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Thoughts?
Probably between
The deer hunter and
the Great escape for me...
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over a year ago
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Lone survivor
13 hours
Kajaki
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over a year ago
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Coming home in a body bag |
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over a year ago
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Tora Tora Tora  |
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Saving Private Ryan.
Dunkirk
The Pacific (admittedly not a film, it’s a series but damn it’s brutal) |
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over a year ago
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Full Metal Jacket
Saving Private Ryan |
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over a year ago
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Saving Private Ryan but Fury is pretty good . By far the best series is Band of Brothers . |
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By *yron69Man
over a year ago
Fareham |
Come and See
Ice Cold in Alex
All Quiet on the Western Front |
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"Thoughts?
Probably between
The deer hunter and
the Great escape for me...
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I'm afraid I don't rate The Deer Hunter.
I think All Quiet on the Western Front was very good. |
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By *91kMan
over a year ago
Maidstone |
Blackhawk down
13 hours
Saving private Ryan
12 strong
1917 was pretty good too |
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over a year ago
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Hacksaw Ridge |
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over a year ago
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Hacksaw ridge |
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Das Boot....possibly the best film full stop- get the long version though  |
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over a year ago
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Has to be great escape |
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Hacksaw ridge
Iowa jima (if that's how it's spelt)
Not a fan of war, so not really into films about it.
Loved good morning Vietnam |
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over a year ago
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Star wars  |
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"Zulu "
Shit sorry.
There’s two. Zulu and escape to victory |
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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago
Travelling |
Tropic Thunder
(Saving Private Ryan) |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
Newry Down |
There are some esoteric German films that are well worth looking at; the most horrific war film about the Einsatzgruppen in eastern Europe, who were enacting Adolf Schickelgruber's Lebensraum policy of eastward expansion is a film called Come and See.
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all quiet on the western front (1930). Lifeboat. |
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"Hacksaw ridge
Iowa jima (if that's how it's spelt)
Not a fan of war, so not really into films about it.
Loved good morning Vietnam"
The only Iwo Jima film I can think of is Clint Eastwood’s “Letters from Iwo Jima”. That was a film and a half & really respected the Japanese. |
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All Quiet on The Western Front - the original b&w version. Very powerful. |
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over a year ago
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Lone survivor
13 hours
Blackhawk down. |
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over a year ago
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Downfall
Letters from Iwo Jima
Bridge too far
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By *host63Man
over a year ago
Bedfont Feltham |
Defiance
Schindlers List
The boy in the striped pyjamas
Jojo Rabbit |
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"Hacksaw ridge
Iowa jima (if that's how it's spelt)
Not a fan of war, so not really into films about it.
Loved good morning Vietnam
The only Iwo Jima film I can think of is Clint Eastwood’s “Letters from Iwo Jima”. That was a film and a half & really respected the Japanese. "
Iwo Jima is an amazing film and the companion film flags of our fathers is also excellent |
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over a year ago
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American sniper |
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I'm quite drawn to dramas in which a plot is followed during a backdrop of wartime, rather than mainly focusing on war itself, if you understand what I mean.
Films such as "the reader", "the railway man" & "the english patient" are examples of this that I rate highly.
I'm not sure if anyone's seen "overlord" - starts of as a WW2 film in which american soldiers are dropped in in europe in the middle of conflict (and takes an even more disturbing turn into a horror story as the film progresses..good film though.) |
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By *gent CoulsonMan
over a year ago
Secret hideaway in the pennines |
12 Strong
13 hours
Ice Cold in Alex
The Longest Day
Battle of Britain |
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Cockleshell Heroes
A bridge to far
The longest day |
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over a year ago
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The dirty dozen.
Classic. |
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over a year ago
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Zulu , without any doubt |
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over a year ago
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The guns of Navarone or Where eagles dare |
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"Blackhawk down
13 hours
Saving private Ryan
12 strong
1917 was pretty good too"
Blackhawk down is in my top 10 favourite films. |
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Dunkirk |
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Casablanca |
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Platoon
13 hours
Full metal jacket
Saving private Ryan
And I'm having crimson tide even though it's cold war |
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1917 |
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Escape to victory ? lol |
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The Cruel Sea
The Longest Day
Platoon
War Horse
Glory
All Quiet on the Western Front
Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence
Kajaki
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over a year ago
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The Great escape ..Hilts ROCKED !!!
Hacksaw Ridge .. Desmond Dawz ..ROCKED !!!..75 Soldiers saved.." Just one more..just one more "..true Story of course.
Apocalypse Now..." Charlie don't surf "
Saving Private Ryan ..UNREAL Movie.
Dirty Dozen..great cast.
Where Eagles Dare .. fantastic .
