In no particular order:
1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Cross of Iron
3. Enemy at the Gates
4. A Bridge Too Far
5. U571
Also, Pearl Harbor, Generation War (Which I haven't seen as yet but like the preview), Murphy's War, The Eagle Has Landed, Inglorious Bastards.
Tough to narrow to five, but these are some of my favorites:
1. The Great Escape
2. Twelve o'Clock High
3. Mr. Roberts
4. Tora! Tora! Tora!
5. Stalag 17
Honorable mention: Kelly's Heroes, Bridge On The River Kwai, Von Ryan's Express, The Dirty Dozen, Operation Petticoat, The Caine Mutiny, The Longest Day, The Guns of Navarone, A Bridge Too Far, Saving Private Ryan, Midway, The Man Who Never Was, Command Decision
I know that the intention and spirit of these incessant best war movie lists is not to berate each other's picks, but U571???
seriously?
sorry, there is no way I could let that pass unremarked.
oh, jesus christ, you have also included "Pearl Harbor" ??
maybe you have a thing for stinkers so long as they are navy stinkers..??
by Generation War, do you mean "Generation Kill" or is there now a movie called that?
on the other side of the coin, you have some actually interesting less common picks such as Murphy's War...
in alphabetical order:
The Big Red One
Bridge on the River Kwai
The Longest Day
Patton
Saving Private Ryan
Why We Fight was one of the best documentaries I've ever seen -- if I'd have seen it just before being shipped off to war, I'd have gladly killed every German, Italian, and Japanese person I met.
Special mention:
Casablanca would be at the top, but I'm not sure it constitutes a war movie.
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Mr Smith: "Like the rose trampled on the ground, you took the fall"
10/10
1. Haven (2001). This is my second favorite movie. My most favorite is Alice in Wonderland (1985).
2. Rome, Open City (1945)
3. Foreign Correspondent (1940)
4. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
5. The Monuments Men (2014)
HM:
10/10
6. Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)
7. Halls of Montezuma (1950)
8. Casablanca (1942)
9/10
9. The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)
10. Straight Into Darkness (2004)
8/10
11. Australia (2008)
Volker Flenske: (While torturing David) I don't know why you're doing this to yourself!
1.The Great Escape
2.The Dirty Dozen
3.Schindler's List
4.The Boy In The Striped Pajamas
5.Saving Private Ryan
Casablanca would be at the top, but I'm not sure it constitutes a war movie. - PR-7
It does for me.
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I was just about to post the same thing U571?... really
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1. Saving Private Ryan
2. The Bridge on the River Kwai
3. Mr. Roberts
4. The Longest Day
5. Patton
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