Best War movie of all time

stormbringerr

Joined Oct 2009

225 Posts | 0+

Republic of Texas

• Feb 5, 2013

• #621

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA8MeJFRh04"]http***://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA8MeJFRh04[/ame]

a classic medieval battle of wills

 

JohnAshtone

Joined Sep 2012

78 Posts | 0+

Wakefield West Yorkshire, England

• Feb 13, 2013

• #622

Of all the Gin joints in all the world.

I will still vote

Casablanca.

But I suspect that isn't the type of War movie they meant, I can't comment on Shaving Ryan's Privates, but Zulu has got to be in with a shout.

 

rehabnonono

Joined Oct 2009

2,178 Posts | 3+

the Boomtown Shenzhen

• Feb 14, 2013

• #623

JohnAshtone said:

Of all the Gin joints in all the world.

I will still vote

Casablanca.

But I suspect that isn't the type of War movie they meant, I can't comment on Shaving Ryan's Privates, but Zulu has got to be in with a shout.

Click to expand...

No, Casablanca was exactly what they meant. I loved the part where the Nazi Major is leading the chorus on "Die Wacht am Rhein" just as Lazlo comes out of Rick's apartment, pauses for a moment in outrage and then rushes down to lead the orchestra and the entire nightclub in a rendition of "La Marseillaise".... Drowning out the Nazis and forcing them back into their seats humiliated. All the while Rick is seen in the background nodding his approval to the band leader. Emblematic of the US involvement in the war up until the invasion of North Africa.

Very influential in turning fence sitters on the war into blazing patriots. By far the best critically received war movie of all time.

 

emperor of seleucid

Joined Feb 2012

2,374 Posts | 8+

Arche Seleukeia

• Feb 14, 2013

• #624

Any other ancient Greek or Roman war film?

 

Ealasaid

Joined Dec 2012

989 Posts | 1+

Where the Sun never sleeps

• Feb 16, 2013

• #625

One of my new favorites is "Red Cliff". Oh this film is amazing. The battle scenes are great. There are even some roman tactics used by the armies.

[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Red_Cliffs"]Battle of Red Cliffs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

[ame="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425637/"]Red Cliff (2008) - IMDb[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3qIXQCHf94"]Red Cliff - Official Trailer [HD] - YouTube[/ame]

 

Salah

Joined Oct 2009

23,286 Posts | 99+

Maryland

• Feb 16, 2013

• #626

Are there any good movies about the Franco-Prussian War?

 

A

Apocrypha8

Joined Jan 2013

35 Posts | 0+

• Feb 17, 2013

• #627

I guess I have to say; my favorite modern war movie is "Flags of Our Fathers" . I watched it when I was 8 and it stuck with me.

Another good movie, is: "With Fire and Sword". That one's about the Ukrainian-Russo independence from Lietuva;Lithuania, in the early 1600s.

It's in Polish, so you need to use subtitles on youtube.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q6T_DUZ4ew]With Fire and Sword FULL ENG - YouTube[/ame]

 

CathareHeretic

Joined Feb 2013

1,702 Posts | 0+

French Republic

• Feb 17, 2013

• #628

For me the Longest Day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFzdleJarI0

 

Ealasaid

Joined Dec 2012

989 Posts | 1+

Where the Sun never sleeps

• Feb 17, 2013

• #629

Apocrypha8 said:

Another good movie, is: "With Fire and Sword". That one's about the Ukrainian-Russo independence from Lietuva;Lithuania, in the early 1600s.

It's in Polish, so you need to use subtitles on youtube.

With Fire and Sword FULL ENG - YouTube

Click to expand...

I will definitely have to watch this. Thank you!

 

K

KGB

Joined Apr 2011

3,452 Posts | 10+

• Feb 17, 2013

• #630

Waterloo, 1970. No doubt.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKmqRqY0RLg]The Battle of Waterloo Movie (1970) - YouTube[/ame]

 

Krystian

Joined Apr 2010

1,406 Posts | 2+

• Feb 17, 2013

• #631

Apocrypha8 said:

Another good movie, is: "With Fire and Sword". That one's about the Ukrainian-Russo independence from Lietuva;Lithuania, in the early 1600s.

It's in Polish, so you need to use subtitles on youtube.

With Fire and Sword FULL ENG - YouTube

Click to expand...

I grew up with that move! Had it no casette and watched all the time. Still probably remember most of the script. Kinda bloody for a small kid when i come to think about it, but bach then i adored it. Always imagined i was a Winged Hussar riding down the pillaging cossack mob.

 

Guaporense

Joined Mar 2011

5,772 Posts | 497+

Library of Alexandria

• Feb 17, 2013

• #632

Strontium90 said:

My favorite is probably Full Metal Jacket or Das Boot.

Isn't Das Boot generally considered the greatest war movie ever made?

Click to expand...

According to film critics, such as Roger Ebert, the greatest war movie ever made is Apocalypse Now, because it shows the darker sides of human nature:

Das Boot is considered to be a quite mediocre film in artistic terms and it is not anywhere near the greatest war movies and not even among the greatest WW2 movies. I found it entertaining but nothing really special.

I think that the greatest WW2 movie ever made would be Grave of the Fireflies, which is actually an anime movie, but it has been said by some to be the film which generates the strongest emotional reaction ever made. The whole film is available on youtube.

Here is Ebert's coments on it:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9WEyuMq0Yk]Film critic Roger Ebert - Grave of The Fireflies - YouTube[/ame]

 

Kevinmeath

Joined May 2011

15,791 Posts | 1,621+

Navan, Ireland

• Mar 7, 2013
• Last edited: Mar 7, 2013

• #633

Last edited: Mar 7, 2013

Watched this awhile back worth watching

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gUSq7pxux4"]Battle of Long Tan Full Documentary in HD narrated by Sam Worthington - Vietnam War - YouTube[/ame]

 

Joe Freeman

Joined Sep 2012

286 Posts | 11+

Argentina

• Mar 7, 2013
• Last edited: Mar 7, 2013

• #634

Last edited: Mar 7, 2013

I really love Apocalypse Now, it's my favorite movie(Not war movie, just movie). But there's one movie that I think is even better if we're talking about the war genre. If I had to choose my favorite war movie it would be The Pianist. I really love it, because it feels like you're there. And it's not about the soldiers, but the people. Some don't even consider it a war movie, but for me it is, and it's the best

 

azato2000

Joined Jun 2011

1,662 Posts | 0+

• Mar 7, 2013
• Last edited: Mar 7, 2013

• #635

Last edited: Mar 7, 2013

If you want to know what true war is...

 

Bendermanuk

Joined Mar 2013

2 Posts | 0+

UK

• Mar 7, 2013

• #636

Can I have two?

Platoon

Inglorious B*****ds

 

xander.XVII

Joined Nov 2009

3,901 Posts | 56+

Outer world

• Mar 8, 2013

• #637

azato2000 said:

If you want to know what true war is...

Click to expand...

Isn't it "Idi i Smotri"?

 

azato2000

Joined Jun 2011

1,662 Posts | 0+

• Mar 8, 2013

• #638

xander.XVII said:

Isn't it "Idi i Smotri"?

Click to expand...

yes it is

 

bodhi

Joined Jan 2013

915 Posts | 107+

Charlottengrad

• Mar 8, 2013

• #639

Das Boot.

 

zauron

Joined Feb 2013

179 Posts | 1+

Volgograd, Russia

• Mar 8, 2013

• #640

azato2000 said:

If you want to know what true war is...

Click to expand...

Best and perhaps the only movie that showed the true colors of WW2.