..just so many brilliant war movies.. |
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Where Eagles Dare. Clint Eastwood’s highest body count in any film and Richard Burton was allegedly pissed while filming. |
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"Lone survivor
13 hours
Blackhawk down. "
Forgot about the cruel sea. Snorkers good ooh |
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So many amazing movies being posted.
One I watched fairly recently called the promise was extremely powerful and based on a true story |
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"So many amazing movies being posted.
One I watched fairly recently called the promise was extremely powerful and based on a true story"
Oh and saviour |
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over a year ago
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Paths of Glory
The Big Red One
Duck Soup |
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Dunkirk was very good. |
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One of our aircraft is missing
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By *lofeldMan
over a year ago
Redhill |
"Coming home in a body bag"
Fucking good movie |
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over a year ago
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Paths of Glory,Apocalypse Now ,All Quiet on The Western Front, Black Hawk Down. |
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By *eardybobMan
over a year ago
the Goldilocks Zone |
"Das Boot....possibly the best film full stop- get the long version though "
Glad I scanned the thread before posting... absolutely couldn't agree more - and yes to the long version!
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'71 was great too
I've never seen Das Boot so will give it a look.. |
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By *lueMACMan
over a year ago
Derby |
As previously stated Cold War counts so…
Dr Strangelove, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb |
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Longest Day, brutal. Before cgi fancy stuff.
I always liked Patton and I was Montys Double too.
Also the very underrated movie called Hitler wants us to drive an Audi, VW, Mercedes, BMW, Porsche by 2037. |
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"As previously stated Cold War counts so…
Dr Strangelove, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb"
Thefuture so bright I gotta wear  |
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over a year ago
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In which we serve
Cruel Sea
The Black Book(Dutch film with subtitles about the wartime resistance)
Sink the Bismark
Cockleshell Heroes
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over a year ago
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"Thoughts?
Probably between
The deer hunter and
the Great escape for me...
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Great choices, Kelly's Heroes too |
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over a year ago
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The film MASH |
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By *arl17Man
over a year ago
Central Portugal |
Bridge over Rive Kwai |
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over a year ago
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Inglorious Bastards
The Eagle Has Landed
Downfall
Threads |
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over a year ago
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"Das Boot....possibly the best film full stop- get the long version though "
my choice as well , was so realistic, I know of an old submarine engineer who couldn't watch it without coming out in cold sweats |
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By *hunky GentMan
over a year ago
Maldon and Peterborough |
"300"
That's one hell of a gang bang. |
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over a year ago
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Can't beat double bill of Von Ryan's Express and The Great Escape on Boxing Day! Mic drop! |
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Apocalypse Now... brilliant. Full metal jacket |
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By *mma29Couple
over a year ago
wirral |
"300
That's one hell of a gang bang. "
All sorts of prodding going on |
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By *hunky GentMan
over a year ago
Maldon and Peterborough |
"300
That's one hell of a gang bang.
All sorts of prodding going on"
Including attacking from the flank |
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Probably full metal jacket for me, but the first time I watched the opening beach landing part in saving private Ryan. I was in shock, can’t say how realistic it was obviously but I got that impression |
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over a year ago
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War Horse for me...but I had to leave the cinema when a horse got entangled in barbed-wire  |
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Saving Private Ryan
Memphis Belle (saw it being filmed and the real crash)
Empire of the Sun
Series = Piece of Cake |
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Francis Ford Coppola - Apocalypse Now |
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"Boy in the striped pajamas  "
fantastic movie and I had read the book beforehand. Probably movies that are set during wartime that I’ve enjoyed more but not what we firstly think of as a war movie. Schindlers list, the book thief, and the pianist were brilliant |
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Hacksore ridge bassed on a true story ,band of brothers ,Pacific, platoon .. |
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over a year ago
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Brian G. Hutton - Kelly’s Heroes |
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Oliver Stone - Platoon |
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Stanley Kubrick - Full Metal Jacket |
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over a year ago
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Das Boot (Uncut version)
Cross of Iron
A Bridge too Far
Where Eagles Dare |
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Peter Berg - Lone Survivor |
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Quentin Tarantino - Inglorious Basterds |
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"Mel Gibson. Braveheart "
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Steven Spielberg - Schindler’s List |
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over a year ago
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"Good Morning Vietnam. "
Barry Levinson
Robin Williams - dearly missed. He was a great comedian, actor,... |
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Ultimately ZULU
ZULU Dawn
Breaker Morant(Boer War)
Gallipoli
Australian Light Horse(WW1 last cavalry charge at Bathsheba)
Lawrence of Arabia
As mentioned by someone else
Dutch resistance film The black book (some hot scenes in it as well !)
James Coburn film about german Sargent on eastern front..is it Iron Cross..
Dam Busters
Sink the Bismark
Gettysburg parts 1 & 2.. |
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Caught Breaker Morant the other week on one of the movie channels..
