Best Military Movie

[Gibsons]

Originally posted by: Xephian
Where's "Das Boot"? Pretty good naval war movie from the German perspective.

Full Metal Jacket is one of my favorites.

Das Boot is on the list, it's just hard to spot b/c the list is long and not in alphabetical order. Excellent movie, imo.

 

[Duddy]

Jarhead is officially the first movie war movie I have ever seen. I watched it last night and I thought it was very good. Kept me up until 2:30AM.

I guess I should watch Black Hawk Down.

 

[sierrita]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
Why aren't more people voting for Patton? I'm gonna hang you paper hanging son of a bitches!

Actually the line is "I am personally going to shoot that paper hanging son-of-a-bitch", referring to Adolf Hitler who was a house painter and wall paper hanger before he went over to the dark side.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Duddy
Jarhead is officially the first movie war movie I have ever seen. I watched it last night and I thought it was very good. Kept me up until 2:30AM.

I guess I should watch Black Hawk Down.

yikes. please don't judge war movies by the crapiness fo Jarhead. skip Blackhawk Down and go straight to Paths of Glory.

 

[atomicacid55]

BHD > Private Ryan. Both are awesome films, but I got touched by BHD more.

I voted for Gettysburg because it's a classic because I'm nostalgic.

 

[dennilfloss]

Casualties Of War is also pretty good.

 

[MotionMan]

The Big Red One

Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine and some cool WWII history.

MotionMan

 

[Auric]

Originally posted by: sierrita

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
Why aren't more people voting for Patton? I'm gonna hang you paper hanging son of a bitches!

Actually the line is "I am personally going to shoot that paper hanging son-of-a-bitch", referring to Adolf Hitler who was a house painter and wall paper hanger before he went over to the dark side.

Really? I thought he meant paperhanger as in someone who writes bad cheques (or passes bad paper) referring to the 1938 "peace resolution" which in retrospect was considered ungenuine.

 

[imported_iNGEN]

I'm the only one who picked Gods and Generals! What the ******? Are you people all nuts? Well, I guess not all of you. Schfifty Five, SVT Cobra, and mugs have a clue. The rest of you disappoint me.

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: Bumrush99
Saving Private Ryan. The story may have been cheesy but the battles left me shell shocked for a full day after watching it.

The story wasn't cheesy at all. In fact, the message the story gives was the most significant of any war movie ever made.

Yeah considering a similar event (4 brothers serving on a single ship that was destroyed), left parents with no kids, enacted one of the most important policies in WW2.

That's not the central message of the film.

It really surprises me that so many people miss it.

Never said it was the central message, I'm just saying thats what the movie was loosely based around..

But what is the central message oh wise one? :roll:

No need to roll your eyes. I'm not trying to act superior here.

The central message of SPR is that we are all Private Ryan. Ryan was just a euphemism for all of us. We all need to "earn this."

A message my WWII veteran father tried over and over to instill in his children. And it never quite sunk in until I watched this movie decades after he died.

QFT... flat out...

 

[BlancoNino]

The Deer Hunter made our soldiers look like a bunch of wimps and crybabies.

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: bobsmith1492
Why did so many people pick Black Hawk Down? That movie seemed like crap and there was no plot. ???

because it was an accurate depiction of the events of that day..
that movie is about 90% fact blow by blow of what happened.

the book was fantastic as well..

Cant beleive more people dont like We Were Soldiers..
that movie (and book) is also very close to how it happened that day.

in fact the real life chopper pilot depicted in this movie finally got his CMoH just last week..

 

[Noobtastic]

Tigerland and The Big Red One. (aren't listed)

You forgot The Pianist and Schindlers List as well.


Nice.

 

[Shadowknight]

Taps.

 

[moogen]

glad to see all of my favorites listed here
saving private ryan
the deer hunter
the great escape
bridge over the river kwai

another one of my favorites that wasn't listed, though, was lawrence of arabia. a truly beautiful film

 

[GooeyGUI]

Because there are so many movies missing here, I have compiled most of the list of 500+ titles that are 5/10 or better. I will continue to check this thread.

War/Weapons/Women...(project) Partial list given.

