Author Topic: Best Military Movies Ever Made (Read 8796 times)

timsatx · « **on:** June 06, 2011, 03:42:41 PM »

Not to be a rip-off, but I didn't want to sully the other thread. What, in your opinion, are some of the best military movies ever?

I can probably name a few and remember more later:

1. Patton
2. Saving Private Ryan
3. The Patriot
4. Pearl Harbor (either one)
5. Longest Day
6. Midway
7. Das Boot (many more submarine movies, I may list them later)
8. The Bridge on the River Quai
9. The Great Escape
10. The Sand Pebbles
11. Glory
12. The Crossing
13. The Deer Hunter
14. Full Metal Jacket
15. Apocalypse Now
16. The Dirty Dozen
17. Blackhawk Down
18. Platoon
19. Master and Commander Far Side of the World
20. The Last of the Mohicans

Bergmenized · « **Reply #1 on:** June 06, 2011, 04:58:12 PM »

Tora! Tora! Tora! was 10,000 times better than Pearl Harbor (which I could only stand to sit through for about 1/3 of the movie).

The rest of the list is excellent. I would add "The Thin Red Line", "The Battle of the Bulge", "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo", "12 O'Clock High".

Dan

Ron Dawg · « **Reply #2 on:** June 06, 2011, 05:41:51 PM »

The Green Berets with John Wayne

just gone · « **Reply #3 on:** June 06, 2011, 06:53:04 PM »

The Enemy Below with Robert Mitchum and Curt Jergens (aka Curd Jürgens)

It was so good they stole the story for Star Trek's Balance of Terror.

Bob · « **Reply #4 on:** June 06, 2011, 06:53:40 PM »

The Patriot, although a decent movie. It was really Braveheart in America!

JetJock · « **Reply #5 on:** June 06, 2011, 07:06:06 PM »

Flags of our Fathers (Iwo Jima), Sands of Iwo Jima, Letters from Iwo Jima, Guadacanal, Gettysburg, Band of Brothers

I'd have to say the most realistic and honest was Saving Private Ryan.

Jeremy Mitchell · « **Reply #6 on:** June 06, 2011, 07:26:20 PM »

Not a movie but I posted about the documentary "Restrepo" a while back. It was a very moving account of a platoon from the 173rd Airborne and their struggles during a year in Afghanistan.

My dad and I watch Band of Brothers every year and I always appreciate what those WWII vets did. I always try to watch any old war movie I come across just to see what the struggles were back then and how I can relate to some of their issues even today.

Jeremy Mitchell · « **Reply #7 on:** June 06, 2011, 07:28:13 PM »

Quote from: JetJock on June 06, 2011, 07:06:06 PM

Flags of our Fathers (Iwo Jima), Sands of Iwo Jima, Letters from Iwo Jima, Guadacanal, Gettysburg, Band of Brothers

I'd have to say the most realistic and honest was Saving Private Ryan.

Wow, you are a little older and wiser than I thought. You gotta be close to 90 or so, by now.

Pokey · « **Reply #8 on:** June 06, 2011, 08:01:31 PM »

Band of Brothers
The Pacific
Saving Private Ryan
Enemy at the gates
Last of the Mohicans
Full Metal Jacket
Heartbreak Ridge
Platoon
Glory
The last Samurai

Nosmo · « **Reply #9 on:** June 06, 2011, 11:53:21 PM »

Breaker Morant
Von Ryan's Express
The Dirty Dozen
The Lighthorsemen - Australian mounted light infantry. Has the best mounted frontal "charge" I've ever seen.

Don't forget "Dr. Strangelove". Great movie and it IS military oriented, sort of.

YoDoc · « **Reply #10 on:** June 07, 2011, 12:10:15 AM »

Quote from: Pokey on June 06, 2011, 08:01:31 PM

Band of Brothers
The Pacific
Saving Private Ryan
Enemy at the gates
Last of the Mohicans
Full Metal Jacket
Heartbreak Ridge
Platoon
Glory
The last Samurai

+1 internetz, sir!

medicevans · « **Reply #11 on:** June 07, 2011, 04:37:45 AM »

Restrepo is a great documentary. Very good.
Band of Brothers
Saving Private Ryan
Bridge Over the river Quai--Remember watching this one when I was fairly young on a Sunday afternoon.
The Great Escape
A Bridge too Far
Titanic
Full Metal Jacket
The Patriot
Sure, I'll even go with Braveheart, although not really a war movie
Only had time to get through part of Tora Tora Tora!, but what I saw was good.
The Longest Day--Possibly the first WWII movie I ever watched. I sat all the way through it the first time and then watched most of it again!
Andersonville--Proving Americans can be just as cruel to each other as the Germans can be to each other.
Gettysburg
Gods and Generals
Flags of our Fathers was a really good book, but I can't comment on the movie.

And, if you feel like getting pissed off at people who hate America:
Fall From Grace. I came out of my chair and wanted to kick some A$$ but couldn't as it was only a movie screen.

snarf · « **Reply #12 on:** June 07, 2011, 05:27:43 AM »

Tears of the Sun, Bruce Willis

Jim M. · « **Reply #13 on:** June 07, 2011, 06:14:33 AM »

My personal favorite- Battleground.

tjpgi · « **Reply #14 on:** June 07, 2011, 06:50:24 AM »

Kellys Heroes .. a different slant on war

mr t · « **Reply #15 on:** June 07, 2011, 07:07:40 AM »

Stalag 17 in 1953 with William Holden.

Toxz Qwaste · « **Reply #16 on:** June 07, 2011, 07:38:27 AM »

star wars

ManWorkinghere · « **Reply #17 on:** June 07, 2011, 07:55:44 AM »

Quote from: mr t on June 07, 2011, 07:07:40 AM

Stalag 17 in 1953 with William Holden.

+1 on the 'chess game' in this movie.

Quote from: snarf on June 07, 2011, 05:27:43 AM

Tears of the Sun, Bruce Willis

-1 on the premise of rescuing a foreign doctor, +1 on the team's support to the refugees

"Enemy Mine" is an interesting sci-fi 'military' movie
-1 for Starship Troopers' movies
+1 for 'Soldier' starring Kurt Russell

JetJock · « **Reply #18 on:** June 07, 2011, 08:17:12 AM »

Quote from: Jeremy Mitchell on June 06, 2011, 07:28:13 PM

Wow, you are a little older and wiser than I thought. You gotta be close to 90 or so, by now.

Older, maybe. Wiser, still up for discussion.

Boonedawg · « **Reply #19 on:** June 07, 2011, 10:36:12 AM »

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Author Topic: Best Military Movies Ever Made (Read 8796 times)

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