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In Honor of Veterans Day..What are the BEST WAR Movies ever made?
To be reverant, Veterans Day began as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day to commemorate the signing of the armistice between Germany and the Allied forces ending World War I on the western front. In light of this, I've limited My List to movies that take place during World War I and those battles afterward. Being "Veterans Day" an American Observation the list could include any conflict where US Soldiers fought for our country. But to honor the brave men & women EVERYWHERE who fought against tyranny and for freedom, (and to include the MANY Spill members around the world) feel free to include war films about (& from) other nations.
And to honor the dead, (& to someday stop the strife among men) PLEASE feel free to
include your lists of the BEST ANTI-WAR Movies ever.
World War I:
Sargeant York
A Farewell to Arms
Gallipoli
Joyeux Noël
(see more titles below in "ANTI-War Movies")
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World War II:
Band of Brothers (Miniseries)
Saving Private Ryan
The Longest Day
Patton
The Thin Red Line
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Great Escape
The Big Red One
The Dirty Dozen
Hell in the Pacific
A Bridge Too Far
The Four Days of Naples
Letters from Iwo Jima
Flags of our Fathers
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Midway
From Here to Eternity
To Hell and Back
Enemy at The Gates
Das Boot
The Guns of Navarone
A Midnight Clear
Force 10 from Navarone
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Korea:
The Steel Helmet
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Macarthur
Pork Chop Hill
Tae Guk Gi
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Vietnam:
Full Metal Jacket
Apocalypse Now
The Deer Hunter
Platoon
The Seige of Firebase Gloria
We Were Soldiers
Born on the Fourth of July
Casualties of War
Hamburger Hill
Rescue Dawn
The Boys of Company C
Go Tell the Spartans
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The Iraq War:
The Hurt Locker
Gunner Palace
Stop-Loss
Three Kings
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ANTI-War Movies:
The Grand Illusion
Paths of Glory
All Quiet on the Western Front
Dr. Strangelove
M*A*S*H
Shindler's List
Life is Beautiful
Grave of the Fireflies
Fail Safe
And to honor the dead, (& to someday stop the strife among men) PLEASE feel free to
include your lists of the BEST ANTI-WAR Movies ever.
World War I:
Sargeant York
A Farewell to Arms
Gallipoli
Joyeux Noël
(see more titles below in "ANTI-War Movies")
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World War II:
Band of Brothers (Miniseries)
Saving Private Ryan
The Longest Day
Patton
The Thin Red Line
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Great Escape
The Big Red One
The Dirty Dozen
Hell in the Pacific
A Bridge Too Far
The Four Days of Naples
Letters from Iwo Jima
Flags of our Fathers
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Midway
From Here to Eternity
To Hell and Back
Enemy at The Gates
Das Boot
The Guns of Navarone
A Midnight Clear
Force 10 from Navarone
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Korea:
The Steel Helmet
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Macarthur
Pork Chop Hill
Tae Guk Gi
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Vietnam:
Full Metal Jacket
Apocalypse Now
The Deer Hunter
Platoon
The Seige of Firebase Gloria
We Were Soldiers
Born on the Fourth of July
Casualties of War
Hamburger Hill
Rescue Dawn
The Boys of Company C
Go Tell the Spartans
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The Iraq War:
The Hurt Locker
Gunner Palace
Stop-Loss
Three Kings
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ANTI-War Movies:
The Grand Illusion
Paths of Glory
All Quiet on the Western Front
Dr. Strangelove
M*A*S*H
Shindler's List
Life is Beautiful
Grave of the Fireflies
Fail Safe
Tags: best anti-war movies, best war movies, iraq, korea, vietnam, war, wwi, wwii
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Amit Ramati on -
in total my favorite is Platoon.
i also enjoyed enemy at the gate, and Band of Brothers.
I love Shindler's List but i don't know if i would call that an anti war film, the movie deals mainly with the subject of the holocaust.
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Permalink Reply by Gojira Boy on -
Hey, thanks for replying Amit. "Platoon" is POWERFUL! I might be crazy, but if the Horrors of the Holocaust do not speak AGAINST War I don't know what does?
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Permalink Reply by Amit Ramati on
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Well me personally i don't consider the holocaust as a part of WWII, first of all because the hate campaign especially against the Jews started prior to the war.
and the killing of millions in a factory like fashion is not a part of the war, it just happened to co-exist with it.
But hey that's just my opinion.
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Permalink Reply by Gojira Boy on
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I hear your viewpoint, Amit. But one of the most Powerful episodes of "Band of Brothers" was "Why We Fight" when Easy Company saw first hand what the Germans had been up to, but I understand your argument. Thanks for sharing.
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Permalink Reply by Nixon74 on -
My favourite war movie is easily dr. Strangelove and full metal jacket.
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Permalink Reply by Gojira Boy on
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Hey, thanks for sharing Nixon. "Dr. Strangelove" is SO Biting with Satire! & "Full Metal Jacket" is one for the ages!
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Permalink Reply by Brian Wilder on -
Some of my favorite war, anti-war, or movies that take place durning war:
Glory
Black Hawk Down
Letters from Iwo Jima
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
Schindler's List
Downfall
Patton
Platoon
Paths of Glory
Gettysburg
The Patriot
Das Boot (Have you seen the 5 hour mini series? It's amazing)
Bonus: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
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Permalink Reply by Gojira Boy on
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Great List, Brian, thanks for replying. AAAAGH... HOW COULD I FORGET "DOWNFALL" (just saw it recently too)
slipped my mind .. GREAT FILM! NO I have NOT seen the 5 hour miniseries of Das Boot..is it AMAZING?
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Permalink Reply by Brian Wilder on
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Yes, it is amazing. However, here's a friendly warning. There are parts in the film that will test your endurence because there are boring scenes, but they are intentional. Wolfgang Peterson wanted to show how life is like on the U-Boat. So, there are scenes where nothing is happening. But, when the sh*t hits the fan, sh*t does hit the fan.
I saw the 3 1/2 hour version when I was a kid and I remembered being very bored with it, so I don't remember much of what I saw. Now, that I matured a little, I have respect for this version for really showing the reality of war.
There are DVDs of this version out there, so it's easy to find it. And, word is, there are people who said that this is the best version.
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Permalink Reply by Gojira Boy on
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Hey, Cool, Brian. Thanks for the info, have to track this version down. It makes sense, a LOT of Military life is "Hurry up, and Wait!"... tedium.
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Permalink Reply by Kurt Locke on -
Dude... Glory?? See, I enjoy the topic of the civil war and everything but Ferris Bueller was so miscast in this movie it ruined it for me completely. I was never sucked into the story at all. Other than that, great list.
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Permalink Reply by Gojira Boy on
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Hey, thanks for the comment, Kurt. You know I had misgivings about that myself, but to negate the whole rest of the picture because of that seems a crime, I mean Denzel & Morgan Freeman give *I feel* some of the BEST performances of their careers.
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