Top 25 War Films

[The Beer Monster]

I remember hating Inglourious Basterds, haven’t watched it since the cinema and can’t really remember why I hated it.

[Fro]

I really wish Adam Sandler would have played The Bear Jew as he was supposed to. Eli Roth was fine but I think Sandler would have put that character over the top. Sandler couldn't do it because it conflicted with him starring in Funny People.

[Nash Diesel]

I really wish Adam Sandler would have played The Bear Jew as he was supposed to. Eli Roth was fine but I think Sandler would have put that character over the top. Sandler couldn't do it because it conflicted with him starring in Funny People.

I think just the idea of Sandler being in a Tarantino movie in this kind of role would have added about 40+ million to the box office.

[Percussion]

So I'm guessing.. Schindler's List, Platoon, Saving Private Ryan, Glory, Apocalypse Now, The Deer Hunter, Full Metal Jacket..

[Nash Diesel]

So I'm guessing.. Schindler's List, Platoon, Saving Private Ryan, Glory, Apocalypse Now, The Deer Hunter, Full Metal Jacket..

In that order, 7-1? I would agree.

There's still hope for 300!!

[Percussion]

Nah, no order there.. just throwing out candidates..

[Spudz Mackenzie]

Still hoping for Rambo.

(I didn't read anyone else's lists - So I don't know if I'm the only one who chose it.)

[Randolph]

Schindler's List is a war movie? I thought it was a wartime movie. Would Judgment at Nuremberg be a war movie then?

[The Beer Monster]

If I was putting together 5 films to tell the story of WW2 Schindler’s List would be one of them, so it definitely counts.

[Spudz Mackenzie]

A movie doesn't need to have people fighting in a war to be a war movie.

Did anyone nominate "Casablanca"? That's one of the greatest World War 2 movies ever made.

[Romford Pele]

7.............

Glory (1989)

136 points, 8 votes, Highest vote 24 (BigAl)

Glory is a 1989 American war film directed by Edward Zwick about the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, the Union Army's second African-American regiment in the American Civil War. It stars Matthew Broderick as Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, the regiment's commanding officer, and Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, and Morgan Freeman as fictional members of the 54th.

The screenplay by Kevin Jarre was based on the books Lay This Laurel by Lincoln Kirstein and One Gallant Rush by Peter Burchard, and the personal letters of Shaw. The film depicts the soldiers of the 54th from the formation of their regiment to their heroic actions at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner.
Glory was nominated for five Academy Awards and won three, including Best Supporting Actor for Washington.

It won many other awards from, among others, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, the Golden Globe Awards, the Kansas City Film Critics Circle, the Political Film Society, and the NAACP Image Awards. The film was co-produced by TriStar Pictures and Freddie Fields Productions, and distributed by Tri-Star Pictures in the United States.

It premiered in limited release in the United States on December 14, 1989, and in wide release on February 16, 1990, making $27 million on an $18 million budget. The soundtrack, composed by James Horner and performed in part by Boys Choir of Harlem, was released on January 23, 1990. The home video was distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

On June 2, 2009, a widescreen Blu-ray version, featuring the director's commentary and deleted scenes, was released.

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*adds to list of things to see*

[BigAl]

Stunning film. My dad let me watch it when I was about 10 years old and it's still one of my favorite war movies. #2 on my list.

[Nash Diesel]

A great movie. We watched this in school as well. Matthew Broderick, shit up until this movie I only knew him as Ferris Bueller. Denzel killed it. IMO, the best Civil War movie of all time.

[Romford Pele]

6....

The Deer Hunter (1978)

145 points, 8 votes, Highest vote 25 (Pureplayer)

The Deer Hunter is a 1978 American epic war drama film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino about a trio of steelworkers whose lives were changed forever after fighting in the Vietnam War. The three soldiers are played by Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, and John Savage, with John Cazale (in his final role), Meryl Streep, and George Dzundza playing supporting roles. The story takes place in Clairton, Pennsylvania, a working-class town on the Monongahela River south of Pittsburgh, and in Vietnam.

