Favorite War movie in honor of Veterans' Day-- November 11, 2023.
 

100 Best War Movies of All Time | Rotten Tomatoes

What would be your favorite war movie?

Mine would be -- Das Boot - Rotten Tomatoes.

With Schindler's List - Rotten Tomatoes a very close second.

Saving Private Ryan. But simply cannot bring myself to watch the first 20 minutes anymore. Too realistic.

Great Spielberg & Hanks film.

Paths of Glory.

One of the best anti war movies ever made.

On the Beach

On the Beach - Rotten Tomatoes

I recall an older gentleman coming into the Palm Harbor, FL theater with his wife or significant other and moving rather easily near the start of Saving Private Ryan. Leaving he could hardly walk.

I had been sitting near them and heard many very shocked reactions from them. They did watch the entire film.

“Onionhead” available YouTube

Never heard of that one. Onionhead - Wikipedia

Stripes

The Big Red One
 

The Big Red One

I found Glory very good. Saw it in Burlingame, CA. Glory - Rotten Tomatoes

There are so many that I like, Saving Private Ryan, Platoon, The Deer Hunter, Patton, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Stalag 17, and so on.

The two movies that are my oldest favorites are Sahara (1943) and A Walk In the Sun (1945).

One vote for Kelly's Heros.

In Harm's Way, The Longest Day, A Bridge Too Far and Kelly's Heroes.

Miniseries - Band of Brothers and the The Pacific.

1. Schindler's List
2. Saving Private Ryah
3. The Longest Day
4. Fury
5. The Thin Red Line

They Shall Not Grow Old

They Shall Not Grow Old - Wikipedia

The movie takes old black and white newsreels of troops, colorizes it, and adds sound.

When the movie ended, there was absolute silence in the theater.

And one I just watched this week.

The Great Escape.

As good as I remember it!

Not a movie, but Band of Brothers

The Longest Day and The Great Escape

Apparently, no one else has either.

Onionhead was such a notorious flop that it drove Griffith into television, according to Griffith's videotaped interview in the Archive of American Television.

Agree. It has received praise as one of the best shows (TV or otherwise) about WW2.

Loved those movies
 

Totally, but The Great Escape might be first in MHO. I loved McQueen’s part. Who hasn’t done the baseball bouncing at some point? And what about the motorcycle chase?

Birdmen was another good one.

The Best Years Of Our Lives, All Quiet On The Western Front. The Deer Hunter ought to be on that list too.

Anybody here see "Downfall"? It is a German-made movie (English subtitles) about Hitler's last days and the people in the bunker with him. It received some criticism as I recall for showing a human side of Hitler but overall a tremendous (and as I understand, historically very true as much of it was based on actual interviews of folks who were actually there).

It is a look at history from (sort of) the other side, and is worth watching.

My father in law was one of the guys portrayed in it. By far the best WW2 series of all time. The Pacific is a close second. I just read the Series depicting the air way is to be released very soon on Apple TV.

It's a must see, movie. One of the best ever after the Spielberg movies.

The 1957 war movie "The Enemy Below" that I watched in 1957 at local movie theater with my dad who was a WWII veteran. It made a lasting impression on me to want to also serve this great country.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny6oZED1Hm8

That is the scariest book I've ever read...... I was a teenager, had nightmares for years.

The Hitler parodies clip on YouTube is from Downfall.

The Great Escape..... James Garner played my father.

Movies about Veterans
 

The best movie about dealing with the issues of veterans, not those currently in the military, is easy. The 1946 film, The Best Years of Our Lives. It follows the lives of three veterans as they return home to Boone City, USA right after the war. Their ups and downs, successes and problems. And one of the veterans - Dana Andrews - experiences shell shock - what we call PTSD. It swept the Oscars in 1947 and is my all-time favorite films. AND it is on Turner Classic Movies at 5 p.m. Eastern today, Saturday.

Band of Brothers

Flight Lieutenant Bob Hendley ('The Scrounger'): American RAF officer.
The only American involved in actual escape.
The Hollywood film makers insisted on putting in the other characters purely as box office appeal.

We and several of our friends had that happen after watching 13 Hours at the theater.
Benghazi. Never Forget.
No help sent by then Secretary of State Clinton.

How about "WE WERE SOLDIERS"

Battleground

My father is William Little Calder Jones. He was a big part of the escape but didn't actually escape. He is an American, but joined the RCAF in 1939 to get in the war. He was consulted when they were making the film, and went to the premiere. I hope you aren't insinuating the I was telling a big windy.

I would not dream of it.
Was just putting a name to a character, and pointing out the Hollywood's license to rewrite history.
There were many Americans involved in the escape preparation, and major excavations.
They were moved from the camp prior to the actual escape, to an all American Camp.
That move may have saved some of their lives, as 50 of the escapees were later executed.

War Horse. Heartbreak Ridge. Fury. The Blue Max.

Good Morning Vietnam!!

Very interesting information. Thanks for posting about it !

I took care of my Uncle Bill for three months in 1994 before he could go into a nursing home just down the street.