Originally posted by: SVT Cobra
Also I refuse to include Jarhead for overall SUCKINESS. Same with PH, which they made into a love story.

Sorry, on my list. (7.3 stars)

PH?

Originally posted by: darkswordsman17
What, no Pearl Harbor?

On my list.

Originally posted by: RyanSengara
I'm not sure if you should include this but..

The Hunt for Red October?

On my list.

Originally posted by: yankeesfan
Der Untergang! Add it to your poll.

Added to my list

Originally posted by: GarfieldtheCat
What about "Stalingrad" ? It's a movie that shows the experiences of a German squad stuck in Stalingrad. It's the "Das Boot" equivalent of the German army.

On my list.

Originally posted by: Jadow
Sands of Iwo Jima

On my list.

Originally posted by: ironwing
Kelly's Heroes
Francis in the Navy

KH is on my list.
Francis is added.

Originally posted by: BUTCH1
My favorite is "The enemy below"

On my list.

Originally posted by: Jadow
Sands of Iwo Jima

On my List

Originally posted by: EXman
Big Red One -Lee Marvin is the genre!

On my list.

Originally posted by: NoShangriLa
Ben Hur
Schindler's List

On my list.

Originally posted by: Balt
Force 10 from Navarone.

On my list.

Originally posted by: b0mbrman
Mine: Dr. Strangelove or, How...

Yep

Originally posted by: zylander
Crimson Tide
Behind Enemy Lines

On my list

Originally posted by: TehMac
No frickin Kingdom of Heaven or Troy??? :thumbsdown:
Or Gunga Dihn?

Yep, on my list.

Originally posted by: BoldAsLove
All Quiet on the Western Front FTW!! Add it to the poll damnit

On my list.

Originally posted by: Excelsior
I am really fond of Tae Guk Gi.

Added to list.

Originally posted by: BoomerD
In Harm's Way

On my list

Originally posted by: Ultralight
Twelve O'Clock High - veterans give it the most realistic rendition of their experiences in the air corp of WW2 )

The movie and series are both on my list.

Originally posted by: dennilfloss
I don't see my favourites in the list: Tunes Of Glory, Paths Of Glory, I Accuse (1958), Battle Of Britain, Fail-Safe, On The Beach, Hell's Angels.

Here's a good list of war movies.

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/Warfilm.html

Added Tunes Of Glory
Others on my list.
Thanks for the URL!

Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
You forgot to add "Stripes"

On my list

Originally posted by: Printer Bandit
300...THIS IS SPAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRTTAAAA.

"300" and "The 300 Spartans" are on my list.

Originally posted by: Mwilding

Originally posted by: BoldAsLove
All Quiet on the Western Front FTW!! Add it to the poll damnit

I hope you don't mean the Ernest Borgnine / johnboy Walton version!

Sorry, it's on my list.

Originally posted by: totalcommand
Where is Letters from Iwo Jima???

On my list.

Originally posted by: gsellis
Notably (by me) missing from the list "The Tuskegee Airmen", "PT 109".

Other movies you might like unless you have a very short attention span... "The Seven Samurai" Starring Toshiro Mufune (the tall rogue samurai). IMDB listing.

All on my list.

Originally posted by: amish
WTF, no 'devil's brigade'????

On my list

Originally posted by: sao123
where the hell is IRON EAGLE?

On my list.

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
I would vote "The Outlaw Josey Wales" as it is the greatest movie ever,
That said Taegukgi Hwinalrimyeo (Brotherhood of War), and Spartacus are also all among my favorites.

Added Outlaw Josie wales, and Taegukgi Hwinalrimyeo on my list
Have Sparticus (1960) and (2004)

Originally posted by: jlbenedict
The Patriot, and GI Jane are a few other good ones.

Have Patriot
Added G.I. Jane

Originally posted by: Kwaipie
Gallipoli

On my list.

Originally posted by: OsoVerde
Flags of Our Fathers

Added to my list

Originally posted by: Auric
Hep topic. Lame poll. Seriousry, there are too many good movies missing and several crap ones that aren't even in the running for best.

I happen to have a short list, a few of which have been mentioned by others but alas most of which are conspicuously AWOL.