The film was based in part on an unproduced screenplay called The Man Who Came to Play by Louis Garfinkle and Quinn K. Redeker, about Las Vegas and Russian roulette. Producer Michael Deeley, who bought the script, hired writer/director Michael Cimino who, with Deric Washburn, rewrote the script, taking the Russian roulette element and placing it in the Vietnam War. The film went over-budget and over-schedule, and ended up costing $15 million. The scenes depicting Russian roulette were highly controversial after the film's release. EMI Films, who produced the film, released the film internationally while Universal Pictures handled its distribution in North America.

The film received critical acclaim from critics and audiences, with praise going towards Cimino's direction, the performances of its cast, particularly from De Niro, Walken, and Streep, screenplay, realistic themes and tones, and cinematography. It was also successful at the box office, grossing $49 million. At the 51st Academy Awards, it was nominated for nine Academy Awards, and won five: Best Picture, Best Director for Cimino, Best Supporting Actor for Walken, Best Sound, and Best Film Editing. The film marked Meryl Streep's first Academy Award nomination (for Best Supporting Actress).

It has been featured on lists of the best films ever made, such as being named the 53rd-greatest American film of all time by the American Film Institute in 2007 in their 10th Anniversary Edition of the AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies list. It was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 1996, as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

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Only seen this once but what a film. Christopher Walken manages to overshadow Streep and De Niro, no mean feat.

[Fro]

It's been a while since I watched this but I remember buying this used on VHS when I was a teen. it's such a long movie that it came on two VHS tapes. It was good from what I recall, albeit very long. I wouldn't mind circling back to it again one day and watching it in a few sittings.

[Percussion]

So I'm guessing.. Schindler's List, Platoon, Saving Private Ryan, Glory, Apocalypse Now, The Deer Hunter, Full Metal Jacket..

so far, so good..

[Romford Pele]

5......

Full Metal Jacket (1987)

179 points, 10 votes, Highest vote 25 (Romford Pele, Nash Diesel)

Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 war film directed, co-written, and produced by Stanley Kubrick and starring Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D'Onofrio and Adam Baldwin. The screenplay by Kubrick, Michael Herr, and Gustav Hasford was based on Hasford's novel The Short-Timers (1979).

The storyline follows a platoon of U.S. Marines through their boot camp training in Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, primarily focusing on two privates, Joker and Pyle, who struggle under their abusive drill instructor, Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, and the experiences of two of the platoon's Marines in Vietnamese cities of Da Nang and Huế during the Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War.

The film's title refers to the full metal jacket bullet used by military servicemen. The film was released in the United States on June 26, 1987.

Full Metal Jacket received critical acclaim and an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for Kubrick, Herr, and Hasford. In 2001, the American Film Institute placed it at No. 95 in their "AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills" poll.

[Romford Pele]

My fave. Love it all, the training part is fantastic, Modine is great and who can forget the drill sergeant?

Me love you long time!

[Murphy]

Saw the training part once and always wanted to watch it, but never have.

We're down to number 5 and I still haven't seen a film on this list.

[Donald]

Should have been #1.

[Romford Pele]

I agree.

[BigAl]

Another great one. Admittedly I had it around #10 but I think that was more because it's been a minute since I've seen it.

The reacharound quote by Ermey was absolute perfection.

[Nash Diesel]

Incredible movie. I've seen it so many times it's not even funny. My uncle, who we called "Sarge" could quote this and Platoon front to back. I remember as a kid being horrified during the scene

where they beat the fuck out of Private Pile with the soap in socks

[Simmo Fortyone]

I haven't seen a lot of the movies on this list, I think mostly because US-focused war movies don't really capture my interest. I put a couple of Australian made movies on my list that others obviously haven't seen (or enjoyed). I imagine that kind of view is pretty common with people preferring movies that focus on their own cultural background (for lack of a better term)

I generally dislike Tarantino movies but thought IG was ok.

