Favourite war movies by subgenre/type

[Tony_Montana]

Done action, horror, comedy and crime... this time it's war:

War epic: Braveheart
Prisoner-of-war: The Great Escape
Action: Saving Private Ryan
Anti-war: Paths of Glory
The Holocaust/genocide: Schindler's List
Military training: Full Metal Jacket
Behind enemy lines/covert mission: The Dirty Dozen
Comedy: Kelly's Heroes
Single battle: 300
War romance: The Last of the Mohicans
Submarine: The Hunt For Red October (I know not strictly war, but it's my fav.)
War leader biography: Braveheart
Civilians in warzone: The Pianist
WWII: Saving Private Ryan
Vietnam: The Deer Hunter
Napoleonic: Master and Commander
Soviet-Afghan: 9th Company
Civil War: The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Korean: ---

EDIT: Added a few more wars...

[SoulOnIce]

Done action, horror, comedy and crime... this time it's war:

War epic: Braveheart
Prisoner-of-war: The Great Escape
Action: Saving Private Ryan
Anti-war: Paths of Glory
The Holocaust/genocide: Schindler's List
Military training: Full Metal Jacket
Behind enemy lines/covert mission: The Dirty Dozen
Comedy: Kelly's Heroes
Single battle: 300
War romance: The Last of the Mohicans
Submarine: The Hunt For Red October (I know not strictly war, but it's my fav.)
War leader biography: Braveheart
Civilians in warzone: The Pianist
WWII: Saving Private Ryan
Vietnam: The Deer Hunter
Agree with some of your picks.

Vietnam should go to Platoon however, Deer Hunter only had that 30 min scene but I know u had good intentions.

[SoulOnIce]

U forgot civil war which I would give to Glory.

[Tony_Montana]

Good point, I added a few with more specific wars. Soviet-Afghan would include Charlie Wilson's War, Rambo III, etc...

[Le_Big_Mac]

War epic: Apocalypse Now
Prisoner-of-war: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Action: The Guns of Navarone
Anti-war: Paths of Glory
The Holocaust/genocide: Schindler's List
Military training: Full Metal Jacket
Behind enemy lines/covert mission: The Dirty Dozen
Comedy: Stripes
Single battle: Zulu
War romance: Casablanca
Submarine: Crimson Tide
War leader biography: Braveheart
Civilians in warzone: The Cranes Are Flying
WWII: The Guns of Navarone
Vietnam: Apocalypse Now
Napoleonic: Love and Death
Soviet-Afghan: Three Kings
Civil War: The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Korean: The Manchurian Candidate (I guess...)

[athf1980]

War epic: Lawerence of arabia
Prisoner-of-war: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Action: Saving Private Ryan
Anti-war: none
The Holocaust/genocide: Schindler's List
Military training: Full Metal Jacket
Behind enemy lines/covert mission-band of brothers
Comedy: MASH
Single battle: 300
War romance: does Casablanca count
Submarine: u-571
War leader biography: Patton
Civilians in warzone: The Pianist
WWII: Saving Private Ryan
Vietnam: Platoon
Napoleonic: Master and Commander
Soviet-Afghan: none
Civil War: The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Korean: ---MASH

[Kings-Rook1]

War epic: Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Prisoner-of-war: Dear Hunter (1978)
Action: Black Hawk Down (2001)
Anti-war: Platoon (1986)
The Holocaust/genocide: The Killing Fields (1984)
Military training: An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
Behind enemy lines/covert mission: Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Comedy: 1941 (1979)
Single battle: We Were Soldiers (2002)
War romance: Casablanca (1942)
Submarine: Das Boot (1985)
War leader biography: Patton (1970)
Civilians in warzone: The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
WWII: Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Vietnam: Apocalypse Now (1979)
Napoleonic: The Duellists (1977)
Soviet-Afghan: Rambo III (1988)
Civil War: Glory (1989)
Korean: MASH (1970)

Cold War: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

[Kings-Rook1]

War romance: does Casablanca count


Hell ya. Got some good picks on there as well.

[AceD]

I think Saving Private Ryan offers the best, most harrowing, and most realistic depiction of war of any film ever made (and I don't think it will ever be topped).

Start to finish, I think We Were Soldiers is the most compeling human story.

I have problems with all of the 'major' Vietnam movies, but I think Platoon is the best.

Otherwise, The Killing Fields is fantastic, wherever it fits.

[ilovemovies]

WWII: Saving Private Ryan
Vietnam: Platoon
Civil War: Glory
War Romance: Casablanca
WWI: Gallipoli
POW: To End All Wars
Holocaust: Schindler's List

[dannywalker17]

War epic: Kingdom of Heaven
Prisoner-of-war: Hart's War
Action: Saving Private Ryan
Anti-war: In the Valley of Elah
Behind enemy lines/covert mission: Black Hawk Down
Single battle: Enemy at the Gates
War romance: Pearl Harbor
Submarine: U-571
War leader biography: Braveheart
WWI: All Quiet on the Western Front
WWII: Band of Brothers
Vietnam: Apocalypse Now
Napoleonic/European: Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Sea Battle: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Gulf War: Three Kings
American Revolution: The Patriot
Civil War: Glory
Civilians in Warzone: Hotel Rwanda

[Potzer! 37]

War epic: Patton
Prisoner-of-war: The Great Escape
Action: Saving Private Ryan
Anti-war: Full Metal Jacket
The Holocaust/genocide: Schindler's List
Military training: Full Metal Jacket
Behind enemy lines/covert mission: Rescue Dawn
Comedy: Love and Death
Single battle: Pearl Harbor
War romance: Casablanca
Submarine: Down Perescope
War leader biography: Patton
Civilians in warzone: Platoon
WWII: Saving Private Ryan
Vietnam: Apocalypse Now
Napoleonic: Love and Death
Korean: MASH

[pablo_super1!]

Vietnam: Platoon
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Military training: Full Metal Jacket
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WWII: Saving Private Ryan
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Gulf War: Three Kings
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War epic: Braveheart
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Behind enemy lines/covert mission: Black Hawk Down
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Prisoner-of-war: Rescue Dawn
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The Holocaust/genocide: Jacob the Liar
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Fantasy: The 13th Warrior
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Civilians in warzone: Hotel Rwanda
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War romance: Enemy at the Gates
Civil War: Glory
Single battle: Pearl Harbor
American Revolutionary War:The Patriot

Honorable Mentions: Gone With the Wind, Seraphim Falls, Road to Guantanamo, Cold Mountain, Tigerland, Schindler's list, Flags of our fathers, The Pianist, Letter from Iwo Jima, The Kingdom, Stop Loss.