Best War Film

[Phoenix2005]

Right folks, what are your favorite war films of all time. Mine personally are Platoon, Saving Private Ryan and Bridge Over the River Kwai.;)

[joette]

GI jane....so dont laugh..its only a movie..she did beat the shit outta that guy with her hands tied behind her back..mmmm??haha
Bridge over River Kwai was really good!

[33Lilacs]

Empire of the Sun (from 1987)

and I almost forgot!!

The Last of the Mohicans (from 1992)

[joette]

How about the great escape it is a classic.. loved that one..
with Charles Bronson

[Phoenix2005]

Of course Empire of the Sun is a classic. A story of survival against all odds.

[33Lilacs]

I'm just about to watch Saving Private Ryan - never seen it!
Since everyone on here and everywhere else has acclaimed it to be the best war film ever, I thought I really should see it...

Will log off now, before someone tells me how it ends... ;)

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Well, now that I've seen it all I can say is - it's a keeper.

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[hannibal]

The Last of the Mohicans (from 1992)
I CANNOT BELIEVE!!!!!!!!! tHIS IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVOURITES!!! I'M PASSIONATE RESEARCHER OF THE FRENCH-INDIAN WARS IN NORTH AMERICA EVER SINCE I HAVE SEEN THIS MOVIE IN THE CINEMA IN 1992!!! I am just reading Rene Chartrand's book about French fortresses in North America. I didn't mention General Montcalm in vain in one of my previous posts on this forum...:D

I like movies which are put in 17th and 18th century. John Malkovich is just a perfect person for such roles like in Dangerous Liaisons, where he played with Glenn Close.

[flash010]

zulu, platoon,battel of the bulge....(martin shaw singing the kapi blank, )m.a.s.h, run silent run deep, all quite on the westeren front, and custers last stand (nice to see then cotten pickin injins win one haha )any naim film appocolips now was a bit much for me but had good bits in it,any war film with the duke or audi murffy, none with ronnie ray..gun he was a poor actor in my opinion lol:D

[Bram]

Warriors, about the British army in Bonsia. And yes, Last of the Mohicans sure is a good one too. 84 Charlie Mopic, about Vietnam

[Martin Scott]

All quite on the Westen Front. Saving Private Ryan. Cross of Iron.
The Great Escape,(especially Steve Mc Queen on the motorbike).

[BobW]

Bonjour Phoenix,

I've been to the Bridge. The center span was bombed out but the original side sections were still present. The Brits mantain a War Memorial Cemetery next to the bridge. Can't spell the name. Visiting this cemetery is what got me to adopt one of my life's "callings"; checking on cemeteries and memorial monuments to war dead.

Other good war movies:

"Z" re the Greek colonels
Algers
Exodus
Tora, Tora,Tora
Death Before Dishonor
M*A*S*H (Major Margaret Houlihan [Loretta Swit] can get excused from my duty roster any time she just asks - or moves the eyebrows.)

Saluations,
BobW

[BobW]

Bonjour Hannibal,

One of America's military heros is Robert Rogers of Rogers Rangers fame. He led a commando unit during the French and Indian Wars. History says he made daring raids on French settlements from 1758-1763. Although he was a loyalist, history is not a big theme in American culture so this doesn't matter.

This very difficult era of US history got my attention when I was reading up on the US revolution. Twelve of General Washington's generals were veterans of the French and Indian Wars. Although British General Gage had better forces at the start, the neglect of the American experience in the French and Indian Wars was a mistake.

As an aside, the poem by US poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow "Evangeline" uses as historical background the deportation of several thousand Acadians from Nova Scotia (Canada) in 1755. This event was one of the beginnings of the French and Indian Wars.

Saluations,
Bob

[hannibal]

My favourite films on war thematic (although I don't watch many) :
- Iron Cross (good pick) with James Coburn
- Taalvisota and another Finnish war movie whose title slipped off my mind, but it is abotu a small Finnish bicycle recon unit behind Soviet line. The commander just finds out that his girlfriend was killed in ambush...
- Warriors with Ioan Gruffudd (one of the most realistic films about the war in Bosnia - one of the films that will probably never be broadcasted on Croatian TV, hehe...). I like that scene when the Serbs are checking the passports and the Serbs says with original despise "Neka Poljak spasava Turcine" or something like that referring to Sergeant Sochanik who was of Polish ancestry... hehehe... And the he spits in the ground... Now that was original!!! hehehe :D
- Last of the Mohicans - I am really amazed that I have found here some guys and girls who are also fond of this movie. I was starting to think I am the only person on this planet who liked it... I wish they would one day make a film about the Siege of Quebec, the Battle on the Abraham Plains or even better about the Braddock's Defeat at Fort Duquesne. Now that would be a movie about a real 18th century ambush. George Washington was also jerking around with BOb W's mentioned General Gage (at that time Lt.Col).
and of course I am expecting now Clint Eastwoods two part film about Iwo Jima, from Us and Japanese perspective.

But generally one of the best movies I have seen in the last couple of years was Mel Gibson's "Passion of Christ". he definately moved the movie standards into new level... To make a movie in original languages spoken back then like Arhaic Arameic which is spoken by only about 4000 people today and Latin it was a special pleasure especially for me as I learned latin for about three years and it was a very emotional moment hearing Latin being spoken alive and that in old Roman Latin which was a bit different than the Latin we know today.

[flash010]

Bonjour Phoenix,

I've been to the Bridge. The center span was bombed out but the original side sections were still present. The Brits mantain a War Memorial Cemetery next to the bridge. Can't spell the name. Visiting this cemetery is what got me to adopt one of my life's "callings"; checking on cemeteries and memorial monuments to war dead.

Other good war movies:

"Z" re the Greek colonels
Algers
Exodus
Tora, Tora,Tora
Death Before Dishonor
M*A*S*H (Major Margaret Houlihan [Loretta Swit] can get excused from my duty roster any time she just asks - or moves the eyebrows.)

Saluations,
BobWaah bob you got the hottes for hot lips eh lol :D

[Syd Moore]

Full metal jacket was a beezer! I had the audio cassette of the sound track to the movie. I used to play it on my walkman when I was out in Guyane and drinking taff it really f**ked my head up.Certainly the best war or anti-war film ever made was All quiet on the western front based on E.M.Remarque's book."These boots were made for walking"

[Greedic]

Stalingrad.
Also enjoyed Band of Brothers though it's more a serie then a movie.

[Nicodemus]

Few came to my mind... Full Metal Jacket, Last of the Mohicans, Saving Private Ryan, Platoon, Talvisota/Winter War (FIN), Tuntematon Sotilas/Unknown Soldier (FIN) and many more.

Tuntematon Sotilas at a movie database:
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[Greedic]

True, each chapter feel like a movie itself. The extra DVD with the members of Easy company re-telling the stories and the 10 chapter are well worth the money.

[Cpl K]

Like most of you.

Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now..

Also Hamburger Hill.

A new one thats quite good

LORD OF WAR (Nicholas Cage, Ethan Hawke, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynahan, Ian Holm)

The film's opening sequence tracks the path of a bullet, from its manufacture in Russia; sales and distribution to armed militants; to its final resting place: the skull of a young African child. Also possibly a metaphor for out lead protagonist's character - Purveyor of wanton death and destruction, or salesman without conscience??

Cage plays bored Ukrainian (parading as a Jew..) Yuri Orlov in New York’s Little Odessa, with his quirky hard-working parents, and subtly more disillusioned sibling Vitaly [Leto]. He realises there must be more to life, and he knows he’s destined for greater things.. On encountering a murder, he realises it’s the instrument of all things morbid - guns, and ammunition that are his calling. He begins to trade AK-47’s and Kalashnikoff’s as if he were swapping Pokemon cards in a school playground. Soon enough he reaches unfathomable heights (a-la-Scarface) and has links with practically every despot, tyrant, dictator and head of defence in the known, and yet to be discovered world.

As Orlov matures he slowly comes to terms with the lunacy, and insane state of affairs regards arms trading, its repercussions, and the torrid characters he has to deal with. Yet after a point it seems to have got the better of him. Added to this he has Interpol agent Jack Valentine [Hawke] and sinister arms extraordinaire Simeon Weisz [Holm] trying to light a fire up his... Though trading on the lives of others in the deadliest of war zones, his conscience finds a balance.. of sorts.. and works with it. But when it begins to impact on wife [Moynahan] and brother, his inner crisis manifests itself with harrowing results.

Coming from the writer of the measured and utterly brilliant Gattaca, and clever (and a tad melodramatic) Truman Show, Lord of War is a well structured fable, given the Niccol treatment. He’s previously ripped apart celebrity, vanity and bureaucracy, and here again he seems to be highlighting a pessimism for the future, with grey-tinted view on society as we know it. This being a true story, he is simply stating facts. A blitzkrieg of them, as Cage in charismatic voiceover tells us anything and everything there is to know about Uzi’s and MI-16’s... It’s fully-loaded with an encyclopaedic fact file on ammunition utilised on everything from the Crimean War to present day African dictators. If only Mastermind was still running.

Performance-wise Cage is superlative as dis-affected salesman Orlov. His myriad personality (those insane nervous twitches, and his impervious rancid gaze) make us believe in his character. It isn’t thankfully another Nick Cage painting by the numbers action humdinger. On the contrary it does have ‘added intelligence’, and we do feel an empathy for our morally ambiguous warlord. Hawke is wasted, Holm is scary, and Leto is getting increasingly typecast as a wayward junkie. Time to change agent methinks.

Lord of War is an intelligent slice of history on little know post cold-war dealings. It asks a lot of questions, points even more fingers, and gives a small insight into how $32 Billion disappeared - seemingly without trace. It’s far from predictable in its approach, and the end result is satisfying yet quite frankly.. ambiguous on a number of levels. A dark satire on the world of warfare, it's thought-provoking without actually taking sides. It quite simply states: Ammunition, Defence, Guns - You decide.