[Percussion]

Don't see why someone can't greatly enjoy a war film focused on another region/culture than their own. 7 of the 20 I sent in were non US-centric. I think though it's more a matter of exposure. Everyone here has been recommended by advert or word of mouth films like Full Metal Jacket or Born on the Fourth of July or Saving Private Ryan or Platoon, etc.. But films like '71 or Beasts of No Nation or Son of Saul, etc are simply less likely to break through the same awareness/anticipation.

[Randolph]

Anyone who likes Full Metal Jacket can come over to my house and fuck my sister.

[Spudz Mackenzie]

I've never been to space, but my favorite war movie is "Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back".

I've never lived underwater, but the Atlantean war in "Aquaman" was really cool.

[Romford Pele]

4........

Platoon (1986)

188 points,11 votes, Highest vote Randolph/Spudz Mackenzie (23 points)

Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone, starring Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Keith David, Kevin Dillon, John C. McGinley, Forest Whitaker, and Johnny Depp. It is the first film of a trilogy of Vietnam War films directed by Stone, followed by Born on the Fourth of July (1989) and Heaven & Earth (1993).

The film, based on Stone's experience from the war, follows a U.S. Army volunteer (Sheen) serving in Vietnam while his Platoon Sergeant and his Squad Leader (Berenger and Dafoe) argue over the morality in the platoon and the conduct of the war.

Stone wrote the screenplay based upon his experiences as a U.S. infantryman in Vietnam, to counter the vision of the war portrayed in John Wayne's The Green Berets. Although having written films such as Midnight Express and Scarface, Stone struggled to get the film developed until Hemdale Film Corporation acquired the project along with Salvador. Filming took place in the Philippines in February 1986 and lasted 54 days.

Platoon was the first Hollywood film to be written and directed by a veteran of the Vietnam War.

Upon its release, Platoon received critical acclaim for Stone's directing and screenplay, the cinematography, battle sequences’ realism and the performances of Dafoe and Berenger. The film was a box office success upon its release, grossing $138.5 million domestically against its $6 million budget.

The film was nominated for eight Academy Awards at the 59th Academy Awards, and won four including Best Picture, Best Director for Stone, Best Sound and Best Film Editing. In 1998, the American Film Institute placed Platoon at #83 in their "AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies" poll. In 2019, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"

[Donald]

Anyone who likes Full Metal Jacket can come over to my house and fuck my sister.

I'd need to know her age and see some pics first.

[Nash Diesel]

4........

Platoon (1986)

188 points,11 votes, Highest vote Randolph/Spudz Mackenzie (23 points)

Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone, starring Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Keith David, Kevin Dillon, John C. McGinley, Forest Whitaker, and Johnny Depp. It is the first film of a trilogy of Vietnam War films directed by Stone, followed by Born on the Fourth of July (1989) and Heaven & Earth (1993).

The film, based on Stone's experience from the war, follows a U.S. Army volunteer (Sheen) serving in Vietnam while his Platoon Sergeant and his Squad Leader (Berenger and Dafoe) argue over the morality in the platoon and the conduct of the war.

Stone wrote the screenplay based upon his experiences as a U.S. infantryman in Vietnam, to counter the vision of the war portrayed in John Wayne's The Green Berets. Although having written films such as Midnight Express and Scarface, Stone struggled to get the film developed until Hemdale Film Corporation acquired the project along with Salvador. Filming took place in the Philippines in February 1986 and lasted 54 days.

Platoon was the first Hollywood film to be written and directed by a veteran of the Vietnam War.

Upon its release, Platoon received critical acclaim for Stone's directing and screenplay, the cinematography, battle sequences’ realism and the performances of Dafoe and Berenger. The film was a box office success upon its release, grossing $138.5 million domestically against its $6 million budget.

