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| susquesus |
Posted - December 11 2003 : 10:21:46 PM
IMDB.com (International Movie DataBase) listed the top 10 war movies as voted on by at their site. They were as following:
1.Schindlers List
2.Dr. Strangelove
3.Lawrence of Arabia
4.The Pianist
5.Paths of Glory
6.Apocalypse Now
7.Das Boot
8.The General
9.The Bridge on the River Kwai
10.Ran
Any you would care to add to the list? |
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| Highlander |
Posted - January 11 2004 : 03:30:37 AM
A Bridge Too Far,Von Ryan's Express,Cross of Iron,Dirty Dozen,Kelly's Heroes,12 o'clock High,Platoon & Casualties of War. |
| CT•Ranger |
Posted - December 13 2003 : 2:08:17 PM
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Originally posted by Ro
One war movie I was really looking forward to was Windtalkers. I read the book several years back on the Navajo code talkers and it was captivating. Hollywood took an excellent story and turned it into a mediocre film. John Woo went completely overboard with the depiction of the horrors of war and Nicholas Cage phoned his part in. Adam Beach did an admirable job, just too bad the movie bombed. It would have made him well known.
Yep, could have been a good film. But the instant John Woo got involved, it went straight to the crapper. Nick Cage is equally awful in any thing he does. Too bad those two were involved. I won't touch anything with Woo or Cage, can't stand them at all. |
| Ro |
Posted - December 13 2003 : 1:55:27 PM
One war movie I was really looking forward to was Windtalkers. I read the book several years back on the Navajo code talkers and it was captivating. Hollywood took an excellent story and turned it into a mediocre film. John Woo went completely overboard with the depiction of the horrors of war and Nicholas Cage phoned his part in. Adam Beach did an admirable job, just too bad the movie bombed. It would have made him well known. |
| Wilderness Woman |
Posted - December 13 2003 : 09:53:18 AM
I thought of another one I want to add: Dances With Wolves
Technically, it is not a "war" movie, yet it is about the war between the American Indians and the White Man and the horrible aggressive methods of the latter. Beautiful movie! It wrenches my heart everytime I watch it. |
| Two Kettles |
Posted - December 13 2003 : 12:29:05 AM
Three underrated war movies about the western "Indian Wars":
GERONIMO, AN AMERICAN LEGEND
ULZANA'S RAID
MAJOR DUNDEE
Two Kettles |
| susquesus |
Posted - December 12 2003 : 8:07:37 PM
My own missing favorites are-as stated by Wilderness Woman- anything starring John Wayne, especially "Sands of Iwo Jima" and "The Longest Day". In addition:
Patton
Saving Private Ryan(I couldn't speak for an hour after leaving the theater)
Glory
Band of Brothers
Twelve O'clock High
Memphis Belle
Last of the Mohicans
The Patriot
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| SgtMunro |
Posted - December 12 2003 : 2:56:12 PM
My personal favorites, not in any particular order, are as follows:
55 Days at Peeking
The Rough Riders
Gettysburg
Zulu
Zulu Dawn
Frontier, Tales of the Old Northwest (Especially Volume #2)
LOTM (All Screenplay Editions)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (All Screenplay Editions)
The Patriot
The Crossing
Unconquered (Classic DeMille)
When the Forest Ran Red
George Washington's First War
The Sand Pebbles
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
Lawrence of Arabia ("No prisoners, no prisoners!!!")
Saving Private Ryan (Where Hollywood combat sounded like real combat)
The Wind and the Lion (Not really a 'war movie', but great anyways)
Gods and Generals (Good, but weak when compared to 'Gettysburg')
Master and Commander
There are many others, but those are the ones that come to mind first and foremost.
Your Most Humble Servant,
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| daire |
Posted - December 12 2003 : 2:19:36 PM
Gotta agree with Glory, Gettysburg and LOTM as I haven't seen most of the others.
I don't know if it really qualifies as a war movie, but there was the section where he was in Vietnam...Born on the Fourth of July.
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| Wilderness Woman |
Posted - December 12 2003 : 08:40:11 AM
I have always loved the older WWII movies:
Tora, Tora, Tora
From Here to Eternity
To Hell and Back
Midway
Stalag 17
Any WWII movie with John Wayne in it!
But I have to say that the most realistic, the most moving and emotionally upsetting of them all has to be "Schindler's List." Words simply cannot describe...
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| richfed |
Posted - December 12 2003 : 05:36:03 AM
How about ... Zulu, Zulu Dawn, Gettysburg, Gods & Generals, Saving Private Ryan? |
| CT•Ranger |
Posted - December 12 2003 : 12:37:05 AM
Well in my collection I have (in no particular order):
Capitaine Conan (A French language film about elite French trench raiders in the Bulgaria area during the end of WWI)
Das Boot
Glory
The Thin Red Line
Ride With the Devil
LOTM
Henry V
I would also add to the list Band of Brothers the best WWII film in my opinion.
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