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[joette]

The Pianist
Adrien Brody
A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.

[Nicodemus]

Didn't wanna make a too long list, but forgot this one and have to be mentioned.... Apocalypse Now!

[Terry]

WE WERE SOLDIERS-it seems hollywood got in RIGHT-2d favorite HAMBURGER HILL

[flash010]

the best war seris was tour of duty cool tunes to :)

[DOOMSDAYDEXTER]

Das Boot
Apocalypse Now
The Thin Red Line
Where Eagles Dare
The Eagle has Landed

Lord of War - the only unsatisfying bit in the film is where his totally superficial model/whore trophy wife suddenly develops a sense of morality and rats on him to the authorities. I think not.

The last two in my list just for rollocking boys own commando action adventure and bravado performances by Burton & Caine. Nothing much to do with reality, but fine steely soldier character portrayals.

Regards

[flash010]

breave hart ya sasanchs, and the one with john wayn as a german skipper on a stem boat getting chased by the royal navy, allso the graff spey was a good one,and up periscope god there are ton,s of good ones :cool:

[33Lilacs]

- Last of the Mohicans - I am really amazed that I have found here some guys and girls who are also fond of this movie. I was starting to think I am the only person on this planet who liked it... I wish they would one day make a film about the Siege of Quebec, the Battle on the Abraham Plains or even better about the Braddock's Defeat at Fort Duquesne. Now that would be a movie about a real 18th century ambush.

I remember at least one tv series made on the Siege of Quebec, obviously in French, and since I am over the hill and senile I can't remember what it was called, or when I saw it. I think I was still living in France so around 93-94 maybe?
I remember really liking that series... it's annoying me now that I can't seem to remember more about it.

I'm sure in Quebec they will have made loads of films and tv series about their history, but it would of course not make it out to the wider public in the rest of the world, possibly to France though. Sorry I can't help more.

[hannibal]

Lord of War - the only unsatisfying bit in the film is where his totally superficial model/whore trophy wife suddenly develops a sense of morality and rats on him to the authorities. I think not.
DOOMSDAYDEXTER: I think she took the clothes and jewelry when she left him. But I know what you mean. Fake morality.


Das Boot
Apocalypse Now
The Thin Red Line
Where Eagles Dare
The Eagle has Landed

Some good picks you ahve here. I especially like Das Boot with Jürgen Prochnow. Also liked very much Paul Higgin's "The Eagle Has Landed" with Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Larry Hagman and Donald Sutherland. It was very original ide to drop them disguised as Free Polish paratroopers.

Never fully understood Apocalypse Now. The movie made sense to me until the point when good Robert Duvall stormed that Vietcong village with his air cavalry. Then it got blurted... I don't know...


WE WERE SOLDIERS-it seems hollywood got in RIGHT
Good pick. Like it very much. Mel Gibson at his best. :) There was also a scene about Foreign Legion at the start of the movie "I hate this ****in country", remember Terry? Then a bullet strait to his head.



I remember at least one tv series made on the Siege of Quebec, obviously in French, and since I am over the hill and senile I can't remember what it was called, or when I saw it. I think I was still living in France so around 93-94 maybe?
I remember really liking that series... it's annoying me now that I can't seem to remember more about it.

Let me know if you remember. Sounds like a good TV serie. I have also heard about The Conquest of America (four parts) . Anyone seen this TV serie on any of the American channels?

[joette]

I remember at least one tv series made on the Siege of Quebec, obviously in French, and since I am over the hill and senile I can't remember what it was called, or when I saw it. I think I was still living in France so around 93-94 maybe?
I remember really liking that series... it's annoying me now that I can't seem to remember more about it.

I'm sure in Quebec they will have made loads of films and tv series about their history, but it would of course not make it out to the wider public in the rest of the world, possibly to France though. Sorry I can't help more.

Haha over the hill and senile..hell you dont know over the hill yet dear..wait till ya get my age..hehe

[33Lilacs]

Does "Dances with Wolves" count as a war film?

I'm pretty sure the following film doesn't really count, but I LOVE that film - especially John Malkovich's character... :p - so I have to mention it... I don't particularly care for sleazy DiCaprio, but he's done well as an actor for once:

The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)

[33Lilacs]

Haha over the hill and senile..hell you dont know over the hill yet dear..wait till ya get my age..hehe

I made you laugh! That's the main thing... ;)

[joette]

Does "Dances with Wolves" count as a war film?

I'm pretty sure the following film doesn't really count, but I LOVE that film - especially John Malkovich's character... :p - so I have to mention it... I don't particularly care for sleazy DiCaprio, but he's done well as an actor in this film:

The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
It could be..an american indian war....sleazy dicaprio?.haha.yum yum!

[33Lilacs]

I wish they would one day make a film about the Siege of Quebec, the Battle on the Abraham Plains or even better about the Braddock's Defeat at Fort Duquesne. Now that would be a movie about a real 18th century ambush.

Hannibal... have you actually tried Google for these battles etc. It took me no time to find loads of links to films made about them... in English even...

There's also a Mohican forum out there - do you know about it? They discuss very interesting topics!

[Greedic]

Saw someone mentioned das Boot :) A masterpiece, and the book does not spoil the movie as they usually do. However it gives me some annoying memories though after having sonar-krechnek playing it back and forward to find any kind of propeller-sound-movie-errors...
A little long, the directors cut, but when watching it by yourself with a couple of beers....

[flash010]

yea i remember it was called u. boat hear was good :)

[Terry]

You are a TRUE scholar on the history of the Legion. In the opening sequence of We Were Soldiers it does show the scene you memtiomed. Correct me if I'm wrong. Wasn't that DEPICTING THE DESTRUCTION OF G.M.
100, the French unit that fought along side the US in Korea?

If So, in reality the FFL, the individual depicted by being shot in the throat, would NOT of been involved in this battle. That the unit depicted was a regular French mech init.

A few years ago saw an interview with films director and he says in that scence HIS son portrayed the legionnaire shot.

GREAT film-shows the TRUE of intensity of the battle of Ia Drang Valley-the LZ X-ray battle. Don't forget about the LZ Albany battle that follows a few days later.

[Nickfury]

This is a repost of a post I made earlier this year. I can't add much more since all my favorite war films have been named I think. Band of Brothers being just about my all time favorite now. Did anyone mention Stalingrad?
I like the fight scenes in "BraveHeart".
ONe of the best Anti War films of all time was "Gallipoli" with Mel Gibson...

Nick

"Indochina War Films

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Hi Gentlemen,

I haven't seen Director, Pierre Schoendoerffer's film "Dien Bien Phu"(1991).
(Schoendoerffer is a former combat cameraman and veteran of Dien Bien Phu, and author of several books I believe).

But did see a much earlier film of his called "La 317ème section", It is one of the best war films I have seen that deals with gurrilla type warfare, ambushes and small engagements. Set In cambodia near the end of the Indochina war. Centers on a young "gung ho" French Lieutenant fresh from St. Cyr and his Sergeant, a former Wehrmacht soldier who fought on the Eastern Front during World War 2 (had been from Alsace and was conscripted by the Germans).

The way it is filmed is almost like a documentary and being in black and white adds to this feel. Very "real" feeling.
I highly recommend this film.

Here is a site with more films set in Indochina:
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Here is a related site with books on the Indochina war:
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Enjoy!
-Nick

[hannibal]

Hannibal... have you actually tried Google for these battles etc. It took me no time to find loads of links to films made about them... in English even... There's also a Mohican forum out there - do you know about it? They discuss very interesting topics!
I am not interested in the books (I have read most of them), but I am interested din that Canadian TV serie about the Siege of Quebec. Never heard for it. There was a good forum about the French-Indian Wars, but unfortunately it passed away some years ago as the moderator passed away.


I'm pretty sure the following film doesn't really count, but I LOVE that film - especially John Malkovich's character... - so I have to mention it... I don't particularly care for sleazy DiCaprio, but he's done well as an actor in this film:
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
Yes, I remember that one. Jeremy Irons and John Malkovich, the rest were crap. I recommend the earlier version of The Man in the Iron Mask played by Richard Chamberlain. I also like his SHOGUN. Was lucky to obtain it some months ago on a DVD. he also played superbly in Monte Cristo.


You are a TRUE scholar on the history of the Legion. In the opening sequence of We Were Soldiers it does show the scene you memtiomed. Correct me if I'm wrong. Wasn't that DEPICTING THE DESTRUCTION OF G.M.
100, the French unit that fought along side the US in Korea?
:D Yep, that is correct. Colonel Barrou's Column. Just checking if you knew, hehe... :D


If So, in reality the FFL, the individual depicted by being shot in the throat, would NOT of been involved in this battle. That the unit depicted was a regular French mech init.
Again correct.
Here is detailed link with detailed description of the operation (only in French, but with OOB). It happened at Ankhe.
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GREAT film-shows the TRUE of intensity of the battle of Ia Drang Valley-the LZ X-ray battle. Don't forget about the LZ Albany battle that follows a few days later.
Yes, I was also impressed by the movie. Not much of that "John Wayne" crap. Mel Gibson also did fine. The role kinda suited him very well.


I haven't seen Director, Pierre Schoendoerffer's film "Dien Bien Phu"(1991).(Schoendoerffer is a former combat cameraman and veteran of Dien Bien Phu, and author of several books I believe).
Has anyone already seen it? One of the last film roles of Donald Pleasance, I believe...

[Nicodemus]

One more... Black Hawk Down...

[Martin Scott]

Das Boot. Good film the greatest laxitive is being in a U Boat and being depth charged.
Platoon. The frist casualty of war is youth,.
Full Metal Jacket. The beasting the recruits got to turn them into Marines.
(From now on your names Private Pile do you like that name. your so ugly you could be a modern art masterpiece.)
Band of Brothers. Shows how relationships develop between soldiers.
Whisperers about the indians in the Pacific being used as Radio operators to
confuse the Japanese.