Buggers changed his final words when facing the firing squad..
Wether it was time of day but original he shouts "shoot straight you bastards" |
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By *pmsldCouple
over a year ago
kettering |
Black Hawk Down
13 hours
Band of brothers
Saving private ryan
Plenty of others but they are probably the ones that top it for me, S finds them boring lol |
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over a year ago
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Peter Jackson’s they shall not grow old
Not a drama as such but powerful stuff |
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No one mentioned The Diary Of Anne Frank or Goodnight Mister Tom! The Boy In The Striped Pajamas is worth a watch too. |
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By *akie32Man
over a year ago
winchester |
"Saving Private Ryan
Memphis Belle (saw it being filmed and the real crash)
Empire of the Sun
Series = Piece of Cake "
you dont look old enought to have seen the real crash, care to share your secret? |
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By *imbobaMan
over a year ago
Glasgow |
"Thoughts?
Probably between
The deer hunter and
the Great escape for me...
Great choices, Kelly's Heroes too"
Five kings for the same reason and Wild Geese. |
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over a year ago
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Hamburger Hill. |
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over a year ago
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1917
Dunkirk
Enemy at the gate
Fury
Saving private Ryan |
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By *akie32Man
over a year ago
winchester |
inglorious bastards
saving private ryan
the longest day
enigma |
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By *ermite12ukMan
over a year ago
Solihull and Brentwood |
About a German and Russian sniper duel, in an around the Tractor Factory, at Stalingrad. - Enemy At The Gates. |
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By *j81Man
over a year ago
Swansea |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
Newry Down |
If you want to see the most realistic horrifically violent film ever watch: Come And See.
It depicts what the German army, the Wehrmacht and the dreaded Einsatzgruppen did to the peoples of eastern Europe.
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When we were Soldiers. Awesome film. |
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over a year ago
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Casualties of War
Hacksaw Ridge
Saving Private Ryan |
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By *arkus1812Man
over a year ago
Lifes departure lounge NN9 Northamptonshire East not West MidlandsMidlands |
War Horse |
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over a year ago
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I quite liked Fury with Brad Pitt. Probably cause the fella who plays the young soldier is the spitting image of my son.
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I can't see that anyone of you has said
Zero Dark Thirty????? |
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"'71 was great too
I've never seen Das Boot so will give it a look.. "
Watch it alone, or at least with someone who doesn’t talk during a movie. Turn the lights off and the volume up (and maybe the heating down) to immerse yourself in just how bloody intense it is |
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By (user no longer on site)
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71 is hardly about a war..."The Troubles" maybe...but war is a stretch pal |
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I haven’t watched many. I’m not a fan of seeing violence whether state ordered or not.
However when I was 16 I saw a local premiere of Saving Private Ryan at the cinema with the local veterans. I’ve never seen so many beautiful, noble men sob. It still haunts me.
So it gets my vote I guess. |
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By *yron69Man
over a year ago
Fareham |
Definitely
Downfall
Attack
A Bridge too Far
Das Boot
Cross of Iron . Without doubt should be in anyone’s top ten. |
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over a year ago
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If you were to ask, I'd say I'm not really a fan of war films, but so many of those already listed I think are stone cold classics. Maybe I am 
Kelly's Heros get's my vote. For the more serious dramatic 'view' of war, I'd say 'Fury'
Didn't see 'Waltz with Bashir' in the thread (apologies if I missed it), that is SO worth a look, you won't be disappointed (so long as you can deal with animation and subtitles!)
https://youtu.be/ylzO9vbEpPg |
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over a year ago
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"When we were Soldiers. Awesome film."
Surprised it took so long for that to be mentioned, |
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over a year ago
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"Saving Private Ryan
Memphis Belle (saw it being filmed and the real crash)
Empire of the Sun
Series = Piece of Cake
you dont look old enought to have seen the real crash, care to share your secret?"
LOL..
During the filming of Memphis Belle one of the American owned B-17s crash landed and exploded (no-one hurt badly), they actually used the footage in the film (just before the anniversary dance).. |
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I love almost all of the films mentioned above, and never tire of seeing them.
For me it has to be
Bridge Too Far - a reasonably accurate story, in line with events, and depicts the many mistakes made. It also shows the Americans played a part, but it wasn’t all about them, and they didn’t save the day!
Zulu - a great jingoistic film, and love it, but if you know the history, completely bollocks and inaccurate as to who the real heroes of Roakes Drift were.
R xx |
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By *tephanjMan
over a year ago
Kettering |
For me it the great escape and Zulu with a bridge too far coming in a close third |
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over a year ago
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"Saving Private Ryan but Fury is pretty good . By far the best series is Band of Brothers . "
Agree with Band of Brothers. Exceptional.