The film was nominated for eight Academy Awards at the 59th Academy Awards, and won four including Best Picture, Best Director for Stone, Best Sound and Best Film Editing. In 1998, the American Film Institute placed Platoon at #83 in their "AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies" poll. In 2019, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"

I fucking love Platoon. This and Full Metal Jacket hold a special place in my heart due to my uncle who practically raised me and the million times we'd watch these 2 movies when I'd come over (which was almost every day in my youth). The cast is on point, so many big names and some that went on to become big names. I always forget Johnny Depp is in this movie. John McGinley is so good in this and people forget sometimes that this guy is a really really good actor with a wide range.

But Willem DaFoe and Tom Berenger are money. Wow. Just can't say enough good things about the last 2 movies on this last.

[Honey_Badger]

Platoon is great. William Dafoe is an absolute beast in this movie.

[Simmo Fortyone]

Don't see why someone can't greatly enjoy a war film focused on another region/culture than their own. 7 of the 20 I sent in were non US-centric. I think though it's more a matter of exposure. Everyone here has been recommended by advert or word of mouth films like Full Metal Jacket or Born on the Fourth of July or Saving Private Ryan or Platoon, etc.. But films like '71 or Beasts of No Nation or Son of Saul, etc are simply less likely to break through the same awareness/anticipation.

I'm not saying they can't. I'm saying they don't.

The vast majority of the audience at release times of most of these movies were people who lived through the era. You really think they'd seek out movies that tell of life from the other side?

[Spudz Mackenzie]

I'm not saying they can't. I'm saying they don't.

The vast majority of the audience at release times of most of these movies were people who lived through the era. You really think they'd seek out movies that tell of life from the other side?

Like how most Americans won't bother to see a movie about the terrorists our military are fighting in the Middle East?

Give it time and a movie that shows the life and times of a suicide bomber, compelled to action by their religion and loyalty to their people and country, but fighting against it because of their life and the beginning of some forward thinking progress - is going to be an Oscar Award winner one day.

But its too soon for that shit now. Especially in a Donald Trump America.

[Romford Pele]

3.........

Apocalypse Now (1979)

210 points, 10 votes, Highest vote 25 (Jimmy Zero)

Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic war film about the Vietnam War, directed, produced and co-written by Francis Ford Coppola. It stars Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne, Harrison Ford, and Dennis Hopper.

The screenplay, co-written by Coppola and John Milius and narration written by Michael Herr, was loosely based on the 1899 novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. The setting was changed from late 19th-century Congo to the Vietnam War. The film follows a river journey from South Vietnam into Cambodia undertaken by Captain Benjamin L. Willard (a character based on Conrad's Marlow and played by Sheen), who is on a secret mission to assassinate Colonel Kurtz (Brando, with the character being based on Conrad's Mr. Kurtz), a renegade Army Special Forces officer accused of murder and who is presumed insane.

Milius became interested in adapting Heart of Darkness for a Vietnam War setting, and initially began developing the film with Coppola as producer and George Lucas as director. After Lucas became unavailable, Coppola took over directoral control, and was influenced by Werner Herzog's Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) in his approach to the material. Initially set to be a five-month shoot, the film became noted for the problems encountered while making it for over a year, as chronicled in the documentary Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991). These problems included Brando arriving on the set overweight and completely unprepared, expensive sets being destroyed by severe weather and Sheen having a breakdown and suffering a near-fatal heart attack while on location. Problems continued after production as the release was postponed several times while Coppola edited over a million feet of film.

Apocalypse Now was honored with the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, where it premiered unfinished before it was finally released on August 15, 1979, by United Artists. The film performed well at the box office, grossing $78 million domestically and going on to gross over $150 million worldwide. Initial reviews were mixed; while Vittorio Storaro's cinematography was widely acclaimed, several critics found Coppola's handling of the story's major themes to be anticlimactic and intellectually disappointing.

Apocalypse Now is today considered to be one of the greatest films ever made. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards at the 52nd Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Coppola), and Best Supporting Actor for Duvall, and went on to win for Best Cinematography and Best Sound. It ranked No. 14 in Sight & Sound's greatest films poll in 2012, and No. 6 in the Director's Poll of greatest films of all time.

