Using IMDB's terminology (and titles)
The Battle of Algiers
Sunflower
Anatahan
The Grand Illusion
The Cranes Are Flying
Paths of Glory
Full Metal Jacket
Carriage to Vienna
Il Generale Della Rovere
Twelve O'Clock High
Come and See (1985)
The Wild Geese (1978)
Red Dawn (1984)
Platoon (1986)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Tae Guk Gi (2004)
Midway (1976)
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
Das Boot (1981)
I still haven't seen "Das Boot" but have had it recommended to me a few times.
shareI would say if you like war films then it is absolutely essential. If you are planning on giving it a viewing, I hope you haven’t read up on it too much.
shareI love Red Dawn (1984) but it’s a war that never happened, maybe it would fit better on a list with films like Starship Troopers and Edge Of Tomorrow?
shareI thought about that and several of mine are that way. The Wild Geese also takes place in a fictitious country and The Guns of Navarone never existed either, but at least the war it is set in did.
A list of less literal war films might be interesting as well.
Yeah, I couldn't think of a title for such a list.
shareZulu
Saving Private Ryan
Apocalypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
Platoon
Downfall
Waterloo
Dunkirk
The Great Escape
The Guns of Navarone
If these list would have been longer I would have included Zulu and Downfall.
shareThere’s plenty of newer films I probably forgot about. This years All Quiet on the Western Front is really good, The Captain (2017), The Forgotten Battle (2020) and April 9th (2015) are all good recent films too.
shareThe Dam Busters
The Cruel Sea
Lawrence of Arabia
Ice Cold in Alex
A Bridge Too Far
Zulu
Reach For The Sky
Sink The Bismark!
Dunkirk (1958)
The Battle of Britain
My favourite genre!
Black Hawk Down
The Thin Red Line
Saving Private Ryan
Platoon
My Way
The Unknown Soldier (2017)
We Were Soldiers
13 Hours
The Front Line
The Forgotten Battle
The Thin Red Line
Platoon
The Beast
The 9th Company
Lebanon
The Bridge Over the River Kwai
Black Hawk Down
Apocalypse Now
The Pianist
Dunkirk
This is a hard question because its one of my favorite genres, so I could add and omit many movies, but #1 is definitely The Thin Red Line for me.
I was disappointed by The Thin Red Line because it was so far from the book. But that was a long time ago now and I should probably give the film another go.
shareDid you read the whole James Jones series? I just finished Whistle the other month. From Here to Eternity is by far the best one.
shareI did. It was a long time ago now but I stumbled on the fact there was a trilogy and enjoyed it. I like James Jones but the last book of his I started defeated me. Got about half way through Some Come Running and put it down - just didn't like the characters I think.
shareI'd love to see a remake of From Here to Eternity. I think the original came out in the 50's, shortly after the book.
Battleground (1949)
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
The Dam Busters (1955)
The Enemy Below (1957)
Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
In Harm's Way (1965)
The Devil's Brigade (1968)
Patton (1970)
Glory (1989)
and yes, I do own these films on either DVD or Blu-ray