Best War Film

[pizowell]

My vote is for Thin Red Line followed by Platton.

[Puck Bond]

Here are my picks based on these various wars.

Revolutionary War-The Patriot
Civil War-Glory
WWI-Paths of Glory
WWII-Saving Private Ryan
Korean War-M*A*S*H
Cold War-Dr. Strangelove
Vietnam War-Platoon
Gulf War-Three Kings

[This message has been edited by Puck Bond (edited 07-25-2001).]

[Puck Bond]

By the way Pizo...is "platton" a cross between Patton and Platoon? hehe

[pennywise46]

My top 5 war films:
1.The Deer Hunter
2.Full Metal Jacket
3.Platoon
4.Apocalypse Now
5.Saving Private Ryan

[This message has been edited by pennywise46 (edited 08-12-2001).]

[James Logan]

I go for SAVING PRIVATE RYAN.

[Jedizim]

I vote for Saving Private Ryan also... but I like some of the older classics as well, Von Ryans Express and Force 10 From Navarone for example.

[pizowell]

Excuse the spelling, but I meant PLATOON.

[SIREN30]

THE GREAT ESCAPE

[meccajay]

In no particular order..

-Apocolypse Now!

-Bridge Over The River Kwai

-Patton

-Run Silent Run Deep

-Platoon

-The Longest Day

-Saving Private Ryan

-The Dirty Dozen

-Kelly's Heroes

rent them all and enjoy!!

[ak]

Saving Private Ryan....never have i been so enthralled in a war film.

[Adidas03]

In no specific order:
- Three Kings
- Platoon
- Enemy at the Gates
- Saving Private Ryan
- the Thin Red Line

[Rafa36]

Absolute tie between "Saving Private Ryan" and "Full Metal Jacket"

[neo]

there are a lot of great war movies:
platoon
the deer hunter
apocalypse now
saving private ryan
the longest day
the great escape
full metal jacket

[Brock Landers]

"Grand Illusion"

[Pindok]

Top 5

Full Metal Jacket
Saving Private Ryan
Kelly's Heroes
The Patriot
Three Kings

[meccajay]

(Pindok) Nice, but please put Apocalypse Now on your list...Lol

"Son, You either surf or you fight"

[pizowell]

Good picks gang!

[Ebert]

Platoon

[Watermelon Man]

Three Kings
Saving Private Ryan
La vita è bella

[dannywalker17]

1. PEARL HARBOR
2. U-571
3. Saving Private Ryan
4. Enemy at the Gates

[Philip Marlowe]

this might not be my favorite but didn't anyone here see where eagles dare that got to be one of the best war films out there

full metal jacket would be my favorite all around

[QUENTIN]

French and Indian War:
Last of The Mohicans

Revolutionary War:
Braveheart
Battleship Potemkin
If...

Civil War:
Glory
Gettysburg
The General
The Civil War

WWI:
Lawrence of Arabia
Paths of Glory
Le Grande Illusion
All Quiet On The Western Front
Gallipoli

WWII:
Bridge On The River Kwai
The Thin Red Line
The Great Escape
Das Boot

Korean War:
M*A*S*H
The Steel Helmet
Bridges at Toko-Ri

Cold War:
Dr. Strangelove
The Manchurian Candidate
Thirteen Days
Fail Safe

Vietnam War:
Apocalypse Now
Platoon
Born On The Fourth of July
The Deer Hunter
Full Metal Jacket
The Kiling Fields
Casualties of War
Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam


Gulf War:
Three Kings
Courage Under Fire
In The Army Now ( /ubb/wink.gif)

[This message has been edited by QUENTIN (edited 08-13-2001).]

[DaN]

shit Quentin, you HAD to put Pauly Shore in there huh? /ubb/smile.gif

Braveheart
Platoon
Apocalypse Now

[Fergus]

Quentin, I seriously hope you meant Braveheart, if..., and Battleship Potemkin to be in a category of revolutions, not the Revolutionary War itself, that confused me, please correct that.

For my picks:
Saving Private Ryan
Apocalypse Now
Das Boot

These have affected me the most out of all the ones I have seen, including The Deer Hunter, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, and Platoon; which, I don't think they were as great as I thought they would be when I saw them. Although, the first half of Full Metal Jacket was a superb piece of filmmaking.
It looks like nobody really liked Das Boot, as it is one of the finest movies about war ever made.

[ToasT]

The Thin Red Line

[ClockworkOrange#1]

All the movies you guys have said are great but one film that doesn't get much attention is "A Midnight Clear" set during World War II. I rented it and it is a very good film.

[QUENTIN]

Fergus, they all deal with A Revolutionary War, not The American Revolutionary War. I didn't like Patriot much and can't remember a good movie about the American Revolutionary War, but those are about Revolutionary Wars, against the English, a ship, and a boarding school.

[Fergus]

Thanks, I appreciate the explanation.

[MovieFilmFlick]

Saving Private Ryan and Full Metal Jacket stand out as the best War Films of all time. There are alot of war films I haven't seen yet though.

[The_dude_knows_all]

Saving Private Ryan is the mutz nutz when it comes to war films. It emphaises the horrors of war.

The first 20 minutes is the scariest 20 minutes I have ever seen in a film!!

[Rupert Li]

Apocalypse Now
Platoon
Guns of Navarone

[EL_PHANTAZMO]

Fergus, I've seen Das Boot a few times, English and subtitled, and I just loved the damn thing. When they are stuck at the bottom and have to be super quiet, I find myself holding my breath and not making a sound the whole time. The running time doesn't bother me, its definately in my top 5 war movies, everyone should go and rent it right now.

no order...

Das Boot
Dirty Dozen
Saving Private Ryan
Full Metal Jacket
Three Kings

[Jan]

Quentin - Why no Saving Private Ryan for WWII?

Isn't it ironic that the big Oscar honcho - Coming Home - isn't mentioned here?? I guess, like Born on the Fourth of July, it's more about the aftermath than the war itself - but it really was just a schmaltz-fest that no one can remember now.

[Cyclonus]

Saving Private Ryan
Paths of Glory
Full Metal Jacket