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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I'm erm asking for a friend....
I couldn't make my mind up! Choices ran from Hamburger hill, who dares wins and They who dare, through to Wheels of terror |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The Dirty Dozen
The Eagle Has Landed
Where Eagles Dare
Saving Private Ryan
Enemy at the Gates
Der Untergang
Battle of the Bulge
Memphis Belle
To name a few .... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"A bridge too far
Das boat
Von ryan's express
Zulu
Enemy at the gates
Shaving ryan's privates"
One of these is not like the others... 
+1 for Enemy at the Gates |
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"A bridge too far
Das boat
Von ryan's express
Zulu
Enemy at the gates
Shaving ryan's privates
One of these is not like the others...
+1 for Enemy at the Gates"
Yea sorry lol, bloody p_edictive mind |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Oh man, there's so many. Here are my favourites in no particular order and not because they glamourise war or anything like that:
Cross of Iron - stunning and harrowing
Full Metal Jacket - an awesome mix of humour and horror
Zulu - stunning, tear jerking in places
Black Hawk Down - a blunt representation of the horrors of war and the arrogance of the Americans
Heartbreak Ridge - more for the catch phrases
Saving Private Ryan - if for no other reason than the horrors of war portrayed in the the opening scenes
Fury - terrifying and inc_edibly power; made for uncomfortable viewing at times |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
There and to the left a bit |
"I'm going to say The Eagle Has Landed and hope I don't get laughed at..."
Why would you get laughed at? Great film!! Book's good too.
Can't beat a good war film - and loads of good ones mentioned already. To name another few that've not been mentioned:
Glory
In Which We Serve
The Cruel Sea
The Colditz Story
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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago
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"I'm going to say The Eagle Has Landed and hope I don't get laughed at...
Why would you get laughed at? Great film!! Book's good too.
Can't beat a good war film - and loads of good ones mentioned already. To name another few that've not been mentioned:
Glory
In Which We Serve
The Cruel Sea
The Colditz Story
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Oh yeah, Glory, awesome film! |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
There and to the left a bit |
Another few that I don't think have been mentioned:
633 Squadron
Schindlers List
Master & Commander
Platoon
The Longest Day
Also, not a film but rates as one of the best war related dramas ever made - Band Of Brothers |
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Black Hawk Down
Jarhead
Kingdom of Heaven
Das Boot
Master & Commander
Dances with Wolves
Michael Collins
Braveheart
Saving Private Ryan
(the Normandy landing scenes were filmed on a beach quite close to me and I got to watch  ) |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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'71 a little known war film set during the"troubles" 98% on rotten tomatoes so worth a view for the skins generation to understand our enemy before 9 11. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"'71 a little known war film set during the"troubles" 98% on rotten tomatoes so worth a view for the skins generation to understand our enemy before 9 11."
I quite enjoyed that film. The days of the MRF were legendary, mainly for the wrong reasons. I did list 'a breed of heroes' about the guards doing a tour across the water. I also think 'contact' is on YouTube in its full version showing the paras doing a bandit country tour rather well. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"OK not strictly a war film as the OP meant it but throwing it out there anyway:
Starship Troopers"
It was a film about war, technically aliens is a Vietnam movie in space  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"'71 a little known war film set during the"troubles" 98% on rotten tomatoes so worth a view for the skins generation to understand our enemy before 9 11."
Horrible scene in the pub  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"OK not strictly a war film as the OP meant it but throwing it out there anyway:
Starship Troopers
It was a film about war, technically aliens is a Vietnam movie in space "
It was based on a book by a guy who hated the Chinese |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
There and to the left a bit |
"Kelly's Heroes !! Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas(Kojak) Donald Sutherland 
Kojack being a rapist "
Nope that was The Dirty Dozen..
...Kelly's Heroes he's the Sergeant that holds the platoon together |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Kelly's Heroes !! Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas(Kojak) Donald Sutherland
Kojack being a rapist
Nope that was The Dirty Dozen..