[peio2]

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

[Peter Lyderik]

The Seven Samurai, Aleksander Nevsky and Acopolypse Now are great war movies.

Dien Bien Phu by Schoendoerffer is a very boring film. Don't know what he was thinking about. What a waste.

[33Lilacs]

I am not interested in the books (I have read most of them), but I am interested din that Canadian TV serie about the Siege of Quebec. Never heard for it. There was a good forum about the French-Indian Wars, but unfortunately it passed away some years ago as the moderator passed away.

Hannibal... <sigh>... re-read my post. I clearly said films, not books (slow down when you read!)... and the forum I mentioned is alive and kicking...

[hannibal]

Dien Bien Phu by Schoendoerffer is a very boring film. Don't know what he was thinking about. What a waste.
How come? What's wrong??? :confused:


Hannibal... <sigh>... re-read my post. I clearly said films, not books (slow down when you read!)... and the forum I mentioned is alive and kicking...

No need to be impatient. I know very well what you wrote, but I didn't find any Tv films or series about the Siege of Quebec nor about any other battles from the French-Indian Wars in North America during the Seven Years War. I have also checked the IMDB Database [[Only registered and activated users can see links]] and the only film about Quebec 1759 is a silent movie taken in 1914! To the best of my knowledge the following TV films are touching the subject of the French-Indian Wars in North America: "The Last of the Mohicans", "Patriot", "The Broken Chain" (with Pierce Brosnan) and the "Pathfinder" (-> [Only registered and activated users can see links]). I have seen them all. If you are by any chance referring to this this ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) is not a film but a book by Mr. C.P. and Mr. Stacey. It is the best book I have read about the Siege of Quebec.

To summarize to be honest I couldn't find any evidence on the net about any TV serie about the Siege of Quebec, so I was hoping you could help me to find it by giving me some more details (even the names of actors can be helpful). All what I could find is a TV documentary and some reenactement groups that deal with French-Indian Wars. But that's not a TV serie.

Some useful links fior those who are not well aquinted with the French-Indian Wars::
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URL: [Only registered and activated users can see links] (Excellent article by Mr. Rene Chartrand about the Fall of Fort Frontenac)

[33Lilacs]

Hannibal... I only get annoyed with you because I know you have a brain. And that's a compliment, so don't you dare misunderstand me. ;)

Have you heard of "When The Forest Ran Red"? It's more of a documentary than just a 'film', but since you're so interested, perhaps this will please you all the same?
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I'm afraid the TV series was a long time ago... my memory isn't what it used to be... can't help you more there... a tip would be to search in French instead of English though.

[dietrying]

Call me sappy, but I loved Mel Gibson in Braveheart. Mostly I just like to see the brits get a whallop ;)

[joette]

Call me sappy, but I loved Mel Gibson in Braveheart. Mostly I just like to see the brits get a whallop ;)
I loved that movie also..:)

[Wolfgang]

Objective Burma (Errol Flynn) old WWII film but very good. Good jungle warfare film.
Deer Hunter w/Robert DeNiro/Christopher Walken/Meryl Streep.
I can't remember the name but there was a good (almost current, last couple of years) movie about German & American snipers stalking each other in a bombed out city. My old himers is kicking in and I don't remember the name.
I'm sure someone on this board knows the name.

[joette]

Here is alink on some of the best earlier..war and anti war films..

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[Aolain]

Best war films?

Talvisota (The Winter War) Finnish, the best war film of all time (IMO).

Breaker Morant (Australian)

Stalingrad (German)

Downfall (German)

As an American, I can say that American war films are, generally speaking, *&^%%.

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[kriegohnehass]

Of course we're all familiar w/ Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, a true war classic--one of my faves. I'd also like to nominate Kubrick's earlier classic, Paths of Glory, a great film starring Kirk Douglas about the carnage of WWI and the venality and insousciance of the French Generals determined to fight the Great War, regardless of human cost. Also, Kubrick's masterful satire of military commanders and politcians during the Cold War, Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, should be included on any "great war movie" list. Although this film is satirical & hypothetical, the film's premise was truly relevant for its time; moreover, the acting is truly brilliant--Peter Sellers gives a tour de force performance as an indecisive US President, an inneffectual British executive officer, and the hilarious, slightly mad Dr. Strangelove, who has some odd plans for a post-nuclear apocalypse. 'Nuff said.

[Terry]

Here is a war flick during the French Indochina War that shows the beauty of Vietnam during that era.

INDOCHINE

[Beau-Sheep]

Zulu!

"did you know, a zulu warrior and run all day on a bowl of rice and stand and fight a battle"

(in a heavy welsh accent)

"well theres daft for u boyo... fancy running to a battle"

[Martin Scott]

Michael Caine (in a posh mock sandhurst accent). I say come on that cannot be it can it. Also enjoyed when the guys Started singing Men of Harlec sorry if i GOT THE SPELLING WRONG. You think the Legion can sing,wait till youve heard the Welsh.
No wonder the Sheep are bloody frightened.,
P.s. I forgot a film In Which we Serve and the Battle of Britain notfor the acting but the music.

[hannibal]

I also liked "The Lost Battalion", about US battalion that got almost annihilated in the Argonne Forest shortly before the end of the war 1918. There are not many good films about the Great War these days.

[Martin Scott]

Although its from the German viewpoint I still think one of the greatest films about warfare is All Quite On the Western Front.
On the BBC there was a programme about the Great War called The Trench
about a pals Battalion in Halifax West yorkshire,it was more a reality programme but was very interesting none the less.

[Peter Lyderik]

Hannibal

Don't know if you have seen Dien Bien Phu, but half of the film takes place in Hanoi, and those scenes are about betting when DBP will fall and the preparations for a violin concert.

The battle itself is boring as hell. An example. Legion paratroopers have to fight their way back to their own lines, getting ready to do or die, in books about DBP it is exiting stuff. In the film you see them getting ready, when they are moving out you see their boots in the mud, on the sound track a lot of bang bang. Next scene, you see those who made it coming through the smoke/fog, and thats it. It is like that through the whole film, when it comes to the battle, no action what so ever.

And there is nothing about the noth african troops or anything about the french officers who ran the show. It is not a film about the battle of DBP, but some impressions of the battle, in my opinion.

[Martin Scott]

Peter I agree with you the films crap.

[Eagle eye]

...and my name's sake for what it's worth...

...Watch and memorise the monologue by Richard Burton/Major Smith in mid-film as he wrenches the lists of spies and collaborateurs in the midst of British intelligence....

[DOOMSDAYDEXTER]

Broadsword calling Danny Boy. Broadsword calling Danny Boy. Over.:D

[BobW]

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Bonjour Hannibal,

The above links to an article titled "Plains of Abraham letters up for auction". It's dated 12 Dec 05.

I'm sure this will prove of interest to you.

Saluations,
BobW

[Eagle eye]

Broadsword calling Danny Boy. Broadsword calling Danny Boy. Over.:D:) C-L-A-S-S-I-C line:)...Major Smith: "Hanna, Meet Maria Shenck....she's one of our best agents....and what a disguise..." (a very low cleavage)....

[hannibal]

Don't know if you have seen Dien Bien Phu, but half of the film takes place in Hanoi, and those scenes are about betting when DBP will fall and the preparations for a violin concert.
No, I didn't see the movie. Thanks for review. I am about to search for it, but now I won't waste my time. This are the types of movies I hate most. promising titles but shallow "Inhalt". :mad:


Bonjour Hannibal, The above links to an article titled "Plains of Abraham letters up for auction". It's dated 12 Dec 05. I'm sure this will prove of interest to you.
Thank you Bob. But more than this link I was fond of this one (sub-link):

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This seems to be the TV serie Lilacs was talking about. :)

[Stoeng]

"317 Section" best war film ever made.

[Syd Moore]

Objective Burma (Errol Flynn) old WWII film but very good. Good jungle warfare film.
Deer Hunter w/Robert DeNiro/Christopher Walken/Meryl Streep.
I can't remember the name but there was a good (almost current, last couple of years) movie about German & American snipers stalking each other in a bombed out city. My old himers is kicking in and I don't remember the name.
I'm sure someone on this board knows the name.
Are you sure it wasn't german and russian snipers?If so it sounnds like Enemy at the gates.It's about the siege of Stalingrad and is indeed a dam fine show and it is also based on a true story.

[hannibal]

Are you sure it wasn't german and russian snipers?If so it sounnds like Enemy at the gates.It's about the siege of Stalingrad and is indeed a dam fine show and it is also based on a true story.
Not really - Major Koenig is a fictional character. But Vassili Zaitsev existed and he was one of the most successfull snipers in Stalingrad.


"317 Section" best war film ever made.
Anyone any idea where I could get this "317eme Section"? I have never seen it before. They say that most realistic war movies are made in the time of war. If you look at some of the old movies from 1940s, made during the course of the war, you can see that some of them are really very good like already mentioned "Objective Burma" with Errol Flynn.

I personally am eagerly waiting to see Clint's new work(s) about Iwo Jima, especially the second volume made from the Japanese perspective. I think this was a very good idea by him and his crew. My props to him.

Also good is Memphis Belle and of course the Raid (2005), about US attack on cabanatuan POW camp. Anyone seen this one? I wholeheartedly recommend. It is 90% based on true facts. Checked the book. :D

[stuart811]

A Bridge too far - Don't think anyones mentioned that one! Really good action scenes and top quality acting, it's a who's who of actors. Enjoyed the bit where a brummie and a taff have to use a flamethrower on a german bunker on Arnhem bridge and they miss and hit an ammo dump :P

The World at War Series - Absoloutely fantastic series running through the events of WW2, with interviewies; Albert Speer, Adolph Galant, Bomber Harris to name just a few. Beautifully narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier. I know this isn't a film per se, but still excellent none the less.

