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what are your 3 favorite war movies?(fiction or nonfiction)

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ghostbuster164




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Posted : 8 months, 1 week ago at Mar 17 19:59 -

what are your 3 favorite war movies?

mine are:

1.starship troopers

2.enemy at the gates

3.platoon

Abhi




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Posted : 8 months, 1 week ago at Mar 18 5:52 -

1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Schindler's List
3. Black Hawk Down

Prelude




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Posted : 8 months, 1 week ago at Mar 18 7:54 -

1. Letters from Iwo Jima
2. Der Untergang
3. Stalingrad

Uber




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Posted : 8 months, 1 week ago at Mar 18 18:27 -

1. Black Hawk Down
2. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
3. Saving Private Ryan

Special mention: Starship Troopers

Kryptic Centurion




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Posted : 8 months, 1 week ago at Mar 18 18:31 -

1. Brotherhood
2. Schindler's List
3. Der Untergang

Mihail




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Posted : 8 months, 1 week ago at Mar 22 15:57 -

1. The Cranes are Flying
2. Ivan's Childhood
3. Apocalypse Now

Shaun




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Posted : 7 months ago at Apr 28 13:20 -

1. Apocalypse Now (1979)
2. Paths of Glory (1957)
3. Glory (1989)

Enko




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Posted : 7 months ago at Apr 28 17:06 -

1 starship troopers or pearl harbor
2 letters for iwa jima or Schinliders list
3 platoon or full metal jacket

LUV_BUG




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Posted : 6 months, 3 weeks ago at May 1 14:17 -

i hate war

Kris




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Posted : 6 months, 3 weeks ago at May 4 13:48 -

For now;
1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Schindler's List
3. Der Untergang

Haven't seen Apocalypse Now yet or the full movie of Full Metal Jacket, so we'll see after that :P

Cuomi




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Posted : 6 months, 2 weeks ago at May 13 10:40 -

1. Das Boot
2. Paths Of Glory
3. The Big Red One

iceeagel




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Posted : 6 months ago at May 25 9:13 -


Films
1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Train de vie (don´t know what´s it called in english)
3. The Pianist

btw:
check out "Generation Kill" and "Band of Brothers"

edwardsheroin




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Posted : 5 months, 3 weeks ago at Jun 4 16:49 -

Saving Private Ryan
Lord of the Rings-does have war scenes
Black Hawk Down

escafeld




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Posted : 5 months, 3 weeks ago at Jun 4 17:33 -

300 - an overly fictionalized fantasy version of the The Battle of Thermopylae but probably the greatest choreographed sword and sandal combat sequences ever depicted on film.

Saving Private Ryan - The opening scenes of the assault on the Normandy beaches are for me the most brutal cinematic depiction of modern warfare I've ever seen. The realism makes it an anti-war film from the off. There's no glory in war just death & if your lucky survival.

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War - Koream film that again shows the absolute brutality & dehumanizing effect of war. Blood splatters on the camera lense brings close quarters combat in your face.



Neithan




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Posted : 5 months, 3 weeks ago at Jun 5 18:34 -

Platoon
Full Metal Jacket
Saving Private Ryan

nhughes2111




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Posted : 5 months, 3 weeks ago at Jun 6 8:00 -

300
Brave heart
Lord of the Rings

nimimerkillinen




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Posted : 5 months, 3 weeks ago at Jun 6 11:17 -

And I always thought 300 is a brilliant documentary.

These popped up to my mind at first so I'll go with them;

Idi i Smotri (Why don't you watch it already)
The Thin Red Line (Maybe it's just me but this is usually overlooked in these topics)
Apocalypse Now

Have to watch The Cranes are Flying and Ivan's Childhood

Shaun




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Posted : 5 months, 3 weeks ago at Jun 6 12:29 -

The Thin Red Line is overlooked because it's always compared to Saving Private Ryan which came out the same year and it's a totally different but superior film. I find Private Ryan to just be too hollow, the camera is always looking around for goring things to show and shock us with. Thin Red Line did it better and so did Band of Brothers.

Shaun




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Posted : 5 months, 3 weeks ago at Jun 6 12:29 -

I meant gory, not goring.

Nonfictionguy




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Posted : 5 months, 2 weeks ago at Jun 7 15:51 -

1. Star Wars
2. Enemy at the Gates
3. The Beast

Sonic




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Posted : 5 months, 2 weeks ago at Jun 8 11:55 -

Pearl Harbor

Red Dawn

and Independence Day

Gabryella




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Posted : 5 months ago at Jun 27 4:23 -

Black Hawk Down

300

Pearl Harbor

DarthKarl




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Posted : 5 months ago at Jun 27 18:43 -

Glory, Gettysburg, The Patriot, all epic.

