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[Fevaweva]

It isn't the greatest war film ever, but Flowers of War is a good film. Fuck the Rotten Tomato score.

 

[Sectorseven]

Apocalypse Now.

It's certainly not the most realistic depiction of war, but it does capture the sense of hell and insanity in a way that no other film has.

 

[Az987]

Casualties of War

 

[Alligatorjandro]

Platoon

 

[MechDX]

Midway. Watch it every Memorial Day.

 

[Timeaisis]

Saving Private Ryan
Black Hawk Down
Bridge over the River Kwai

Band of Brothers is like multiple really long movies, and it's the hands down the best.

 

[flyover]

Paths of Glory is so, so good. It's not epic in the way that so many other war movies are, but that's to its benefit. It's spare and focused (under 90 minutes). No scenes are wasted, so the whole thing is memorable. One of the rare movies that I remembered start to finish after only a single viewing.

 

[FuuRe]

ctrl+f "Pearl Harbor"

I'm proud of you guys

My pick is Full Metal Jacket, but only during the training, the Vietnam part is kinda meh.
Also Saving Private Ryan

 

[Jag]

So many war movies I still haven't seen. I compiled the full list so far for myself in the rough order of posting and I'll post it here if the OP wants to include it the first post. Maybe someone with more time than me can break it down by genre. Apologies if I missed your favorite movie or listed something twice.

Apocalypse Now
Patton
Black Hawk Down
Band of Brothers (mini-series)
The Pacific (mini-series)
All Quiet on the Western Front
Three Kings
Grave of the Fireflies
Saving Private Ryan
Casualties of War
Full Metal Jacket
The Thin Red Line
Come and See
Battle of the Algiers
Bridge Over the River Kwai
Paths Of Glory
Enemy at the Gates
Glory
The Guns of Navarone
Waltz With Bashir
We Were Soldiers
Jarhead
Letters From Iwo Jima
The Dirty Dozen
Flags of Our Fathers
The Longest Day
Windtalkers
The Patriot
God's and Generals
Zero Dark Thirty
The Brotherhood of War
Das Boot
Cross of Iron
Where Eagles Dare
Stalingrad
The Steel Helmet
The Big Red One
Midway
Flight of the Intruder
Fires on the Plain
Downfall
The Dam Busters
A Bridge Too Far
The Deer Hunter
Gallipoli
Lawrence of Arabia
Judgment at Nuremberg
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
Kelly’s Heroes
The One That Got Away
Ice Cold in Alex
Reach for the Sky
Waterloo
The Eagle Has Landed
We Dive At Dawn
Zulu
Green Berets
Cross of Iron
Dark Blue World
The Great Escape
The Human Condition
Platoon
Braveheart
Talvisota
The Beast of War
Generation Kill
Soldier of Orange
Saints and Soldiers
Brotherhood
Joint Security Area
Johnny Got His Gun
Ivan's Childhood
Flowers of War

 

[madp0k]

Where Eagles Dare is by far my favourite because of rose tinted glasses + Clint + Burton

but Platoon was brilliant aswell, I also love SPR and Band of Brothers should get a mention as a 10hr movie.

 

[Moppeh]

Apocalypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
Paths of Glory

I've only seen about half of it, but Come and See has the potential to be in my top three.

 

[frontovik]

Das Boot, Der Untergang, Come and See.

 

[iShouldGoPro]

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

"I saw a flock of geese migrating south" LOL
Love that movie, idc who knows it

WWI:
All Quiet on the Western Front
Gallipoli
Lawrence of Arabia
Paths of Glory


WWII:
A Bridge Too Far
Come and See (Russian Language)
Das Boot (German Language)
Downfall (German Language)
Judgment at Nuremberg
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List


Vietnam:
Full Metal Jacket

Thnx for the categories!

If I've learned anything from this I think I've learned out of all the war movies I haven't seen that are a favorite of Gaffers, Das Boot is the one I need to watch immediately