Best War film?

[BodhiEtheridge]

I feel like I’ve still got a lot of good war movies to watch but here some of mine. For me A Bridge Too Far will always be a favorite, Saving Private Ryan, Battle of Britain and The Great Escape are also some of the tops on my list.

I’m not a huge movie guy so mini series are always great too. My favorites have to be Generation Kill, Generation War, The Pacific and Band of Brothers.

I also see some movies I haven’t watched yet in these lists, maybe I should got on that!

[SHEMP H]

Oh man, I'm a huge classic film lover...there are so many! I know some have already been listed, but here's mine (and I really had to pare it down):

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Battleground (1949)
Stalag 17 (1953)
Mister Roberts (1955)
To Hell and Back (1955)
Paths of Glory (1957)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Great Escape (1963)
MASH (1970)
Patton (1970)
Gettysburg (1993)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Band of Brothers (Mini Series) (2001)
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Gods and Generals (2003)
Downfall (2004)
Saints and Soldiers (2004)
The Hurt Locker (2009)
Dunkirk (2017)
1917 (2019)

Some that are war-adjacent:

The Great Dictator (1940)
Lifeboat (1944)
Since You Went Away (1944)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Judgment at Nuremburg (1961)

Excellent list, might I add Tora!Tora!Tora! (1970) and None But The Brave (1965)

Bill

[LoyalHistorian]

Excellent list, might I add Tora!Tora!Tora! (1970) and None But The Brave (1965)

Bill

Bill, I completely agree! They were on my original list...but it was all WAY too long. There are so many good ones.

-Robyn

[Martin C]

I enjoyed "The Lost Battalion" and "Hell in the Pacific".


Mart

[Raul]

Hello, my favorite war film is Full metal jacket. Or mickey goes to Vietnam. Raul

[Rakkasan187]

I prefer some of the obscure films that are sometimes overshadowed by some of the more well known movies,, not to say that I don't enjoy them either but some of the movies that aren't shown on Memorial Day or Veterans Day weekends...

In no particular order...

PT 109
The Devils Brigade
Go For Broke
The Train
Von Ryan's Express
Hamburger Hill
The Bunker
Sergeant York
Hacksaw Ridge
Flags of our Fathers
Letters From Iwo Jima
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Dam Busters
30 Seconds Over Tokyo
Gardens of Stone
The Story of GI Joe
They Were Expendable
From Here to Eternity
The Great Escape
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Glory
12 O'clock High
The Pianist
The Best Years of our Lives
Winds of War series
War and Remembrance series
Empire of the Sun
Escape from Sobibor
The Great Raid
The Big Lift
Berlin Tunnel 21
A Rumor of War
Go Tell The Spartans
Pork Chop Hill

There are many others that are so obscure that many of them have not aired in many years...

Smitty

[Politefaun]

A lot of great films have already been mentioned but the German WW1 film "Westfront 1918" is very good, it released in the same year as the equally great "All Quiet on the Western Front". Also, while not a really a "war film" JoJo Rabbit is very good and is definitely worth a watch to anyone with a cursory interest in WW2 or a great comedy/drama. Still need to see "Come and see", but I hear it's probably one of the greatest films about the eastern front.

[reneblacky]

"Come and See" certainly has crazy stuff there! CCCP production!

[reneblacky]

I prefer some of the obscure films that are sometimes overshadowed by some of the more well known movies,, not to say that I don't enjoy them either but some of the movies that aren't shown on Memorial Day or Veterans Day weekends...

In no particular order...

PT 109
The Devils Brigade
Go For Broke
The Train
Von Ryan's Express
Hamburger Hill
The Bunker
Sergeant York
Hacksaw Ridge
Flags of our Fathers
Letters From Iwo Jima
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Dam Busters
30 Seconds Over Tokyo
Gardens of Stone
The Story of GI Joe
They Were Expendable
From Here to Eternity
The Great Escape
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Glory
12 O'clock High
The Pianist
The Best Years of our Lives
Winds of War series
War and Remembrance series
Empire of the Sun
Escape from Sobibor
The Great Raid
The Big Lift
Berlin Tunnel 21
A Rumor of War
Go Tell The Spartans
Pork Chop Hill

There are many others that are so obscure that many of them have not aired in many years...

Smitty

short in the list is Beach Red & Battleground (one of the best ever!)

[Wolf]

Midway (1976) with Charlton Heston and Henry Fonda and if you're looking for a funny war film, Operation Petticoat (1959) with Cary Grant.

Best regards
Wolf