Tomorrow when the war began
Red Dawn

the swaz aka patrick swayze cold war movie to get the people to hate the communist. the new version should release this year :)

hmm the best were already mentioned but you should also check out: "Tora! Tora! Tora!", "The Sound of War", "9th Company" & "Tunnel Rats" are quite enjoyable movies.

I watched Final Countdown again earlier this week. :thumbsup

"Das Boot" is a great one too.


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pearl harbour, Saving Private Ryan and that japanese war movie, can't quite remember the name. I think its called "Letters from iwo jima"

Homegrown Video, war is hell... but war movies are... entertainment (awww, hell)
 

Fuck that... Bridge over River Kwai is ok only in that sanitized blockbuster sort of way, but having known someone that actually was interned there, it is grossly innacurate and disgraceful to the people that actually survived the experience. Much closer to the truth and the grisliness of that episode in history is "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence"

My recommendations are:

"Iron Cross" - Sam Peckinpah's film based on the real life exploits of a highly decorated, anti-nazi german commando during WW2

"Seven Samurai" - Classic and still holds up to this day

"Empire of the Sun" - I think this is one of Speilberg's best war films... resonates for me more than Ryan or even Schindler in retrospect

"The Thin Red Line" - elegaic, tragic, and unlike 99% of the uber-patriotic-quasi-fascist fair that is typical of so many war movies

"Breaker Morant" - How many other films do you know about the Boer War?

TheThin Red Line

some not mentioned:
jarhead
the grey zone
generation kill (hbo miniseries)
hart's war
redacted
over there (fx miniseries)

Some classics of ancient warfare...

I know some people hate this movie but if you can find the right version it is certainly better than a lot of people give credit for it... "Alexander the Great" Oliver Stone's version. Pretty amazing depictions of phalanx style warfare and two incredible battle scenes that serve as bookends to the film

"Musa" (The Warrior) Korean knights trying to fight their way out of Mongol controlled lands, pretty entertaining...

"Mongol" which is just a great movie about you guessed it... Ghengis Khan, but before he became Khan

Surprisingly, or... maybe not surprisingly, no one has mentioned "Casualties of war".

I watched Defiance last night on netflix, it was good :thumbsup

I would add...

Battle of Britain.....shot with real aircraft without CGI
Dunkirk
The Cruel Sea - The war in the Atlantic
Sink the Bismark
Battleground - same story as band of brothers but made by people who were there
Attack
Army of Shadows _ French resistance movie
Come and See - Russian POV on fascist occupation
Soldiers of Orange - Verhovans film on the war in Holland before "Basic Instint"
More modern films "letters from Iwo Jimo" great film of America humanity...
The Bridge - German film, a few boys defend a bridge on the last days of war

I would like to add too

All Quiet on the Western Front - the best war film ever 1930 version

A Walk In the Sun.

Doubt if it would qualify as one of the best but worth mentioning.

The Battle Of Britain
Ice Cold In Alex
Zulu
The Dam Busters
Dad's Army - The Movie

Was on TV as a kid
 

Decision Before Dawn -Staring Richard Basehart -Last days of WWII
Captured German soldier "volunteers" to go back over the lines to get information. Haven't seen it since the 60's. On My to see list A group

Downfall
Gettysburg
Das Boot
Great Escape
Triple Cross
DR Strangelove
Fail Safe

com'on - give me a week - give you the definite list

Used this at work
 

Enemy At The Gates

I once explained this movie to my boss,
"I'm not cannon fodder, I'm the sniper. Armies have their function, individuals have their function."
Neither of us work there now, but 8 years later still lunch when we can.

There is an amazing documentary series done in the 60's called

The world at War

It's available via torrent and has interviews with people like Hitler's secretary, Albert Spier and countless others.

Band of Brothers>The PAcific imho

Life is Beautiful .. not a traditional epic battle type war movie but still fantastic.

Must have collection:

BBC History of World War II

http://www.amazon.com/BBC-History-Wo.../dp/B0009941E8

It's a collection of different BBC documentaries from many major parts and places of the war. :thumbsup

Still Fighting
 

150 years later they still fight. Living in KC, people from KS & MO still hate each other.
As in cop from MO fighting KS cop over who was going to bust a guy who drove drunk over the state line. The drunk snunk off, got home & free.
I've been stopped for "driving while Kansan"

Life Is Beautiful
 

You beat me to it
My girlfriend won't watch movies I suggest, about 1/2 way through, she sat down & watched. Played it again. Now it's her favorite movie.
Eyes on that kid when he sees the real tank.

People mentioned Braveheart, but nobody mentioned The Patriot

Can't believe noone mentioned Small Soldiers.

Enemy at the Gate is pretty damn good, too.

NOW THIS IS A THREAD!!!

I would like to add:
the big red one! - WW2 based, loved it ever since I was a kid.
Platoon - Classic.
Band of brothers is pretty damn good!

Passchendale...

Fucking amazing muddy trench battle in that :thumbsup

I'd like to add the following titles to this list...
-The Hurt Locker
-Black Hawk Down
-Tears of the Sun
-Green Zone
-Hamburger Hill
-Jarhead

Also a few military documentaries that give you a real prospective...
-Inside the Green Berets
-Restrepo
-Camp Leather Neck