[Martin Scott]

Remember the line when a German Officer says "We would like to offer terms for your surrender"
Anthony Hopkins whos the para officer Says " Im sorry we dont have the facilites for your surrender"

[CARLOS SANON]

pretty village pretty flame

[st george]

my best are

#1 the guns of navarone
#2 a bridge too far
#3 the wild guess...richard Burton & roger moore
#4 zulu
#5 stalingrad
#6 cross of iorn

[flora]

I'm I the only guy that think that "the thin red line" is a great movie?

[mievuan]

"Idi i smotri".."Come and see". A soviet classic from 1985. A psychedelic masterpiece. If you have not seen it, you cannot really talk about war movies. Unfortunately a bit hard to find nowadays.

[hannibal]

I'm I the only guy that think that "the thin red line" is a great movie?
No, you are not the only. :D I love it too, although I have found some parts confusing. But I loved Nick Nolte as frustrating commander... That phrase where he starts to shout about "two squads" would be really funny if it wouldn't be also ironical. I didn't know that they filmed the film on Guadalcanal until recently my friend from Honiara confirmed this. Amazing. :)

[Martin Scott]

The Patroit Mel Gibson. Wher the Yanks with trhe help of the French kick english backside.

[joette]

The Patroit Mel Gibson. Wher the Yanks with trhe help of the French kick english backside.
Yummer.. Mel Gibson..:) :)

[flash010]

yea i liked that one to he puts a lot in to his films two years ago me and another ex legionair did ben nevis highest mountin in the uk. we stoped at stirling were some american tourests were standing at the wallis monument one asked is this the mel gibson momoreal we near pissed our selfs laffing the funnyest things you hear :) :D

[jsclawson]

there are way to many

full metal jacket
the sea wolves: the last charge of the calcutta light horse
tora! tora! tora!
apocolypse now
saving private ryan
platoon
bat 29
a very long engagement


oh man..way to mnay to even list, there are a few

[breakthrough]

I like "Where Eagles Dare". BTW, does anyone know the title of an old 70´s movie about mercenaries in Central Africa, who are hired to overthrow a Local leader. Not a brilliant film but an interesting contempory depiction of European mercs during that time. Saw it once a long time ago.

[hannibal]

Do you perhaps mean The Dogs Of War with Christopher Walken? :rolleyes:

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[The Dude]

I like "Where Eagles Dare". BTW, does anyone know the title of an old 70´s movie about mercenaries in Central Africa, who are hired to overthrow a Local leader. Not a brilliant film but an interesting contempory depiction of European mercs during that time. Saw it once a long time ago....or could it be "The Wild Geese" with Rick Burton and Roger Moore: "Kill me ! Kill me !" are the former's dying words to the latter as he fails to catch the plane as it gathers speed in take-off....

[Peter Lyderik]

Wrong again :p

It was Richard Harris, Burton survived.

[Eagle eye]

Fair enough for I saw it many, many moons ago...and I'm assuming you're right....great film in any case....just as well it wasn't Roger Moore who's too much of a toff to be taken seriously in hard nut roles unlike the other two in the film....

In any case, ya liked yer last post didn't ya ? ...- especially "again"...especially if it was true....:cool:

[Pier Carlo]

In addition to those previously mentioned, I like:

No Man's Land
Enemy at the gates (with Jude Law and Joseph Fiennes)
Paths of glory (with Kirk Douglas)One of my friends mentioned a recent movie (may be now only in France):

Joyeux Noël a movie of Christian Carion [from the book "Frères de tranchées" by Marc Ferro (ed. Perrin)]Regards,
Pier Carlo

[yatez 44]

Boys in company C,Was pretty good movie..(vietnam)

[kingiefella]

You ever seen "Last of the Mohicans"?? American Indian movie..
good movie....the girl who threw herself off the mountain at the end (jodie may) i used to work in the school she used to go to in london england...when that movie came out,loads of journalists and photographersturned up at the school...poor girl got really upset. She was/is a really nice girl back then...i dont know how she is now or if she is doing anything now in way of movies. bloody good movie though!

[kingiefella]

A bridge too far.

[kingiefella]

Do you perhaps mean The Dogs Of War with Christopher Walken? :rolleyes:

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the book was better than the movie....i loved the build up to the mission...all the planning and all that

[hannibal]

good movie....the girl who threw herself off the mountain at the end (jodie may) i used to work in the school she used to go to in london england...when that movie came out,loads of journalists and photographersturned up at the school...poor girl got really upset. She was/is a really nice girl back then...i dont know how she is now or if she is doing anything now in way of movies. bloody good movie though!

One of my all time favourites films... Actually I went to see that film again on DVD after we were speaking about it here again. The chap (Wes Studi) who played Huron war leader Magua served 18 months with 9th Division in South Vietman in 1960s. He's 6' 6¾" (2.00 m). I could never tell that from movie. he also plays that Pawnee warrior in "Dancing with the Wolfes".

Jodhi May seems to be still active in film industry. Played some minor roles. Right now she's working on her new project Land of the Blind (2006).

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[Rapace]

For me, the 2 best war films are :
a/ La 317ème section by Pierre Schoendoerffer with Jacques Perrin (2nd Lt Torrens) and Bruno Cremer (Adj Wilsdorff).
b/ Full Metal Jacket by Stanley Kubrik.

[one56779]

Not a great TV or film fan, but Empire of the Sun is the best war film I've seen so far along with Saving Private Ryan

Just seen Hotel Rwanda with my m8 it was not the best war film but interesting thought worth mentioning.

[CARLOS SANON]

[no you dont alone

[Pier Carlo]

An additional good war movie (2002):
"Hart's War" with Bruce Willis & Colin Farrell

A law student becomes a lieutenant during World War II, is captured and asked to defend a black prisoner of war falsely accused of murder.

Thanks for your attention,
Pier Carlo

[joette]

my best are

#1 the guns of navarone
#2 a bridge too far
#3 the wild guess...richard Burton & roger moore
#4 zulu
#5 stalingrad
#6 cross of iorn
#2 A bridge too far..good one!

[EV_CHEF]

#2 A bridge too far..good one!

Dirty Dozen, the Great Escape......

[joette]

Dirty Dozen, the Great Escape......
Yep good one the great escape ..wasnt charles bronson in that and steve mcqueen? that is an old movie!!

[flash010]

new one out jar head sounds cool :)

[hannibal]

Dirty Dozen, the Great Escape......
About Dirty Dozens... I remember that there was in late 1980s a TV serie called like that. It had about 12 or 15 series. On every serie the men went on a different mission on the occupied Europe: Italy, Greece, Yugoslavia, Norway, France etc.... I have vaguely recollection about it these days, but I remember that one of the chaps who played in it was also in that TV serie Seaquest (sp??).

[CARLOS SANON]

"das boot" it is a very good war film

[joette]

"das boot" it is a very good war film
Never heard of it ..Sounds interesting..found the web site..
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[Mise]

The most realistic war film, from a soldiers point of view, has to be THE ODD ANGRY SHOT. It's an Australian film about the Aussie SAS in Vietnam (yes they were there too, bet most of you yanks didn't know that)

[Panhandler]

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Joette posted 'The Pianist' a while back. In the same vein: Arguably Polands greatest war film is Kanal (the Sewer). It's about the Polish Uprising and the Armia Krajowas' (Polish Home Army) nearly impossible struggle against the German war machine. Melodramatic but brilliant.

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[swagman]

Is anyone here familiar with The Lost Command? Its supposedly about Colonial Paras and takes place at Dien Bien Phu and afterwards in Algeria. The Yanks wouldnt knot about The Odd Angry Shot but this Southron would. Its a good film, a few minor imperfections, but overall a good picture of the little known Aussie contribution in Vietnam. For those interested, check out a book called When the Buffalo Fight. Its about the Royal Australian Regiment in Vietnam. I wish the Aussies would make more films on their experience there.

[WILDLIFERAFVET]

To End All Wars" Pic about Scot, Brit, Yank and Aussie building of the Bhurma Railroad 2001

Battle for Britian: 1969

The Patriot: Mel Gibson stars in this Movie about the US's Revolutionary War 2000

We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young: Mel Gibson Vietnam War movie about Col. Hale Moore.

Black Hawk Down: Battle in Mogadishu about downed US Black Hawk Heli

Read a lot of good choices here and have seen a few listed on posts of others.

[another_wanabe]

We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young: Mel Gibson Vietnam War movie about Col. Hale Moore.
others.

this movie was awesome, i loved it,

another great movie about Vietnam The Siege Of Firebase Gloria i don't think it was mentioned, this movie, non stop action, amazing film

i just recently seen the new russian release "The 9th Company" good movie, about the Soviet/Afghan war....

Chistilishe (The Cleansing)... very strong movie about the war in Chechnya, in one part they show a chechen rebel cutting the russian prisoner's head off

[CARLOS SANON]

[the pianist is the other side of the war ..amazing

[joette]

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Joette posted 'The Pianist' a while back. In the same vein: Arguably Polands greatest war film is Kanal (the Sewer). It's about the Polish Uprising and the Armia Krajowas' (Polish Home Army) nearly impossible struggle against the German war machine. Melodramatic but brilliant.

Then there's Popiol I Diament (Ashes and Diamonds)[Only registered and activated users can see links] which takes place the day the war ended for Poland....but that's another thread: "Favorite Postwar War movies":rolleyes:
The Pianist..very good movie.

[greatza1]

Apocalypse now (5 ? oscars) and the film that shows the real life from the trancees i thinc it is Save private Ryan .There i saw for the first time a bullet flyyng ,never seent before in a moovie perhaps the first movie that shows the dirt of war and maybe Stalingrad (1994 Germany) one of the few movies made by the germans and about germans in ww2.

[another_wanabe]

I saw Stalingrad in both German and English languages, The whole war harshness was felt better with the original German voices, i didn't even read the subtitles, when I got the English voice version it just wasn't the same viewing, it felt soft.....

[Nicodemus]

This is just coming to here... Elsewhere I don't know, released last year. Waiting to see.

