Best Military Movie?

[Hav0k99]

G.I. Joe: The Movie and In the Army Now hands down!

 

[GamerExpress]

Originally posted by: laurenlex
Private Ryan

Second that.

Platoon is also a great movie.

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: Looney
Band of Brothers

Best movie ever IMO. This series is like 10 hours but when I got done with the last part I was disappointed that there wasn't more. If you haven't seen this series do it soon. It's simply amazing.

Runners up:

Full Metal Jacket
Blackhawk Down
Platoon
Saving Private Ryan

 

[elektrolokomotive]

Small Soldiers

 

[bigi]

"Allo, Allo" is my choice. I like the mentality of Gruber.

 

[oslama]

captain correlli's madalin

the english patient

 

[Blain]

Black Hawk Down

 

[pkme2]

WW1: SGT York
WW2: Sahara w/ Humprey Bogart
Korean War: Pork Chop Hill
Vietnam: Platoon
Gulf region: Black Hawk Down

My Best Pick: Platoon

 

[Forsythe]

Originally posted by: totalcommand
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

 

[MegaWorks]

Originally posted by: pkme2
WW1: SGT York
WW2: Sahara w/ Humprey Bogart
Korean War: Pork Chop Hill
Vietnam: Platoon
Gulf War: Black Hawk Down

My Best Pick: Platoon

Black Hawk Down is not the Gulf War hahahahahah!!!!!

Black Hawk Down

123 elite U.S. soldiers drop into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis.

 

[PricklyPete]

Band of Brothers
Saving Private Ryan
Apocalypse Now
The Longest Day
Black Hawk Down

 

[mobilunit]

no time for sargents

 

[Dacalo]

Glory.

 

[jessieqwert]

Originally posted by: Son of a N00b

Originally posted by: TallBill
Band of brothers, saving private ryan, blackhawk down, we were soldiers, braveheart, hamburger hill, platoon, the bridge over river kwai, full metal jacket

and NOT jarhead..haha

btw, tears of the sun was horribly fake and non-tactical..

def not harhead

I disagree about tears of the sun...why so, any examples? (I am a military freak, and know a lot and i did not find anything to fake or unrealistic)

Excessive use of sidearms
Almost real time tracking of rebels following them
Commander chatting on the flight deck
Lt. disobeying direct order
Use of shotgun to cover long distances
and the list goes on...

Weird movie because it raises an important issue but does it in the most inplausible way

 

[Xyclone]

1. Band of Brothers
2. Full Metal Jacket

 

[Cross]

Good Morning Vietnam
Saving Private Ryan
We Were Soldiers

 

[ktehmok]

Any war/military movie that has a scene, or scenes, that make you want to puke the first time you see it. It may not define a great war movie, but it's a good indicator. You shouldn't be entertained the first time out. You should not want to eat for a few hours either.

The other side is that a great movie also shows how well soldiers can exist and make the best of even the sh|ttiest of conditions. It makes you wish you could be as tough as them.

There are a ton of awesome suggestions in this thread, and a few joke movies tossed in. Where's the pole?

 

[iamskew]

Glory.... stop thinking about recent wars, because Glory is the best military movie ever

 

[sonoma1993]

green beret

 

[kravmaga]

Are movies like Kagemusha considered military? If so then I'd have to say it's one of my favorites.

I do like Platoon, and even though it got panned by alot of people I thought Enemy at the Gates was good. I thought the setting in that movie was done extremely well.

 

[kravmaga]

Ah I forgot about Das Boot, another great movie. Or if you really want to get down to true military movies, Triumph of the Will is an interesting watch.

 

[fjf314]

Despite the fact that it's not technically a movie, I have to go with Band of Brothers. I had read the book before they even started making the miniseries. I was really geeked when I found out it was being made and it definitely delivered.

Honorable mentions go to:

Platoon, We Were Soldiers, Saving Private Ryan

 

[Brazen]

Apocalypse Now

 

[Landaux]

HeartBreakRidge :thumbsup:

 

[Davegod]

Full Metal Jacket & Zulu

Saving Private Ryan is very over-rated imho. I own it and enjoyed it, but I wouldnt even put it in my top ten best war movies - there are a lot of good war movies. I'm very surprised to see people mention Black Hawk Down, which was certainly watchable but does it compete with:

Lawrence of Arabia
Great Escape
Bridge Over the River Kwai
Band of Brothers
Full Metal Jacket
A Bridge Too Far
Band of Brothers
Das Boot
Platoon
Apocalypse Now
The Longest Day
Dirty Dozen
Dambusters
Where Eagles Dare
Guns of Navarone
Kelly's Heroes
The Deer Hunter

... of which I'd say anyone who says they enjoy movies must see at least half.