War Films

Warper

In the mood for watching a good war film. Personally i love Platoon. Some classic ones out there though none recently. Good ones are Platoon, Dogs of War, Hamburger Hill, Full Metal Jacket. Didnt like Saving Private Ryan - found it too candy coated and artificial. Any rec's? I have never seen Das Boot, maybe give it a go?

bellinter

Apocalypse Now
Casualties of War
The Longest Day

Stalingrad if you can find it anywhere is great too

pajor

Have some patience and definitely slug out Das Boot. Have seen it a couple of times now and I think it's brilliant. It's not the most honest depiction of war probably, but it's an excellently made film anyway.

If you want something a little more light hearted - Kelly's Heroes.

+1 on Apocalypse Now. Definitely my favourite war film ever.

Das Boat is excellent, you'll really enjoy it once you don't hate subtitles. It's actually one of my favorite war movies.

Patton has one of the best performances from any actor I've ever seen, George C Scott rightly won an Oscar for it which he refused due to an issue in the states at the time. It really gives a great overview of the last 2 years of the war from an American perspective on the Western front.

Downfall, unbelievable again if you're not mad about subtitles might not be for you.

For an action and fun you cant go wrong with the GUns of Navarone or A Bridge Too Far.

+1 on all the others mentioned especially Apocolapse now, love it.

Enjoy

Ronanc1

+1 for THe Guns of Navarone, and its excellent peak with the showdown about duty and so forth between Gregory Peck and David Niven

jonski

9th Company

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417397/

Welruc

Really enjoyed We were soldiers
Mel Gibson film about Vietnam war

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Ronanc1 wrote: »

+1 for THe Guns of Navarone, and its excellent peak with the showdown about duty and so forth between Gregory Peck and David Niven

david niven should be in every movie, dead or not

Crann na Beatha

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saintsaltynuts

Come And See,The Deer Hunter,Born On The 4th Of July,Schindler's List,Casualties Of War,Tigerland.

sixpack's little hat

Cross of Iron

johnny_ultimate

Try La Grande Illusion, the classic Jean Renoir film that was several decades ahead of its time. There's barely a shot fired, but it's an extraordinarily powerful portrayal of the people involved in warfare, and the absolute futility of the divisions that tend to incite conflict. Expertly made, as is to be expected from Renoir, and all the more startlingly because it was made just before World War II: what it had to say took on a complete new relevance after its creation.

karma_

Waterloo is a great film.

siblers

Interesting opinion on Saving Private Ryan, not something i'd agree with. Anyway, The Battle Of The Bulge, The Thin Red Line, Enemy At The Gates, The Battle Of Algiers, Brotherhood and Assembly would be some of my favourites. Although not films, Band Of Brothers and The Pacific are a must if you haven't seen then already.

Blue850

Ice Cold in Alex

Howard Juneau

Blue850 wrote: »

Ice Cold in Alex

I love that movie

Ole Rodrigo

Grave of the Fireflies
Come and See
Blackbook ( Zwartboek )

cerastes

Deleted User wrote: »

Das Boat is excellent, you'll really enjoy it once you don't hate subtitles. It's actually one of my favorite war movies.

Downfall, unbelievable again if you're not mad about subtitles might not be for you.

For an action and fun you cant go wrong with the GUns of Navarone or A Bridge Too Far.

+1 on all the others mentioned especially Apocolapse now, love it.

Enjoy

Some good films in this thread, some I havent heard of

All quiet on the western front, I liked that
I think the anti war war movies come out as good,
I like Das Boot, Thin Red line,

Havent seen downfall, a few parodies but not the film, must see that one.

Charge of the light brigade

claypigeon777

Here are some classics.

Where Eagles Dare.

Hamburger Hill

The Thin Red Line

The Eagle Has Landed

The Bridge At Remagen

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tony EH

Warper wrote: »

I have never seen Das Boot, maybe give it a go?

Then start there. It's the best war film ever made. If you can, see the mini series.

Then you can move onto 'The Battle of Britain', 'Bridge over the River Kwai', 'Letters From Iwo Jima', 'Stalingrad', 'Tora, Tora, Tora', 'When Trumpets Fade' and 'A bridge Too Far'.

