Thanks for the info.

Bruce Almighty said:

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Das Boot

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This one was the first one I thought of.

It's subjective. Which war? Which theater? Which branch?

Das Boot is incredible. The sadness those German sub crewmen feel when they see enemy sailors struggling to stay alive after sinking their ship is moving.

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Definitely not the best but just because it hasn't been mentioned and the book made it great for me.....

Unbroken

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Also excellent. What a story.

As a kid I would have said The Audie Murphy story.

Does Zero Dark Thirty count? GWOT?

Even though it's a mini series, Band of Brothers is the best thing I've seen on screen, depicting war.

Lone Survivor is also one that I think is amazing, but tough to watch.

If I were to put a 4th on my list, it would be Black Hawk Down.

Passchendaele is another I haven't seen listed.

jeffk said:

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Passchendaele is another I haven't seen listed.

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I've not heard of that one.

Canadian WWI film from 2008. There's a love story in there but it's a solid war movie. Brutal as hell.

Thanks for the info. I'll have to look for that one.

And WWI was brutal as hell.

It was between that and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter for me.

no love for Pearl Harbor?

I kid. That movie was trash. Just to put one out there that I enjoyed and hasn't been listed yet -- Midway. Love that it was pretty recent and they went with such a historic subject. It's not a favorite by any means, but it's hard to come up with something new this late. So if you're on a southwest flight and bored, check out 12 Strong. I thought it was pretty damn good. 13 hours is freaking amazing and seemed to be missing as well. Rates well on the hero scale.

ah dammit. My eyes went right down to the list and missed the intro blurb. It was Enemy at the Gates that drew me in -- love that one too.

I love Pearl Harbor, but it contains one of the absolute dumbest lines ever uttered in a movie.

"I think World War 2 just started!"

I watched The Final Countdown as often as it was on cable when I was young.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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I love Pearl Harbor, but it contains one of the absolute dumbest lines ever uttered in a movie.

"I think World War 2 just started!"

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Considering that I don't believe WWI was actually referred to as WWI as of 7-December-1941, then yeah, that line was dumb. WWI was once just referred to as The Great War. Slim Pickens referenced it that way in Spielberg's 1941 (another great "war" movie) when Toshiro Mifune and company (including Christopher Lee) was interrogating him aboard the Jap sub.

Apparently a Canadian paper had referred to it as WWII as early as 1939.

watched Saving Private Ryan on the plane yesterday for the first time in some time, I have one question and an observation....

1. Vin Diesal is shot, holds out the letter of his dad telling his buddies to take it. it looks like the letter is wrapped in plastic then when the solider takes it off is body it is not wrapped in plastic?!?!?!?!?!

2. Why in the hell did they not just blow up the bridge and fall back? Even if reinforcements werent able to come they would at least eliminate the tank being a major threat.

PLEASE HELP

Tropic Thunder

Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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I love Pearl Harbor, but it contains one of the absolute dumbest lines ever uttered in a movie.

"I think World War 2 just started!"

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Considering that I don't believe WWI was actually referred to as WWI as of 7-December-1941, then yeah, that line was dumb. WWI was once just referred to as The Great War. Slim Pickens referenced it that way in Spielberg's 1941 (another great "war" movie) when Toshiro Mifune and company (including Christopher Lee) was interrogating him aboard the Jap sub.

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"I knew it, you're all in kahoots. I fought you're kind in the Great War and we kicked the living **** out of you" or something close to that

Gettysburg was the first real 'war movie' I saw as a kid and it continues to stand out to me as one of the best.

The musical score is one of my favorites and it really sets the tone throughout the film, particularly the scenes with Buford's division, Little Round Top, and Pickett's charge.

Tom Berenger and Jeff Daniels best performances IMO.

AgfromHOU said:

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Tropic Thunder

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For comedic "war" movies, I'll have to go with 2 Cold War classics:

Stripes
Spies Like Us

Hot Shots

SPR obviously
Black Hawk Down
Recent All Quiet
War Horse
Atonement
We Were Soldiers
Flags of Our Fathers

Fury was really cool but for me the ending tarnished it, just a little too much of a leap. Would have preferred a cool last stand but not such a fantastical one.

Love Memphis Belle but it hasn't aged well. Would love there to be a new movie revolving around strategic bombing with better visuals.

Need more Nam movies that are about the average soldier's experience and not outlandish war crimes and insanity to push the antiwar narrative. I get that crazy crap happened like in Platoon and Casualties of War, but it doesn't come close to depicting the actual war and what 99% of veterans experienced.

Similar situation with German forces in WWII....would love there to be some BoB style movies about German forces strictly revolving around their battle experiences without feeling the need to delve into the politics. A German version of Fury on the Eastern Front or North Africa would be so cool.

I wish Hollywood pumped out war movies like it does Marvel stuff, but war movies actually take effort and are a risk.

Saving Private Ryan is my favorite war movie of all time and probably in the my top five movies of all time. I watch it probably 3-4 times a year (or at least parts of it).

We have had some lengthy debates on this board about it over the years. I have defended the film every time. However, I do have to admit there is a real fundamental flaw in the film in how the handle the medic character (Corporal Wade).

On Omaha Beach, Wade is seen furiously trying to save a wounded man's life, ultimately breaking down in frustration. Cap Miller tells his men to move Wade up to their position and they do. This makes absolutely no sense. Saving wounded men is his job. Then the Rangers move further in to the German defenses, leaving Wade behind, and he goes back to treating wounded. Even worse, when they later assault the machinegun position at the radar installation, Miller has Wade charge up the hill with them. Wade is a medic and unarmed. This also makes no sense. Upham may be a coward but at least he has a Garand and grenades. So maybe the idea is that Wade would be closer in case one of the Rangers is wounded. Nope, he left his medpack with Upham who is ordered to rush it up the hill after Wade is mortally wounded. Again, makes absolutely no sense.

Maybe that's nitpicky but oh well.

All that said, Fury would be my favorite war film of all time except the ending was just ridiculous.