9. Company is a film about the last period of the Afghanistan war by the eyes of young soldiers. It's the first Russian warfilm, where the traumas of the War are shown, like in Platoon and Full Metal Jacket about Vietnam.

Events of the movie take place between 1988 and 1989, when Soviet troops are withdrawing from Afghanistan. Two 18-year olds meet each other at barracks. Both boys have volunteered to "Operation Afghanistan" ja they both have their reasons. They're send to a training camp from which they go to the notorious 9. division, that's put together form angry and reckless youngsters. 9. division is always sent in first to the front to defend the honour of homeland. There is no honour in this war and soon the young men don't even have a homeland.

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[another_wanabe]

This is just coming to here... Elsewhere I don't know, released last year. Waiting to see.

9. Company is a film about the last period of the Afghanistan war by the eyes of young soldiers. It's the first Russian warfilm, where the traumas of the War are shown, like in Platoon and Full Metal Jacket about Vietnam.

Events of the movie take place between 1988 and 1989, when Soviet troops are withdrawing from Afghanistan. Two 18-year olds meet each other at barracks. Both boys have volunteered to "Operation Afghanistan" ja they both have their reasons. They're send to a training camp from which they go to the notorious 9. division, that's put together form angry and reckless youngsters. 9. division is always sent in first to the front to defend the honour of homeland. There is no honour in this war and soon the young men don't even have a homeland.

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i saw it... the finns helped the russians filming it ;)

[Martin Scott]

I saw Stalingrad in both German and English languages, The whole war harshness was felt better with the original German voices, i didn't even read the subtitles, when I got the English voice version it just wasn't the same viewing, it felt soft.....
Das Boot is exactly the same,in English its soft in German alot better.
The best laxitive known to man being depth charged by a destroyer overhead.

[greatza1]

Nicodemus i saw ,,Deveataia Rota``(russian 9th company) and it is total different by the other movies made by the russians . In the comunist era the war movies show the heroism of the soviet fighter , a brave poor man who defeat the imperialistic nazism .In 9th company russian scenarists show the real life from Afghanistan , like it was with its mizeries and deception and not a glorious adventure to help little brother(nn Afghanistan) ---soviet propaganda.9th company and Stalingrad are ,,only`` two movies about two countries and about these countryes perhaps we must understand a little bit more because a lot of things about these wars its not been said.It is more wonderful to gloryfy ,,Charlie``in pacific or a englishman in El Allamein but its ,,not political correct`` to film stories about Fritz in ww2 or about the defeat of Soviet Union.Remember about Michael Wittman - Tiger ace and Hans Ulrich Rudel - Oberst Stuka , they never were nazists or criminal of war .They were only soldiers like other milions who died in war.In the movies about Dien Bien Phu the stories told us about the heroism of the regullar soldiers and their sacrifice but i never saw a story that it tell us about the INCOMPETENCE of the senior officers (Navarre) and teir decissions which i conssider it was a sentence to death for thouzands of people.Remember from about 11-12000 prizoniers of war from DBP after two years only 3000 returns.

[joette]

The Great Escape

[another_wanabe]

To tell the truth "the 9th company" looked like an overextended music video, it did have a few good special effects but it didn't feel like a good war film to me for some reason.

[greatza1]

What is a war movie?It is a personal vision of the facts of the director , scenarist and producer.The most of them were made at Hollywood and we can speak about a ,,matrix`` of them .Europpean school of film is different and russian school much more.The period of middle 80s was a special one for the russians .All the things till then weren`t good anymore and the russian school then has a second birth.And when you dont have a lot of founds how can we spek about special effects9(a budget about 9 milion $).

[another_wanabe]

The special effects or the budget have nothing to do with anything here ;) Or the school of filming. Russians made much better war movies than this one in the past and even on the lower budget. What I meant was, that the movie to me lacked in its sense the whole war feeling..... You ever see "Avganskiy Izlom" with Mikele Plachedo ? Its a great movie on Afghanistan and I think it was made when USSR still existed. A lot good old soviet movies on WWII with the recipe that the russian soldier unbeatable and blah blah I still loved those, they were great

[greatza1]

Yes i see it and it was made by western or americans in the 80s but what i want to say is that ,,9 rota`` is the russian equivalent of the first movie made by americans about a major defeat military and political .For USA - Vietnam and for Soviet Union - Afghanistan.It is not easy to admit that you were wrong and to make about that a movie.Lots of americans still believe that , and the ,,wall of 50,000 `` prooves it.

[Martin Scott]

Oliver Stones Platoon is up there among the best of all time,but I dont want to see a film in my lifetime about Iraq.:(

[herald]

Gallipoli. It is based on the ANZAC campaign during the first world war. It stars a young Mel Gibson and is directed by Peter Weir. It shows how the high brass didnt have a clue what it was like in the FRONT LINE. The ending once seen is never forgotten. Highly recommended.

Also I have just ordered the Battle of Algiers on DVD from Amazon. Hoping it is good havent seen it before.

Also thought Welcome to Sarajevo was good

[Coinnach]

The Naked and the Dead - not as good as the book but still good.
The Eagle has Landed,
Where Eagles Dare,
Guns of Navarone,
The Big Red One,
Das Boot,
Hamburger Hill,
Pork Chop Hill,
Flying Tigers,
etc

[joette]

Oliver Stones Platoon is up there among the best of all time,but I dont want to see a film in my lifetime about Iraq.:(
Yeah me either martin..Platoon was a good film.

[canard]

so I take it you guys won't be watching jarhead?

[Coinnach]

so I take it you guys won't be watching jarhead?

Saw it, it was alright

Has anyone seen the Boys in Company C - Vietnam movie

[Cpl K]

just watched it again

"Bridge Over the River Kwai"

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Cpl K............;

[Coinnach]

just watched it again

"Bridge Over the River Kwai"

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Cpl K............;

Classic movie!

[herald]

Cpl k
If you liked "bridge over the river kwai" check out "To end all Wars". Same location and really powerful based on a true story
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ps congrats on your new arrival (poster that was formally jim:re-invent)

[greatza1]

Jarhed is the first film made about Irak and i think it`s not gonna be the last one , but with a little difference :here we have some ,,happy end`` but only HERE.

[another_wanabe]

"Three Kings" with my boy Ice Cube was about Iraq too

[another_wanabe]

Cpl k
If you liked "bridge over the river kwai" check out "To end all Wars". Same location and really powerful based on a true story
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i just saw it yesterday..... that guy after "formula 51" i just couldn't take him seriously in that movie loooool

[thedrunkensailor]

I can't believe no-one has mentioned The Longest Day yet. It's got John Wayne, Richard Burton, Sean Connery, Richard Todd, Henry Fonda, Curt Jürgens, Kenneth Moore, Robert Mitchum and hundreds of other people in ther best ensemble cast ever for any movie. Also got some of the best scenes and lines from any war movie;

Richard Burton : He's dead. I'm crippled. You're lost. Do you suppose it's always like that? I mean war.

A german officer: You know those five hundred thousand ships you say the Allies haven't got? Well, they've got them!

Paulo.

[Mise]

I saw the director of THE LONGEST DAY on TV once tlaking about making the film. He said it was the hardest job he ever had because so many of the actors were actually there and when he would tell them how he wanted a scene done they would tell him thats not the way it happened, Joe was behind that bush when he got shot etc. Richard Todd was playing the commander of the unit charged with taking and holding Pegasus Bridge. He was part of that unit on D Day

[serge]

When Harry met Sally.

[Filmvault]

L' Honneur d'un Capitaine

[Coinnach]

The Wild Geese - Great Movie - Mercs in Africa
55 Days at Peking - Boxer Revolution in China
The Battle of Algiers - self explanatory
Devil's Brigade - Special Forces Movie
The Heroes of Telemark - Raid on a Nazi Heavy Water Production plant in Norway
Kelly's Heroes - Legend
The Mercenaries - also known as the Dark of the Sun - stars Rod Taylor - about the Congo
Inglorious Bastards - original apparently Tarantino has filmed an Inglorious Bastards in 2005 - same plot I think similar to the Dirty Dozen

Just some of my favourites

[herald]

Incase any one is interested the man on whom "the Great Escape" is based on died at the weekend aged 102. He certainly was no ordinary man.

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[brasilianischer stolz]

The Beast of War
During the war in Afghanistan a Soviet tank crew commanded by a tyrannical officer find themselves lost and in a struggle against a band of Mujahadeen guerrillas in the mountains. A unique look at the Soviet 'Vietnam' experience sympathetically told for both sides

[-cj-]

9th company / 9-ya rota
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i had couple of friends who were sent into Afghanistan.
i miss them.

[15.April]

Band of Brothers. Nothing beats it. Directed by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg it has 10 parts each around an hour long. It follows Easy Company, a unit in the 101st Airborne, through the Second World War and is based on the book "Band of Brothers." The DVD set cost upwords of 60-80$ but was is worth it. It makes "Saving Pvt Ryan" look like a independent college film :p

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Yeah, I belive its one of the more "accurate" series pr.definision today..
You should pick checkout the bonus, portray with the vet`s gives me goose pimples, just like we used to bribe my grandfather with schnapps and got a WWII story in return..

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There is a upcomming sequal.. Did you know? Pacific theater.
Exited about what they will make out of Pearl Harbour.

[15.April]

Have to mention "Ni Liv" (Nine lifes) by Arne Skouens from 1957, about Jan Baalsrud`s amazing story about the escape from the Germ`s during WWII.

Thrilling escape from the coast of North Norway and over to "neutral" Sweden. Baalsrud was the only survivor after a sabotage mission and escaped with the help of Norwegian patriots and locals, chased by the Germ`s.

Whole thing started 29.Mars in `43 when Jan Baalsrud and elleven other commandos came from Shetland with a the fishing boat "Bratthold" to Toftefjorden i Troms. Theyre mission was to blow up the airport on Bardufoss. They were all dressed as fishmen not getting attetion from the germ`s. In the storage they had about 8kg of explosives, weapon, food and polar equitment, everything they needed for the sabotage.
In Troms they had a contact (Hansen), he runned a store were they got suplies from and was to take shelter there. But the store had a new owner. This man was also named Hansen. Hansen contacted the Germ`s and announced theyre arival.

