Best Military/War Movie

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Saving Private Ryan was definitely a great flick. I'm also fond of Heartbreak Ridge (although it is really more about training that war). I'm fond of aircraft, so Strategic Air Command with James Stewart is one of my favorites (still can't believe it's not out on DVD).

[nate]

Yeah if we included mini series, Band of Brothers is one of my favorite films ever.

[Eric]

Since the topic is asking for a singular movie, not just a list of every movie about the military or war, I will stick with the original premise and name what I believe to be the single best movie about War to date.

Schindler's List

[hk47]

Saving Private Ryan

Behind Enemy Lines

300

[Ordos]

Saving Private Ryan

Behind Enemy Lines

300

I hadn't seen anything as blatantly homoerotic as 300 since the old HeMan: Masters of the Universe cartoon. Fitting, considering the subject group of the film.

[Glen]

Tin strikes me as more of a Zune kind of guy.

 

 

A few years ago my daughter got me a Zune for Christmas with some accessories.  There are certain things I like about it but it lost out to the ipod, so I got an alarm clock/Zune docking station and use it for my alarm.  Now whenever she visits I can tell her I'm still using it.  It's the electronic equivalent of a horrible tie.

 

Lots of good movies mentioned.  I'd like to add "Mister Roberts" to the list.  It's sort of a comedy but has a bit of drama.  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048380/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

[Tank]

Private Benjamin :0

 

Seriously, The Great Escape!

My high school shop teacher was part of the real great escape.

[gotbeer]

Another to add.  Inglorious Bastards

[Ray McKigney]

Another to add.  Inglorious Bastards

 

 

I thought about this one too. No combat scenes or anything, but definitely a WWII movie. Just saw this a couple of weeks ago. Great movie.

[VariousCrap]

Some of them:

 

Platoon

Saving Private Ryan

Full Metal Jacket

Casualties of War
The Hurt Locker

 

 

I can't believe some people like the Thin Red Line.  I thought it was horrible.

[Broad Street]

Flags of our Fathers was an incredibly powerful book, and the movie was pretty damn good too. I didn't care much for Letters From Iwo Jima because I'm a heartless bastard who doesn't feel bad for what the Japanese went through back then. 

 

Saving Private Ryan is definitely the best one though. Also, We Were Soldiers was damn good too.

[Broad Street]

Also, The Patriot is one of my favorite flicks of all time. Dunno how I forgot that one.

[nate]

Some of them:

 

Platoon

Saving Private Ryan

Full Metal Jacket

Casualties of War

The Hurt Locker

 

 

I can't believe some people like the Thin Red Line.  I thought it was horrible.

 

Far superior in every way to Saving Private Ryan.  People just don't like it because it makes you think, it isn't some action packed movie.  If it starred Tom Hanks instead of douchebag Sean Penn it would have easily won that year.

[1nutkruk]

The Killing Fields, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, The Deer Hunter, Apocalypse Now, Hurt Locker and Saving Private Ryan.

 

Thin Red Line was ok in my opinion.  We Were Soldiers wasn't that good but I read the book before seeing it.

[Jason]

[Brandon]

Some of them:

 

Platoon

Saving Private Ryan

Full Metal Jacket

Casualties of War

The Hurt Locker

 

 

I can't believe some people like the Thin Red Line.  I thought it was horrible.

 

 

LOL!

[2002_halos_II]

Nobody mentioned Gone With the Wind. Not the best but a classic.

 

Also Glory was pretty good.

[Lou]

Far superior in every way to Saving Private Ryan.  People just don't like it because it makes you think, it isn't some action packed movie.  If it starred Tom Hanks instead of douchebag Sean Penn it would have easily won that year.

 

this is the movie equivalent of soccer's "you don't understand the intricacies of the game"

[angelskirt]

All Quiet on the Western Front

[mtangelsfan]

Bridge on the River Kwai

 

Saving Private Ryan

 

All Quiet on the Western Front

[LBHalos17]

1. Saving Private Ryan.  Just conveys the insanity of combat.

2. The Hurt Locker.  Bomb Techs are crazy; try to outrun them.

3.  Blackhawk Down.  A great book too. Shows how the best-laid plans don't translate on the ground.

4.  Apocalypse Now.  Shows the fog of the Vietnam war, and how nobody knew what the point of it was.

5.  Full Metal Jacket.  Gunny!

6.  Platoon.  Made me think of my fathers experiences in Korea, and how much those young guys sacrificed.

7.  Das Boot.  Claustrophobic life/death aboard a U-Boat.

8.  Act of Valor.  These guys are for real!

9.  A Bridge Too Far/The Longest Day

10.  When Trumpets Fade.  An '88 HBO movie that I think is pretty good. 

[VariousCrap]

Far superior in every way to Saving Private Ryan.  People just don't like it because it makes you think, it isn't some action packed movie.  If it starred Tom Hanks instead of douchebag Sean Penn it would have easily won that year.

 

 

 

It is not even close to being as good as Saving Private Ryan.  And the reason people don't like it is because it sucked ass.

[Broad Street]

Nobody mentioned Gone With the Wind. Not the best but a classic.

 

Also Glory was pretty good.

 

Glory was awesome

[gotbeer]

Downfall.

 

Without that movie, there would be no Hitler Parodies.  

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Someone mentioned Stripes. I hadn't really thought about comedies in the genre, but Stripes was excellent. Since we're talking comedies, no discussion of war-related comedies would be complete without perhaps the funniest war movie of all time, the movie that spawned an even greater television series, M*A*S*H.