Favorite Military Movies

The Washington Times ^ | Oct. 10, 2003 | John McCaslin, Inside the Beltway

[EdJay]

I'm curious which movies Freepers would add, and why. Myself, I liked "Glory."

How about: "A Bridge Too Far," "Platoon," "Zulu," "The Great Escape," "Paths of Glory," "All Quiet on the Western Front," "Das Boot," "Gallipoli."

[ConservativeMan55]

LOL...I guess its vanity night...that works for me.

Favorite military movie is Patton.

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[ConservativeMan55]

Patton is a classic.

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[HitmanLV]

I have several that come to mind immediately:

The Bridge on the River Kwai
Tora, Tora, Tora
Guns of Navarone
The Longest Day

I'll think of more, I am sure. As you can see, though I'm 35, my taste in movies runs a bit 'old.' ;-)

[Doctor Stochastic]

Twelve O'Clock High
Doctor Strangelove
Operation Petticoat
Father Goose
Down Periscope
Patton
The Big Parade
Darling Lili
Fort Apache

[kimosabe31]

bump

[lizma]

Does Braveheart count?

This all sounds like a list of our family movie nights if you add in Stalag 17.

[Vigilantcitizen]

"Patton is a classic."

Yep. My other favorites are Blackhawk Down, Saving Private Ryan, We Were Soldiers, Dirty Dozen, and the quasi war movie "Red Dawn". The Patriot gets an honorable mention.

Favorite war movie ping.

[dr_who_2]

Battlefield. I liked that one. Some bits seemed a bit contrived or Hollywood-ish, but there were a lot of neat scenes that seemed very realistic. There was an old one (made during the war) about Doolittle's air raid, and Pork Chop Hill with Gregory Peck. "The Longest Day" was nothing more than a chain of big name cameos, but I liked "Tora Tora Tora". The best new war films nowadays all require the willingness to read subtitles. Anyone see "Captaine Conan"? Good one, I thought.

[Mears]

"The Enemy Below"----fantastic!

[OrioleFan]

Flight of the Intruder
Hell in High Waters
Pork Chop Hill
The Enemy Below

[Shethink13]

I like Von Ryan's Express.

[July 4th]

Patton and The Hunt for Red October. (Note that in The Hunt for Red October, Alec Baldwin's appearance is offset by Fred Thompson.)

[azcap]

My personal favorites are Lawrence of Arabia, and the Bridge over the River Kwai. Growing up pre-cable I have a special fondness for The Big Red One with Lee Marvin. I think they must have showed that every year on network TV when I was kid.
For pure realism and integrity of the experience there is nothing like Black Hawk Down and Band of Brothers.

[Pro-Bush]

[clintonh8r]

A couple of foreign additions...Soldiers of Orange, The Lighthorsemen. Also, The Duelists (Ridley Scott's first movie, I believe, and visually stunning).