what is the best war movie ever made?

Answer 1

Full Metal Jacket

Answer 2

I have served, so my taste in movies has changed as I have found that most people who have been at the stinky end of the stick.
before being a naval officer
Patton
no that still my favorite but
the john ford series on the us cavalry
Rio Grande (1950)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
Fort Apache (1948)

The Horse Soldiers (1959)
Mister Roberts (1955)
The First of the Few (1942)
In Which We Serve (1942)
and checkout the actor Leslie Howard in these and the way the prototypical Englishman, who was the son of a Hungarian emigre.
he was shot down,
They Were Expendable (1945)
these were written and made by people who if they did not yet fight were under the sword or Damocles
another that stirs the blood
Zulu (1964)
yes Private Ryan and the Band of Brothers are excellent but those of us that have been where the crap is coming down do not really need to see it yet again. it was done well allow your mind to fill in the gapes
Gods and Generals (2003) and Gettysburg (1993) (still waiting for the third in the series but it probably will not be coming cause it is not Hollywood/box office enough)
you need to be more specific date, war, or type
like navy
U-571 (2000)
Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
or air force
Twelve O'clock High (1949)
Battle of Britain (1969)

Answer 3

IN no particular order, Schindler List, Hotel Rwanda, Apocolypse Now, Platoon, Braveheart, Stalag 17, Glory, Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down, Patton, Full Metal Jacket, Deer Hunter...

Answer 4

Saving Private Ryan

Answer 5

Saving Private Ryan

Answer 6

The Sun of Tears, Glory,Saving Private Ryan,Pearl Harbor,Black Hawk down

Answer 7

I really like La Grande Illusion by Jean Renoir. By portraying both sides (in WWI) as being merely human (as opposed to good vs evil), Renoir gives his film a strong pacifist message, without being preachy. When you're watching it, you just feel that it's such a shame that these people have to go kill each other. I highly recommend it.
Oh, and of course, Buster Keaton's The General is awesome, too.

Answer 8

A good one is "When We Were Soldiers," with Mel Gibson. It showed what Vietnam would have been like if we had continued to fight it that way--baiting the enemy so he'd fight it out in the open. We lost 80 dead out of 400 in the Ia Drang. Though we killed 1200 VC and destroyed their battalion, America couldn't stomach the casualties we would have had to suffer in order to win territory. So, by refusing to bait the enemy, we wound up wasting 50,000 dead anyway.

Answer 9

Pearl Harbor

Answer 10

1) Full Metal Jacket
2) Green Barets

Answer 11

The Dirty Dozen
Stalag 17
Bridge Over the River Kwai
Gallipoli