When Baalsrud and the others came to Norway they was encountern by the Germ`s an shoot to shipwreck, as the only survivor of 12 Baalsrud survived the battle and fled to the mountans.

He travelled by foot trough all sorts of weather and challanges. Hunger, cold and the fear of the Germ`s didnt stop him. For not beeing captured he had to reach Sweden (as it was neutral under the war), but the it wasnt easy.

Then some locals keept him hidden from the Germ`s. They fed him, as brought him clotes and giving him shelter wich was wery needed after days in the mountains. The Germ`s didnt gave up, they followed. Searching every village, all houses question about him. But everyone supported Jan and keept quiet to the Germ`s. Many hidd Jan Baalsrud in theyre barns, must have been a good spott since the Germ`s didnt find him. He was injured under the trip, gangrene in nine of hes toes and had to decaputat all of them. He also became snowblind and got lost of in the alps of Lyngen. He lost all the track of time and wereabouts. He bandage hes head og got some cover from the sun. He had to swim over iswater to get on, often he got halusinations and was close to commiting suicide. But never found the strenght to pull the trigger.

Because of the Germ`s Jan had to be ketp in the mountans by the locals, by good people he was draged on a toboggan because of hes injuries as he couldnt walk. Hidden in a snowcage he was kept for a week, food, drink and a blanket was all he had. To keep track of days he made one snowball for each and everyone that past.

He got some help by some Sami lapps to continue the tour to Sweden. Dragged on the toboggan. But it failed and they had to return. Next attempt they layd him into a pulk and manage to cross the border before the Germ`s catched them. It was all about luck Jan wasnt captured. The laps saw the Germ`s when they was about to cross a water and they wasnt certain the ice was tick enough. But they risked it and managed to pass. Many helped him, Jan was afraid that they should be taken and killed for it. After two months he crossed the border to freedom.

I think its a great movie, not just because its a true story, but it described Jan`s life under the attempt and the will from others to help, risking it all themself. What a survival instink and battle against nature. It happend trough the period of March untill June 1943. Exiting and wery good movie..


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[Stoeng]

Have to mention "Ni Liv" (Nine lifes) by Arne Skouens from 1957, about Jan Baalsrud`s amazing story about the escape from the Germ`s during WWII.

The original book was called “We Die Alone” (1955) by David Howarth, a quite well known English war historian who wrote several books about the artic WW II.
He is also famous for his historical book “The Shetland Bus” covering another important part of the Norwegian resistance during the WW II.

We Die Alone was re-edited in 2000, and to my great disappointment the preface is written be Andy McNab.:(

[Fragment]

Band of brothers is one of the best, if not the best. Then there is "the Pianist". Even if it doesnt really follow the forces that much, it shows how the jewes and the jippsies, and other civvies were affected by that. Good film. The worst must be "Legionnaire" with jean claude van damme. Its like watching a monty python movie, but with more violence and worse actors.

[Krechnek]

Just because Im a weak and pityfull little c**t who cant stand the serious stuff I say London calling ;)
Hostile waters with Martin Sheen as an american hothead is also a pretty good one.

[Coinnach]

Ice cold in Alex

[Pier Carlo]

I would like to mention the following movie: "The bridge at Remagen" (U.S.A.).

It’s 1945 and the allies and the Germans each have their eyes on the same thing – the last German-held bridge across the Rhine River.

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The Capture of the Bridge
On the 7th of March 1945, an advance unit of the 9th U.S. Armored Division, led by LT Karl H. Timmermann, an American of German descent, reached the last intact bridge, just after the German defenders twice failed in their demolition attempts.
The capture of the bridge is known in the annals of the war as the "Miracle of Remagen". General Eisenhower stated that "the bridge is worth its weight in gold". In the days immediately following, the German High Command made desperate attempts to destroy the bridge by bombing and even employing frogmen.
Hitler irately convened a court-martial which condemned five officers to death, four of whom were actually executed in the Westerwald Forest.
On the 17th of March 1945 the bridge collapsed. 28 American soldiers lost their lives.

The Bridge in the Media
The best known work about the episode was written in 1957 by the American author Ken Hechler, and is entitled "The Bridge at Remagen" (3rd Revised Printing 1998 ISBN 0-929521-79-X).

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[Kristo]

I like Black Hawk Down. It has been discussed wether this movie is anti or pro-war. Guess it can go either way and that's what makes it good imo.

War is best on film someone told me once. I wouldn't know, but it sure looks and sounds good in this movie.

Favourite quote:

"Hoot": When I get home people 'll ask me, "Hey Hoot, why do you do it man? Why? You some war junkie?" You know what I'll say? I won't say a goddamn word. Why? They won't understand. They won't understand why we do it. They won't understand that it's about the men next to you, and that's it. That's all it is.

Edit: Forgot to mention Obi Wan Kenobi and Legolas are in it

[ArcticWolf]

Edit: Forgot to mention Obi Wan Kenobi and Legolas are in it

Oh, well in that case I have to see it..!!! ;)

[Krechnek]

I like Black Hawk Down. It has been discussed wether this movie is anti or pro-war. Guess it can go either way and that's what makes it good imo.

War is best on film someone told me once. I wouldn't know, but it sure looks and sounds good in this movie.

Favourite quote:

"Hoot": When I get home people 'll ask me, "Hey Hoot, why do you do it man? Why? You some war junkie?" You know what I'll say? I won't say a goddamn word. Why? They won't understand. They won't understand why we do it. They won't understand that it's about the men next to you, and that's it. That's all it is.

Edit: Forgot to mention Obi Wan Kenobi and Legolas are in it


I heard the Steele is a general these days...

[Martin Scott]

All quiet on the Western Front

[Bram]

The lost battalion, WW1
84 Charlie mopic, Vietnam

[another_wanabe]

The lost battalion, WW1

i did like that one

[st george]

With out doubt mine has to be ZULU followed by Stalingrad” the remake 91 version

[scout]

I Have Always Enjoyed Saving Private Ryan, But I Also Like "to Hell And Back", The Big Red 1, Tears From The Sun, And Blackhawk Down.

[Blixa]

you guys should see the movie Downfall....its about the last 10 days of the Third Reich, and it mainly takes place in the Fuhrer bunker.....and the battle scenes between the Germans and the Russians are amazing!

[Coinnach]

Just finished watching Cross of Iron again, great movie and Sam Peckinpah was a legend when it came to directing action movies.

[Nicodemus]

I Have Always Enjoyed Saving Private Ryan, But I Also Like "to Hell And Back", The Big Red 1, Tears From The Sun, And Blackhawk Down.

You mean Tears of the Sun?

[RollingBall]

I'm not sure of my absolute favourite war film but 'Sahara' 1943 with Humphrey Bogart is defenitely an underrated film. He even said it was one of his best performances.

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[crazysix0231]

OK here is question backin 70-80's time frame a movie came out about the Olympic games and the terrorist(da da da dummm) take hostages. I think GSG-9 went in after them but several memberof the US team were killed when the terrorist threew a grenade into the helo they on. It is based on true story any Ideas guys?

Another good movie is the raid on entebbe

[Coinnach]

Sounds like the Munich disaster in '72 - it was members of the Israeli team that were taken hostage by the Black September Arab terrorist group. GSG9 did attempt a rescue and I think 11 Israeli athletes were killed, 2 in the olympic village, 5 killed by a grenade in a helicopter and 4 more shot in a second helicopter. There was 4 terrorists killed - I think and 4 others.

This prompted Golda Meir (Israeli Prime Minister) to sanction Mossad to form an assassination team to hunt down and exterminate anyone who was purported to have been involved with the event (Operation Wrath of God). An excellent book to read that details this and other Mossad missions is "Gideon's Spies - the Secret History of Mossad"

Spielberg made a movie called Munich about it in 2005 but there was an original called Sword of Gideon (1986) and a 1999 Documentary called "One Day in September" based on the book of the same name.

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[crazysix0231]

I swear I couldnt remember the detail but hanks Im gonna try to find it today

[joette]

watched a good one last nite called "The Great Raid" about the great raid on Cabanatuan trying to free 500 U.S. POW's in WWII.

[Coinnach]

watched a good one last nite called "The Great Raid" about the great raid on Cabanatuan trying to free 500 U.S. POW's in WWII.
Not a bad movie - I enjoyed it and a true story as well - isn't it

[joette]

Not a bad movie - I enjoyed it and a true story as well - isn't it
Yes it is true..the critics say the movie was an accurate account of what happened ..but then they weren't there!:D

[Mark-Dane]

Problem with most war movies is that there is always that % that will be bi-ast. But, my favourite must still be Milan!!!!! WOW MAN!!! THAT SH*T WAS GREAT!!!! (jokes)

[coyote16]

"The Memphis Belle" about American B-17 bomber crews in WW2

You guys have already mentioned Stalingrad, that's a great one (much more powerful than Saving Private Ryan because it doesn't have a nice happy fulfilling ending to warm American hearts)

If you like Steve McQueen, check out "The Sand Pebbles"

Welcome to Sarajevo is a good one too... about Bosnia

Ghosts of Rwanda is a PBS documentary about Rwanda that will definitely shock you

"The Right Stuff" is about the Space Race during the Cold War. Definitely one of my favorite movies ever... if you like military aviation, this is a great movie for you

"K19: The Widowmaker" is a vastly underrated movie. "U-571" sucked, though

"Crimson Tide" is a better sub movie than "Hunt for Red October" in my opinion

"Sink the Bismark!" is a great old Naval battle movie

To The Shores of Tripoli is a good movie too...but very American

that's all for now gents

[crazysix0231]

I wish some one would Red Storm Rising to screen that would make intense flick

[Martin Scott]

I wish some one would Red Storm Rising to screen that would make intense flick
I just finished the Bear and The Dragon I wish somebody would put that to celuiod as well.

