War movies, the good, the bad, the ugly.

[Svengoolie 3]

No Man Is An Island - Interesting story of an American soldier who survived on an island after it was taken over by the Japanese. (He had help.) Based, probably loosely, on a true story.

Submarine movies are usually good. Saw K-19: The Widowmaker a few weeks ago. That was horrific. 

I remember enjoying Memphis Belle, but I haven't seen it in a looong time so I can't say if I'd still like it.

The Great Escape is good. (Now I'll have that song stuck in my head for awhile.  )

Do Holocaust movies count?

Yes I know about k19, a good cold war movie. The Russians were not subhuman monsters.


Holocaust movies i suppose barely qualify here.

[javakoala]

Let's not forget THE ODD ANGRY SHOT (1979) As good film, that is.

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[BoyScoutKevin]

A score. I know the title is "War Movies, the Good, the Bad, the Ugly," but (IMHO) some of the greatest war scenes are from non-war films, so they are included here.

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Ben Hur (1959)
Damn the Defiant (aka HMS Defiant)
Fall of the Roman Empire
Gettysburg
Glory
Intolerance
King Arthur
The Lord of the Rings (1978)
Major Dundee
The Messenger
The Mission
Mulan
Revolution
Vera Cruz
The War Lord
Waterloo
Wizards
Young Winston
Zulu Dawn

[Pacman000]

Saw Megan Leavey a few weeks ago:

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Enjoyed it.

Reminded me  Chips the War Dog:

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[The Burgomaster]

Wow, so many good ones. Here are a few.

* HELL IS FOR HEROES (Steve McQueen, Fess Parker, James Coburn, Bob Newhart for comic relief) - good stuff

* HELL TO ETERNITY (Jeffrey Hunter and David Janssen) - based on the true story of Guy Gabaldon who was raised by a Japanese family . . . and then had to fight the Japanese in WWII.

* CROSS OF IRON (James Coburn, James Mason, David Warner) - WWII, Sam Peckinpah style, as seen from the German army's point of view.

* OBJECTIVE, BURMA! (Erroll Flynn) - Excellent movie about a group of soldiers on a mission to blow up a radar station, but they find out that getting out is a lot harder than getting in.

[Pacman000]

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The Blue Max!

Good title, great aerial battles, but the main character's such a heel...

[lester1/2jr]

I know almost as little about this genre as I do westerns but I saw Siege of Firebase Gloria on thistv a while ago and it was pretty good. with Wings Hauser



edit: someone mentioned The Wild geese and I agree that was good.

double edit: does the Noah count?

[Allhallowsday]

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* OBJECTIVE, BURMA! (Erroll Flynn) - Excellent movie about a group of soldiers on a mission to blow up a radar station, but they find out that getting out is a lot harder than getting in.

The main reason I came into this thread.  OBJECTIVE, BURMA! is a favorite!  

SAVING PRIVATE RYAN mentioned by Indy has about 20 minutes of the most intense cinema there is. 

[claws]

84C MoPic (1989)

predates Blair Witch hand held camera style plus manages to actually be scary rather than brutal. One of the most underrated war movies ever.

[Rev. Powell]

Since I'm reviewing it, I remembered this thread and wanted to say that the movie version of CATCH-22 seems to be highly underrated.

Along similar lines, M*A*S*H* is a classic.

[javakoala]

Since I'm reviewing it, I remembered this thread and wanted to say that the movie version of CATCH-22 seems to be highly underrated.

Along similar lines, M*A*S*H* is a classic.

I agree almost completely, except the whole football portion of M*A*S*H was a bit too obvious in its Vietnam conflict comparison. The film worked better within the confines of the camp. But, yes, pretty much a classic.

[messedup]

Das Boot is probably my favourite one...both the Directors Cut and the long TV mini series.
Also I enjoyed Taegukgi...a south korean war movie taking place in the korean war.

[Allhallowsday]

GLORY  (1989) 

[Trevor]

I'm surprised no one's mentioned The Alamo (1960): from what Indy's told me, the film is inaccurate in many ways but it is a thrilling and from time to time, also a funny film.

[Svengoolie 3]

I'm surprised no one's mentioned The Alamo (1960): from what Indy's told me, the film is inaccurate in many ways but it is a thrilling and from time to time, also a funny film.

It was a badly racist movie with .exicans portrayed as nearly subhuman savage animals that delighted in murder, and utterly fictitious in most other regards with john wayne heroically self destructing the Alamo at the end by throwing a torch into a powder magazine as he was dying after being bayoneted in the back by a sadistically leering Mexican.