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Here are my favorite films & TV miniseries from the Revolution to World War One:
Revolutionary War:
1. The Patriot (2000)
2. Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
3. The Scarlet Coat (1955)
4. The Devil's Disciple (1959)
5. Revolution (1985)

War of 1812:
The President's Lady (1953) & The Buccaneer (1958) were the only two I could recall and both have Chuck Heston as General Andy Jackson.

Mexican War:
Tom Berenger's One Man's Hero (1999) is the only one I could remember.

The War Between the States:
1. Gettysburg (1993)
2. Gone with the Wind (1939)
3. Glory (1989)
4. Rocky Mountain (1950) Great Errol Flynn film with the Rebels out west.
5. The Horse Soldiers (1959)
6. The Raid (1954) The Rebs invade the US from Canada.
7. Cold Mountain (2003)
8. Gods and Generals (2003)
9. The Red Badge of Courage (1951) John Huston directs Audie Murphy & Bill Mauldin in Stephen Crane's epic of cowardice and courage.
10. Band of Angels (1957) Surprisingly frank film on race relations.

Honorable Mention:
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
Two Flags West (1950)
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
Virginia City (1940)
The Siege at Red River (1954)
Alvarez Kelly (1966)
Escape from Fort Bravo (1954)

Indian Wars:
1. Tie between Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) & Rio Grande (1950) as these were John Ford's triple tribulate to the US Calvary.
2. The Searchers (1956)
3. "Geronimo" (1993) (TV)
4. Sergeant Rutledge (1960)

Honorable Mention:
They Died with Their Boots On (1942)
Two Rode Together (1961)
Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
Major Dundee (1965)
Apache (1954)
The Unforgiven (1960)
Red Sun (1972) Quirky film of Jap warrior in old west.

Pre-World War One:
1. Wind and the Lion, The (1975)
2. The Wild Bunch (1969)
3. Professionals, The (1966)
4. "Rough Riders" (1997) (TV)
5. 55 Days at Peking (1963)
6. They Came to Cordura (1959)

World War One:
1. Sergeant York (1941)
2. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
3. The Dawn Patrol (1938)
4. The African Queen (1951)
5. Hell Below (1933) Robert Montgomery & Walter Huston - Surprisingly good World War I Submarine yarn.
6. Blue Max, The (1966)
7. Paths of Glory (1957)
8. What Price Glory (1952)

Honorable Mention:
Lost Patrol, The (1934)
Shout at the Devil (1976)

Pre-WW2:
The Sand Pebbles (1966) only fits here.

Next will be World War Two to Vietnam.

1 posted on 05/31/2004 7:09:32 AM PDT by sonofatpatcher2
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You left out A&E's wonderful The Crossing. Revolutionary War, Washington crossing the Delaware to attack the Hessians Christmas Day.


2 posted on 05/31/2004 7:12:04 AM PDT by hershey
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2. Gone with the Wind (1939)


3 posted on 05/31/2004 7:12:51 AM PDT by F14 Pilot (John ''Fedayeen" sKerry - the Mullahs' regime candidate)
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6 posted on 05/31/2004 7:16:17 AM PDT by mass55th
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While preparing for observances & graduation celebrations for Sunday, my 6-year-old had a captivating cinematic experience that very pleasantly suprised me: "The Red Badge of Courage" starring Audie Murphy. The little Churchjack really identified with the Youth's struggle with fear, and his overcoming. Next day, he was marching drills with his Daisy. He is fascinated now by the cap-and-ball rifles, and we gotta find a bayonet lug for a Red Ryder! LOL
7 posted on 05/31/2004 7:23:40 AM PDT by Churchjack
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Indian Wars:

Sitting Bull
Chief Crazy Horse
War Arrow
Conquest of Cochise

WW I:

All Quiet on the Western Front
The Lost Battalion
The Trench
The Fighting 69th

14 posted on 05/31/2004 8:55:00 AM PDT by top of the world ma
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The Napoleonic Wars: Master and Commander (2003) starring Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany


15 posted on 05/31/2004 9:34:54 AM PDT by Ciexyz ("FR, best viewed with a budgie on hand")
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Beau Geste in its many incarnations (the 30's film with Robert Preston, the 60's remake with Telly Savalas, the 70's comedy "The Last Remake of Beau Geste with Michael York, Ann-Margret and Marty Feldman)


16 posted on 05/31/2004 9:37:21 AM PDT by Ciexyz ("FR, best viewed with a budgie on hand")
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Some foreign Wars:

Mexican Revolution:
Pancho Villa
Viva Zapata
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

El Salvador

The Cuban Revolution:
Havana

Bosnia-Herzegovenia:
No Man's Land
Harrison's Flowers

The Boer War:
Breaker Morant

South Africa:
A Dry, White Season

Soviet-Afghanistan War
The Beast

17 posted on 05/31/2004 10:05:29 AM PDT by top of the world ma
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"Gone with the Wind"

"The Time of Their Lives"


24 posted on 05/31/2004 12:07:17 PM PDT by nuconvert ("America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins." ( Azadi baraye Iran)
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The Lighthorsemen, the Australian Mounted Infantry at Beersheba in ww1


28 posted on 05/31/2004 2:44:11 PM PDT by bravo whiskey (if you are in a fair fight, you have planned poorly.)
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My favorite non WWII war movie is Master and Commander. I also like the Horatio Hornblower movies from A&E.


29 posted on 05/31/2004 2:48:02 PM PDT by dougherty (I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. - Michelangel)
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How could I forget Gallipoli?!? Yes, I realize I probably mispelled it. That one is good as Master and Commander in my book.


30 posted on 05/31/2004 2:50:02 PM PDT by dougherty (I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. - Michelangel)
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BTW The Devil's Brigade is now showing on Turner Classic Movies...


33 posted on 05/31/2004 3:09:47 PM PDT by sonofatpatcher2 (Love & a .45-- What more could you want, campers? };^)
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