One of the greatest movies of all times.
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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I figured that was the case as I was watching it in the theater.
Such great movies already named. But I haven’t seen anyone post “M*A*S*H” or “Casablanca” ...So I’ll add them.
That’s what ruined The Winds of War/War and Remembrance, a lot of excellent material, but also a lot of needless soap-opera plots as well.
Yeah, kinda took away from the movie for me too.
Black Hawk Down was an outstanding movie .
Finally Blackhawk Down. Absolutely fantastic movie, made you feel like you were there in that sweaty sh!thole country with the American forces.
One of the greatest movies of all times.
Band of Brothers
The Great Escape
Back to Bataan with John Wayne and Anthony Quinn
Objective Burma with Errol Flynn
Sands of Iwo Jima with John Wayne and Forrest Tucker
Was waiting for that one to pop up.
Interesting how few of the above, if any, are related to the Civil War. I’d put Glory on the list as a good one.
Wow, it took to #49 to get to “They Shall Not Grow Old.” That was my vote, too. The most amazing war movie ever.
Another great war movie is “A Very Long Engagement.” It’s very unconventional, but so well done. It’s a love story, a mystery, a war movie, and a moral statement about the futility of war all in one.
“The opening of Patton is still a classic.”
Yes, just an amazing, unconventional opening, isn’t it?
I’m not going to click it (I think this may have been posted a year or so ago) but “The Big Red One”, followed by “Patton”. And with the proviso that Hollywood makes movies, not documentaries. Thanks dynachrome.
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The Admiral Roaring Current Events a South Korean Naval War Movie on the historical battle of Meyeongnyang is another fantastic movie.
I swear I went back and saw that movie about 5 times. I don’t know why, it really captured my imagination.
The 1960 “The Alamo” with John Wayne is spectacular. There is a trailer (as I recall) about the making of The Alamo. It’s quite a story of how Wayne took it on as a personal mission. They shot 560,000 feet of film for 566 scenes!
Sand Pebbles is another one I’ve seen over and over, over the years, I love that movie.
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