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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The Longest Day - Der längste Tag
I just finished watching the long version of Das Boot. (The complete series in about 5 hrs.) The hands down winner, it actually had a lot of great acting. Its also back as a new 2018 series, that was also great. Look it up, Das Boat 2018. The next one is on the way.
A Bridge Too Far.
The Final Countdown (1980)for a different kind of war movie.
+1. my favorite, also.
Sahara (1942)...
Love that one too. It is my favorite. You have to watch it all the way to the very end, though. It is really under appreciated. What makes it special, is not it’s diverse cast (Boggie is great of course), but the dedication to duty and especially the supernatural that is incorporated into the movie.
The Longest Day
The film Klute (1971)
Red Dawn!! Wolverines!!!
Gods and Generals
Captain and Commander
Stalag 17
Where Eagles Dare.
“Battleground’’.
Dutch R U?
“Europa, Europa” (1990) based on the true story of a Jewish kid ending up in the Hitler Youth.
“Johnny Got His Gun” (1971), everyone has seen the super-abridged version music video “One” by Metallica but the movie has to be seen to appreciate that situation.
Already mentioned, “Fury” (2014) captures the gritty hell an American tank crew had to deal with during WWII.
Thanks for the recommendation...Will check it out...
We Were Soldiers Once, and Young.
Enemy At The Gate.
Wonderful Godly movie.
Hacksaw Ridge was very inspiring. It’s the last time my husband and I went out for a movie. Most we just wait until they’re available for tv. IMHO, there are never more than about one movie a year REALLY worth seeing...sometimes two.
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