Favorite War Movies

skyraider · May 24, 2014

If you have one , list it.

Bataan, with Rod Taylor and "Run silent,Run Deep with Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster.

Ragman · May 24, 2014

Depends on my mood -

Kellys Heros

Bridge Over the River Kwai

Platoon

and last, but not least M*A*S*H

layoutshooter · May 24, 2014

Patton, Tuskeegee Airmen, Memphis Bell, Heaven Knows MR. Alison, Midway, Tora, Tora, Tora, Kelly's Heroes, Battle of the Bulge, The Great Escape, Bridge over the River Kwai, U571, and many more I can't think of right now. OH Yeah, Enemy at the Gate, The Eagle has landed.

layoutshooter · May 24, 2014

Glory, Gettysburg (with Jeff Daniels), 30 Seconds over Tokyo. The Crossing

Ragman · May 24, 2014

layoutshooter said:
Glory, Gettysburg (with Jeff Daniels), 30 Seconds over Tokyo.

Ya know, there were so many great ones, it's really hard to say just one is my favorite. I hereby vacate my previous list and amend it to include

The Guns of Navarone

Von Ryans Express

more as my memory allows.

scottm4211 · May 24, 2014

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layoutshooter · May 24, 2014

Ragman said:
Ya know, there were so many great ones, it's really hard to say just one is my favorite. I hereby vacate my previous list and amend it to include

The Guns of Navarone

Von Ryans Express

more as my memory allows.

I have NO favorite, again, depends on mood. Add the Dirty Dozen

Ragman · May 24, 2014

layoutshooter said:
I have NO favorite, again, depends on mood. Add the Dirty Dozen

And don't forget about

The Great Escape.

layoutshooter · May 24, 2014

Merril's Marairders

Ragman · May 24, 2014

layoutshooter said:
Merril's Marairders

No Fair! You're older, you can remember more.

Ragman · May 24, 2014

Doolittle's Raiders.

layoutshooter · May 24, 2014

Ragman said:
No Fair! You're older, you can remember more.

WAY older! Besides, my father fought with the "Mars Taskforce" they replace Merril's Marauders. He was assigned to the Flying Tigers, after they were absorbed into the Army Air Corps.

layoutshooter · May 24, 2014

Ragman said:
And don't forget about

The Great Escape.

The Great Escape was in my first bunch. I did not like the Then Red Line, I have the book and the movie is not even close.

aristotle · May 24, 2014

The Patriot with Mel Gibson.

Glory with Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington.

Cold Mountain is an under-rated war movie.

We Were Soldiers.

Heartbreak Ridge.

Zulu.

Birth of a Nation.

The Alamo.

Valkyrie.

Gone With The Wind.

Turtle · May 25, 2014

Stripes
1941
Starship Troopers
Good Morning, Vietnam
Private Benjamin
Catch-22
Mister Roberts
Dr. Strangelove or: How I stopped Worrying and Love the Bomb
The Incredible Mr. Limpet

Most favorite war movie of all time:
The Big Red One

Ragman · May 25, 2014

Turtle said:
Stripes
1941
Starship Troopers
Good Morning, Vietnam
Private Benjamin
Catch-22
Mister Roberts
Dr. Strangelove or: How I stopped Worrying and Love the Bomb
The Incredible Mr. Limpet

Most favorite war movie of all time:
The Big Red One

Foul! Stripes and Private Benjamin are not really WAR movies.

Turtle · May 25, 2014

Ragman said:
Foul! Stripes and Private Benjamin are not really WAR movies.

Stripes
Genre: Comedy War

Private Benjamin
Genre: Comedy War

Dynamite 1 · May 25, 2014

The Green Beret !!!!!!!!!!

Jamin_Joe · May 25, 2014

While a student at Hargrave Millitary Academy, the weekend movies where mainly Navy War Films, Midway, Battle of The Bulge. Of course teen age boys had lots of comments anought the Battle of the Bulge....fun times!