Roger Ebert also included it in his top 10 list of greatest films ever in 2012. In 2000, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".

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What a great film. Captures the insanity of the Vietnam war perfectly. The fact that Brando turned up and binned his script and said whatever he wanted is also legendary.

[Murphy]

Full Metal Jacket was on ITV4 at the weekend. I recorded it. It only recorded the first half.

FFS.

Still seen none of these.

[Romford Pele]

Number 2...

Schlinders List (1993)

213 points, 10 votes, Highest vote 25 (Melly)

Schindler's List is a 1993 American historical period drama film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the novel Schindler's Ark by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally. The film follows Oskar Schindler, a Sudeten German businessman, who saved more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees from the Holocaust by employing them in his factories during World War II. It stars Liam Neeson as Schindler, Ralph Fiennes as SS officer Amon Göth, and Ben Kingsley as Schindler's Jewish accountant Itzhak Stern.

Ideas for a film about the Schindlerjuden (Schindler Jews) were proposed as early as 1963. Poldek Pfefferberg, one of the Schindlerjuden, made it his life's mission to tell Schindler's story. Spielberg became interested when executive Sidney Sheinberg sent him a book review of Schindler's Ark. Universal Pictures bought the rights to the novel, but Spielberg, unsure if he was ready to make a film about the Holocaust, tried to pass the project to several directors before deciding to direct it.

Principal photography took place in Kraków, Poland, over 72 days in 1993. Spielberg shot in black and white and approached the film as a documentary. Cinematographer Janusz Kamiński wanted to create a sense of timelessness. John Williams composed the score, and violinist Itzhak Perlman performed the main theme.
Schindler's List premiered on November 30, 1993, in Washington, D.C. and was released on December 15, 1993, in the United States. Often listed among the greatest films ever made, it was also a box office success, earning $322 million worldwide on a $22 million budget.

It was nominated for twelve Academy Awards, winning seven, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Score, and won numerous other awards, including seven BAFTAs and three Golden Globes. In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked Schindler's List 8th on its list of the 100 best American films of all time. The Library of Congress selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry in 2004.

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Incredible film - a tough watch though.

[Nash Diesel]

I still have not seen Apocalypse Now but it's on the bucket list.

Schindler's List came out when I was in middle school and we have a strong Jewish community here in Des Moines so they actually let students get together with survivors of the Holocaust that lived here and watch this. Then we had a survivor come and speak to the entire school about what they witnessed and went through and how the movie held up to what they experienced. It was wild!

[BigAl]

I still have not seen Apocalypse Now but it's on the bucket list.

Schindler's List came out when I was in middle school and we have a strong Jewish community here in Des Moines so they actually let students get together with survivors of the Holocaust that lived here and watch this. Then we had a survivor come and speak to the entire school about what they witnessed and went through and how the movie held up to what they experienced. It was wild!

Something similar happened here in CT as well. We saw the movie when it came out on video and then had survivors come and explain what they saw and what they lived through. One of them even had her tattoo touched up every few years so it looked almost brand new. She said she didn't want anybody to ever forget what happened.

[Percussion]

I'm not saying they can't. I'm saying they don't.

The vast majority of the audience at release times of most of these movies were people who lived through the era. You really think they'd seek out movies that tell of life from the other side?

Some.. sure..

[Nash Diesel]

They're going to remake Full Metal Jacket and have it seen through the eyes of that 13 year old sniper who picked off half the cast in 5 minutes.

[Donald]

Full Metal Overcoat

[Simmo Fortyone]

You would struggle to find a group of people who have seen Schindler's List twice.

[Fro]

yea i dont think many of these war movies have a lot of replay value. except Inglourious Basterds which I've seen about 5 times. I love the Fassbender/Mike Myers/Winston Churchill scene in that.

