Favorite Warmovie

[PZIV]

It's close between Das Boot, Saving Private Ryan, Stalingrad, Enemy at the Gates and Der Undertang

[sturmann]

Salut,

Das Boot

317 Section - the story of a section in Indochina in 1954 after DBP . By far the most realistic war film ever - Private Ryan is kid's afternoon TV in comparaison

yves

[Judy A. O'Hara]

Best War Movie

Westfront 1918.

[KevinS]

So many great movies to choose from...some of my favorites are:

All Quiet on the Western Front (Original)
Zulu
Das Boot
SPR

but in the end my choice would be Breaker Morant, which is in the running for my favorite movie of all genres.

"No; it was not quite so handsome. As to rules and regulations, we had no Red Book, and knew nothing about them. We were out fighting the Boers, not sitting comfortably behind barb-wire entanglements; we got them and shot them under Rule 303!"

-Harry Harbord "Breaker" Morant

[Steve Campbell]

Hard to beat Das Boot. Saving Private Ryan was well done and Platoon is good too. Never seen it but I hear Tora Tora Tora is good also.

[Raffaello Carola]

Hi,
IMO the best movie is "The eagle has landed" 1976 with Michael Caine.
regards
Quex

[Patrick Dempsey]

Salut,

317 Section - the story of a section in Indochina in 1954 after DBP . By far the most realistic war film ever - Private Ryan is kid's afternoon TV in comparaison

yves

Hello Yves,

do you know of a stockist for this film?

I have seen it on Amazon for comedy prices, but have had no luck finding it elsewhere.


Patrick.

[Stian]

Recommendations

Good topic.
I have got a bunch of war movies recommendations in this thread.

I thought that I would name some good war movies that I would like to recommend that I haven’t seen earlier in this thread.

Someone mention “The Unknown Soldier” from 1955 earlier and it’s a very good movie.
But personally I like better the remake of this movie from 1985
I don’t know if it’s available in the US, but it’s for sale in Scandinavia with English subtitle at https://www.cdon.com

Two another good war movies from Finland is “Ambush” and “Beyond Enemy Lines”

There hasn’t been made too many good Norwegian war movies but “The Last Lieutenant” is not bad at all.

The French “Captain Conan” is a good movie from WW1 and later against the reds in Russia.

British WW1 drama.
All the King's Men
The Trench

Some POW movies.
The McKenzie break
King Rat
Colditz

A few modern war movies.
Bravo Two Zero
Warriors
The Wild Geese
Uncommon Valor
Vietnam: Australian mini series

WW2 movies:
Piece of cake Miniseries about British airman in 39-40
Dieppe: Canadian miniseries
The way ahead: Good war flick with David Niven
Cockleshell heroes
The last bullet
The big red one –The Reconstruction
Sword of honour
Two men went to war
The night of the generals
The young lions
The Devils brigade
A midnight clear
El Alamein
Silent night
The bunker: Kind of a horror movie
The Heroes

[Fallschirmjaeger]

Lots There

Man thats a lot of movies there Stian and i have seen many but not all and wish i could see them too.

[Stian]

Most of the movies are available in DVD format.
Of the movies that I have listed up only Warriors, Vietnam and The Heroes aren’t available in DVD as far as I know. If someone knows otherwise I would be grateful if they would let me know.
I buy my DVD from Play.uk, Play.us, Amazon, Amazon.uk, Amazon.ca and CDON in Scandinavia.

[Ernst Udet]

1. Stalingrad
2. The wild geese
3. Saving private ryan

[Panzer Rob]

If it's strictly WWII were's talking about, then:

Downfall
Stalingrad
Das Boot


Blackhawk Down is my favorite post '45 war movie.

[Fallschirmjaeger]

Thanks

Thanks Stian for that info.

[vonbraundocet]

hi,

and this is my best list:

the thin red line

full metal jacket

the deep hunter ( Robert de niro & Michael Cimino, anyone had remebered it, camon!)

paths of glory

12 o'clock high

all quiet on the western front (1930)

patton (J. mason)

starship troopers

I due colonnelli (italian movie with alberto sordi)

tutti a casa (italian movie with alberto sordi)

the dam buster

... and many more that i don't remember now

PS.

SPR it's a bad film: too much eroic, characters so beautiful, it's only a pop corn movie, no thrue inside

[vonbraundocet]

Good topic.
I have got a bunch of war movies recommendations in this thread.

I thought that I would name some good war movies that I would like to recommend that I haven’t seen earlier in this thread.

Someone mention “The Unknown Soldier” from 1955 earlier and it’s a very good movie.
But personally I like better the remake of this movie from 1985
I don’t know if it’s available in the US, but it’s for sale in Scandinavia with English subtitle at https://www.cdon.com

Two another good war movies from Finland is “Ambush” and “Beyond Enemy Lines”

There hasn’t been made too many good Norwegian war movies but “The Last Lieutenant” is not bad at all.

The French “Captain Conan” is a good movie from WW1 and later against the reds in Russia.

British WW1 drama.
All the King's Men
The Trench

Some POW movies.
The McKenzie break
King Rat
Colditz

A few modern war movies.
Bravo Two Zero
Warriors
The Wild Geese
Uncommon Valor
Vietnam: Australian mini series

WW2 movies:
Piece of cake Miniseries about British airman in 39-40
Dieppe: Canadian miniseries
The way ahead: Good war flick with David Niven
Cockleshell heroes
The last bullet
The big red one –The Reconstruction
Sword of honour
Two men went to war
The night of the generals
The young lions
The Devils brigade
A midnight clear
El Alamein
Silent night
The bunker: Kind of a horror movie
The Heroes

an original war movie list Stian I 've seen "the bunker" and it really not so bad!

bye!