Favorite War Movies?

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I saw the Platoon thread. What's your favorite war movie? I'll come out and say it that save for the beach scene I found SPR very lacking.

In no order:

1. Blackhawk Down
2. Apocalypse Now
3. Deer Hunter
4. Red Dawn
5. 3 Kings
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Star Wars
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Patton
Bridge on the River Kwai
Where Eagles Dare
Glory
Casablanca (depending on how liberal we are with the genre).
Bruce Almighty
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Das Boot or Hunt for Red October
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The Longest Day
Not "war" movies in the sense of fighting, but Stalag 17 and The Great Escape are great POW Camp movies
36 Hours with James Garner
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Though not a movie Band of Brothers is my favorite program about war, if it has to be a movie then Saving Private Ryan.
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chipotle said:

Star Wars


Checks out.
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More recent, I thought Dunkirk was pretty damn good and had a different level of suspense I dont think I've experienced with other movies.
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War Games


I know they don't actually go to war, but I'm not a huge fan of the warfare type movies. I like the stand-off types, where the tension is palpable.
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The longest day
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chipotle said:

Star Wars


Was going to post Rogue One.

It's feels so much more like a war movie than the rest of the movies
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Raptor said:

War Games


I know they don't actually go to war, but I'm not a huge fan of the warfare type movies. I like the stand-off types, where the tension is palpable.

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Maxag42 has an excellent list.

I will add

Battleground
Twelve O'Clock High
The Best Years of Our Lives
Mrs. Miniver
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Presley OBannons Sword said:

Raptor said:

War Games


I know they don't actually go to war, but I'm not a huge fan of the warfare type movies. I like the stand-off types, where the tension is palpable.

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CT is awesome!
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Patton
Saving Private Ryan
Thin Red Line
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SPR
A Bridge Too Far
Gettysburg
Waterloo
Zulu


Kelley's Hero's.

While not movies BoB and The Pacific.
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Blackhawk Down
Jarhead (not really a "war" movie but I don't care)
Dunkirk
SPR (only the beach scene really)
Hacksaw Ridge

One that I feel is underrated but isn't necessarily one of my favorites:
Fury
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We Were Soldiers
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This guy knows his war movies
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Not really a movie, but Band of Brothers
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SPR
Hurt Locker
U571
We were Soldiers
Enemy at the Gates
The Great Escape
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The Great Escape and The Dirty Dozen.
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Realistically most war movies are anti-war movies. My fav movie is Errol Flynns Dawn Patrol.
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In addition to those mentioned:

Sands of Iwo Jima - John Wayne was nominated for an Oscar
Sergeant York - Super bonus points because it's a true story.
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Patton (admittedly this is more of a biopic than an actual war movie)

in no particular order ...

Midway
Tora! Tora! Tora!
The Patriot
Battle of Britain
The Longest Day
Saving Private Ryan
Empire of the Sun
1941
The Guns of Navarone
Force 10 From Navarone
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
The Enemy Below
Das Boot
Dunkirk
The Darkest Hour (admittedly, another biopic)
Apocalypse Now
We Were Soldiers
Zero Dark Thirty


throw in for good measure the mini-series ...
Band of Brothers
The Pacific
The Winds of War
War and Remembrance
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1. Hacksaw Ridge
2. Black Hawk Down
3. Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War
4. Saving Private Ryan
5. Letters from Iwo Jima
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The Deer Hunter
Patton
K19: The Widowmaker
Das Boot

And just because...Down Periscope.

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Aggie_Boomin 21 said:

One that I feel is underrated but isn't necessarily one of my favorites:
Fury

Came here to mention this one. I think it's severely underrated. I thought it was great and it's one of my favorites.
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I watched that the day of the 59-0 loss to Bama. The dark tone of the movie fit my mood that day.
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Also not one that's critically acclaimed or anything but one that I always watch if on and enjoy...

Behind Enemy Lines
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Team America
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No one has mentioned Braveheart?!?
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MidnightYell2003 said:

No one has mentioned Braveheart?!?

I was going to mention it and The Free State of Jones.
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