The vast majority of war films are shit, though. Keep that in mind.

fruvai

Paths of Glory

claypigeon777

Stalingrad

This is a clip depicting the Battle of Kursk from a Soviet epic movie series called Liberation

The Escape From Sobibor about the mass breakout from the Nazi death camp

This is a clip shows the final battle from Operation Daybreak about Czech partisans who assassinated SS General Reinhard Heydrich.

The Battle of Algiers

The Beast is a cracking little movie about soviet soldiers in a tank lost in afghanistan, check that out.

hidinginthebush

No mention of Dambusters yet? Brilliant film,

I really did jump out of my seat and cheer at the end!

Das Boot is excellent OP. It is probably my favourite war film. There are many different versions of it though. I saw the 3 hr version and loved it! It is THE submarine movie, I can't even look at Crimson Tide after seeing it, Red October maybe.

Can't believe you thought Saving Private Ryan was too candy coated!? Sure the story is a bit far fetched, but I thought it showed the horrors of war quite honestly. It's onyl failing might be that it's too "big budget"?

Give band of brothers a watch while you're at it too! Sure it's a series (think there's 8 episodes?), but it's absolutely brilliant! Definitely worth the time.

CorsendonkX

If you can stand subtitles and would like a Japanese view of WW2:

The Admiral/Yamamoto isn't bad. I remember reading they recycled some of the action scenes created for the Pearl Harbour Movie but it's a better movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBQotim_ZHA

Battleship Yamato

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLPivQzUSWE

Oba: The Last Samurai- the english acting is a little wooden but if you liked Letters from Iwo Jima

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H-LyGWjeLE

Creasy_bear

Taegukgi

acalmenvoy

The Enemy Below, great movie.

siblers

Two brilliant films about resistance fighters during ww2

losthorizon

The Why we fight series is great made during WW2 especially Battle for Russia. I think John Ford Directed. There is no copyright on it anymore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpoh35WAsYU

Also King Rat a Great Film about life in a prisoner of war camp.

beauf

Empire of the Sun is good.

I like the oldies though, like the ones mentioned already.

In Which We Serve 1942
Too Late The Hero (1970)
Battle Of Britain
Dunkirk 1958

Dozen Wicked Words

The Dirty Dozen is entertaining and if you don't mind subtitles Come and See is a classic.

Warper

Great replies here, have to buy Das Boot now so looking forward to that when it arrives. Agree with a lot of what was said here, plus 1 for Apocalypse Now, Deer Hunter and Downfall.

Maybe not an official war film but Rambo: First Blood is very entertaining as well.

Kess73

No mention of The Big Red One :eek:



One of my favourite war films, but only watch the version called The Big Red One: The Reconstruction, as this is the version that was not butchered by cuts and edits. Some of it was shot in Ireland also.


Some great wry humour in it, as well as some emotional heft.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7jwYpAM6RU

jonski

Kess73 wrote: »

One of my favourite war films, but only watch the version called The Big Red One: The Reconstruction, as this is the version that was not butchered by cuts and edits. Some of it was shot in Ireland also.

Interesting , I've seen this more than once and enjoyed it but always thought it was edited badly , gonna hunt down that version .

claypigeon777

The high death count original.

Sam Peckinpah's hard as nails classic.

Audie Murphy the most highly decorated soldier of WW2 acts as himself.

Tony EH

jonski wrote: »

Interesting , I've seen this more than once and enjoyed it but always thought it was edited badly , gonna hunt down that version .

Have to say, I prefer the original cut. The "reconstruction" includes parts that are just awful. In fact the only new inclusion I can think of as being worthwhile is early on,

it's an attack by French forces and an instruction by Marvin to his unit not to trade in ears, as the locals have been cutting off American soldiers' ears and passing them off as German.

Other than that, the new stuff is pretty lame.

Tony EH

claypigeon777 wrote: »

Audie Murphy the most highly decorated soldier of WW2 acts as himself.

'To Hell and Back' is a pretty crap film, but if you get the chance to read the book (it's ghostwritten), you should. On of my faves as a kid.


