I got the idea from LUV

You read the title ....Name your fav 5 military type movies

Patton
Full Metal Jacket
Strategic Air Command (1955)
The Right Stuff
Black Hawk Down

Platoon is still one of my all time favorites.

Platoon
FMJ
Red Dawn
Band of Brothers (the series)
The Deer Hunter

The Great Escape
Run Silent, Run Deep
Tora Tora Tora
Apocalypse Now
Deer Hunter


some other favorites...
Operation Petty Coat
Bridge over the river Kwai
Raid on Rommel
Patton
Full Metal Jacket
Cool Hand Luke
Papillon


There's more, but I can't remember every one...

FMJ
A Bridge Too Far
Saving Private Ryan
Midway
The Great Escape

I haven't seen five yet, but I did like Full Metal Jacket, and Apocalypse Now was good too, even if it wasn't techinically a war movie. If I have time tomorrow, I'll rent The Deer Hunter.

The Dirty Dozen 1967
Von Ryan's Express 1965
Kelly's Hero's 1970
Patton 1970
Tora Tora Tora 1970

I also like
The hunt for Red October
Das Boot
Operation Petticoat
Gray Lady Down
U-571
Hey I spent a lot of time going to sea on Submarines. U-571 and DAS Boot are awesome.
Crimison Tide sucked, but the verabge used was very accurate. If I shut my eyes I feel like I am underway.

Thats a great question.....so many that deal with military and not so much the actual fighting side of it.

1.Garden of Stone
2.North and South
3.Empire of the Sun
4.Windtalkers
5.Schindler's List

The Great Escape
Apocalypse Now
Deer Hunter


Post Appreciation! :thumbsup:

I'd also add Full Metal Jacket & Saving Private Ryan (I loved Tom Sizemore & some the bit roles from Dennis Farina, Ted Danson, Paul Giamatti, etc.) :alchi:

Guns of Navaronne
Patton
FMJ
Bridge over the river Kwai (if only for the "whistle song")
Thin Red Line
Flight of the Intruder
Deer Hunter
Apocalypse Now
Force 10 from Navaronne
The Russians are coming
Saving Private Ryan
Band Of Brothers
Flags of our Fathers

More than 5 but i'm a huge war movie fan

Platoon
Animal House (A pledge pin!!! A PPPPPLEDGE PPPPIN!!!)
Saving Private Ryan
Top Gun

Good lists. I'd also suggest Sargeant York.

I've seen just about everything I like and/or have in my own video library. It might be easier to list which military flicks are in the bottom 5.

Tigerland sucks

Das Boot
Glory
Saving Private Ryan
Tora Tora Tora
Midway
Patton
Enemy at the Gates
The Great Escape
The Hunt for Red October
A Bridge Too Far
Black Hawk Down
To Hell and Back
The Green Berets
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Gardens of Stone
The Sand Pebbles

My top five would be. No particular order. :usflag: :gun2: :bazooka:

Platoon

Saving Private Ryan.

The Deer Hunter

Apocalypse Now

Hamburger Hill

I also love Band Of Brothers! I have every single one of those on DVD

David

Oh the Green Berets...
That is a good one!

Johnny Got His Gun
Braveheart
Dr. Strangelove
Apocalypse Now
Glory



Am I allowed to count "300" as a favorite yet even though it hasn't been released? :p
It's just one of those sure things...

Hamburger Hill

PorkChop hill is pretty good too (mmm...food).

Almost forgot..

Stripes
A Few Good Men..."You want the truth...YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!"
The Patriot
Fail Safe
The Dirty Dozen
and of course... Lawrence of Arabia.


I can't really think of anymore right now....getting a headache trying to rack my brain for every war related movie I've ever seen...

Come on, guys

The Sands of Iwo Jima with John the Duke Wayne

Striker was so tough he could win the damned war all by himself


I wanted to add a picture of John Wayne but can't do it

Am I allowed to count "300" as a favorite yet even though it hasn't been released? :p
It's just one of those sure things...


NEGATIVE !! Running Quad core does not give you the ability to look into the future.






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I'm not a huge war flick fan, but here's some of my picks

1) Guns of Navarone - classic Peck/Niven and the gang
2) Platoon - as mentioned, Sheen, Dafoe and Berenger excel.
3) The Beast - Russian Tank, Afghanistan, mujahadeen, what more do you need
4) Glory
5) Battle of the Bulge - all star cast, as usual
6) The Longest Day - see above

The last two suffer from the usual mid-60s School of Wooden Acting by Enlisting Stars like Fabian and other "pop favorites", but Fonda, Savalas, and the rest usually rise above.

3) The Beast - Russian Tank, Afghanistan, mujahadeen, what more do you need


Yes !! :D (forgot about The Beast)

Just watched Platoon, good movie, but depressing. Berenger's character was one of film's biggest *******s IMO, was so glad to see Sheen's character give him what he deserves.

Hard to get it down to Five, but...

1. Midway
2. Tora Tora Tora
3. Black Hawk Down
4. Das Boot
5. Kelly's Heroes

Honorable Mention must go to:
1. Platoon
2. Dr. Strangelove
3. The Bridges at Toko-Ri
4. (if this even counts) A Few Good Men

Yes !! :D (forgot about The Beast)

"Tank kaboom?"....

"Tank?...russian tank?..."

(Takes broken RPG launcher from mujah, uses old Enfield '03 piece to fix firing pin...)

"Kaboom. .... Tank kaboom now..."

George Dzundza is great in his role as the T/C you love to hate..

damn, i still havent seen tora tora tora

I love all these movies you guys have posted. I'll add more WWII-era movies:

The Pianist
Dark Blue World
We Were Soldiers

damn, i still havent seen tora tora tora

What!...Well now you just gotta rent it!


On a side note, just finished watching one of my all time favorite films. Kind of a war movie. Kind of a horror movie. I guess you could say it's one of the few that makes a close connection between both genre's of film. The movie I speak of......is Jacob's Ladder. Crazy film. Lot's of creepy, disturbing stuff that any good horror film should have, and all based around weird chemical tests on soldiers in Vietnam. Very strange film, Tim Robbins is excellence in this film.

Not sure if any of you are familiar with it, but it's a good flick, if your looking for something that's not just about a war, and not just a creepy horror film per say. Hmm..one might even classify it as a drama as well. Anyway...

Jacob's Ladder was interesting.... I found it vaguely disturbing at times, but overall, it was good...

If you like that sort of thing, there's a movie called "Final Approach" that is somewhat similar. Hector Elizondo is brilliant in that one...

Final Approach isn't really a war movie per se, but the main character is a bomber pilot on a mission that goes wrong....

I just rented and watched "The Deer Hunter"....wow, what a movie! That's my favorite "war" movie, even though the Vietnam war part only takes up like 1/3rd of the movie. Definetly one of my favorite films though! I knew it was gonna be a good movie when I saw that scene with the 4 guys in that '59, and DeNiro gets 'er to do that 180! Brilliant!

Classics

Lawrence of Arabia
The Great Escape
In Harm's Way
The Longest Day
Tora Tora Tora
Midway
Stalag 17Modern Day

Apocalypse Now
Saving Private Ryan
Band of Brothers
Black Hawk Down
BravehartComedies

1942
Catch 22
Kelly's Heros
M*A*S*H
Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

1) 12 o'clock high
2) Saving Private Ryan
3) Band of Brothers
4) Rio Grande
5) Patton