...Kelly's Heroes he's the Sergeant that holds the platoon together"
Correct  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Kelly's Heroes !! Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas(Kojak) Donald Sutherland
Kojack being a rapist "
That's The Dirty Dozen you're thinking of, where Kojak is a rapist.
And Robert Heinlein, who wrote Starship Troopers, didn't necessarily hate the Chinese, he hated communists. |
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"What I wish they would do is remake the dambusters with modern cgi. "
Think it's currently stuck in Development Hell. It's often discussed and all most people can do is get their knickers in a twist over whether or not the dog should be renamed.  |
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By *OMBSTACKCouple
over a year ago
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"Showing the age of this that 99% of the war movies mentioned happened 40 years ago!! But one for the contemporary folk "the hurt locker"."
The only thing this achieved was the mental side. Technical side a load of rubbish. |
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By *eesideMan
over a year ago
margate sumwear by the sea |
The mensive bell
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Or
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Battal of Britain.
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Thar is also a new film coming out soon in the cinema that looks good to.
I forget the name buts its about D day and all the small ships that go to rescue the troops. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I've got several favourite war films but I think the best one is platoon, stones directing is perfect, the acting spot on the script intriguing and sharp and the cinemaphotography stunning |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The mensive bell
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Or
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Battal of Britain.
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Thar is also a new film coming out soon in the cinema that looks good to.
I forget the name buts its about D day and all the small ships that go to rescue the troops."
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That wasn't d day that was the rescue from Dunkirk after the battle for France had failed at the beginning of the war, d day was the Normandy invasion at the end in June 44 |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Band of Brothers...if that counts
Especially the docu disk at end of boxset when they interview surviving members of Easy Company
Had something in my eye at that point... |
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By *edMan
over a year ago
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"What I wish they would do is remake the dambusters with modern cgi. "
There's a rumour the Americans want to do one. Might assume the Lancaster's will become B17's and all the lower ranks will argue with the upper ranks and the bouncing bomb will have been invented by an American clerk from Illinois..
Apart from that you can tell its not British as there will be no sarcasm... Not even when they tell you not to try this at home |
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By *eesideMan
over a year ago
margate sumwear by the sea |
"The mensive bell
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Or
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Battal of Britain.
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Thar is also a new film coming out soon in the cinema that looks good to.
I forget the name buts its about D day and all the small ships that go to rescue the troops..
That wasn't d day that was the rescue from Dunkirk after the battle for France had failed at the beginning of the war, d day was the Normandy invasion at the end in June 44"
Woops my murstake. 
Yes the new film is about dunkirk. |
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"I've got several favourite war films but I think the best one is platoon, stones directing is perfect, the acting spot on the script intriguing and sharp and the cinemaphotography stunning"
Dance motherfucker dance |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
There and to the left a bit |
"'Paths Of Glory' is one I don't think has been mentioned.
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That's one film I've only seen bits of here and there, really must get round to watching it properly.
Oh to add another...Carve Her Name With Pride |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"What I wish they would do is remake the dambusters with modern cgi.
There's a rumour the Americans want to do one. Might assume the Lancaster's will become B17's and all the lower ranks will argue with the upper ranks and the bouncing bomb will have been invented by an American clerk from Illinois..
Apart from that you can tell its not British as there will be no sarcasm... Not even when they tell you not to try this at home"
And they will of changed the dogs name! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Got to be...
Hot Shots Part Deux..
You've dicked with the wrong dictator!
Lost count of the times I've seen it but it still gets me everytime... "
'Now I will kill you until you die from it!!!'
Haven't seen it in years. Have watched it loads of times. Piss myself laughing everytime  |
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The thin _ed line - has an amazing monologue, interesting characters, really shows the human side of soldiers. Absolutely beautiful film. The cinematography is some of the best I've seen in a war film. The dialogue/monologue is interesting and really gets you thinking. Watch this if you want a war film that really gets you thinking about war. I have too much to say about this film and don't wanna write an essay on here
We were soldiers - shows the horrors of the Vietnam war to a great scale.
