Posted on 10/31/2017 8:52:29 AM PDT by w1n1
It’s not a war flick but “The Chekist” is well
worth watching.
(Rolls eyes)
I’ve always liked: Air America and Good Morning Vietnam (dad and uncle served during that time)
Run silent.
Run deep.
I really enjoyed “The Train” with Burt Lancaster...the events to me seemed clearly taken from the “Monuments Men” long before that book was written.
Seen it, depressing as Hell.
If you think about it, Jeff Daniels does look a lot like Washington...................
When I first saw that movie as a kid, I had many weeks of nightmares because the scene where the torpedo fell on the sailor ...
It still gives me the heebie-jeebies ...
“Where Eagles Dare.”
I knew it’d be here somewhere. Surprised it took 41 to get to it.
Bttt.
5.56mm
damn, completely missed Blackhawk down.. another great movie!
Talk about a BS subjective list. Out of all the war films made this is the list. I could come up with a dozen films as good or better. How about “12 O’Clock High” for starters????
So many good ones, I will add BRIDGE AT REMAGEN, SINK THE BISMARK, COME AND SEE(Russian), KHARTOUM, 55 DAYS AT PEKING, THE FOUR FEATHERS(1939), STALINGRAD (German production), WATERLOO, the Russian version of WAR AND PEACE and MEN OF THE FIGHTING LADY.
I still love to watch the old WWII propaganda films out of Hollywood.
For films about ancient wars, FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, EL CID, THE WAR LORD, THE THREE HUNDRED SPARTANS.
LOL, I just CANNOT get past it!!!
Well done movie though, as I recall.
A Wing and a Prayer (1944, filmed on board an Essex class aircraft carrier)
Bridges at Toko Ri
Battle Ground (1947, about the Battle of the Bulge)
Sands of Iwo Jima
Go For Broke (circa 1949, the story of the Nisei 442 Regiment).
Was it a male or a female sand flea? You knew the boot was going to give the wrong answer.
Wajda’s “Kanal”
I will have to watch them again, so many years ago.
The Deer Hunter.
Sorry, except for the first 25 minutes of Ryan, it was ordinary. In fact there are likely 20 episodes of Combat that were better.
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