Best War Film

[HannibalGuy]

Saving Private Ryan
Black Hawk Down
M*A*S*H* (I know, it's a anti-war comedy)
The Thin Red Line
Platoon

[QUENTIN]

1.) Apocalypse Now
2.) Bridge On The River Kwai
3.) Platoon
4.) Born On The Fourth of July
5.) The Thin Red Line
6.) All Quiet on The Western Front
7.) The Deer Hunter
8.) Three Kings
9.) Glory
10.) Saving Private Ryan

If they count Dr. Strangelove, The Grand Illusion, The Great Escape and Battleship Potemkin would rank highly among the list as well.

[This message has been edited by QUENTIN (edited 02-16-2002).]

[ColinM]

I haven't seen a lot of war movies yet (usually when QUENTIN makes a list, it becomes a must-see list for me), but my favorite war movie of all time is Saving Private Ryan. I know that's what all the uneducated-moviefans would probably say, but I just love that movie.

[arto_j]

Saving Private Ryan
Apocalypse Now
Thin Red Line
Schindler's List
Born on the 4th of July
Braveheart (sort of)
Three Kings
Hunt for the Red October
Salvador

Haven't seen Platoon or Deer Hunter yet, I really would like to though.

[Nate6]

A while ago I would probably have said Platoon or Saving Private Ryan, but then I got to see Apocalypse Now Redux in a theater. Wow. That movie is a total experience.

1. Apocalypse Now
2. Platoon
3. Saving Private Ryan
4. Schindler's List
5. Full Metal Jacket
6. Ran
7. Three Kings
8. All Quiet on the Western Front
9. M*A*S*H
10. Paths of Glory

[Jasonite]

That's a good question. I'd say the best war movie is Bridge on the River Kwai, followed by Saving Private Ryan. Apocalypse Now could've been number 1, but it tried to get too artistic, and ended up defeating itself ultimately. It's still an excellent movie, but it could've been better.

J

[Strider]

1.Glory(10/10)
2.Saving Private Ryan(10/10)
3.Black Hawk Down(10/10)
4.Platoon(10/10)
5.The Thin Red Line(8/10)

Strider

[urbanlegend23]

Dr. Strangelove and Doctor Zhivago are great movies that have a war back-story, but the most full-on and best war movie I've seen is The Thin Red Line.

[arto_j]

I forgot some good ones the last time around, though some of these aren't my absolute favorite movies, they're all very good war films:

Full Metal Jacket
The Patriot
Das Boot
U-571
Life is Beautiful

[SIREN30]

I like THE GREAT ESCAPE the best.

[dicaprio_travolta_man]

I was rather disappointed with Saving Private Ryan. I guess I just didn't like it very much (But, I've been through that agrument already). So without further a do the best war films of all time are:

1. Black Hawk Down (10/10)
2. Platoon (9/10)
3. Shindler's List (9/10)
4. The Patriot (8/10)
5. Pearl Harbor (7/10)

RUNNER-UP: Saving Private Ryan (6/10)

[Deckard]

A few Of My fave War Films:

Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence
Bridge On The River Kwai
The Great Escape
Guns of Navarone
Platoon
All Quiet On The Western Front
Tora, Tora, Tora
The Dirty Dozen
The Thin Red Line (Both versions)
Kelly Heroes
Das Boot
Mephisto
Stalingrad
Paths Of Glory
Cross Of Iron
Full Metal Jacket
Three Kings
plus tons more

[Carl]

WHERE EAGLES DARE and THE DIRTY DOZEN

[The Professional]

Galipoli and Paths of Glory are my fav.

[Masterbrain]

Apocalypse Now
The Longest Day
Bridge on the River Kwai
The Full Metal Jacket
Platoon
Thin Red Line
Saving Private Ryan
Das Boot
Rambo 1,2,3(sort of)

[Benny]

War Films:
1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Bridge on the River Kwai
3. Schindler's List
4. Apocalypse Now
5. Life is Beautiful
6. Platoon

Unfortunately I haven't seen Black Hawk Down yet, but I'm hoping that's gonna be on the list soon.

Worst: PEARL HARBOR!

[Muha]

saving private ryan is the best IMO

worst: pearl harbor

black hawk down is way overrated and doesnt even hold a candle to SPR

[bankholdup]

I liked:

The Deer Hunter
Full Metal Jacket
Saving Private Ryan

haven't got around to seeing Apocalypse Now yet.

[Invincible]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by QUENTIN:

If they count Dr. Strangelove and Battleship Potemkin would rank highly among the list as well.</font>

Battleship Potyomkin was actually set in Odessa, Ukraine it's where i was born and the stairs up that you see in the movie where people run up is right in front of THE BEST "SEAPORT"in EUROPE! (These DAYS) and we have also the biggest area for docks making it 'Biggest seaport'

Nuff said.

[pennywise46]

My favorite war movie is definately Apocalypse Now Redux. It is a masterpiece, almost as good as Copolla's The Godfather.

[Scarface989]

Apocalypse Now
The Deer Hunter
Saving Private Ryan
Black Hawk Down
Schindler's List

[Dumb-Fokker-**]

I know it isnt technically a movie, but I am gonna go with Band of Brothers. I thouroughly enjoyed that mini-series, and plan on buying the DVD, and one day when I have nothing to do, watching all 10 hours of it.

[TheGame10]

1.BraveHeart
2.Saving Private Ryan
3.The Deer Hunter
4.Platoon
5.Glory