That's a list of some really great movies. Question is, what's a "war movie"? I love
Stalag 17, it's one of my all-time faves, but it's not what I consider to be a "war movie", it's a "POW movie", as are
Bridge On the River Kwai (another favorite) and
The Great Escape (yet another). To me, a "war movie" is about
war, meaning battle scenes and the prosecution of war. Given my arguably overly narrow definition of "war movie", it's gotta be
Saving Private Ryan, altho I put the second half of
Full Metal Jacket right up there. To me, FMJ, which I have seen many, many times, is two movies -- the first (and better) half is a "boot camp movie", the second half a "war movie". That bathroom scene is harrowing every time I see it, even tho I know what's coming. Another war movie I'd put right at the top is
A Walk In the Sun, a '40s film starring Dana Andrews. Still one of the best war movies I've ever seen. Where do you pigeonhole
The Deer Hunter? So harrowing, I can't watch it again. I saw it during it's initial release in Manhattan, and when the audience left the theatre there was a total hush, no one spoke a word, none of the usual, "how'd you like it?" kind of stuff. Total silence. And, finally,
Das Boot. I love submarine movies, and
Das Boot is the gold standard of submarine movies.
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The Bridge On The River Kwai --- all time favorite
Midway
Patton
Guns of Navarone
The great escape
Battle of the bulge
Band of Brothers - mini series
The Pacific - mini series
We were soldiers
Tora tora tora
Run silent, run deep
The longest day
Objective Burma
MacArthur
Sands of Iwo Jima
Deerhunter
Saving Private Ryan
Twelve O'clock High
The eagle has landed
men of honor - not really a war movie
U-571
Das Boot
Full Metal Jacket
Stalag 17
ENEMY AT THE GATES
behind enemy lines
missing in action
a bridge too far
Is Paris Burning? - the book is MUCH better than the movie
Please don't ask about books. I don't have that kinda time.
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