Saving private Ryan - the characters, and the brutality of the omaha beach scene.
Beasts of no nation - a unique film portraying the use of child soldiers in Africa.
And a few others that would take a while to mention.
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Also, this isn't really a film but, band of brothers deserves a mention. It's a 10 episode mini series based on the western front of ww2.
Band of brothers is the best world war 2 portrayal of the Western front I've ever seen. Follows the true story of easy company and really shows the brotherhood of soldiers. Watched it so many times. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Some more underground ones
The battle for Algeria
84 Charlie mopic (Blair witch project of Vietnam films)
Saviour (American take on former Yugoslavian war)
Pretty village pretty flame (Serb war film)
The beast (Russians in Afghan)
Lebanon (Israeli war film seen a few and its shocking how honest they are. Brutally honest)
City of life and death (Japanese atrocity against a whole city)
The wind that shakes the barley (coz no one does a civil war quite like the Irish)
Salvadore
The killing fields
No ones mentioned three kings yet!
Master and commander
The _ed and the white
Come and see
Tumbledown (if only to highlight sky lining is dangerous)
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"Some more underground ones
The battle for Algeria
84 Charlie mopic (Blair witch project of Vietnam films)
Saviour (American take on former Yugoslavian war)
Pretty village pretty flame (Serb war film)
The beast (Russians in Afghan)
Lebanon (Israeli war film seen a few and its shocking how honest they are. Brutally honest)
City of life and death (Japanese atrocity against a whole city)
The wind that shakes the barley (coz no one does a civil war quite like the Irish)
Salvadore
The killing fields
No ones mentioned three kings yet!
Master and commander
The _ed and the white
Come and see
Tumbledown (if only to highlight sky lining is dangerous)
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for 'Battle Of Algiers'. I'd forgotten about that one, cracking Ennio Morricone score too.
Mr |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"What I wish they would do is remake the dambusters with modern cgi.
There's a rumour the Americans want to do one. Might assume the Lancaster's will become B17's and all the lower ranks will argue with the upper ranks and the bouncing bomb will have been invented by an American clerk from Illinois..
Apart from that you can tell its not British as there will be no sarcasm... Not even when they tell you not to try this at home
And they will of changed the dogs name! "
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I hope not, its one of the annoying things about pc culture, the dog's name has nothing to do with black People and everything to do with the Latin for black |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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COME AND SEE is by far the most realistic and horrifying war film iv ever seen,russian film from 1985 tell the story of a boy and a girl trying to escape the atrocities by the german army on the people of Byelorussia in ww2
https://youtu.be/fqKDg5pPzsg
Check this out |
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By *inaryGuyMan
over a year ago
Near the River |
"COME AND SEE is by far the most realistic and horrifying war film iv ever seen,russian film from 1985 tell the story of a boy and a girl trying to escape the atrocities by the german army on the people of Byelorussia in ww2
https://youtu.be/fqKDg5pPzsg
Check this out"
All Quiet on the Western Front - Original 1920s version |
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For sexual reasons, Blue Max, seeing Ursula Andress in the tin bath as a 6 year old certainly had a profound effect on me, for some reason ever since have always been partial to blondes......
Another one which has been on tv a couple of times is a Dutch film about double crossing in the dutch resistance during WWII is "The _ed book" or _ed diary,.....very good. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"For sexual reasons, Blue Max, seeing Ursula Andress in the tin bath as a 6 year old certainly had a profound effect on me, for some reason ever since have always been partial to blondes......
Another one which has been on tv a couple of times is a Dutch film about double crossing in the dutch resistance during WWII is "The _ed book" or _ed diary,.....very good."
Dont you mean "black book" |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"For sexual reasons, Blue Max, seeing Ursula Andress in the tin bath as a 6 year old certainly had a profound effect on me, for some reason ever since have always been partial to blondes......
