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ownyouall
03-19-2006, 02:35 PM
i decided to make a top 5 on war movies cuz top 5 on movies wud be like way too many movies to list
anyways heres my top 5 list and the starring actors/actresses

1. Saving Private Ryan 1998(Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore, Matt Damon)
2. Black Hawk Down 2001 (Josh Harnett, Eric Bana, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore)
3. Platoon 1986 (Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe)
4. Pearl Harbor 2001 (Ben Affleck, Josh Harnett, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding Jr.)
5. Patton 1970 (George C.Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates)
form
03-19-2006, 02:36 PM
We Were Soldiers
The Patriot

Can't think of anymore :-/
Teh Glees0rz
03-19-2006, 02:37 PM
What about Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket!? :confused:

They both pwn Pearl Harbor. :thumb:
EightMilesHigh
03-19-2006, 02:38 PM
Pearl Harbor was awful.

Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket, and Saving Private Ryan are my favorites.
purplefeet
03-19-2006, 02:39 PM
Only the first half of FMJ.

Ive heard "The Killing Fields" is a good one. I have yet to see it.
ownyouall
03-19-2006, 02:42 PM
We Were Soldiers
The Patriot

Can't think of anymore :-/

i liked we were soldiers the first time i watched it but then i learned what had really happened, and it turns out that the movie is ****ing biased towards the United States and only showed the first half of the battle where it looked like the Americans had won, they didnt show the 2nd half where the vietnamese came bac and owned them and won the battle.
the movie is too biased.
Jetpack
03-19-2006, 02:50 PM
The Great Escape has to be on that list,

I also really liked The Bridge on the River Kwai
jaymz_is_god
03-19-2006, 02:52 PM
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket
Saving Private Ryan
Black Hawk Down

All I can think of right now.
ThePatient
03-19-2006, 03:01 PM
1. Full Metal Jacket
2. Apocalypse Now
3. Saving Private Ryan
4. Tora! Tora! Tora!
5. We Were Soldiers
The_Passenger
03-19-2006, 03:02 PM
Saving Private Ryan
The Deer Hunter
Apocaylpse Now
The Killing Fields
The Bridge On The River Kwai

Honourable mentions go to Full Metal Jacket, The Thin Red Line, Platoon, Born On The Fourth Of July, Schindler's List and The Pianist.

I know that not all of those films involve the actual battlefield to a great degree, but war plays a big part in all of their stories.
koroshiya 1
03-19-2006, 03:08 PM
i've started to dislike war movies
they seem generic and biased
there are some war movies that go beyond being simply a war movie
and tackle the psychological aspects of the human psyche
in likely what is its most intense test

"apocalypse now" is the best
"full metal jacket" and "the deer hunter" are also excellent
Jetpack
03-19-2006, 03:09 PM
1. Full Metal Jacket
2. Apocalypse Now
3. Saving Private Ryan
4. Tora! Tora! Tora!
5. We Were Soldiers


Great movie.

1.The Great escape
2.Saving Pvt Ryan
3.Tora! Tora! Tora!
4.Full Metal Jacket
5.Bridge on the river kwai

This is hard though it would be nice to have a list for the major wars, (ww2, Viet nam, etc.)

Re: The Killing Fields, I saw a bit of it in my film class, looked really interesting, all about the Khmer Rouge and Cambodia and all htat craziness!
Nosferatu
03-19-2006, 03:17 PM
Honourable mentions go to Full Metal Jacket, The Thin Red Line, Platoon, Born On The Fourth Of July, Schindler's List and The Pianist.

omg i can't stand the thin red line. i tried watching it again last night (after i saw it in the theatres) and just couldn't finish it. worst war movie ever, imo

1. Platoon (by far teh best)
2. Apocalypse Now
3. Saving Private Ryan
4. The Deer Hunter
5. Full Metal Jacket
ownyouall
03-19-2006, 03:20 PM
i forgot to put Tigerland (Collin Ferrall)
that was a really good movie, tho it was bout boot camp prepping for vietnam
Chrysostom
03-19-2006, 03:25 PM
Saving Private Ryan

