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The Best War Movies Ever Made (vote 'em up or down)
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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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To: dynachrome

PATTON


61 posted on 05/10/2019 7:19:06 PM PDT by karnage
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To: mrsmith

The Longest Day, just for the Ouistreham sequence.


62 posted on 05/10/2019 7:20:08 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: karnage

The opening of Patton is still a classic.


63 posted on 05/10/2019 7:21:11 PM PDT by dynachrome (Build the wall, deport them all.)
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To: dfwgator

The Patriot


64 posted on 05/10/2019 7:21:44 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: dynachrome

“The Cranes Are Flying” is another good Russian film. The actress reminded me a bit of Audrey Hepburn.


65 posted on 05/10/2019 7:21:50 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming.


66 posted on 05/10/2019 7:22:00 PM PDT by redshawk (0pansy is a Liar and Hates.........he just hates!)
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To: dynachrome

For something a bit different,

Hill 24 Doesn’t Answer

First Israeli feature film, featuring the unbelievably lovely Haya Harareet (Esther in Ben Hur)


67 posted on 05/10/2019 7:23:37 PM PDT by PlateOfShrimp
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To: dynachrome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CGbpbclYyQ


68 posted on 05/10/2019 7:23:55 PM PDT by Captain Compassion (I'm just sayin')
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To: dynachrome

Patton
Midway
The Longest Day


69 posted on 05/10/2019 7:24:25 PM PDT by Fai Mao (There is no rule of law in the US until The PIAPS is executed.)
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To: dynachrome

The Dirty Dozen.

Bridge on the River Kwai.

Breaker Morant.

Paths of Glory.


70 posted on 05/10/2019 7:24:25 PM PDT by karnage
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To: dynachrome
For awhile, even Walt Disney got into the war movie business. Great movie, btw.


71 posted on 05/10/2019 7:26:17 PM PDT by amorphous
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To: dynachrome

“Which Way to The Front” starring Jerry Lewis. A highly accurate portrayal of WWII which does not shy away from the horrors of war. The French Academy of Film Art presented Jerry Lewis its highest award for his incisive portrayal reflecting the bitterness of men fighting at the front.


72 posted on 05/10/2019 7:27:37 PM PDT by PJ-Comix (SUBSCRIBE to the DUmmie FUnnIes YouTube Channel...NOW!!!)
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To: PJ-Comix

LOL


73 posted on 05/10/2019 7:31:24 PM PDT by dynachrome (Build the wall, deport them all.)
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To: dfwgator

Just saw that one in December. Closest thing to a time machine.

Also, I nominate “Zulu.”


74 posted on 05/10/2019 7:31:33 PM PDT by Nothingburger
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To: dynachrome

In Harm’s Way. The Bridges of Toko-ri, and The Bridge on the River Kwai.


75 posted on 05/10/2019 7:32:10 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult
WOW...nice story.

God Bless your Dad - and all the Greatest Generation who served.

76 posted on 05/10/2019 7:32:51 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012: NEVER FORGET.)
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To: dynachrome

Audie Murphy Story better be there.


77 posted on 05/10/2019 7:33:08 PM PDT by DaxtonBrown
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To: BenLurkin
I'm with on that.
78 posted on 05/10/2019 7:34:29 PM PDT by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo)
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To: DIRTYSECRET
Sinatra was great in 'Von Ryan's Express'.


79 posted on 05/10/2019 7:35:14 PM PDT by amorphous
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To: dfwgator

“Brest Fortress” - A 2010 Russian/Belarusian war movie about the German WWII invasion of Russia.

“The Odd Angry Shot” A 1979 one about an Australian unit in the Vietnam war.


80 posted on 05/10/2019 7:36:09 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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