[Percussion]

Full Metal Jacket
Platoon
Apocalypse Now
Good Morning Vietnam
The Hurt Locker
Born on the Fourth of July
Saving Private Ryan (surely will be number 1)

I see all of these routinely on tv stations. Someone's watching them more than once.

[Nash Diesel]

Full Metal Jacket
Platoon
Apocalypse Now
Good Morning Vietnam
The Hurt Locker
Born on the Fourth of July
Saving Private Ryan (surely will be number 1)

I see all of these routinely on tv stations. Someone's watching them more than once.

I've seen some of those movies at least 20 times.

[Romford Pele]

The Rajah number 1 war film is.......

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

254 points, 12 votes, Highest vote 25 (Randolph, Percussion, Big Al, Spudz Mackenzie)

Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American epic war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. Set during the Invasion of Normandy in World War II, the film is notable for its graphic portrayal of war and for the intensity of its opening 27 minutes, which includes a depiction of the Omaha Beach assault during the Normandy landings. The film follows United States Army Rangers Captain John H. Miller (Tom Hanks) and his squad (Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Adam Goldberg, and Jeremy Davies) as they search for a paratrooper, Private First Class James Francis Ryan (Matt Damon), the last surviving brother of three servicemen killed in action. The film is a co-production between DreamWorks Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, and Mutual Film Company, with DreamWorks distributing the film in North America while Paramount released the film internationally.

In 1996, producer Mark Gordon pitched Rodat's idea, which was inspired by the Niland brothers, to Paramount, which eventually began development on the project Spielberg, who at the time was forming DreamWorks, came on board to direct the project, and Hanks joined the cast. After the cast went through training supervised by Marines veteran Dale Dye, the film's principal photography started in June 1997 and lasted two months. The film's D-Day scenes were shot in Ballinesker Beach, Curracloe Strand, Ballinesker, just east of Curracloe, County Wexford, Ireland and used members of the army reserve of the Irish Army as infantry for the D-Day landing.

Released on July 24, 1998, Saving Private Ryan received acclaim from critics and audiences for its performances (particularly from Hanks), realism, cinematography, score, screenplay, and Spielberg's directing. A box office success, it was the highest-grossing film of 1998 in the United States with $216.8 million domestically and the second-highest-grossing film of 1998 worldwide with $481.8 million worldwide.

Additionally, it grossed $44 million from its release on home video in May 1999. The film won several accolades, mainly for Best Picture and Director at the Golden Globes, Producers Guild of America, Directors Guild of America, and Critics Choice Awards, among others. It earned ten nominations at British Academy Film Awards and won for Best Sound and Best Special Visual Effects. The film was nominated for 11 Academy Awards at the 71st Academy Awards, where it won five including Spielberg's second win for Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, and Best Sound Effects Editing, though it lost the Academy Award for Best Picture to Shakespeare in Love in a controversial upset.

In the years since its release, Saving Private Ryan has been widely considered by critics and audiences alike as the greatest war film ever made as well as one of the greatest films of all time. It is credited for renewing interest in World War II media. In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked Saving Private Ryan as the 71st-greatest American movie in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) and in 2014, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

[Nash Diesel]

Easily one of the best war movies of all time and I'd agree that it's one of the best movies of all time in general. So many good scenes and pretty fucking believable when watching. Tom Hanks might be the greatest actor of all time because of this movie and Forrest Gump. Well, not JUST those movies but they were movies that cemented the status as one of it not the GOAT.

[Fro]

It's very very good.

[Murphy]

I've seen one.

Loved it. Loved the entire cast, actually, but special praise for Hanks. The scene on the shore was haunting to me when I first saw it as a 15 year-old.

[The Beer Monster]

The only thing wrong with Saving Private Ryan is the annoyingly misleading stuff at the start at the war graves, it’s like a deleted scene they forgot to delete. It would have been much better to go straight to Tom Hanks in the landing boat.

