What Is Your Favourite War Movie(s)?

[pmv]

Paths of Glory
Das Boot
Bridge on the River Kwai
The Deer Hunter
Fury
Patton
A Bridge Too Far
Full Metal Jacket
Courage Under Fire

Was waiting for Paths of Glory.

Apparently Bridge on the River Kwai suffered from the same issue as Titanic - unfair misrepresentation of of a real person (only mention it because I only just heard that discussed the other day).

Catch 22?

 

[KMFJD]

Thin Red Line is a masterpiece. Terrence Malick is a genius Director and the cinematography is amazing, so beautiful.

Empire of the Sun does not get enough love as a war movie, its another film I rewatch every few years and I should have had it on my original post from 2019 - below.

Jarhead is another war-movie that continues to suck me in with multiple rewatches.

Empire of the Sun hit's close to home for me, i have an aunt that was in a Japanese concentration camp in Java from 1942 until the surrender

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Was looking to stream Air America or BAT*21 this afternoon.

Neither available on any service providers.

Flight if the Intruder it is!

 

[pmv]

Empire of the Sun hit's close to home for me, i have an aunt that was in a Japanese concentration camp in Java from 1942 until the surrender

Not a movie, but makes me think of Tenko.

Don't think I ever watched an entire episode, just remember seeing the odd part episode and thinking it was a bit too grim for me. Always assumed it was some sort of UK Australian co-production and filmed somewhere in that part of the world...surprised to read it was actually filmed in...Dorset!

 

[Thump553]

A great pair of movies, both superbly directed by Clint Eastwood:
-Flags of Our Fathers
-Letters From Iwo Jima

(As I recall) both released at or about the same time. Both were about Iwo Jima, viewing it from opposite sides.

I also have tended away from war movies as I get older. Last summer I got properly prepared to watch the director's cut of Apocalypse Now. I only made it as far as when The Doors song "The End" kicked in (about ten minutes into the movie). But for a lucky draft number I could have been sucked into the hellhole that was the US war in Vietnam, something that came close to tearing US society apart. War, especially particularly stupid ones, should not be glorified.

 

[nOOky]

Enemy At The Gates, Joyeux Noel, Saving Private Ryan, etc. and Red Dawn is right up there.

 

[Shmee]

Probably TESB or ROTJ.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

A lot of genre classics on here but one that is notably absent:

Letters from Iwo Jima

An incredibly powerful movie and from a perspective most American filmmakers wouldn't touch with a 10 foot pole (the protagonist is a Japanese soldier defending Iwo Jima).

Say what you will about Clint Eastwood but the man knows how to direct a movie.

Edit: didn't realize @Thump553 got it in a few posts before mine. Of the two movies, Letters is IMO far superior. FOOF feels like a pretty standard WW2 movie post Saving Private Ryan. Letters feels like it's own standalone movie.

 

[soulcougher73]

I don't know of Band of Brothers counts since it is a series. But it is my favorite.

Masters of the Air just started recently on Apple TV. The third installment in the BoB trilogy. The other being The Pacific if anyone is interested.