Favourite War films

[Allen Dewire]

Great thread Tim,

I'm still alive and agree with the above listed films and series. Good stuff indeed!!! My list of favorites would include most of them and let's not forget 633 Squadron too...

Some of my favorites,

Castle Keep - Totally off the wall with star quality and a good kinda twisted story...
Valkyrie - Good plot and the acting ain't too shabby either. Lot's of original vehicles, planes and such included...
Cross of Iron - Part 1 was good stuff, but part 2 wasn't as good. Gotta love Sam Peckinpah (The Wild Bunch)...
Stalingrad - German cast and a really good, deep take on the whole siege of the city...
Platoon - A real classic!!! Enough said. Shotgun anybody???....
Der Untergang - Only in German and about Adolph's last days as told by his secretary in Berlin...
Apocalypse Now - Ya gotta love Mangos....
Das Boot - The original film that was over 6 hours long but tells a chilling tale...

Prost
Allen

[David Lovell]

Most of the above but come on chaps ice cold in alex has to be up there somewhere. Dave

[Tim Marlow]

Tim

Thanks for the correction

John

Hi John, I wasn’t trying to correct you, I know some films have different names in different countries....it’s a great film. Very poignant when they are composing the girlfriends letter.....close to reality as well.

[Tim Marlow]

Most of the above but come on chaps ice cold in alex has to be up there somewhere. Dave

It is Dave, Paul has pointed it out :tongue-out3:

[Tim Marlow]

Michael Caine - two classics - "Play Dirty" and "Zulu".
Bridge to Far, Ice Cold in Alex, Battle of the Bulge, Saving Pvt Ryan, Band of Brothers, Eagle has Landed - Donald Sutherland has the best part,
Dambusters, Battle of Britain ['69 Edition], Bridge on the River Kwai.
Could probably go on and on !! :tongue-out3: :smiling::upside::astonished:

Time to lie down now.
Matron!!!!
Oh no don't start the carry on lark with me!!!!

Paul.
:smiling:

Hi Paul, great list. Not sure about carry on films, but carry on up the Khyber probably fits somewhere!

[minitnkr]

Agree w/all above. Can't remember titles, but war films w/these actors Lee Marvin, Robert Mitchum, Aldo Ray, Jack Palance, John Wayne, Willem Dafoe.

[Tim Marlow]

Great thread Tim,

I'm still alive and agree with the above listed films and series. Good stuff indeed!!! My list of favorites would include most of them and let's not forget 633 Squadron too...

Some of my favorites,

Castle Keep - Totally off the wall with star quality and a good kinda twisted story...
Valkyrie - Good plot and the acting ain't too shabby either. Lot's of original vehicles, planes and such included...
Cross of Iron - Part 1 was good stuff, but part 2 wasn't as good. Gotta love Sam Peckinpah (The Wild Bunch)...
Stalingrad - German cast and a really good, deep take on the whole siege of the city...
Platoon - A real classic!!! Enough said. Shotgun anybody???....
Der Untergang - Only in German and about Adolph's last days as told by his secretary in Berlin...
Apocalypse Now - Ya gotta love Mangos....
Das Boot - The original film that was over 6 hours long but tells a chilling tale...

Prost
Allen

Nice list Allen. Several there I’ve not seen. Platoon, absolutely! The bunker scene is pretty scary, and I love the use of white rabbit by JA....

[Tim Marlow]

Yes, on the film channels, but 'mainstream' TV, doubt it (got the DVD, so no matter for me!)
Hogans Heroes was a 'must see' when I was a kid!
I've all of the MASH on DVD - surprising how it 'evolved' over time or not surprising, given the political atmosphere changing over the years.

Doubt if many of these make “Mainstream” TV these days Gerry. Know what you mean about MASH, but it was always watchable. Hawkeye’s story in the last episode was truly haunting.

[colin m]

The best thing about this thread is noting all the highly recommended films I haven't seen yet. To add my own, nothing unusual or off the wall I'm afraid :
Battle of Britain.
Dambusters.
Memphis Belle. A bit of a theme here isn't there ?
I do enjoy land based films, but the above always catch my attention.

[Tim Marlow]

Agree w/all above. Can't remember titles, but war films w/these actors Lee Marvin, Robert Mitchum, Aldo Ray, Jack Palance, John Wayne, Willem Dafoe.

Good set of actors there. Always though Wayne was better in Westerns though. Truly iconic in Searchers and True Grit.

[Lee W]

Saving Private Ryan, for obvious reasons.
Downfall, Bruno Ganz played Hitler fantastically, the speeches, the tantrums...
The Cruel Sea, I'm an ex matelot... what's not to love about a cruel sea?!
Platoon, Hamburger Hill, Apocalypse Now... there's to many great films out there to sit and list
Band of Brothers is up the top somewhere

Lee

[Tim Marlow]

Loving this......I’m going to add a few more of my own favourites....

Millions like us; Great look at the role of women in wartime, with a heart wrenching ending..

First of the few.....evolution of the spitfire....1942 film.

To be or not to be, the 1942 original. How could they coin the “Concentration camp Erhadt joke in 1942 is totally beyond me.

The original “Dunkirk”. The new version is just a pale imitation.

I am a sucker of the black and white films

[boatman]

Agree w/all above. Can't remember titles, but war films w/these actors Lee Marvin, Robert Mitchum, Aldo Ray, Jack Palance, John Wayne, Willem Dafoe.

DIRTY DOZEN with Lee marvin an one film i cant remember the name but it had lee marvin in an rogger more tryin to sink a german battle ship ah ive remembered now it was shout at the devil
chris

[Tim Marlow]

Saving Private Ryan, for obvious reasons.
Downfall, Bruno Ganz played Hitler fantastically, the speeches, the tantrums...
The Cruel Sea, I'm an ex matelot... what's not to love about a cruel sea?!
Platoon, Hamburger Hill, Apocalypse Now... there's to many great films out there to sit and list
Band of Brothers is up the top somewhere

Lee

Fantastic Lee, I’d forgotten Downfall.....and all the YouTube parod of 5he rant scene :thumb2:

[boatman]

AN wind talkers with niccolss cage where the had an indain code an the solgiers had to protect the indain
chris