Another one which has been on tv a couple of times is a Dutch film about double crossing in the dutch resistance during WWII is "The _ed book" or _ed diary,.....very good.
Dont you mean "black book""
Starring Carice van Houten(game of thrones) |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Saving private Ryan.
Casualties of war
Platoon
Full metal jacket
And I think my favourite is We were soldiers.
My favourite film with a soldier in is Toy Story though. "Sarge" Voiced by R Lee Ermey of Full metal jacket fame. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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The dark of the sun
Set in the Congo in the 60's an unappreciated classic. Might be banned come to think about it.
Carrying on the mercenary theme;
Dogs of war (Christopher walked plays a merc who gets morals)
Komando leopard, the commander and code name wild geese. (Lewis Collins euro movies, harsher than you expect) |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Catch 21
Saving private Ryan as have had some of the amputees help out in training and to see the difference when a new guy moves a body and a leg doesn't move with them and blood spurts everywhere makes training feel real !! |
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Hamburger Hill is for me still the best Vietnam war film .
71 is a great film
Best war film line ever written
" i was in the army myself , medic, 20 years ,
Posh C*nts telling thick C*nts to kill poor C*unts , thats the army for you " .
Quality .
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By (user no longer on site)
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Do Star Wars films count?
Technically they're war films, though I assume that what the OP means are films set in Wartime on our own planet.
In which case, I don't have a favourite because I don't really like any of them much. |
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I'm surprised to see "thin _ed line" in this list! I thought it was awful  loads of other great films mentioned though, but I'd personally like to add "letters from Iwo Jima" and one I've only just watched called "unbroken" to this mahoosive collection of top films. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Do Star Wars films count?
Technically they're war films, though I assume that what the OP means are films set in Wartime on our own planet.
In which case, I don't have a favourite because I don't really like any of them much."
Nah I did mention aliens as nam in space.
I guess ip man qualifies as the first is set during the Japanese invasion of China. That think with the army of Japan's budo guys wanting to fight king fu experts really did happen, they also tested sword and fist on prisoners on a daily basis. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'm erm asking for a friend....
I couldn't make my mind up! Choices ran from Hamburger hill, who dares wins and They who dare, through to Wheels of terror "
Platoon |
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Kelly heros, battle of briton and where eagle dare was always my favourites
Although All of the above are awsome
And if i may
U571was fairly good
But i might be wrong only one person has mentioned
We were soldiers
That went straight to the top of the list for me
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
There and to the left a bit |
Actually mention of U571 (which to be honest totally undermined the historical accuracy of capturing the Enigma code) has reminded me of another...Enigma..sure not an action war film but a great film set in wartime all the same. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Kelly heros, battle of briton and where eagle dare was always my favourites
Although All of the above are awsome
And if i may
U571was fairly good
But i might be wrong only one person has mentioned
We were soldiers
That went straight to the top of the list for me
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I mentioned it in my first post as my favourite and so did the post either above or below me. It's brilliant. It's a shame that MOST modern ww2 films are shown from an American perspective. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I'm erm asking for a friend....
I couldn't make my mind up! Choices ran from Hamburger hill, who dares wins and They who dare, through to Wheels of terror
Platoon"
Prefer_ed casualties of war
And
Hamburger hill to platoon.
Love this scene
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I9U1XPyg-gM
This scene sums it all up for me
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
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"OK not strictly a war film as the OP meant it but throwing it out there anyway:
Starship Troopers
It was a film about war, technically aliens is a Vietnam movie in space "
if starship troopers is being aloud then i am then i am having " the Empire strikes back!!!"......
not many war films where the bad guys win!!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Has to be BRAVEHEART !!
But if we are talking world war films
Saving private Ryan
and a more recent on SNIPER
Ah shit I could watch a Battle in Los Angeles over again and of course the PLANET OF THE APES
Shit I'm undecided now !! |
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