Favorite War Movies

[speidi1]

Originally Posted by dmax99

King Rat was adapted from a very good book by James Clavell,of "Shogun" fame.Lotsa good books to read in that list of movies.David

I've probably read that book four or five times. Excellent. Clavell puts you right there.

[jleon92f]

Hi,
"King Rat" is available on DVD if you do an ebay search.

John.

[TVTeufel]

Not yet mentioned - Twelve O'clock High, Gregory Peck - '49.
(Back when I went to the movies).

Ron.

[RussinOhio]

Originally Posted by TVTeufel

Not yet mentioned - Twelve O'clock High, Gregory Peck - '49.
(Back when I went to the movies).

Ron.

Oh yes forgot about THAT one! But then, I've a soft spot in my heart for B-17's!


Russ

[freddyfender]

when was the last time you watched "The Longest Day?" epic........

[eThink]

Bataan (1943): Japan has just invaded the Phillipines and the US Army attempts a desperate defence. Thirteen men are chosen to blow up a bridge on the Bataan peninsula and keep the Japanese from rebuilding it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035664/maindetails

Guns at Batasi (1962): It's a splendid character study of a British Army Regimental Sergeant Major set in an absorbing - and rather accurately prophetic - plot of a post-colonial African revolution.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058166/

Immortal Sergeant (1943): Out on patrol in the war-time desert a Canadian corporal reminisces about the woman he has left behind in London and ponders whether she will fall for the charms of his rival in love. At the same time he worries about how he would get on with his outfit if his crack sergeant was not there to guide him. Circumstances combine to give answers to both questions.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036037/

The War Lover (1962):Buzz Rickson is a dare-devil World War II bomber pilot with a death wish. Failing at everything not involving flying, Rickson lives for the most dangerous missions. His crew lives with this aspect of his personality only because they know he always brings them back alive.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056676/

Bravo Two Zero (1999):This is the true story of the most highly decorated British patrol since the Boer war: an eight man SAS team inserted behind Iraqi lines during the Gulf War in January 1991. Their mission was to take out the scud missiles which Saddam Hussein was using to terrorize his enemies, as well as to sever strategic communication lines between Baghdad and North West Iraq. This top secret mission was called "Bravo Two Zero" and it was commanded by Sergeant Andy McNab. Of the eight who went out, only five returned. Dropped into "scud alley" carrying 210-pound packs, McNab and his men soon found themselves surrounded by Saddam's army. Their radios didn't work; the weather was brutally cold. And they had been spotted. For the SAS, the Bravo Two Zero patrol has always been seen with mixed feelings. On one hand, its most famous ever action is a tale of remarkable endurance and heroism; on the other hand, only one of the eight-man patrol managed to escape death or capture (as told in The One That Got Away by Chris Ryan.)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120617/maindetails

The Sand Pebbles (1966): Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat U.S.S. San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the "rice-bowl" system which runs the ship and the uneasy sybiosis between Chinese and foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's presence reaches a climax when the boat must crash through a river-boom and rescue missionaries upriver at China Light Mission.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060934/


Other Favorites that were already mentioned:

1. The Train
2. Pork Chop Hill
3. Hamburger Hill
4. Action in the North Atlantic
5. Air Force

Almost al of these films are now on DVD!

My recommendations would have to include;

1. Memphis Belle
2. The Great Escape
3. Hell in the Pacific
4. The Battle of Britain
5. Tora Tora Tora

[Reel 2 Reel]

Originally Posted by botrytis

I would have to put up several:
1. Stalag 17
2. In Harms Way
3. The Dirty Dozen
4. Kelly's Hero's
5. Patton
6. Tora Tora Tora
7. Bridge Over the River Kwai
8. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

OK - that was more than a couple!!

Dave

Boy...that saved me alot of typin!!...lol

[MikeO]

Schindler's List

[eThink]

These are rarely shown on TV. Some are not available on VHS or tape.

When Trumpets Fade (1998)
In WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning (Ron Eldard) reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow soldier and searches for survivors from his platoon, only to learn from commanding officer Captain Pritchett that they have all been killed in action. Despite requesting a discharge on the grounds of mental disability, Manning is promoted to sergeant and assigned to lead a new platoon of young inductees.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0135706/


Decision Before Dawn (1951)
WWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. The US army lacks crucial knowledge about the German units operating on the opposite side of the Rhine, and decides to send two German prisoners to gather information. The scheme is risky: the Gestapo retains a terribly efficient network to identify and capture spies and deserters. Moreover, it is not clear that "Tiger", who does not mind any dirty work as long as the price is right, and war-weary "Happy", who might be easily betrayed by his feelings, are dependable agents. After Tiger and another American agent are successfully infiltrated, Happy is parachuted in Bavaria. His duty: find out the whereabouts of a powerful German armored unit moving towards the western front.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043459/


The Victors (1963)
Some short tales about the inhumanity of war, in front of the history of WWII, showing that the individum always looses.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057652/


Attack and Retreat (1965)
Chronicle of the unheralded and unsuccessful invasion of the Soviet Union by the Italian army during World War II

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059323/


Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins Company C, 18th Infantry as this American army unit fights its way across North Africa in World War II. He comes to know the soldiers and finds much human interest material for his readers back in the States. Later, he catches up with the unit in Italy and accompanies it through the battles of San Vittorio and Cassino. He learns from its commanding officer, Lt. (later Capt.) Bill Walker of the loneliness of command, and from the individual G.I.'s of the human capacity to survive drudgery, discomfort, and the terror of combat.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038120/

[pmsummer]

Limited to movies about WW II infrantrymen... no boats, POW camps, planes, or subs. And in no order.


A Bridge Too Far (Operation Market Garden...Monty's Folly that could have won the war 6 months early, but probably prolonged it by three)


The Longest Day (D-Day)


Saving Private Ryan (D-Day and following)


Kelly's Heroes (Comedy, but one of the VERY few films where you'll see the difference between a Tiger Mk I and a Sherman M4-A3...which was a joke in itself)


Stalingrad (German film)


Battleground (Battle of the Bulge: remarkable film considering that it was filmed so close to the war's end)


The Thin Red Line (Guadacanal..the most beautiful war movie, if that's possible)


Band of Brothers (The 101st from Normandy to Austria)


How I Won the War (Richard Lester directs John Lennon. Not a pro-war film.)

(There are so many others, but these leap out at me for not having any real weaknesses in acting, direction, score, or cinematography.

[ekmanning5]

Originally Posted by JerryM

I tend to like the ones with the more explicit anti-war message:


Paths of Glory

Johnny Got His Gun

Born on the Fourth of July

Platoon

Dr. Strangelove

Paths of Glory is one of the best movies I've ever seen.
Ed

[Andyman]

Lots of great films here, but the one with most brutal battle scenes I've seen is "The Messenger, The Story of Joan of Arc"; sort of "Saving Private Ryan" meets "Braveheart".

I'm also partial to "Von Ryan's Express" with Sinatra; I always wind up watching that one when I stumble across it.

[Sandy G]

There was a sorta hokey one starring Jimmy Stewart in the late 1950s about the then-new B-52...I've caught pieces parts of it over the years, never have seen the whole thing end-to-end...It was in color, too, which was kinda unusual then...Anybody ever seen "7 Days in May ?"

[eThink]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

There was a sorta hokey one starring Jimmy Stewart in the late 1950s about the then-new B-52...I've caught pieces parts of it over the years, never have seen the whole thing end-to-end...It was in color, too, which was kinda unusual then...Anybody ever seen "7 Days in May ?"

Strategic Air Command (1955)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048667/