Teacher_Ag said:

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

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Just curious, why do you say Memphis Belle hasn't aged well?

Since the thread is going in all directions at this point, if you are a fan of hyperviolent movies like John Wick, the movie SISU takes place in WW2 Finland. Certainly not the best, but a good escapist movie.

Aggie12B said:

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Teacher_Ag said:

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

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Just curious, why do you say Memphis Belle hasn't aged well?

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Their limitations of special and practical effects don't look great compared to what could be done today. Still a great story and great characters, but we are just spoiled these days with insane budgets and better visual storytelling. I'm hoping Masters of the Air shows how much more gripping and terrifying a movie about the air war can be when made to today's standards.

Have y'all watched the Catch-22 series? Came out in 2019 on Hulu. Follows the book pretty closely, so if you didn't like the themes and characters from the book, you probably won't like them in the series either.

The reason I bring it up is that they used real B-25 airframes (and a couple other period planes) in combination with more modern CG approaches. Made for some interesting combat and transport scenes.

Also, Der Rote Baron (2008 German film) had some cool aerial combat scenes but I don't think they had real planes involved. There's one nighttime flying scene that was visually pretty incredible.

The Good Shepherd. (Cold War movie)

jeffk said:

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Urban Ag said:

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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No love for Black Hawk Down?

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Outstanding film. The book (Mark Bowden) is the best non-fiction war novel I have ever read. The research he did for it was mind blowing.

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It was required reading for my 20th Century military history class at A&M.

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Dr Linn?

A few other ones I really enjoyed and are not American made:
1944 - about Estonian SS troops
April 9 - German invasion of Denmark
Letters from Iwo Jima
Generation War - German WWII film
Gallipoli - Aussie Miniseries

ETA a movie called My Way Korean film based on a true story of a man conscripted by the Japanese to fight the Russians, gets captured, forced on the Red Army to fight the Germans, and then gets captured and forced into an Ost Battalion to man the defenses of Normandy, where you guessed it, he fights the Americans and is captured in June 6, 1944.

Tumbledown from 1988 was a decent BBC production about the Falklands War. Dont see too many movies made from that conflict.

Biloxi Blues
Railway Man
Hurt Locker
Behind Enemy Lines

Glad Cinco Ranch mentioned Flight of the Intruder early. Loved that as a kid (loved all the flight focused films). Memphis Belle was also high up for me.

Nobody has mentioned a "war on drugs" movie but I'll nominate Sicario. Awesome movie that was intense.

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JABQ04 said:

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A few other ones I really enjoyed and are not American made:
1944 - about Estonian SS troops
April 9 - German invasion of Denmark
Letters from Iwo Jima
Generation War - German WWII film
Gallipoli - Aussie Miniseries

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Letters from Iwo Jima is Clint Eastwood and is a story of the other side that goes as a companion piece with his Flags of Our Fathers.

It is a phenomenal film.

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Oh. Yeah. I'm a dummy. Judging by the time of this post I was side tracked cursing the Astros.

Bridge Too Far
Longest Day
Zulu

JABQ04 said:

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Gallipoli - Aussie Miniseries

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Is this the Mel Gibsom Movie? Or is there a miniseries with that title?

I remember an Aussie Mini series entitled "Anzacs: the War down under" with Paul Hogan. It dealt with Gallupoli and after it as well. I wish I could find it on streaming somewhere.

It's a separate miniseries. Made in 2015 for the anniversary.
Different from Mel Gibsons film (which is also great)

Aggie12B said:

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World War 1:
All Quiet on the Western Front
Gallipoli
Passchendaele
SGT York
The Red Baron (german film)
They Shall Not Grow Old
War Horse
World War II:
A Bridge Too Far
Band of Brothers (Miniseries, not a movie)
Das Boot
Enemy at The Gates
Hacksaw Ridge
Land of Mine
Memphis Belle
Patton
Saving Private Ryan
The Battle of the Bulge
The Longest Day
The Pacific (Miniseries, not a movie)
They Were Expendable
To Hell and Back
Tora, Tora, Tora
Unbroken
Wind Talkers
The Korean War:
Devotion
Pork Chop Hill
The Vietnam War:
Full Metal Jacket (Just the first part of the movie where they are in basic training at Paris Island)
Hamburger Hill
We Were Soldiers
Somalia:
Black Hawk Down
Desert Storm:
Generation Kill (Miniseries, not a movie)
Afghanistan and Iraq:
American Sniper
Danger Close (Documentary)
Lone Survivor
Meghan Leavey (based on the true story of a Marine Dog Handler in Iraq)
Restrepo (Documentary)
Taking Chance (not an actual war movie, per se, but an excellent military movie)
Thank You For Your Service (pretty accurate description of the aftermath of being in combat)
The Outpost (based on the Battle of Kamdesh; 25 Bronze Stars, 9 Silver Stars, and 2 Medals of Honor were earned during the battle of Kamdesh)
12 Strong
Benghazi:
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (hillary clinton should have been thrown under the jail for the events that happened at Benghazi, IMO)

critically acclaimed war movie that sucks:
The Hurt Locker (one of the most militarily inaccurate movies I have ever watched)

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Since we have included movies with war scenes within the bigger story, I'll add these to WWI:

Legends of the Fall
Boardwalk Empire

can't believe no 12 oclock high, run silent, run deep. those are absolute classics.

saw some recent foreign film movies that were surprisingly good.

others i have not seen on this thread:

casablanca counts

last of the mohicans

good morning vietnam

dr zhivago, sort of

empire of the sun, bridge over the river kwai

a great pre ww1 movie with some great battle scenes is The Wind & the Lion

where eagles dare

guns of navarone

the eagle has landed

all the best ones have been said

only thing to add is Enemy at the Gates is a ****ing terrible movie, some of yall have it on your lists and I would question the last time you saw it, Having it in the same breath as some of these great films is a travesty.

Is Band of Brothers the best depiction of The Battle of The Bulge?

Charlie Conway said:

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all the best ones have been said

only thing to add is Enemy at the Gates is a ****ing terrible movie, some of yall have it on your lists and I would question the last time you saw it, Having it in the same breath as some of these great films is a travesty.

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You tell 'em, Charlie.

I am a huge fan of many of these on the list. Wanted to add a few more that I really enjoyed, not necessarily my favorites of all time.

Restrepo/Korengal/Only The Dead (GWOT)

I loved Dunkirk but not for everyone.

Watched Platoon for the first time recently and that was very good.

Miscellaneous picks of Last of the Mohicans and Master and Commander.

SPR is #1 in my book by a mile.

So many great ones but Saving Private Ryan is just a notch above. If not for the p-ssy letting his buddies die it would be perfect. I still fast forward through that part.

ApachePilot said:

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So many great ones but Saving Private Ryan is just a notch above. If not for the p-ssy letting his buddies die it would be perfect. I still fast forward through that part.

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SPOILER ALERT

You're right, Generation Kill was OIF not Desert Storm. I edited my post to reflect that

Why would you leave the audience with no hope at all?

The Patriot
1917
Saving Private Ryan
Hacksaw Ridge
The Last Samurai
Fury
Lone Survivor

If you want to add movies that occur during wartime, I'd include Zero Dark Thirty, Lincoln and the Darkest Hour

Just finished The Covenant. Would recommend.

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I like them all equally:

Von Ryan's Express
Heroes of Telemark
Patton
Guns of Navarone
Where Eagles Dare
Great Escape
Stalag 17
Kelly's Heroes
Battle of the Bulge

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This is the correct list.

A favorite cold war movie: Ice Station Zebra.