Favorite war movie

[Arrowstormen]

Couldn't get through Band of Brothers, it had all the peeves I have about American WW2 movies in spades.

[Deletedaccount1]

The Hurt Locker

[Xelagn]

Cross of Iron.
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0074695/

[Kronik85]

A Bridge Too Far should win based on cast alone.
Like seriously http://gb.imdb.com/title/tt0075784/

However as every Englishman instinctively knows, the actual answer is The Great Escape.
http://gb.imdb.com/title/tt0057115/?ref_=nv_sr_1

[Mjolnir84]

Saving Private Ryan, Hurt Locker, Gettysburg

Also a little-known movie from the '80s called The Beast. Difficult to find but an incredible film.

[draynay]

A Bridge Too Far should win based on cast alone.
Like seriously http://gb.imdb.com/title/tt0075784/

I am a big fan of that movie and it has a great cast, but The Longest Day stands alone IMHO
http://gb.imdb.com/title/tt0056197/f...=tt_cl_sm#cast

[akaTheDude]

Not a true war movie but Top Gun and then it would have to be either Full Metal Jacket or Saving Private Ryan

[Alvito]

Band of Brothers, it is a mini series, but it is my top pick. We Were Soldiers is great even with Mel Gibson taking it down a notch.

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Also a little-known movie from the '80s called The Beast. Difficult to find but an incredible film.

So little known that IMDB doesn't even pull it up. Unless you meant http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094716/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_5

[Revik]

Forgot to mention 2 other:
Galipoli
Glory

[rock4ever]

I dont have 1 fave but a bunch I really like

Saving Private Ryan
Apocalypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
Paths of Glory
Heartbreak Ridge
Letters from Iwo Jima
Valkyrie
Braveheart
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Crimson Tide

[Mjolnir84]

So little known that IMDB doesn't even pull it up. Unless you meant http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094716/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_5

Aye that's the one. Saw it years ago in college during a film class. Never knew the full title was "The Beast of War," and according to IMDB:

When the film was made at Columbia, David Puttnam was head of the studio. By the time the film was released, Puttnam was out and 'Dawn Steel (I)' was head of the studio. As a result, the film was released in a small number of theaters under the title "The Beast".

Apparently Hollywood tried to push it down due to fear that it would reignite some Cold War tensions due to the sympathetic view of the Mujahadeen that the film took.

[Altrec]

The Dirty Dozen and The Guns of Navarone are good cones as well.

[Faesroll]

the deer hunter and full metal jacket are good too

[Deleted]

Jarhead with Jake Gyllenhall

and War in the Stars with Chewbaker

[Alvito]

Aye that's the one. Saw it years ago in college during a film class. Never knew the full title was "The Beast of War," and according to IMDB:



Apparently Hollywood tried to push it down due to fear that it would reignite some Cold War tensions due to the sympathetic view of the Mujahadeen that the film took.

Yet we still get the pile of shit that is Rambo 3.

[lonely zergling]

Liveleak footage of the war in syria.

<- my avatars expression = my face when they bomb /shoot the terrorists.

[Kronik85]

I am a big fan of that movie and it has a great cast, but The Longest Day stands alone IMHO
http://gb.imdb.com/title/tt0056197/f...=tt_cl_sm#cast

Never seen it but will have to find a copy and watch with me Gdad, he will go mental for that cast. Thanks!

[hellhamster]

Top 40 off the top of my head:

1. Paths of Glory
2. Dr. Strangelove
3. Das Boot
4. Come and See
5. Threads
6. The Deer Hunter
7. Ran
8. Casablanca
9. The Great Escape
10. Lawrence of Arabia
11. Apocalypse Now
12. Papillon
13. Life is Beautiful
14. A Bridge Too Far
15. The Pianist
16. Cross of Iron
17. Battleship Potemkin
18. The Ascent
19. Downfall
20. All Quiet on the Western Front
21. The Battle of Algiers
22. The Bridge on the River Kwai
23. Full Metal Jacket
24. Gettysburg
25. The Guns of Navarone
26. Braveheart
27. Stalingrad
28. Zulu
29. The War Game
30. Where Eagles Dare
31. Empire of the Sun
32. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
33. Soldier of Orange
34. Patton
35. Underground
36. Glory
37. Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
38. Letters from Iwo Jima
39. Red Cliff
40. 300

TL;DR: you can't have too many favorite war movies.

[TITAN308]

The Last Samurai.

Yea it has Tom Cruise. Yea I don't care.

Great movie.

[Demoncrash]

Grave of the Fireflies