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over a year ago
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Fury was good |
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over a year ago
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Schindler's List. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I've watched A LOT of war movies and they have made me realise how fortunate I've been not to have participated in one.
I seen many of those mentioned and they are good tools of learning (not experience!)
A few more learning tools I'll leave here.
(I thought I'd almost seen 'em all then I in more recent years stumbled upon)
Stalingrad
The Wipers Times
Battle of the Pacific
The Fallen
Battle for Sevestapol
Fortress of war
Saints & Soldiers
The Fallen
Lebanon.
Adding many already mentioned to such a list I could NEVER choose just one..BUT..there is something about Brad Pitts character in Fury and the 'soldierly conduct' of his crew throughout that impacted.
A great film.
Waterloo is too!
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Kelly's Heros for sure!!
Woof woof |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I'm waiting for the British to dare to make a movie worthy of the first day of the Battle of the Somme in 1916.
If anyone wants me to direct THAT let me know.
Army recruitment would be at an all time low! |
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"I love almost all of the films mentioned above, and never tire of seeing them.
For me it has to be
Bridge Too Far - a reasonably accurate story, in line with events, and depicts the many mistakes made. It also shows the Americans played a part, but it wasn’t all about them, and they didn’t save the day!
Zulu - a great jingoistic film, and love it, but if you know the history, completely bollocks and inaccurate as to who the real heroes of Roakes Drift were.
R xx"
Care to expand re your comments on Zulu... |
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Along with all that have already been mentioned, The Seige of Jadotville was a great movie.
-M |
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By *ean counterMan
over a year ago
Market Harborough / Kettering |
A bridge too far, The longest day, 633 squadron, The dambusters (dont mention the dog), Saving private ryan, The heroes of telemark all fantastic films with some brilliant actors in them |
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It's a bloody shame about the dog.. |
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over a year ago
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Platoon & full metal jacket for me |
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I'm not into war movies but saving Ryan's privates is up there and I saw enemy at the gate last year and loved it. |
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The real hero of Rorke’s Drift was Commissariat James Dalton. A former soldier who had significant combat experience, and masterminded the defence of the Krall. Bromhead and Chard, whilst current commissioned officers, were junior and inexperienced, and squabbled as to who was most senior and should be in command. - alluded to in the film.
This was a heroic action, but the only reason so many VCs were awarded was to deflect attention away from Lord Chelmsford’s failings at Islandwahna, and in whole campaign against Chetwayo. Queen Victoria would not even see Chelmsford on his return to England.
Dalton was originally missed off the initial VC list, as we was a former soldier, and not serving at the time (in those times the Commissariat controlled supply and we’re usually ex soldiers). It would have also highlighted the failings of the command. He was given his later when it came to light he hadn’t been awarded it in the initial tranche.
Henry Hook, depicted as an insubordinate shirker in the film, was actually the hospital cook and a good soldier - always contested by his family.
There are other inaccuracies too … even though the Americans weren’t involved!!
History lesson over - Still a great film.
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Schindlers List
Where Eagles Dare
The Pianist
Operation Daybreak
Boy in The Striped Pyjamas
Corny but I love both Dad's Army films.
Has anyone seen
The 12th Man. Subtitles but remarkable true story. |
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The longest day
A bridge too far |
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Well I could give you a long list or just put my second all time favourite movie up.
Apocalypse Now |
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By *yron69Man
over a year ago
Fareham |
Others
Heroes of Telemark
The Odd Angry Shot
Conspiracy (BBC film)
The Train
Captain Correlli’s Mandolin
The Pianist
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I forgot about "the pianist" ..after reading these replies.
Stunning film. |
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Lone Survivor and American Sniper are quality modern films
Apocalypse Now is my probably my favourite |
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No particular order...
Lone Survivor
1917
Platoon
Breaker Morant
Full Metal Jacket
Saving Private Ryan
Green Zone
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Dunkirk
Black Hawk Down
1917
The Hurt Locker |
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By *itty9899Man
over a year ago
Craggy Island |
Dunkirk
Saving private Ryan
1917
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T-34 |
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Saving Private Ryan, The Battle of Britain, Fury, 1917, The Great Escape, Where Eagles Dare. All different all good. Could not choose really. |
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"Hamburger Hill. "
The book was brilliant |
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1 saving private Ryan
2 the longest day
3 where eagles dare
4 battle of the bulge
5 Kelly’s heroes
6 Midway |
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Naked amongst wolves.
It's a German film about the holocaust fucking brilliant, highly recommended it |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
Newry Down |
Come and see: the most horrific war film ever made. Watch it, an be stunned into silence. |
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Fury or saving private ryan for me |
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We were soldiers |
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DAS BOOT
The original film in German with Englander subtitles lol.
Enjoy with a splash of diesel behind each ear and colour you lounge light bulb red. |
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