+1 for 'Cross of iron'

Owryan

"The Hill" with Sean Connery is well worth checking out

Blue850

The Train starring Burt Lancaster, about the French Resistance trying to stop a Nazi train of looted art treasures leaving France.

murphy05

Blackhawk Down

Zaph

Tora! Tora! Tora! - about the attack on Pearl Harbour. Possibly my all-time favourite war film.
Letters from Iwo Jima - the war in the Pacific from the Japanese perspective.
The Great Escape - superb performances from an all-star cast and Steve McQueen at his coolest.
A Bridge Too Far - Operation Market garden as re-enacted by half of Hollywood
Black Book - excellent film about the Dutch resistance
The Counterfeiters - Austrian film about a plot to destabilise the British economy by flooding it with fake bank notes.

pilatus

Zulu. Can't believe no one mentioned it! I know it's not historically accurate, but who cares , amazing I have to say, definitely on my favourite list!

Zaph

Zaph wrote: »

Tora! Tora! Tora! - about the attack on Pearl Harbour. Possibly my all-time favourite war film.
Letters from Iwo Jima - the war in the Pacific from the Japanese perspective.
The Great Escape - superb performances from an all-star cast and Steve McQueen at his coolest.
A Bridge Too Far - Operation Market garden as re-enacted by half of Hollywood

All great movies

Tora Tora Tora is the best depiction of Pearl Harbor to date imo.

MyKeyG

If you don't mind getting away from Hollywood then I'd recommend 'Brotherhood' a Korean war movie focusing on the Koreans themselves, the Americans are mentioned but not included. Shot the same way as Saving Private Ryan with the same graphic violence but in no way candy coated. 'It's subtitled but if you speak fluent Korean you should be OK.:D

Tony EH

pilatus wrote: »

Zulu. Can't believe no one mentioned it! I know it's not historically accurate, but who cares , amazing I have to say, definitely on my favourite list!

Perhaps it's 100% bang on, but compared to the vast majority of war films, it's an absolute history lesson. Considering the times in which it was made, I think the producers went to great efforts to get a lot right.

beauf

Zulu looks fantastic on Netflix 720p.

I like enemy at the gates, once you ignore the love story they bolted on for no good reason.

CorsendonkX

Creasy_bear wrote: »

Taegukgi

MyKeyG wrote: »

If you don't mind getting away from Hollywood then I'd recommend 'Brotherhood' a Korean war movie focusing on the Koreans themselves, the Americans are mentioned but not included. Shot the same way as Saving Private Ryan with the same graphic violence but in no way candy coated. 'It's subtitled but if you speak fluent Korean you should be OK.:D

Same movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ePBhy7I44M

Another couple of Korean War movies worth checking out

71: Into the Fire- the South Korean Zulu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_mpaBHVn0k

My Way, big budget Korean/Japan/Chinese movie, Chariots of Fire meets the War movie genre, not many WW2 movies have battle scenes from the Russian-Japan Front, Eastern Front and D-Day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=welUjDeSvz4

connollys

beauf wrote: »

Zulu looks fantastic on Netflix 720p.

I like enemy at the gates, once you ignore the love story they bolted on for no good reason.

what about all the accents? Ron Perlman, an American, playing a Russian with a british accent????????

eisenberg1

connollys wrote: »

what about all the accents? Ron Perlman, an American, playing a Russian with a british accent????????

Taras Bulba, not a war film per se, but worth a watch, if only to listen to Tony Curtis' New York accent as he plays a Cossack

Enemy at the Gates well worth a watch

Saw a great movie about Dien Bien Phu a while back, but cant recall title
(Foreign Legion/Viet Minh 1954) anyone know the name ?

beauf

connollys wrote: »

what about all the accents? Ron Perlman, an American, playing a Russian with a british accent????????

Theres nothing like !!!!!!AAAAAALLLLLLLARRRRRMMMMM!!!!!!!!!! in German, like in DAS Boot. But TBH I'm quite ignorant of the Russian/Slavic languages to pick up the nuance of how it sounds, or how it should sound. The only movie I've watched with Russian, I think was the The 9th Company.

I just enjoyed it. More of a hollywood flick than something like the movie Stalingrad. But the sets were good.

eisenberg1

pilatus wrote: »

Zulu. Can't believe no one mentioned it! I know it's not historically accurate, but who cares , amazing I have to say, definitely on my favourite list!

I think Des Bishop's Da was in that....