Nominations for Best War Movie

[beernutz]

I'll start:

A Bridge Too Far
Battle of the Bulge
Big Red One
Black Hawk Down
Boys in Company C
Braveheart
Courage Under Fire
Das Boot
From Here to Eternity
Full Metal Jacket
Glory
Gone with the Wind
Hamburger Hill
Kelly's Hero's
Lawrence of Arabia
Patton
Platoon
Run Silent Run Deep
Saving Pvt. Ryan
Sergeant York
Soldier of Orange
Stalag 17
The African Queen
The Bridge over the River Kwai
The Caine Mutiny
The Deerhunter
The Dirty Dozen
The Eagle has Landed
The Great Escape
The Guns of Navarone
The Longest Day
Tora, Tora, Tora
We Were Soldiers
Where Eagles Dare
Zulu

Any other nominations?

[IronDragon1]

Apocalypse Now
The Thin Red Line

EDIT: Whoops

[Alobar]

To hell and back
operation petticoat (no one said it couldnt be a comedy, heh)
Troy

[KDawgCometh]

tigerland and thin red line should be on that list

[swede123]

Add: Apocalypse Now

I'm not sure I'd put movies like Lawrence of Arabia, Braveheart and Gone with the Wind on this list. These movies are much more than just war movies, even though they take place during wars etc. If you want to expand it to include movies like these also add Gladiator, Troy, Alexander, and Cold Mountain.

Swede

[swede123]

Gods & Generals.

[SmileyEH]

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tigerland and thin red line should be on that list

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Midway
The Bedford Incident

Edited to add:

Gallipoli
Breaker Morant

[swede123]

Run Silent, Run Deep.

[KDawgCometh]

add born on the fourth of july too, and all quiet on the western front

[swede123]

Crimson Tide (might argue it's not a war movie, which is OK with me - still, pretty good one).
Red Dawn

[KDawgCometh]

also, the patriot

[Soul Daddy]

Casualties of War

[beernutz]

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Apocalypse Now
The Thin Red Line

EDIT: Whoops

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Yeah, Apocalypse Now should be up there--that was an oversight; Deerhunter is already there though. I've never seen Thin Red Line but more's the better.

[wayabvpar]

Catch-22
M*A*S*H

[KDawgCometh]

enemy at the gates, and dead presidents is mainly vietnam

[The once and future king]

Iron Cross.

[luckyharr]

Paths of Glory

[Hamish McBagpipe]

Gallipoli. Worth a nomination.

[dogsballs]

No Independence Day...?

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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Add: Apocalypse Now

I'm not sure I'd put movies like Lawrence of Arabia, Braveheart and Gone with the Wind on this list. These movies are much more than just war movies, even though they take place during wars etc. If you want to expand it to include movies like these also add Gladiator, Troy, Alexander, and Cold Mountain.

Swede

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Then, you might as well go with Lord of the Rings and Star Wars.

[Uston]

Sadly, most people have never even heard of the best (http://imdb.com/title/tt0091251/) war movie ever made.

[PorscheNGuns]

To the OP: You can't ask OOT for nominations for *best* war movie or else all you'll get is 50 replies from people trying to think of every random/obscure war movie they can think of or find.

Also, many of the movies on your list are hardly "war" movies.

-Matt

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Tae Guk Gi

[Uston]

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To the OP: You can't ask OOT for nominations for *best* war movie or else all you'll get is 50 replies from people trying to think of every random/obscure war movie they can think of or find.

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And considering that the additions made to the OP's list are far better than the OP's list, what's the problem with that?

[Uston]

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Tae Guk Gi

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Great choice. That's number two on my list.

[IronDragon1]

War and Peace is quality too

[Ringo_Mojo]

Three Kings

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Catch-22
M*A*S*H

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excellent nominations

[Harv72b]

I can't remember all the ones that others have mentioned, so I'm just going with ones omitted from the original list:

Apocalypse Now (I know this was mentioned, just can't understaond how it got forgotten in the first place)
Heartbreak Ridge
The Patriot
The Beast (About the crew of a Russian tank in Afghanistan; clarified because there are other movies with this title)
Midway
The Green Berets
Galipoli
Flight of the Intruder
Victory (if Stalag 17 counts, this one should)
U571 (I think that's the title; IMDB is down so I can't doublecheck, but the one about the U-Boat)
Catch 22

A couple others that are kinda borderline as "war movies", but definitely involve war & are good movies:
Schindler's List
Doctor Strangelove (or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb)

[Cancer Merchant]

Missing In Action

[TimTimSalabim]

All Quiet on the Western Front
Johnny Got His Gun

[slamdunkpro]

The Enemy Below
All Quiet on the Western Front
Sink the Bismarck!
The Blue Max

A big vote for Kelly’s Hero’s since it’s one of the few that used the correct WWII equipment (Shermans and a REAL tiger tank) not 50’s US stuff for both sides like Battle of the Bulge.

[Jeff W]

Dr. Strangelove

[rusty JEDI]

A must see thats more a series than a movie.

Band of Brothers

rJ

[Your Mom]

Behind Enemy Lines. I think I may be the only person in the world who really likes this movie.

[SinCityGuy]

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The Enemy Below

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A great old movie starring Robert Mitchum and German actor Kurt Jergens.

[zephed]

Downfall

It's about to come out on DVD.

[goofball]

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Gods & Generals.

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this movie blew. I would have a hard time sitting through it for $500.

[masse75]

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A must see thats more a series than a movie.

Band of Brothers

rJ

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If you've got 10 hours to kill, this thing rules. My wife hates war movies, but she loved this.

[KDawgCometh]

so are we gonna turn this into a poll or what?

[Uston]

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so are we gonna turn this into a poll or what?

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Why? Does Saving Private Ryan win less than 100% of the time?

[Cubswin]

Dr. Strangelove

Honorable mentions to The Killing Fields, Life is Beautiful, Fireman's Ball, No Man's Land ans War and Peace.

[DrSavage]

Enemy at the Gates

[DrSavage]

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Why? Does Saving Private Ryan win less than 100% of the time?

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I really hope so. I will lose all respect for everyone who votes for it over Apocalypse Now and FMJ. Only a poll will tell though.

[Talk2BigSteve]

Big Trouble in Little China.

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[smokingrobot]

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Apocalypse Now
The Thin Red Line


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1) Platoon
2) Hamburger Hill
3) Blackhawk Down

Gardens of Stone - Not really a war movie but great to watch on Memorial Day

Band of Brothers - Not a movie but still excellent

Saving Private Ryan - D-day invasion = outstanding
the rest = meh

[Harv72b]

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operation petticoat (no one said it couldnt be a comedy, heh)
Troy

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If so, does Top Secret count? /images/graemlins/grin.gif

Also thought of another one: Turk 182. And add Uncommon Valor as a borderline "war" movie.

[lucas9000]

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Apocalypse Now

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