[flash010]

tour of duty wold make a good film to ;) :)

[steve]

appocalypse now-its a classic...

[K9-]

Bridge Over the River Kwai and We Were Soldiers. i can't count how many times have i watched them

[Fragment]

appocalypse now-its a classic...

One of the best war movies ive seen.

[Bram]

appocalypse now-its a classic...
It's been a ong time ago since I saw that one. I loved the scene where they attack the beach with music played from the heli's. Don't know the name of the music tho

[Flashman]

It's been a ong time ago since I saw that one. I loved the scene where they attack the beach with music played from the heli's. Don't know the name of the music tho

'Ride of the Valkyries' from Wagner's Ring Cycle.

Because 'it scares the shit out of the slopes'.

Probably one of the most quotable war movies of all time. Somewhere out there there's a piss-take of Harry Potter done in the style of Apocalypse Now.

"Hogwarts. Shit. I'm still in Hogwarts. ... "

[K9-]

BEHIND ENEMY LINES. With that two snipers in Stalingrad. The best war movie that i ever watched. I couldn't remember the name little earlier.

[Flashman]

BEHIND ENEMY LINES. With that two snipers in Stalingrad. The best war movie that i ever watched. I couldn't remember the name little earlier.
Isn't that ENEMY AT THE GATES? The one about the exploits of Vassily Zaitsev?

BEHIND ENEMY LINES is the one about the downed pilot, as I recall.

Anyway, I don't know much about ENEMY AT THE GATES, but I can recommend the book it was based on, which is War of the Rats. The guy who wrote it actually spoke to Zaitsev at some length to get the details right.

[steve]

bufallo (how do you spell that haha?hmmm f*ck knows haha)soliders is a good film...

[K9-]

Isn't that ENEMY AT THE GATES? The one about the exploits of Vassily Zaitsev?

BEHIND ENEMY LINES is the one about the downed pilot, as I recall.

Anyway, I don't know much about ENEMY AT THE GATES, but I can recommend the book it was based on, which is War of the Rats. The guy who wrote it actually spoke to Zaitsev at some length to get the details right.

yes that one. i always mess up that 2 movies:)

[steve]

enemy at the gates is good,i wonder how much truth there is in these films? i dont like when producers glamorise things in the feild that are not there.i have seen a few f*cked up things on tours which have left me thinking W.T.F.brave heart is a prime example the dates in history just dont match and the events are years apart,its a crop of shit.ive been traveling and been asked about that film and ive been its hollywood giveing there spin on shit.its just pish.thay are all glamourised pish! if they told us the full truth they would not sell so the pump it up a bit.ive found that in life so many times like i exspect to find it in the legion,im not a f*ckin idiot.i dont exspect it all to be adventure and high life,the black watch seen to that..i know why im here,im not into pipe dreams or compareing dicks.just looking for another path because im not happy what ive come home to.......... . . ..

[Flashman]

enemy at the gates is good,i wonder how much truth there is in these films?

Depends on the movie, some are pretty close and others are miles off. Apparently The Longest Day is pretty close, mise posted the story about a lot of the actors having been there. Band of Brothers is pretty close to the book, as I recall, and the book was a history based on extensive interviews with the men of the company depicted.

You can't really call hollywood on this one, anyway. Real life hardly ever makes stories that work well in a two-hour movie. And certainly never makes stories that you can get past the US film censors (who very much exist, they're just not part of the government).

[joette]

Empire of the Sun good movie about a young boy who is separated from his parents in China during japanese invasion in 1941.
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[K9-]

i just remember it. ALLO, ALLO! although it's not really at war. it's a humor serie in time of world war II. How many times have i laugh with them

[joette]

HUH?? It wasn't a comedy K9

[Martin Scott]

[QUOTE=Flashman]'Ride of the Valkyries' from Wagner's Ring Cycle.

Because 'it scares the shit out of the slopes'.

Probably one of the most quotable war movies of all time. .

"I love the smell of Napam in the morning"

[Flashman]

[QUOTE=Flashman]
"I love the smell of Napam in the morning"

"You either SURF or FIGHT!"

"He was wrapped a little too tight for Vietnam. He was probably wrapped a little too tight for New Orleans."

"If you try the shrimp you'll never have to prove your courage in any other way..."

"Arresting people for murder in Vietnam was like handing out speeding tickets at the Indianapolis 500"

Cracking movie. Only Zulu beats it for quotability.

[steve]

Stop Throwing Those Bloody Speerz At Me! Haha Zoooollloooo!

[joette]

"Gone with the Wind".......dont know if it's the best war film but a pretty damn good epic of the civil war..it won several academy awards. Still a classic.

[flash010]

yea i liked it and i dont give a damm :D :D scarlet

[flash010]

and lets not forget bilko phil silvers;)

[joette]

yea i liked it and i dont give a damm :D :D scarlet
hahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ..:D

[steve]

hotel rwanda is a bit f*cked up/ what about the killing feilds?

[flash010]

rawandas a pretty fecked up country mate ;) :)

[steve]

if its half as bad as this film potryed mate it soeems a bit f*cked up and a bit shady....i would like to see half of these so called hard c*nts from fife take a weekend there.haha,f*ck that...

[flash010]

they would last shitting time there its one fecking head rush you cant trust any one who,s not a legionair even the police :(

[steve]

touch wood mate,ill find out shortly haha

[Eagle eye]

Where Eagles Dare ...especially the monologue in the middle of the film by Major Smith aka Richard Burton....it should have earned him an Oscar but Clint got his for Best Supporting Actor just for his coherent closing lines:

"...The next time you do one of these things: keep it all British operation"
Major Smith: I'll try, Lt...

[steve]

where eagles dare-a classic.good call mr eagle...

[Pier Carlo]

I have watched it recently:

The bridge at Toko-Ri (1954), about the Korean war, with William Holden and Grace Kelly...

Good movie

see also the comment here
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[Squed]

Think Vasilij Zaitsjev, or the rabbit was one of those Russa put into the light for a reason. Everyone seem to know him as one of the best snipers, and who took out the German that was sent for him, but he did a lot of other quite remarkable things too.

[son_of_scotland]

Braveheart .... :)

[Squed]

for the Irish, dont remember if its Ravev fly or The shadow of the Raven, not even a so called War movie but lot of fighting. About an Irish man who serve things coooold Heavy knives :D

[Eagle eye]

Braveheart .... :)Best line: William Wallace aka Mel Gibson: "They (the English) can take our wives and homes but they can't our FREEDOM !!!" or words to take effect. Besides that they were really a bunch of shameless mooners underneath it all - including their kilts.... :)

.....For those whose who didn't see the film, Wallace was the real deal and shamed Robert The Bruce, who cowered and buckled before the English until he came across a given spider, into Bannockburn a decade or so later. The latter victory and defining Battle of Scotland in its quest for its own genuine IDENTITY.....TBC by a real Jock like Flash10 or Son of Scotland...

[Martin Scott]

A must for anybody contemplating a career in the submarine service.
The best laxitive known to man or woman getting depth charged. lol

[Martin Scott]

you guys should see the movie Downfall....its about the last 10 days of the Third Reich, and it mainly takes place in the Fuhrer bunker.....and the battle scenes between the Germans and the Russians are amazing!
Its bloody brilliant,just watched it a few night ago.

[Squed]

A must for anybody contemplating a career in the submarine service.
The best laxitive known to man or woman getting depth charged. lol
By far the most realistic sub movie ever done! In fact one of the most realistic War movies ever done. Unfortunately most sub movies are a piece of shite.

[Squed]

Anyone seen The Tunnel? What did you think of it?

[crazysix0231]

The Patriot w/ Mel Gibson, Dirty Dozen, Sands of Iwo Jima, and most recently Munich

[herald]

Anyone with BBC2 this Satureday (24/06/06)

Heros of telemark ([Only registered and activated users can see links])

[Martin Scott]

By far the most realistic sub movie ever done! In fact one of the most realistic War movies ever done. Unfortunately most sub movies are a piece of shite.
The Directors cut of the movie is even better as its in German. The BBC spoiled it when they used a english voice over.
Watched a very young Brando on TCM yesterday In The Young Lions,not bad but Brando as a German please. Best war film I seen recently Cross Of Iron.

[steve]

i think the band of brothers series was excelent..

[canard]

The yank actors in that were all on u.s contracts that meant they got Krispy Kreme donuts delivered to the friggin set. They were all bitchin between each other:
director:'Okay, we're gonna try something a little different with the lines, you say this line, he says that line, and this line is cut...'
actor#1:'But you just cut my line! Thats my only line!'
director:'Yeah, well, sorry about that...'(walks away eating donut)
actor#1(to actor #2)'If you say my line I will kill you, you here me?'

[steve]

haha that will teach them haha...its like football players for the wage these people get you would think they would just behave themselves haha...total bitches...

[Squed]

The Directors cut of the movie is even better as its in German. The BBC spoiled it when they used a english voice over.
Watched a very young Brando on TCM yesterday In The Young Lions,not bad but Brando as a German please. Best war film I seen recently Cross Of Iron.
Have never seen it in other language then German and quite happy for that as English dubbing on german films usually end up as an Antiklimax like Dallas in Italian.
Remember seing Brando in Young Lions some years ago. Brando as german.......yemjomneNOOOOO :(

[joette]

Kind of like Arnold Schwarzenegger in predator..a little hard to take with the accent.considering he was supposed to be a Major in the US MIL..I've never heard a US MIlitary person with an accent..:rolleyes: .but a pretty good movie..

