List of the 25 best war movies of all time

[rudder]

Link

What do you think? Any great ones that were missed?

Not sure about the dirty dozen... good movie but not based on any actual events.

A couple of honorable mentions... The Bridges at Toko-Ri. An older film about the Korean war. The ending summed up the movie real well. (edited to leave out spoilers).

I also liked Strategic Air Command but it wasn't really a war movie but showed the sacrifice even in peacetime.

 

[Golgatha]

Full Metal Jacket

Platoon


That's a good start.

 

[glenn beck]

The Bridge On The River Kwai' is my favorite

 

[CallMeJoe]

How can they leave out Hamburger Hill?

edit: also no Red Badge of Courage or Sands of Iwo Jima...

 

[alkemyst]

no Spy Kids?

 

[Corbett]

Seriously, I cant believe Enemy At The Gates is not on that list!

 

[lokiju]

Saving Private Ryan followed by Full Metal Jacket is all the list needs IMO.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: Corbett
Seriously, I cant believe Enemy At The Gates is not on that list!

i was not impressed with it *shrug*
edit: also....none of you could have copied and pasted the list? slackers.

 

[thomsbrain]

That list covered it pretty well. Black Hawk Down was so bad I couldn't finish it, though. I've seen most of the rest and they are good movies.

 

[TwiceOver]

Umm Three Kings? What? Also where is "We Were Soldiers"?

 

[iamwiz82]

Three Kings was an excellent movie. i disagree with Glory, though.

 

[CallMeJoe]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Three Kings was an excellent movie. i disagree with Glory, though.

I would reverse your statement...

 

[Farang]

Glad to see Paths of Glory get some credit. that is my favorite movie that is too often overlooked

 

[MotF Bane]

We Were Soldiers.

 

[Pocatello]

I still remember the opening scene from Saving Private Ryan, WOW.

 

[imported_Imp]

Originally posted by: Corbett
Seriously, I cant believe Enemy At The Gates is not on that list!

I thought it was pretty crappy. If you had no idea what happened at Stalingrad, you'd think that the Russians lost the battle. Other than the snipers, at no time do the Russian regulars win any battle, they just get raped/mowed down over and over and over again. Ya, they lost a lot more people than the Germans, but they did win eventually.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

That is a VERY good list. Maybe Midway and The Guns of Navarone deserve a spot, but it's hard to choose any of the films on the list to be replaced.

 

[SmoochyTX]

I love Tora! Tora! Tora! and have watched it too many times to count. I think it deserves to be higher on that list.

 

[alkemyst]

Inglourious Basterds maybe a good one.

 

[novasatori]

Originally posted by: TwiceOver
Umm Three Kings? What? Also where is "We Were Soldiers"?

I agree

I liked three kings, and thought it was good, but not really worth of a war movie list, and where the hell is we were soldiers

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: thomsbrain
That list covered it pretty well. Black Hawk Down was so bad I couldn't finish it, though. I've seen most of the rest and they are good movies.

what was so bad about Black Hawk Down? i thought it was excellent

 

[alchemize]

Band of Brothers. Not technically a movie, but THE best of all time.

 

[Kwatt]

I could stand to change out "Black Hawk Down" fot

"The Big Red 1"

..

 

[JDawg1536]

Three Kings and no Zulu? That's a crime.

 

[miketheidiot]

Originally posted by: JDawg1536
Three Kings and no Zulu? That's a crime.

i think its limited to modern war