Full Metal Jacket

The Pianist

The Great Escape
The_Passenger
03-19-2006, 03:28 PM
omg i can't stand the thin red line. i tried watching it again last night (after i saw it in the theatres) and just couldn't finish it. worst war movie ever, imo

I just really liked it when I saw it (must've been a couple of years ago now). It seems like a love it or hate it film though. I mean, everyone I know who's seen it either hates it or loves it at least.
jazzfromhell
03-19-2006, 03:29 PM
Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Casablanca
Apocalypse Now (original cut, all the added stuff in the Redux only makes the movie worse)
Lawrence of Arabia
Paths of Glory

Those aren't in order, honorable mentions go to Bridge on the River Kwai, Platoon, Schindler's List.
magicbus
03-19-2006, 03:50 PM
Only the first half of FMJ.

I agree. The second half didn't even feel like a war movie to me.

1. Apocalypse Now
2. Saving Private Ryan
3. Platoon
4. Paths of Glory
5. Full Metal Jacket
dancetomdance182
03-19-2006, 03:52 PM
1. Tae Guk Gi (the story of a brotherhood)-The Korean war movie.
2. Glory
3. The Patriot
4. Saving Private Ryan
5. We Were Soldiers.
AA-12
03-19-2006, 03:56 PM
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket
Apocolypse Now
Saving Private Ryan
Black Hawk Down
Mazeppa
03-19-2006, 04:01 PM
i liked we were soldiers the first time i watched it but then i learned what had really happened, and it turns out that the movie is ****ing biased towards the United States and only showed the first half of the battle where it looked like the Americans had won, they didnt show the 2nd half where the vietnamese came bac and owned them and won the battle.
the movie is too biased.
The book makes a good read, better than the film.

As for war films I really like, I can only think of Apocalypse Now. Black Hawk Down was ok, but it got pretty tedious really. I need to watch some more war films.
AA-12
03-19-2006, 04:02 PM
i liked we were soldiers the first time i watched it but then i learned what had really happened, and it turns out that the movie is ****ing biased towards the United States and only showed the first half of the battle where it looked like the Americans had won, they didnt show the 2nd half where the vietnamese came bac and owned them and won the battle.
the movie is too biased.
You moron. That's the part it was about.
Kurtz
03-19-2006, 04:15 PM
Apocalypse Now
Saving Private Ryan
Das Boot
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket

Honorable mentions: Braveheart, Tora Tora Tora
form
03-19-2006, 04:17 PM
You moron. That's the part it was about.

lol owned
talk show host
03-19-2006, 04:18 PM
The Deer Hunter
Platoon
Apocalypse Now

Eh, i'll have to think of the others, i'm not big on war films generally.
AA-12
03-19-2006, 04:34 PM
lol owned
Seriously, it's like saying "why did they show the part where the soldiers won, because everyone knows in about 40 years they die of old age, i mean come on, its biased".
Txus
03-19-2006, 04:57 PM
1. Full Metal Jacket
2. Apocalypse Now
3. Saving Private Ryan
4. Tears Of The Sun
5. Black Hawk Down
PAJJ
03-19-2006, 05:05 PM
1. Apocalypse Now
2. Full Metal Jacket
3. Platoon
4. The Deer Hunter
5. Jarhead
EightMilesHigh
03-19-2006, 06:03 PM
Honorable mentions: Braveheart,

Oh my god. My dad has a friend I met the other day, and he's this old Scottish guy. I kid you not, his name is William Wallace. When I met him, afterwards, I was like "Oh my god....his name is William Wallace."
Kurtz
03-19-2006, 06:05 PM
That is way too awesome.
Scoot
03-19-2006, 06:36 PM
All Quiet On The Western Front is a damn good movie.
Ducky_72
03-19-2006, 07:18 PM
1. Lord Of The Rings

2. Saving Private Ryan

3. Grave of the Fireflies

4. Dr Strangelove

5. Enemy At The Gates