[Martin Scott]

Kind of like Arnold Schwarzenegger in predator..a little hard to take with the accent.considering he was supposed to be a Major in the US MIL..I've never heard a US MIlitary person with an accent..:rolleyes: .but a pretty good movie..
I wanted the predator to win.:D

[salpphappy1]

for me i think the best war films are the oldies like all quiet on the western front , where eagels dare, bridge at remagen, to name but a few

[Digitalfreefall]

Enemy at the Gates. Based on the true story of Vassili Zaitsev Russias most prized Sniper of the era. It follows Vassili as he is hunted by Major Koning, Commandant of the Nazi Sniper School in a deadly game of cat and mouse through the rubble of Stalingrad.

[steve]

what about APOCOLYPTIC CLIMAX-yeah its porn..but its a bit of a tear jerker. a tale of love and loss caught in the middle of a coflict.yep many a nite i have been relaxing in a gentlmanly fashion with this modern day classic (straight to dvd).ohhh yeah! haha

[joette]

The Deer Hunter
It was a disturbing look at the Vietnam War through the lives of three blue-collar, Russian-American friends in a small steel-mill town before, during, and after their service in the war. Real dramatic...
But The African Queen has to be one of my favorites.:)

[canard]

An excellent film, no doubt.

[joette]

I wanted the predator to win.:D
HAHA ME TOO..! I kind of felt sorry for him....;) scary!

[Pier Carlo]

The Young Lions (1958)

a movie with Dean Martin, Maximillian Schell, Montgomery Cliff, Marlon Brando......US Production


The destiny of two soldiers during World War II. The German officer Christian approves less and less of the war, while the American GI Ackerman climbs the military hierarchy.

I like it.

[Martin Scott]

Run Silent Run DEEP
The Great Escape
All Quite on the Western Front
Theres bloody hundreds:D

[joette]

Run Silent Run DEEP
The Great Escape
All Quite on the Western Front
Theres bloody hundreds:D
The Great Escape was great!!

[mpluby]

i just recently seen the new russian release "The 9th Company" good movie, about the Soviet/Afghan war....

"9-aя Рота ([Only registered and activated users can see links])" (or "9th Company") may be the best war film I've ever seen. I don't know if they have it subtitled or not yet, but even if they don't, I still recommend it.

Also good:

"война ([Only registered and activated users can see links])" ("War")--about Chechnya and one ex-Russian soldier that goes back on a private mission. Excellent.

"Saving Private Ryan"--self explanatory

"The Pianist"--already mentioned in earlier posts.

"Gods and Generals ([Only registered and activated users can see links])"--wasn't popular at all, but I really loved it.

[Pier Carlo]

<< "9-aя Рота ([Only registered and activated users can see links])" (or "9th Company") may be the best war film I've ever seen. I don't know if they have it subtitled or not yet, but even if they don't, I still recommend it.>>

Do you know if it exists an English version of this movie?

Thanks.

[mpluby]

<< "9-aя Рота ([Only registered and activated users can see links])" (or "9th Company") may be the best war film I've ever seen. I don't know if they have it subtitled or not yet, but even if they don't, I still recommend it.>>

Do you know if it exists an English version of this movie?

Thanks.

They have an English-subtitled version listed on both Amazon and Ebay. The Amazon link is here:

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However, it is important to note that both of these DVDs are in PAL format.

I don't know where it would be available for direct purchase. Also, it is still a new film...only 2005 release...so maybe with more time it will become more available.

[vegas]

Run Silent Run DEEP
The Great Escape
All Quite on the Western Front
Theres bloody hundreds:D

Watched the Great Escape last night on amc. I've seen it a million times and still enjoy the show.

[Pier Carlo]

I suggest:

"The Killing Fields" (1984)
A remarkable and deeply affecting film, based upon a true story of friendship, loyalty, the horrors of war and survival, while following the historical events surrounding the US evacuation from Vietnam in 1975. Cambodian doctor, non-actor Haing Ngor, in his film debut, was an actual survivor of the Cambodian holocaust. He was tortured and experienced the starvation and death of his real-life family during the actual historical events revisited in this film.
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"Morituri" (1965)
A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS officer on board a cargo ship leaving Japan for Germany carrying a large supply of rubber for tyres. His mission is to disable the scuttling charges so the captain cannot sink the ship if they are stopped by English warships

[mpluby]

I suggest:

"The Killing Fields" (1984)
A remarkable and deeply affecting film, based upon a true story of friendship, loyalty, the horrors of war and survival, while following the historical events surrounding the US evacuation from Vietnam in 1975. Cambodian doctor, non-actor Haing Ngor, in his film debut, was an actual survivor of the Cambodian holocaust. He was tortured and experienced the starvation and death of his real-life family during the actual historical events revisited in this film.

Awesome, awesome film. Captures the irrationality of the whole crisis very well.

[Pier Carlo]

Just seen:

"Les sequestres d'Altona" (de la piece de J. Paul Sartre) (realisateur: Vittorio De Sica; acteurs: S.Loren, M. Schell, F. Prevost,..) (1960)

[MOONPLAYER]

TAXI FOR TOBRUK

A band of french soldiers,a Spanish,a jewish,a french marine infantry and a Legionnaire,across the North african desert...

CAST
Charles Aznavour as Samuel Goldmann
Maurice Biraud as François
Lino Ventura as Theo Dumas
German Cobos as Pablo Ramirez
Hardy Kruger as Cpt Ludwig Von Stegel

DIRECTOR PRODUCER
Denys de la Patteliere

YEAR:1960

[taric]

1)Bridge too far -outnumbered,under-supplied and hungry para's fight it out with the odd's against them i german occupied holland!!!
2)Dead man's shoes -not so much a war film but a soldier's personal war when he comes home to find drug dealer's have killed his younger retarded brother and he dispatches them with precision and brutality for revenge and his opening line to the film is "god will forgive them! He'll forgive and let them into heaven. I will not"

[taric]

Also forgot tears of the sun man!!!!
bruce willis play's aSEAL team leader evacuating a white doctoor through the Jungle and then decides to go all schindlers' list on the refugee's the doctor refuses to leave behind whilst being chased by mr eko from lost playing a phsycotic military leader!
Best bits-when the seals pass a village being raided and take the militants out so quietly and fast they don''t even see it coming hoo haa

[Martin Scott]

TAXI FOR TOBRUK

A band of french soldiers,a Spanish,a jewish,a french marine infantry and a Legionnaire,across the North african desert...

CAST
Charles Aznavour as Samuel Goldmann
Maurice Biraud as François
Lino Ventura as Theo Dumas
German Cobos as Pablo Ramirez
Hardy Kruger as Cpt Ludwig Von Stegel

DIRECTOR PRODUCER
Denys de la Patteliere

YEAR:1960
Sounds like the percussion section of Musique Prinicpale:D

[samrocks]

Catch 22
Starship Troopers
Jacobs Ladder
Dirty Dozen

[K9-]

I just watched SAHARA. I don't know if it is real thing, but in desert there were 9 Americans (one was French, there was British, and 2 other guys which nationality i didn't get) fighting against 500 Germans during the WW2 for WATER which wasn't in the well. Well, great movie. I recommended it!!!

[Mise]

I just watched SAHARA. I don't know if it is real thing, but in desert there were 9 Americans (one was French, there was British, and 2 other guys which nationality i didn't get) fighting against 500 Germans during the WW2 for WATER which wasn't in the well. Well, great movie. I recommended it!!!
It's a remake of the H. Bogart one.

[K9-]

It's a remake of the H. Bogart one.
i didn't know that. thx

[Black-Panther]

One of the best war films i have seen is unknown to many people due to political crap at the time. it is based on a crew of Soviet T62 who are being hunted by afghan tribesmen whos familes where murdered by their colum of tanks, after taking the wrong turn into the wrong valley the cat and mouse game begins.

watch it. it is amazing. opeing to the film is bloody and notabily the crushing of a man under tank tracks. only film ever made on soviet afghan war. [Only registered and activated users can see links]

[Mise]

Jack Palance did the run over by the tank in ATTACK waayyyyyyyy back. Just watched THE CAIN MUTINY again, excelent movie performed by excelent actors.

[joette]

Have to say a good film watched it again the other nite.."The Great Raid"

[Eagle eye]

...Not necessarily a war film but an equally credible cowboy film...
mit William Holden, Ernest Borgnine and a couple of others especially in the last shoot out....

[russjt]

A few oldies !

The Big Red 1 , with Lee Marvin & Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) if memory serves right it was not long after he made Star Wars.

Wild Geese , Escape from Alcatraz , Kelly's Heroes , Dirty Dozen.

and being from Lossiemouth where 617 Squadron is now based , it has to be Dambusters.

[Eagle eye]

One of the first war films that I saw as an adolescent and left an impression on me was "Aguirre, The Wrath of God""
[URL="[Only registered and activated users can see links] [Only registered and activated users can see links] with Klaus Kinski. This film is a bit of a cult movie for it deals with the isolation of man in a remote environment, that is, the South American jungle, at the time of the Spanish conquistadores in the beginning of the Spanish empire...It made Klaus Kinski into a megastar in loony roles...

[Gregor]

quite a war movies fan
novel and film All quiet on the western front; original -> Im Westen nichts Neues by Erich Maria Remarque
Paths Of Glory by Stanley Kubrick
Gladiator
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Saving Private Ryan
Flyboys
K-19
Pearl Harbour
We were soldiers
Enemy at the gates
etc
+ No mans landwhich was filmed 30km from me on a military poligon and the main actor came in our town cinema to talk after the movie [Only registered and activated users can see links](overlisten the happy/ comic song in the trailer!)
no mans land
no mans land

[chrisdavidc]

Hello.

Pearl harbour was wank.

No Mans Land is a great film.

Chris.

[razor04]

STALINGRAD joseph vilsmaier 1992, DOWNFALL oliver hirshbeigel was a very well made film too:D

[Annubis]

My favourites : Platoon, Black Hawk Down, Apocalypse Now, Tear of the sun and the 300 (with Spartans). Many other are fine but these I can just see them again and again:)

[fwh]

platoon and hambuger hill are good,this other one is alright but not much action in it, called savior