[BigAl]

I was 15 when this movie came out and my dad took me to see it in the theater. We had just found out that my grandfather had been at Normandy. My dad asked him if he wanted to go see it and his response was "once was enough for me."

Awesome, awesome film. Every time it's on I get sucked into it. It's in my top three movies all time and might possibly be #1 for me. Still gets me at the end when they're at Arlington. I can't say enough good things about Saving Private Ryan.

[Donald]

I know I've seen it but can't really recall anything about it. Will have to rewatch it sometime soon.

[Romford Pele]

Great film. Not seen it for a while.

I have posted the full list in first post, but here it is again for ease:-

1 Saving P Ryan
2 Schlinders List
3 Apocolypse Now
4 Platoon
5 Full Metal Jacket
6 Deer Hunter
7 glory
8 the hurt locker
9 inglorious bastards
10 Dunkirk
10 the great escape
12 The Longest Day
13 Born on the 4th of July
14 Patton
15 All Quiet on the western front
16 black hawk down
16 Braveheart
18 Good Morning Vietnam
19 The Bridge on the River Kwai
20 Master and Commander
20 Three Kings
22 Last of the Mohicans
22 The Dirty Dozen
24 Gettysburg
25 letters of iwo jima
26 Come and See
27 the patriot
28 The pianist
28 Zero Dark Thirty
30 Empire of the Sun
30 fury
32 Capt America 1st
33 Hotel Rwanda
34 Das Boot
34 hacksaw ridge
36 300
37 lawrence of arabia
38 Downfall
39 Enemy at the Gates
40 The Battle of Algiers
40 tora tora tora!
42 Dr Strangelove
42 thin red line
42 Zulu
45 Casablanca
45 Gallipolli
45 No Mans Land
48 The Boys In Striped Pyjamas
49 American Sniper
49 Beasts of no nation
49 Memphis Belle
49 Pans Labyrinth
53 Ashes and Diamonds
53 Wonder Woman
55 Forest Gump
56 A Bridge too far
56 Capt America Civil
56 Lone Survivor
56 Son of Saul
60 71
60 Capt America Win Sol
60 Gone with the Wind
60 Ran
60 Theeb
60 Top Gun
66 Battle of Britain
66 Rambo First Blood Part 1
66 The Best Years of our lives
69 Night
69 Stag 17
69 We Were Soldiers
72 Breaker Morant
72 Dawn of Pl of Apes
72 Ex Loud and Inc Close 9/11
72 War of Pla Apes
76 Army of Shadows
76 Kellys Heroes
76 Pearl Harbor
76 Rise of Pl of Apes
76 Sicario
81 Courage Under Fire
81 Cross of Iron
83 Charlie Wilsons War
83 The imitation game
85 Flag of our Fathers
85 Les Miserbles
87 Casualities of war
87 Stripes
87 Waterloo
90 Paths of Glory
91 Land of mine
91 u-571
92 Father Goose
92 Rescue Dawn
92 Sparticus
92 Tigerland
92 troy
98 Lincoln
98 Jarhead
98 MASH
101 Dead Presidents
101 From Here to Eternity
103 Restrepo
103 Unbroken
103 Wag the Dog
106 Judgement at Nuremburg
107 ARGO
107 War Horse
109 Thirteen Days

[BigAl]

I know I've seen it but can't really recall anything about it. Will have to rewatch it sometime soon.

It's Tuesday night, there's no AEW or NXT on...cancel your plans and watch it tonight.

[Honey_Badger]

Spielberg is a monster at making films.

ET, Saving Private Ryan, Jurrasic Park, Indiana Jones, Jaws, Close Encounters, War of Worlds, Catch me if you Can, etc.

Just a hell of a resume!

[Simmo Fortyone]

"War" seems to be a fairly ambiguous tag to give a movie. Counted about 10 in that list that I would not consider to be a war movie by any stretch.

[Honey_Badger]

The fact Hacksaw Ridge didn’t make the Top 25 tells me you all have shit taste in war movies. :-)

[Percussion]

Thought Hacksaw Ridge was wildly overrated.

