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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PATTON
The Longest Day, just for the Ouistreham sequence.
The opening of Patton is still a classic.
The Patriot
“The Cranes Are Flying” is another good Russian film. The actress reminded me a bit of Audrey Hepburn.
The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming.
For something a bit different,
Hill 24 Doesn’t Answer
First Israeli feature film, featuring the unbelievably lovely Haya Harareet (Esther in Ben Hur)
Patton
Midway
The Longest Day
The Dirty Dozen.
Bridge on the River Kwai.
Breaker Morant.
Paths of Glory.
“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.
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Just saw that one in December. Closest thing to a time machine.
Also, I nominate “Zulu.”
In Harm’s Way. The Bridges of Toko-ri, and The Bridge on the River Kwai.
God Bless your Dad - and all the Greatest Generation who served.
Audie Murphy Story better be there.
“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.
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