Posted on 08/05/2022 6:51:05 PM PDT by Az Joe
According to me
Define “best.”
Most realistic battle scenes?
Most thrilling action sequences (accuracy be damned)?
Most flattering to America’s heroes?
Most representative of America’s conservative values?
Best sex scenes?
It’s a rather ambiguous question.
Talvisota (About the Finnish Winter War)
I really enjoyed the documentary “They shall not grow old” with the colorized photos from WWI. And stayed for the video after the movie on how they made it and how exacting they were in getting the correct information.
Really brought how terrible war is into focus and real.
Breaker Morant.
Khartoum.
Lawrence of Arabia.
A Bridge Too Far.
The Longest Day.
Gettysburg.
April 9 - About the WWII German invasion of Denmark
Saw it in the theater in 3D. Tears were flowing.
1. The Winter War (Finnish -about the Russo-Finnish War)
https://www.amazon.com/Winter-War-this-item-regions/dp/B007BFKLEW/ref=sr_1_13?crid=1GAABZB1O07ZO&keywords=Winter+war&qid=1659752222&sprefix=winter+war%2Caps%2C182&sr=8-13
2. Unknown Soldier (Finnish - Continuation War - War against USSR by Finland in WWII.)
https://www.amazon.com/Soldier-Aero-Aho/dp/B07NLM5F2X/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3NTL8UGHTV81T&keywords=Forgotten+soldier+movie&qid=1659752297&sprefix=forgotten+soldier+movie%2Caps%2C107&sr=8-2
3. 1944 - Estonian WWII on the Eastern Front
https://www.amazon.com/1944-Marko-Leht/dp/B07378DLXN/ref=sr_1_3?crid=39ASJJGGLJS2T&keywords=1944+movie&qid=1659752654&sprefix=1944+movie%2Caps%2C80&sr=8-3
3. Dauntless - Battle of Midway - Battle though the eyes of a single dive bomber crew.
https://www.amazon.com/Dauntless-Battle-Midway-Judd-Nelson/dp/B07TJKCB3J/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2SX1XNNWL3AA8&keywords=Dauntless+movie&qid=1659752844&sprefix=dauntless+movie%2Caps%2C110&sr=8-2
4. Squadron 303 (Polish - UK film) Battle of Britain through the eyes of the Polish RAF squadron 303.
The Big Parade
Paths of Glory
Saving Private Ryan
Fury
Pork Chop Hill
The Bridges at Toko Ri
They Were Expendable
Twelve O'Clock High
Hamburger Hill
The Sands of Iwo Jima
“Strategic Air Command”
Battle of Algiers is the greatest war movie period. NO other film comes close.
Too much WWII on your list btw.
So many great war flicks...But from my perspective, you nailed it.
I really like how The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly portrayed the Civil War, showing its brutal nature and how even the officers were broken and tired. At the same time it was not an antiwar movie, nor did it trash America. A very difficult thing to do.
Zulu
Where Eagles Dare
Midway
Patton
Twelve O’Clock High
The Longest Day
Run Silent Run Deep
Kelly’s Heroes
Bataan
Bridge on the River Kwai
Battle of the Bulge
Sergeant York
Tora Tora Tora
There was a German Stalingrad movie, and a Russian Stalingrad movie made a few years ago. There was one actor who appeared in both. (Hint: He’s pretty much in every war movie featuring Germans)
My only quibble was the darn sounds - nobody seems to be able to recreate the sounds of rifle fire and nobody apparently ever used grenades.
We used them, a lot.
We Were Soldiers
Hacksaw Ridge
great list!
i’d add:
“Guns of the Navarone”
“Midway” (1976)
“Twelve O’Clock High”
“Apocalypse Now”
“The Thin Red Line”
American Sniper
13 Hours
A stupid movie I like….Three Kings
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