Voting is unthinkable before at least these are added. Heck, throw in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly if a war settings is 'nuff (which apparently it is), and make it even more difficult to choose.

Bridge at Remagen, The
Great Raid, The
Lawrence of Arabia
Sand Pebbles, The
No Man's Land (BOS: Nicija zemlja, SLO: Nikogarsnja zemlja)
Waterloo (1970)
When Trumpets Fade
Young Lions, The


9th Company, The (RUS: 9-ya rota)
Beast, The (AKA: The Beast of War)
Bridge, The (GER: Die Brucke, 1959)
Cross of Iron
Dark Blue World (CZE: Tmavomodry svet)
Downfall (GER: Der Untergang)
Henry V (1989)
Hill, The (1965)
Johnny Got His Gun
Joyeux Noel
Kagemusha
Land and Freedom (1995)
Ran
Richard III (1995)
To End All Wars

Have:
Bridge at Remagen, The
Great Raid, The
Lawrence of Arabia
Sand Pebbles, The
No Man's Land (BOS: Nicija zemlja, SLO: Nikogarsnja zemlja)
Waterloo (1970)
When Trumpets Fade
Young Lions, The

Added all the others still showing there.
Great help here!

Originally posted by: Trianon
Good call on 9th company, not sure if they are available in English, but other good movies about Chechen war are Vojna(War), Blokpost(Blockpost), Chest' Imeyu.
Awesome battles in Fuurin Kazan(Samurai Banners), for those who like samurai movies.

Added Vojna
Holding off on the others because there is no english listed on imdb

Originally posted by: dennilfloss
Casualties Of War is also pretty good.

On my list

Originally posted by: Noobtastic
Tigerland , The Pianist (aren't listed)

Added Tigerland
Pianist on list.

Originally posted by: Shadowknight
Taps.

Added to list

 

[Linflas]

Some personal favorites of mine are Mr Roberts, The Caine Mutiny, and The Blue Max in addition to quite a few mentioned in the thread and in the poll.

 

[GooeyGUI]

Yes, Yes, yes

Seen them all and they're great.

All on my list of 500+ that I'm building. I don't want to post the complete list yet.


"Who ate the strawberries?"

:thumbsup:

 

[GooeyGUI]

Doh!

War and Peace (RUS: Voyna i mir) (1968)

There once was an original russian version, but it was something like 12 hours. The one here is 8 hrs long.

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0063794/

The battle scenes make this the most memorable for me... they used the russian army for thousands of extras. They had all the uniforms made too.

"War and Peace" by Tolstoy, is a book about Napolean invading Russia. It is interwined with a love story which was the dull part for me at 12 years old. That's the last time I saw it.

Thank your lucky stars for the pause button on this one.

 

[Mallow]

not many ppl know memphis bell but it was a great movie.

 

[eplebnista]

Where Eagles Dare

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: bearxor

Originally posted by: Fmr12B
I see now that no one on this baord watched any movies older than 2000 with all the votes for Saving Private Ryan, while good, the ones below are much better nad would implore people to expand their viewing to some older classics.

Apocalypse Now is a masterpiece.

Patton is also ridiculously good.

Apocalyspe Now got my vote.

I agree - think its sad that most of these people think SPR is the best movie ever. I love Patton, and it got my vote.

I wouldn't be as disgusted if things like AN, FMJ and Platoon were up there as they are also excellent movies but the old saying is true here, they just don't make 'em like they used to.

You committed a very common logical fallacy as you're comparing the best movies of two decades to the best movies of this year.

Saying "they don't make 'em like they used to" would warrant a comparison to war movies back to the late 80s and that means comparing your list to one that includes Saving Private Ryan, The Pianist, Der Untergang, Schindler's List, Glory, La Vita e Bella, etc.

 

[AStar617]

The original was good at 2.5hrs...

The director's cut was even better at 3.5 hrs...

But when it comes down to it there is only one true form...

Uncut Das Boot FTW--282 minutes of claustrophobic WWII U-Boat goodness. :beer:

 

[eplebnista]

Comedy:

No Time for Sergeants

 

[Phokus]

FMJ - because war is hell... that john wayne crap is ridiculous