Best Recent Military Film?

[dh1989]

In the recent years, there have been MANY military action films released. Which one is your personal favorite?

[A.J. Hakari]

The harrowing and intense BLACK HAWK DOWN gets my vote. WE WERE SOLDIERS and TIGERLAND follow closely, though.

[Raoul Duke]

Black Hawk Down

[MickeyKnox]

Black Hawk Down

[The Delfonics]

Black Hawk Down

[MikeyB]

Black Hawk Down

[Sugar Magnolia]

Black Hawk Down

[Scarface98.9]

Black Hawk Down. Best war movie since Private Ryan

[dannywalker17]

I'm going with the minority to say Pearl Harbor (10/10). Enemy At the Gates (8/10), We Were Soldiers (8/10), and Black Hawk Down (7/10) are also good.

[Hannibal21]

I liked Tigerland (8/10) the best.

[Strider]

BLACK HAWK DOWN

[Sugar_Kane]

Black Hawk Down.

[Deckard]

Along with TIGERLAND (8.5/10)

I would also recommend the emotionally dark joy of DIVIDED WE FALL(9/10) and the visual feast of DARK BLUE WORLD(8.5/10).

[arto_j]

Out of these options, I went with Enemy at the Gates, which is far better than any other film on that list...Out of what I've seen.

[James Logan]

BLACK HAWK DOWN. I'd also recommend seeing ENEMY AT THE GATES, it's definitely worth a look.

[syxxpac]

Black Hawk Down. Not the greatest character development, but who could really blame them with so many of them fighting for screentime?

Second to Saving Private Ryan for a gritty, realistic and intense view of military combat.

[VicVega]

I gotta agree with the rest of the schmoes...Black Hawn Down.

[Droog989]

Yeah, you know its a website with good taste when the overwhelming majority choose Black Hawk Down :D

(insert fratboy cheer here) wooo, Ridley Scott, yeah.

[Moviefan1234]

The incredible, "Black Hawk Down."

[bob]

Other-Three Kings.

[QUENTIN]

1.) Three Kings -9/10
2.) Black Hawk Down -8/10
3.) Tigerland -8/10
4.) No Man's Land -7/10
5.) Enemy at The Gates -7/10

[darkface]

There have been some good ones, but a lot of bad ones... but i'll go with the awesome BLACK HAWK DOWN

[ilovemovies]

We Were Soldiers followed closely by Tigerland, Three Kings and Black Hawk Down

[xUberJasonx]

black hawk down without a dought

[Cyclonus]

Either Black Hawk Down or Three Kings

Enemy at the Gates was a decent war movie, though it runs out of steam towards the end. Pearl Harbor was an overlong, bloated "product" that had some good battle scenes, but overall it's a bore.

[POLYDISTORTION]

1.- Three Kings 9/10
2.- Enemy At The Gates 9/10
3.- Black Hawk Down 8/10

[rupert pupkin]

that list proves the poor quality of modern war movies

[Scooter]

BHD without question.... one of the better war movies i've seen

[ze424]

Black Hawk Down

[Sugar Magnolia]

Originally posted by rupert pupkin
that list proves the poor quality of modern war movies

That pretty much sums it up.

[areyoubeingserved]

Yeah, shit list... someone mentioned Three Kings... definitely.

[mrdeeds]

From this list, definitely Black Hawk Down with We Were Soldiers close behind

[Deckard]

Has anyone seen DARK BLUE WORLD, DIVIDED WE FALL or NO MANS LAND????

All 3 are modern gems- War from the European POV.......examining Pearl Harbour, Bosnia and Checkslovakia. Visually superb with original takes on a largely US dominated genre.

DARK BLUE WORLD is superbly shot and focus' on WWII. Grand and epic are 2 words that spring to mind.

NO MANS LAND War with a dark sense of humour ala Catch 22.

Any war film fan should check these out.

[Puck Bond]

Three Kings-10/10
We Were Soldiers-10/10
Black Hawk Down-10/10
Pearl Harbor-9/10
Windtalkers-8/10
Tigerland-8/10
Tears of the Sun-8/10
Enemy at the Gates-8/10
Hart's War-8/10
Gods and Generals-7/10
Behind Enemy Lines-7/10
Basic-7/10

[Rob Gordon]

Tigerland, with Enemy at the Gates coming in at a respectable second and Black Hawk Down pretty far back but still claiming third.

[therealjohng]

BHD (10/10).

[charliebobo]

Originally posted by arto_j
Out of these options, I went with Enemy at the Gates, which is far better than any other film on that list...Out of what I've seen.

Me too

[quoth_the_raven]

i actually went for Dog Soldiers. its a military film but with werewolves and the way they actually handled the military element was excellent and utterly convincing.

[blankpage]

OTHER...


Three Kings

It's good to be king.

[screamer581]

Originally posted by bob
Other-Three Kings.


Ditto.

[Clarkey07]

Hands down... Black Hawk Down.