Think if Beasts of No Nation and '71 had some more exposure they'd have landed much higher.

Also thought Zero Dark Thirty and Fury could have made the final cut.. so close.

[Randolph]

[Bagel]

Good to see the Pianist on the full list. Would've been top 3 for me. One of the best movies I've seen in general, maybe Adrien Brody in his best role.

[Nash Diesel]

What is this movie "Come and See" ? It barely missed the top 25 coming in at #26 so I have to imagine this was on quite a few people's lists.

I'm curious because it's one of the only non-Western made movies on the list and I've heard of damn near every movie that was voted for except this one.

[Donald]

Captain America a war movie lmao.

If I had sent a list I'd have Bride Wars at #1

[Nash Diesel]

Captain America a war movie lmao.

If I had sent a list I'd have Bride Wars at #1

How is it not? It's centered around World War 2, Hitler, soldiers, the whole reason for the creation of Cap is to win the war..........If it's due to the bending of reality with him being the ultimate super soldier, sure. But there are a lot of war movies, pretty much all of them, that bend the truth and have unrealistic or fictional situations that they put in.

[Donald]

It may take place during WW2 but is it really a war movie? It's more of an action film, super hero film. Think it's a bit like Forrest Gump, it has elements of war in it but it's not really a war movie. Though I was told it wasn't people seemed to still vote for it.

[Nash Diesel]

It may take place during WW2 but is it really a war movie? It's more of an action film, super hero film. Think it's a bit like Forrest Gump, it has elements of war in it but it's not really a war movie. Though I was told it wasn't people seemed to still vote for it.

Only a small % of Gump took place during Vietnam though. 99% of Captain America takes place inside World War 2. It's not a periodical piece where it just so happens that WW2 is going on at the same time, the character itself was literally created to help America and their allies defeat the Axis Powers, specifically the Nazis.

For example, I wouldn't call A League of Their Own a WW2 movie. It takes place during World War 2, the concept is based around the men getting drafted and the women having to fill the void. But it's ultimately a baseball movie.

If Captain America was just about a guy who was given super powers and he's fighting crime in Brooklyn while his buddy is off fighting Nazi's, I could see the argument. But yeah man, the only thing I can see it being out of the conversation is that it's fantasy, to an extent. So it definitely walks line, but shit look @ 300. It was super high on the list lol. The only realism to that movie was there were 300 spartans, Xerces, and Leonidis. Outside of that, everything else was comic book related.

[Donald]

Next you're gonna be telling me die hard is a Christmas movie

[Nash Diesel]

Next you're gonna be telling me die hard is a Christmas movie

It's not a traditional jingle bells Santa Clause coming to town heartwarming Christmas movie but it checks enough boxes to find itself in that category.



I mean, we're not trying to put Star Wars on the list even though several boxes are checked that would allow those movies a spot. Capt America 1, the only reason it's not going to find itself on the "War" shelf at Best Buy is because of the fantasy element.

[The Beer Monster]

Lethal Weapon is a Christmas movie as is First Blood.

[3puppies]

Somehow I don't have my list of war movies but I know I sent one in. Being a bit longer in the tooth than many of y'all, it wouldn't surprise me if several of you hadn't ever seen some of my choices. But they're worth seeing.

[Ringo]

"Come and See" was my number 1 so I think it was only me and Jimmy Zero who had it on our lists. It's a Soviet war film that was censored by the authorities for years before finally being allowed a release. It's an exceptional, haunting film and I fully recommend it if you're feeling up to something that will probably leave you feeling quite devastated, even angry.

[Nash Diesel]

"Come and See" was my number 1 so I think it was only me and Jimmy Zero who had it on our lists. It's a Soviet war film that was censored by the authorities for years before finally being allowed a release. It's an exceptional, haunting film and I fully recommend it if you're feeling up to something that will probably leave you feeling quite devastated, even angry.

I'm definitely going to try and find it.