Some that mightn't have been mentioned yet:
The Big Red One
Stalingrad (a German language film)
The Cruel Sea
Carve Her Name With Pride
Operation Daybreak (a 1975 film about the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich that I only saw for the first time a couple of weeks ago)
The Enemy Below
The Train
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Hunters (one of the few movies about The Korean War - or world war two and a half as my dad called it)
One that's not been mentioned is The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. Yet another excellent Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger film. Ah, you can also add A Matter of Life and Death. Mind you, how far do you stretch the term "war movie"?
I quite like the films Waterloo and the 1960s version of Charge of the Light Brigade. Does Ironclad count as a war film? Well worth checking out if you have not seen it.
I have to agree with the TV series Band of Brothers, great stuff!
But what's with all the Deer Hunter love?
It was a complete borefest for me the first time I watched it, and the second time was even worse.
I think it's one of those films that you're meant to like but nobody really does (the cinematic equivalent of Ulysses). It's got some unquestionably brilliant moments if you can only get past that interminable f*cking wedding scene...
I think it's one of those films that you're meant to like but nobody really does (the cinematic equivalent of Ulysses). It's got some unquestionably brilliant moments if you can only get past that interminable f*cking wedding scene...
Agreed that the wedding scene was way tooooo loooong. But the Russian roulette sequence is cinematic platinum.
And here's one that hasn't been mentioned yet.... Hope and Glory.
I was in that. Albeit you can't see my face. I was one of the kids in the mass kids being taken away scene. I was in the train as well. So no chance of spotting me.
I think it's one of those films that you're meant to like but nobody really does (the cinematic equivalent of Ulysses)....
What a silly comment: I don't feel the need to like anything and especially not films. And I certainly wouldn't watch something I didn't like over and over again until almost word perfect...
"The Longest Day" and "The Cruel Sea."
Made in the days when many of the actors had actually served their country. They knew how wear their uniforms correctly and march properly.
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The Big Red One
Stalingrad (a German language film)
The Cruel Sea
Carve Her Name With Pride
Operation Daybreak (a 1975 film about the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich that I only saw for the first time a couple of weeks ago)
Who could forget Zulu:)
I did in my list! How could I?
Cross of Iron was a great movie too.
Some others:
The Enemy Below
The Train
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Hunters (one of the few movies about The Korean War - or world war two and a half as my dad called it)
Jeux Interdis (Forbiddden Games), by René Clément, is another.
Both concern children and both have devastating endings.
Bridge On The River Kwai .... (I put over first time!)
(both Bill Holden)
If I ever get a couple of dogs, I'm going to call them Johnson and Manfredi.
But what's with all the Deer Hunter love?
It was a complete borefest for me the first time I watched it, and the second time was even worse.
Ice Cold in Alex
The Hill.
Battle of Britain
Das Boot
U 571 (just kidding honest )
Nice list - I like all of these. Personally, I think Das Boot is the greatest war film ever made (full director's cut, German audio, natch).
I think it's one of those films that you're meant to like but nobody really does (the cinematic equivalent of Ulysses). It's got some unquestionably brilliant moments if you can only get past that interminable f*cking wedding scene...
Agreed that the wedding scene was way tooooo loooong. But the Russian roulette sequence is cinematic platinum.
Really? I bought it on DVD years ago and didn't know much about the film before hand - thought it was a great film.
Sink THe Bismark
Battle of the River Plate
Battle of Britain
633 Squadron
Saving Private Ryan
And here's one that hasn't been mentioned yet.... Hope and Glory.
The Dogs of War
Deerhunter
In Which We Serve,
Went the Day Well
A Matter of Life and Death.
I was in that. Albeit you can't see my face. I was one of the kids in the mass kids being taken away scene. I was in the train as well. So no chance of spotting me.
Made in the days when many of the actors had actually served their country. They knew how wear their uniforms correctly and march properly.