3 greatest war movies

[low-key]

3. Apocalypse Now
2. Patton
1. Saving Private Ryan

 

[Art 1]

3. Apocalypse Now
2. Patton
1. Saving Private Ryan

Those are good. Hard to name just three. Platoon might be my favorite.

Don't forget Midway, Tora Tora Tora and other older less fantastic ones.

 

[low-key]

Those are good. Hard to name just three. Platoon might be my favorite.

Don't forget Midway, Tora Tora Tora and other older less fantastic ones.

I like them 3 too. Also thought about Mash ( a different kind of war movie)

 

[Art 1]

I like them 3 too. Also thought about Mash ( a different kind of war movie)

MASH would be in the same category as say Kelly's Heroes. That was good too.

 

[ShirikiUtundu]

My favorite war movie is Ravenous.

 

[Jennasis]

Schindler's List
Saving Private Ryan
Full Metal Jacket
Platoon
Apocalypse Now
Glory

 

[Gumbo4x4]

Apocalypse Now
The Longest Day
Saving Private Ryan

 

[Cantw8]

I liked the comedy ones that Charlie Sheen did..that was some funny stuff

 

[HappyTogether]

I put Edge of Tomorrow as one of the best modern day war movies! It was just fantastic!

 

[Shutterbug]

I am gonna list more than 3

Midway
Patton
Where Eagles Dare (Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood )
Battle of the Bulge

The Final Countdown: this is the one where a modern day aircraft carrier goes back in time just before Pearl Harbor attack

Special Honorable Mention:
The HBO series, Band of Brothers. Its a def must watch for anyone that is into that type of thing.

 

[tennvalgirl]

1. Full metal jacket

2. Apocalypse now

3. Saving private ryan

 

[mikehn]

Are you kidding me, The Deer Hunter, Killing Fields, Apocalypse now

 

[POOHsie]

Paths of Glory
They Were Expendable
Battleground
Das Boot
Best Years of Our Lives

 

[Jeff in BigD]

My top ten picks are:

10. Glory
9. Full Metal Jacket
8. Das Boot
7. The Bridge on the River Kwai
6. Dirty Dozen
5. The Longest Day
4. Blackhawk Down
3. Braveheart
2. Saving Private Ryan
1. Band of Brothers (I know, it's a series & not a movie, but still phenomenal)

Honorable mentions:
-Kelly's Heroes (I think of it more as a heist movie though)
-36 Hours
-The Best Years of Our Lives
-Midway
-Tora! Tora! Tora!

 

[willowsnn3]

To Hell and Back

Starring Audie Murphy, one of WW II's most decorated soldiers.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

All good picks.

Just wanted to add a few more that I enjoyed on the "romance side"....

Dr. Zhivago
The English Patient
Gone With The Wind
Casablanca

 

[EMode]

I don't really watch war movies but my 3 favorite are
Forrest Gump (partial war theme)
The Patriot
Glory

I thought of a war movie that I really loved- War Horse

 

[Topper]

1) The Empire Strikes Back
2) Star Wars
3) Return of the Jedi

 

[McRed]

Saving Private Ryan
The Great Escape
Operation Pacific

 

[ChrisFL]

Downfall
Saving Private Ryan
Glory