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[iShouldGoPro]

I just got done watching Apocalypse Now for the first time.... Wow.
War movies are horrible.

Not in a sense that the acting isn't phenomenal or that the movies aren't well made but the fact that WAR IS TERRIBLE.
But before I go into a "war is bad, mmkay" rant, let's hear your choices

PS: Ride of the Valkyries, tho

 

[Zeus Molecules]

Patton

 

[Pegosaurus]

I hate Apocalypse Now

not a movie but Band of Brothers is probably the best War related media i've seen

 

[Delta Assault]

Black Hawk Down. It's Ridley Scott's best movie.

You also get to see early Jaime Lannister fighting off hordes with a CAR-15.

 

[Leynos]

I've got to give it to the full-length version of Das Boot. I can watch that endlessly.

 

[Sialeeds]

All quiet on the Western Front

 

[akachan ningen]

Three Kings
Jarhead
Grave of the Fireflies
Saving Private Ryan

 

[Chuckie]

I know the most depressing was 'Casualties of War'

 

[Nyx]

Full Metal Jacket

 

[Volimar]

Saving Private Ryan

not a movie but Band of Brothers is probably the best War related media i've seen

Agreed.

 

[Dion Blaster]

star wars

 

[Arkos]

Three Kings
Jarhead
Grave of the Fireflies
Saving Private Ryan

Oh man Three Kings is an under appreciated classic. I love that movie. I was going to say Saving Private Ryan, cliche but it's good.

 

[OrlanisWorks]

I think Saving Private Ryan is probably the most significant war movie made in a long time. Possibly my favorite, for introducing a lot of realism into the violent scenes (although it has a somewhat meh plotline).

Mandatory beach scene

(agreed that BoB tops everything, although not a film)

 

[iShouldGoPro]

Three Kings
Jarhead
Grave of the Fireflies
Saving Private Ryan

It's been too long since i've seen Three Kings. I almost forgot it existed.
I knew this thread would come in handy

 

[Farks!]

Das Boot

One of the few war movies that actully portray war as horrifying.

 

[Discotheque]

thin red line

 

[BadAss2961]

Probably Braveheart.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Lots of good choices in here. How about Grave of the Fireflies?

Edit: Ack, beaten!

 

[HuskerDutheDu]

Come and See
Battle of the Algiers
Bridge Over the River Kwai

 

[The Culture Vulture]

Watch Paths Of Glory

 

[benjipwns]

Since my first four or five picks are taken, I'll toss in Enemy at the Gates.

 

[M.W.]

The Thin Red Line

Saving Private Ryan isn't that good.

 

[NEOPARADIGM]

Platoon
Glory
Full Metal Jacket

Darkhorse: Biloxi Blues

 

[way more]

Cold War, so no actual battles. I may view it favorably because it pissed off Iraqi War supporters who were mortified to see American soldiers depicted as anything but boy scouts. There aren't enough army movies where the soldiers are horribly bored all the time.



Wow this trailer sucks.

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

 

[benjipwns]

In The Army Now - The most harrowing war movie you'll ever see.

Hot Shots
Hot Shots: Part Deux
Top Secret!

 

[ElTorro]

Does Schindler's List count? Probably not.

Since my first four or five picks are taken, I'll toss in Enemy at the Gates.

This. Great movie.

 

[Five]

Edge of Tomorrow: Live. Die. Repeat.

 

[uniform]

The Guns of Navarone

 

[kutthoat5150]

Last survivor was pretty good though I wanted to see more of the seal training in the beginning

Glory is another great one

 

[Disgraced]

Star Wars.

 

[Escape Goat]

Starship troopers

War! Were going to war!

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

Also, Grave of the Fireflies.

 

[milena87]

Probably Patton.

 

[Noaloha]

I do very much like Waltz With Bashir, yes.

 

[ComputerMKII]

Starship Troopers

 

[Screaming Meat]

Full Metal Jacket.

 

[MacH1nation]

Paths of Glory.

 

[Brakke]

I've only seen Full Metal Jacket once and it's one of the movies I think about most often. Really stuck in my craw, phenomenal work.

 

[Delta Assault]

Full Metal Jacket.

...I'm now trying to imagine R. Lee Ermey with a wig.

 

[ElTorro]

The crazy thing about that famous scene is that the drill sergeant's actor improvised it completely. Very impressive.

 

[benjipwns]

The crazy thing about that famous scene is that the drill sergeant's actor improvised it completely. Very impressive.

He wasn't even an actor, he was an adviser who was showing how a drill sergeant would do it and that's how he wound up with the part. And his film career.

 

[Madness]

There are so many, I can't pick. I like Patton, Apocalypse Now, The Guns of Navarone, Platoon, We Were Soldiers, Saving Private Ryan, Jarhead, Full Metal Jacket, Letters From Iwo Jima, The Dirty Dozen, Flags of Our Fathers, The Longest Day, Black Hawk Down, Windtalkers. I love war films, I'd even consider something like The Patriot a war film, God's and Generals etc.

 

[TheBahaBlast]

Saving Private Ryan for showing that the guys who landed on Normandy were just normal men thrown into war (some of them at least). And I completely agree with OP in that war is terrible, but movies like these can absolutely captivate you with it's brutality, visually or mentally.

 

[Jb]

Paths of Glory
Saving Private Ryan
Black Hawk Down
Letters from Iwo Jima
Zero Dark Thirty

I've yet to watch any of Band of Brothers/Pacific, but considering the praise it's gotten from seemingly everone who watched them I'm looking forward to it.

 

[Dizzy-4U]

The Brotherhood of War. That damn movie destroyed me.

 

[Delta Assault]

Paths of Glory
Saving Private Ryan
Black Hawk Down
Letters from Iwo Jima
Zero Dark Thirty

I've yet to watch any of Band of Brothers/Pacific, but considering the praise it's gotten from seemingly everone who watched them I'm looking forward to it.

Band of Brothers is gonna ruin The Pacific for you.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Band of Brothers is gonna ruin The Pacific for you.

Not really. Just don't expect The Pacific to be Band of Brothers: Pacific Edition and you'll be fine.

 

[StoopKid]

band of brothers.

 

[Atrophis]

My top three hasn't changed in years.

1. Das Boot
2. Cross of Iron
3. The Thin Red Line

 

[Screaming Meat]

The crazy thing about that famous scene is that the drill sergeant's actor improvised it completely. Very impressive.

I know, right? He was an actual Drill Sergeant, as I understand it. A powerhouse performance.

...I'm now trying to imagine R. Lee Ermey with a wig.

Maybe something like...

....?