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10 Best World War I Movies Ever Made
guns & ammo ^ | 7-24-12 | garry james

Posted on 07/30/2012 7:53:45 PM PDT by TurboZamboni

Without question, more movies have been made about World War II than any other, but before World War II there was World War I, and some of the best — if not the best — war films ever made were inspired by that conflict. Most movies about the Great War incorporate strong anti-war messages, and to be fair, I can think of few other conflicts (except perhaps the Crimean War or the Thirty Years War) in which this attitude is more appropriate.

You’ll see this thread running through almost every one of my picks — it’s just the way it is. With the exception of movies made as propaganda during WWI and WWII, a good hunk of the First World War films were turned out in the 1920s and ’30s, when the nations of the world were licking their wounds and realizing what a grim, useless affair the whole mess really had been. World War I also proved to be an excellent analogy for Vietnam, so a number of First World War movies were also produced during that period. Anyway, without further ado, here are my particular favorites (and some runners-up) in chronological order.

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TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 10; allquiet; movies; thegreatwar; top; wwi
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To: All
A couple not mentioned so far:

A Farewell to Arms (1957) set on the Italian/Austrian front, to which the US contributed pilots and ambulances (and one unit which only engaged in combat just before Austria surrendered).

What Price Glory? (1952) with James Cagney.

101 posted on 07/31/2012 8:58:38 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Ki-hagoy vehamamlakhah 'asher lo'-ya`avdukh yove'du; vehagoyim charov yecheravu!)
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To: All
Oops. Forgot William Wellman's Lafayette Escadrille (1958).

The 1979 version of All Quiet on the Western Front with Richard Thomas and the late Ernest Borgnine was excellent.

102 posted on 07/31/2012 9:08:34 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Ki-hagoy vehamamlakhah 'asher lo'-ya`avdukh yove'du; vehagoyim charov yecheravu!)
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To: TurboZamboni

Shout at the Devil with Lee Marvin and Roger Moore.


103 posted on 07/31/2012 9:14:13 AM PDT by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: jocon307

I bet you would like one of my favorite movies, “The Southerner” by Jean Renoir, it is the conservatives choice over The Grapes of Wrath.

It is free at youtube.


104 posted on 07/31/2012 9:59:52 AM PDT by ansel12 (Massachusetts Governors,,, where the GOP goes for it's "conservative" Presidential candidates.)
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To: ansel12

I didn’t write but the lyrics are very close to my original song that was done 15 years before that was put out.


105 posted on 07/31/2012 11:07:32 AM PDT by TheRhinelander
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To: KC Burke

A lady friend in Missouri and now this? Now I have two reasons to visit!


106 posted on 07/31/2012 11:08:33 AM PDT by TheRhinelander
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To: TheRhinelander

In response to non-WW1 movies,”Breaker Morant” is a must see.Set at the end of the Boer War in 1902,a true story similar to Paths of Glory.Edward Woodward is fabulous as Harry Morant.


107 posted on 07/31/2012 12:16:31 PM PDT by pricilla (one should always try to be smarter than the equipment one is operating - Amajato)
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To: elcid1970
So many WW1 films had an antiwar theme.

I was the very stupidest of wars, and our involvement in it even stupider-er.

I enjoyed the Blue Max, but stay away from 2008's "The Red Baron" unless you like science fiction/fantasy.

"Paths of Glory" was another good one.

If you're into aviation, as I am, then "Hell's Angels" is a must. Real pilots, real planes, not that CGI crap from "Fly Boys".

108 posted on 07/31/2012 3:32:59 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (Goode over evil. Voting for mitt or obie is like throwing your country away.)
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To: TheRhinelander; Bernard Marx

Gents, I cannot claim credit. That gag dates back to Bennett Cerf in the 1940s. (But I like it...heh heh heh)


109 posted on 07/31/2012 3:34:02 PM PDT by SAJ (What is the next tagline some overweening mod will censor?)
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To: Zionist Conspirator
I understand that he was made an honorary Marine for his performance.

Yes.

