Top ten war films

[tozzybum]

In no particular order, Saving Private Ryan, We were Soldiers, Cross of Iron, The Dirty Dozen, Sands of Iwo Jima, Das Boot ,Enemy at the Gate, The Battle of Britain, Memphis Belle and Kajaki
An eclectic mix and imho We were Soldiers should be shown to all politicians before starting any more wars

 

[John Gryphon]

Saving Ryan was outstanding Tozz.
As a young teenager I fell for Dickie Burton and Clint in Where eagles dare,around the same time as Lee in the dirty dozen.

 

[Pedro]

Ooh. A list. Here goes then:

Saving Private Ryan (of course)
Waterloo (Epic, with real people in the armies! Lord Uxbridge: By God, Sir. I've lost my leg. Duke of Wellington: By God, Sir. So you have.)
Full Metal Jacket (This is my rifle....)
Enemy At The Gate (That incidental music alone makes it)
Sergeant York (An oldie but goodie)
Das Boot (I feel claustrophobic thinking about it)
The Bridge On The River Kwai (another oldie but goodie, despite some historical inaccuracies)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Russell Crowe's best outing, better than Gladiator I think)
The Great Escape (Dada..da da da dada) Whenever I'm in bad books with the missus she says "For you, da cooler!
The Dam Busters (some rubbish special effects it has to be said but creeps in at no10)

 

[enfieldspares]

Tunes of Glory
Guns at Batasi
Downfall
Gallipoli
Eye in the Sky
Lawrence of Arabia
Failsafe
Went The Day Well
Waterloo
The Cruel Sea

 

[alberta boy]

no order , just good movies ,
Saving Private Ryan
Battle of Britian
The Odd Angry Shot ( you may have to Google that one )
Platoon
Letters from Iwo Jima
Das Boot
Stalingrad
Galipoli
and one that's kind of a war movie , Air America , based on the book ,The Golden BeeBee , pretty close to the actual events that happened in Laos in the late 60's and early seventies .

AB

 

[Lateral]

I may have been a little flexible with my interpretation, but all excellent/entertaining. Really hard, there are so many.


Das Boot
Last of the Mohicans
We were Soldiers
The Africa Queen
Platoon
Lone Survivor
American Sniper
The Killing Fields
Zulu
13th Warrior

 

[Muir]

No Order:
Zulu
We were Soldiers
The Africa Queen
Das Boot
Saving Private Ryan
Master and Commander
Enemy at the Gate
Northern Limit Line (Korean)
13 Assassins
Fury
~Muir
Since 13 Assassins aren't exactly "war" movie, I'd like to toss in Hell's Angels.

 

[User00035]

The Cross of Iron
Ice Cold in Alex
The Deer Hunter
Platoon
All quiet on the Western Front
Full Metal Jacket
The Guns of Navarone
Bridge Over the River Kwai
A Bridge too Far
Zulu

 

[John Gryphon]

Ah yes Zulu one of the absolute best.

 

[starr shot]

Seen so many over the years mostly on a Sunday afternoon when visiting granny.Which was the one where they had clickers to communicate with but it also sounded like a rifle bolt.

 

[shakey jake]

no one has mentioed star wars, the original 3

 

[camodog]

Hey, for me, especially at the moment, (not too far from its actual location) it has to be 'ZULU' The first film my Dad took me to see at the ABC cinema in Preston. It made and had a lasting impression upon me !
More recently, for me it has to be 'Saving Private Ryan'.....oh boy, those opening scenes as the ramp went down...made you hunch up your shoulders and whince !!!!
'Camodog'.

 

[camodog]

To add.....I always felt sorry for 'Will'.....Michael Kane...."fire at will"

 

[MTLEADFARMER]

Tropic Thunder

 

[topscots1]

We were soldiers
9th company
Cross of iron
Full metal jaket
Platoon
An ungentlemany act
American sniper
13 hours in Benghazzi
Where eagles dare
Enemy at the gates

 

[Rory]

Cross of Iron
Apocalypse Now
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket
Sniper
Where Eagles Dare
Das Boot
Blackhawk Down
A Bridge Too Far
9th Company

 

[norma 308]

All cracking movies ! I’d have to add Dunkirk and 1917 as would be classics I wanted to clap after 1917

 

[tusker]

No particular order.
Platoon.
Saving Private Ryan
Zulu
Black Hawk Down
Kellys Heroes
Cross of Iron
Enemy at the Gates
Siege at Jadotsoville.
Great Escape
Last of the Mohecans.
I would like to mention Band of Brothers although not a film but bloody good series.
Tusker

 

[Firefly]

The Cruel Sea
In Which we Serve
Sink the Bismarck
We Dive at Dawn
Reach for the Sky
The Dam Busters
Zulu
The Great Escape
Saving Private Ryan
1917

in no particular order ,

Ff

 

[hunter243]

Most of the above plus The pacific, although it's a series. The best for me though is 13 hours, the secret soldiers of Benghazi.
I do find it irritating though that some films that are based on true stories are altered by adding things, usually love interests, for example enemy at the gates.