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The Best War Movies Ever Made (vote 'em up or down)
ranker.com ^ | 2019 | ranker.com

Posted on 05/10/2019 6:45:10 PM PDT by dynachrome

This list ranks the best movies about war, battles, and military conflicts. These films recreate some of the most significant events in world history from a variety of perspectives and with a variety of purposes and intentions. Some top war films attempt to recreate as realistically as possible the events they depict, either from an omniscient perspective permitted by historical study or from the point of view of the soldiers and civilians involved in the conflict itself. Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down, for example, was both praised in its time and heavily criticized for bringing a "you are there" sense of realism - and little outside or cultural perspective - to a recreation of the Battle of Mogadishu. The best war movies of all time differ widely in their handling of the subject matter, but they all strike a chord with viewers now and in the time when they came out.

Some of the greatest war films use war as a backdrop to look at larger issues - such as man's inhumanity to man or the crippling impact of post-traumatic stress - or just as a meditation on war itself. Still other films like Glory and Band of Brothers examine the personal drama of a few individuals, and mine it for larger insights about the meaning of war and the impact that violence has on individual human lives.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: movies; vote; warmovies
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To: dynachrome

Dr Strangelove. That movie gets funnier every time I watch it.


21 posted on 05/10/2019 6:57:52 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps ( Be ready!)
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To: dfwgator

That is a darn good one. Russkie Mosin madness.


22 posted on 05/10/2019 6:57:57 PM PDT by dynachrome (Build the wall, deport them all.)
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To: amorphous

‘None But The Brave’. Underrated. Sinatra. Best quote:”In the loneliness of command we are brothers.”


23 posted on 05/10/2019 6:59:20 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: dynachrome

Russians do good war movies, I’ll give them that.


24 posted on 05/10/2019 7:00:03 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dynachrome

It’s hard to pick one. It depends on my mood. Ones I go back to are Kelly’s Heroes to laugh, A Bridge Too Far for a grand epic, Das Boot for a tense drama.


25 posted on 05/10/2019 7:00:08 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: dfwgator

“Thomas Kretschmann”

I met that dude at the studio years ago. Very affable. Invited us to a bar at 1 pm. I guess in germany going to the bar after lunch was normal..


26 posted on 05/10/2019 7:00:49 PM PDT by max americana (Fired libtards at our company for the past 12 yrs at every election. I hope all liberals die.)
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To: dynachrome

27 posted on 05/10/2019 7:00:54 PM PDT by amorphous
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To: tet68

9th Platoon.

I’ve seen that one. Also, “The Beast” about a lost soviet tank in Afghanistan. We should have stayed out of there. If the soviets couldn’t do anything there, we sure can’t.


28 posted on 05/10/2019 7:01:01 PM PDT by dynachrome (Build the wall, deport them all.)
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To: dynachrome

Talvisota - About the Winter War.


29 posted on 05/10/2019 7:01:52 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: max americana
I met that dude at the studio years ago. Very affable. Invited us to a bar at 1 pm. I guess in germany going to the bar after lunch was normal..

"FEGELEIN!!!"

30 posted on 05/10/2019 7:02:30 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

And yes, “Downfall” belongs on the list, it is a great movie.


31 posted on 05/10/2019 7:03:00 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dynachrome

32 posted on 05/10/2019 7:03:14 PM PDT by amorphous
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To: dynachrome
Of the many war films made I've only seen a small percentage but of the ones I've seen I'd say saving Private Ryan,Patton,Das Boot,Breaker Morant and The Hurt Locker are about the best.
33 posted on 05/10/2019 7:03:50 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Bill Barr:The Bill Belichick of Attorneys General)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Breaker Morant, absolutely.


34 posted on 05/10/2019 7:04:26 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator; tet68

As far as Stalingrad goes, there is a 12 episode series called “Life and Fate” that alternates between Stalingrad and the home front. It is on Amazon prime. Very well done. (except I think I spotted an extra in german uniform carrying a Mosin at one point, haha)


35 posted on 05/10/2019 7:05:03 PM PDT by dynachrome (Build the wall, deport them all.)
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To: dynachrome

The Guns of Navarone.


36 posted on 05/10/2019 7:05:06 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: dfwgator

he told us he liked being on set at U571 but didn’t “enjoy” Valkryie. Told us Tom Cruise was nice but almost crazy..


37 posted on 05/10/2019 7:05:23 PM PDT by max americana (Fired libtards at our company for the past 12 yrs at every election. I hope all liberals die.)
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The Great Escape
38 posted on 05/10/2019 7:05:26 PM PDT by lurked_for_a_decade (Imagination is more important than knowledge! ( e_uid == 0 ) != ( e_uid = 0 ). I Read kernel code.)
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To: dynachrome

39 posted on 05/10/2019 7:05:48 PM PDT by amorphous
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To: dynachrome

Rather than playing the clickbait, I’m gonna list the movies I’d like to see made (assuming Hollyweird wouldn’t mess them up), because I’m special like that :)

Belleau Wood
with
Miracle at Belleau Wood
https://www.amazon.com/Miracle-Belleau-Wood-Modern-Marine-ebook/dp/B001FSJCNW/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=belleau+wood&qid=1557540207&s=books&sr=1-2
as the source.
*

The Battle for Toktong Pass
Last Stand of Fox Company
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Stand-Fox-Company-Marines/dp/0802144519
and
Give Me Tomorrow
https://www.amazon.com/Give-Me-Tomorrow-Greatest-Story-ebook/dp/B004BKJB9Q/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=give+me+tomorrow&qid=1557540154&s=books&sr=1-1
as sources.

*
The Battle of Dai Do
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-ZI1BGr3Mw


40 posted on 05/10/2019 7:06:26 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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