagreement...

 

[ndn35]

All of the above are great movies, can't argue with any of the choices. The Longest Day and Patton are personal favs but Stalag 17 is my all-time favorite. Great movie!

 

[Code Blue]

1. Saving Private Ryan

2. Platoon

3. Apocalypse Now

4. The Dirty Dozen

5. The Great Escape

6. Where Eagles Dare

7. The Guns of Navarrone

8. Troy

9. The Lost Battalion

10. Gettysburg

It's not primarily a combat movie, but I found "Taking Chance" to be a very emotional movie about honoring our fallen.

 

[wolverines74]

1. Gettysburg

2. God is my Co-Pilot

3. Drums along the Mohawk

4. Band of Brothers (series)

5. Saving Private Ryan

6. Action in the North Atlantic

7. The Pacific (series)

8. They were Expendable

9. The Lost Battalion

10.God's and Generals

11 Stalag 17

GBGB"74

 

[LaserBuck84]

Lots of great movies listed, some of my faves .....

Midway
The Green Berets
Blackhawk Down
The Great Escape
The Dirty Dozen
Lone Survivor
Sergeant York
Apocalypse Now
Platoon
The Longest Day
Full Metal Jacket
They Died With Their Boots On
Run Silent Run Deep

 

[wolverines74]

Lots of great movies listed, some of my faves .....



The Great Escape
Lone Survivor
Sergeant York
They Died With Their Boots On
Run Silent Run Deep
Charge of the Light Brigade.
LaserBuck84 ,you must be an older guy to name these. I love to watch these over and over . 1 of my best channels is Turner classic movies. No commercials. GBGB"74

 

[LaserBuck84]

LOL, good to see you around 74 .... love good old classic war movies (and westerns).

Hope you are doing well, brother!

 

[St. Joe Blue 3]

I'd also add The Longest Day.