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 Lost Battalion - WWI movie
We might regret that. I think Jerry Lewis was aiming for something later achieved along the lines of “Life Is Beautiful.” There’s a reason he just didn’t want the public to see his attempt as an unfortunate misfire that may have trivialized the Nazi subject matter.
Master and Commander
The Lighthorsemen
Surprised to not seen Tora Tora Tora on the list so far
Where Eagles Dare.
The Green Berets.
I don’t know if it classifies as a war movie, but “They shall not grow old” was pretty good.
Also liked Patton.
You have never seen The African Queen?? Oh my. You must go and watch it. It’s a classic. And BTW Boggie’s last picture was The Harder They Fall.
“Best Years of Our Lives.”
Great movies
Murphys war
Ride with the Devil ... Confederate guerillas
It’s not really a war flick but Comrade X has Hedy Lamarr driving around in a tank and that is something few other war flicks have. :)
Lone Survivor, Shenandoah, The Cain Mutiny all great movies.
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The Great Escape
Bridge over The River Kwai
Lawrence of Arabia
The Great Escape
Run Silent Run Deep
The Outlaw Josie Wales
A few from Andrzej Wajda: Kanal,Katyn ...................... Katyn should be a film to watch in schools, like Schindler’s List. It should be part of the curriculum of the Holocaust studies. LOL, followed by “Missiom to Moscow”.
Braveheart
Does the Lord of the Rings triology qualify?
See #33, #34, and #70. You are the fourth. It’s one of my favorites, too.
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