Top Ten War Movies

Another day: another list:

http://fridaynightboys300.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/ten-best-war-movies.html

I think once you get into 'historical; and 'period' drama (and I know they all qualify for this to some extent) like Ran, you leave yourself open to all options - like Last of the Mohicans or El Cid or Red Badge of Courage or....

I'm not sure I could come up with ten, but here we go - and in no particular order:

All Quiet on the Western Front
Salvador
Catch 22
Apocalypse Now
Cross of Iron
Paths of Glory
Rome, Open City
La Grande Illusion
The Way to the Stars
Battle of Algiers

Another ten might be:

Saving Private Ryan
The Great Escape
A Bridge Too Far (which I've come to appreciate more)
The Longest Day
Das Boot
M*A*S*H
A Canterbury Tale
The Way Ahead
Went the Day Well
A Matter of Life and Death

 

Is Catch 22 considered a war film?

 

Das Boot (5 hour version)
Objective Burma
Steel Helmet
Fixed Bayonets (two Sam Fuller gems)
Gettysburg...if only you could replace Martin Sheen's Robert E Lee with Robert Duvall's from the not-as-good prequel
Gods and Generals. If only "To the Last Full Measure" could be made
Drums along the Mohawk
Northwest Passage
The General
All Quiet on the Western Front. 1980s version with Richard Thomas and Ernest Borgnine isn't bad
Bridge on the River Kwau

 

Not The 10 Greatest War Films of all time but my own favourites

Apocalypse How
Saving Private Ryan
The Killing Fields
The Deer Hunter
Schindler List
Downfall
A Bridge Too Far
Platoon
Where Eagles Dare
Zulu

 

Why wouldn't it be?

 

Sure

 

AllQuiet On The Western Front is still my #1, that top ten list is pretty good.

 

The Longest Day
Great Escape
Kelly's Heroes
Saving Private Ryan
Hamburger Hill
Apocalypse Now
Dirty Dozen
Black Hawk Down

 

None of that über-realistic stuff for me... My top ten are going to be mainly in the not-so-serious vein.

Casablanca (it has Nazis, so that's close enough for me)
The Dirty Dozen
Kelly's Heroes
Catch-22
Memphis Belle
The Beast
The Last of the Mohicans
The Wild Geese
Dr. Strangelove
Stripes

 

I think the Thin Red Line needs to be on it for me

 

I've heard so many people say good things about this film that despite it being from 1930 I just bought it on Blu Ray.

 

also full metal jacket

 

Good lists.
I would add:

Battle of Britain
The Blue Max
Twelve O'Clock High
The Best Years of Our Lives
Ride With The Devil
Waterloo

 

I'm a sucker for ANY War movies, especially WWII movies, so picking a top 10 is like picking your favorite child.

Some others I like that are not listed above (I think):

Stalag 17
Midway
Patton
Tora, Tora, Tora
The Green Berets
We Were Soldiers
Casualties Of War
The Alamo
MacArthur
The Big Red One

 

If a best war movie list doesn't include Das Boot then it isn't serious.

End of.

 

^^^ Ditto

 

All Quiet On The Western Front

But, I prefer the Johnboy version that was made for television.

 

Like other 10.

 

I guess there's a point where you ask yourself which are the ten 'best' war movies and which are the ten you appreciate the most.

If it was the latter, I' d have

Catch 22
The Way to the Stars
A Canterbury Tale
Paths of Glory
Cross of Iron
La Grande Illusion
The Great Escape
Went the Day Well
Das Boot
All Quiet on The Western Front

Lots of good suggestion from other posters, though, and plenty more to consider. The Cruel Sea, for example.

 

Prefer another Ten, cept MASH.

 

The Guns of Navarone!

Aaron

 

In no particular order:

Apocalypse Now
Three Kings
From Here to Eternity
Dr. Strangelove
Grand Illusion
Forbidden Games
Casualties of War
M*A*S*H
The Deer Hunter
Paths of Glory
Schindler's List
The Great Escape

 

Well, it's not like the thread is titled "Top Ten Pro-War Movies."

 

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