11vie




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Posted : 4 months, 4 weeks ago at Jun 29 3:26 -

interesting.. im going to check this one out.. thanks a lot

Shaun




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Posted : 4 months, 3 weeks ago at Jun 30 14:30 -

Just saw Twelve O'Clock High (1949), an underrated classic in my opinion. And Pork Chop Hill (1959), also with Gregory Peck. And The Hill (1965) with Sean Connery although it's more of a prison movie.

Headshot_Lando




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Posted : 4 months, 2 weeks ago at Jul 7 14:38 -

1. Full Metal Jacket (I've only seen a censored segment of it, but it was hilarious!)
2. Independence Day (Okay, so it wasn't that good.)
3. The Thin Red Line (It would have been better if they cut out the random moments.)

ㄨвĻά кόηME+




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Posted : 4 months, 2 weeks ago at Jul 11 15:45 -


mmm .. like

Tears of the Sun
The Last Samurai
and Saving Private Ryan ...

lonelyromance




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Posted : 4 months ago at Jul 26 12:48 -

mine are

1. Glory(1989)
2. A Bridge Too Far(1977)
3. The Big Red One(1980)

shiran




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Posted : 3 months, 3 weeks ago at Aug 5 13:54 -

I´m really freak about war movies... :)
To be a little more fair with so many good movies about war, I´m dividing according to the "relation to war".

World War 2:
1) Band Of Brothers
2) Letters From Iwojima
3) Saving Private Ryan

Modern War:
1) BlackHawk Down
2) Full Metal Jacket
3) Tears Of The Sun

Ancient War
1) 300
2) Kingdom Of Heaven
3) The Last Samurai

Indirectly war related:
1) Der Untergang
2) La vitta è Bella
3) The Pianist

pufred




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Posted : 3 months, 1 week ago at Aug 14 15:03 -

Idi i smotri-Come and see
Das Boot
No man's land
Before the rain
Merry christmas
La grand illusion
Killing fields
Salvador
Hotel Rwanda
Tuntematon sotilas (1955)
Stalingrad
Voces inocentes
Flammen & citronen


KAH




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Posted : 3 months, 1 week ago at Aug 15 12:03 -

I am not very found of war movies in general, but I appreciate those with a clear anti-war message.

The Thin Red Line - Asking where the evil comes from, a metaphysical look at war. IMO the greatest american film since 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Idi i Smotri (Come and See) - War is hell. Not subtle by any means, but effective.

Apocalypse Now - Displaying the insanity of war. Starts off in an almost satirical manner, but ends up in the inevitable hellhole.

Olli_der_Don




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Posted : 3 months ago at Aug 26 19:32 -

Full Metal Jacket
We Were Soldiers
Platoon

rymonator




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Posted : 2 months, 4 weeks ago at Aug 27 20:40 -

Platoon
Princess Mononoke

Snowcat




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Posted : 2 months, 3 weeks ago at Aug 29 5:09 -

A Very Long Engagement
Star Wars
Starship Troopers

Zozoulini




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Posted : 2 months, 3 weeks ago at Aug 30 7:34 -

1. 300 (I really agree with escafeld)
2. Letters from Iwo Jima
3. Glory

monclivie




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Posted : 2 months, 3 weeks ago at Aug 30 16:37 -

War War:
Full Metal Jacket
Paths of Glory
Love And Death

FlashDriveDT




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Posted : 2 months, 3 weeks ago at Aug 30 16:46 -

1.The Bridge (1959)
2.The One That Got Away (1957)
3.Where Eagles Dare (1968)

becca85




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Posted : 2 months ago at Sep 21 17:37 -

The Patriot (1997)
The Pianist (2002)
Pearl Harbor (2001)

Smitten




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Posted : 2 weeks, 5 days ago at Nov 5 5:00 -

1. Saving Private Ryan (1998)

2. The Longest Day (1962)

3. 300 (2006)

dspin




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Posted : 1 week, 5 days ago at Nov 12 4:56 -

Gone with the Wind
Gettsyburg
Platoon

Caíque Carvalho




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Posted : 6 days, 9 hours ago at Nov 18 9:34 -

1 The Pianist
2. Apocalypse Now
3. 300

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Posted : 5 days ago at Nov 19 19:02 -

1.Pearl Harbor
2.300
3.Troy