110 posted on 07/31/2012 3:40:34 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: SAJ

Holy frijole, an honest man! I remember Bennett Cerf and he had many great lines. In fact there were plenty of great humorists in that era and they elicited uproarious laughs without ever going “blue.”


111 posted on 07/31/2012 3:48:43 PM PDT by Bernard Marx
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To: Moltke

“Sounds like Emile Zola’s Germinal.”

Yes, that is ringing a bell!


112 posted on 07/31/2012 8:55:56 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: ansel12

“The Southerner” by Jean Renoir, it is the conservatives choice over The Grapes of Wrath.”

That does sound right up my alley, Renoir is great, look at his heritage, I will do my best to watch that.

What is the wacky, crazy movie, beauty and the beast? I think that was ahead of its time.


113 posted on 07/31/2012 8:58:46 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: TurboZamboni

Not a movie, but a quite clever summary of WWI:

WWI - A Short Synopsis

Germany, Austria and Italy are stood together in the middle of the bar-room, when Serbia bumps into Austria, and spills Austria’s pint.

Austria demands Serbia buy it a complete new suit, because there are splashes on its trouser leg.

Germany expresses its support for Austria’s point of view.

Britain recommends that everyone calm down a bit.

Serbia points out that it can’t afford a whole suit, but offers to pay for cleaning Austria’s trousers.

Russia and Serbia look at Austria.

Austria asks Serbia who it’s looking at.

Russia suggests that Austria should leave its little brother alone.

Austria inquires as to whose army will assist Russia in compelling it to do so.

Germany appeals to Britain that France has been looking at it, and that this is sufficiently out of order that Britain should not intervene.

Britain replies that France can look at who it wants to, that Britain is looking at Germany too, and what is Germany going to do about it?

Germany tells Russia to stop looking at Austria, or Germany will render Russia incapable of such action.

Britain and France ask Germany whether it’s looking at Belgium.

Turkey and Germany go off into a corner and whisper. When they come back, Turkey makes a show of not looking at anyone.

Germany rolls up its sleeves, looks at France, and punches Belgium.

France and Britain punch Germany. Austria punches Russia. Germany punches Britain and France with one hand and Russia with the other.

Russia throws a punch at Germany, but misses and nearly falls over. Japan calls over from the other side of the room that it’s on Britain’s side, but stays there. Italy surprises everyone by punching Austria.

Australia punches Turkey, and gets punched back. There are no hard feelings, because Britain made Australia do it.

France gets thrown through a plate glass window, but gets back up and carries on fighting. Russia gets thrown through another one, gets knocked out, suffers brain damage, and wakes up with a complete personality change.

Italy throws a punch at Austria and misses, but Austria falls over anyway. Italy raises both fists in the air and runs round the room chanting.

America waits till Germany is about to fall over, then walks over, waves a fist at Germany while Britain knocks it out, then pretends it won the fight all by itself.

By now all the chairs are broken, and the big mirror over the bar is shattered. Britain, France and America agree that Germany threw the first punch, so the whole thing is Germany’s fault. While Germany is still unconscious, they go through its pockets, steal its wallet, and buy drinks for all their friends.


114 posted on 08/01/2012 2:46:03 AM PDT by Figure11 (There's nothing an agnostic can't do if he doesn't know whether he believes in it or not.)
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To: miss marmelstein

>>Spielberg ruined War Horse. If you ever get a chance to see the play, which is touring all over the world, don’t miss it. Packs quite a punch and turned me into a WWI junkie!<<

I’ll be sure to look for it. Thanks Miss Marmelstein!


115 posted on 08/01/2012 1:37:41 PM PDT by Dogbert41 ("...The people of Jerusalem are strong, because the Lord Almighty is their God" Zech. 12:5)
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To: Figure11

Hey!!!Now THAT is GOOD!!!


116 posted on 08/01/2012 4:48:58 PM PDT by pricilla (one should always try to be smarter than the equipment one is operating - Amajato)
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To: narses
I thought this was a very well done movie.

Thanks for your thoughts.

117 posted on 08/01/2012 7:32:13 PM PDT by Northern Yankee (Where Liberty dwells, there is my Country. - Benjamin Franklin)
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