Whats a good war movie?

Question

War... its got a good beat and you can kill to it.... lol

I'm watching a old 80's movie "Worl War III" where Russia invades Alaska to force the U.S. to lift a threatening grain embargo. It goes all the way to nuclear war by the end.

What are some other good war movies?

Answer 1

300
The Thin Red Line
Tigerland
Flag of Our Fathers
Pearl Harbor
Saving Private Ryan
Kingdom of Heavan
The Patriot
The Alamo
Gods and Generals
Glory
Band of Brothers (TV mini-series, very very good though)
Enemy at the Gates
Letters From Iwo Jima
Windtalkers
Apocalypse Now!
Full Metal Jacket
Good Morning, Vietnam
Platoon
We Were Soldiers
Crimson Tide
Hunt For the Red October
K-19: The Widowmaker
U-571
Jarhead
Three Kings
Black Hawk Down
Hotel Rwanda
Behind Enemy Lines
Lord Of War

Answer 2

The Longest Day
Saving Private Ryan
Twelve O'Clock High
Sands of Iwo Jima
Platoon
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
The Guns of Navarone
Zulu
Paths of Glory
Sink the Bismarck!
Tora! Tora! Tora!
A Bridge Too Far
Battleground
A Walk in the Sun
The Thin Red Line
Band of Brothers (mini-series)
They Were Expendable
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Great Escape
In Which We Serve
Stalag 17
The Devil's Brigade
Kelly's Heroes
The Battle of Britain
Command Decision
The Blue Max
Memphis Belle
Hamburger Hill
Pork Chop Hill
Attack!
The Alamo
Apocalypse Now
The Deer Hunter
Flying Leathernecks
Sergeant York
Dawn Patrol
Destination Tokyo
The Battle of the Bulge
Anzio
Battle Cry
The Dirty Dozen
Zulu Dawn
Khartoum
Ran
Where Eagles Dare
Von Ryan's Express
Gettysburg
Drums Along the Mohawk
Last of the Mohicans
and many, many more...

Answer 3

Saving Private Ryan, Apocalypse Now, World War III, Tae Guk-gi and Lion Of The Desert.

Answer 4

Saving Private Ryan, Hart's War, Windtalkers.

Answer 5

When trumpet fade - a HBO Movie. Very underrated and to me, is one of the best war movie.

About a private who lost all his comrades (week before the Battle of the Bulge) and promoted to a platoon commander in 3 days. He wanted to plead insanity to get out of service but end up being a reluctant hero and died.

Great irony about war about how not all heros are willing participant but end up being one for different reasons.

Answer 6

Full Metal Jacket, Saving Private Ryan, Platoon,
Memphis Belle, Apocalypse Now, Braveheart (kinda),
Red Dawn (sort of same theme, kinda cheesy),
Iron Eagles (was okay), The Patriot (could have been better),
Soldier (not really war, but lots of firefights)
That's my two cents for ya.

Answer 7

Saving Private Ryan was and is one of my favs, but a Bridge too Far was great also, it's a little older but good. Now I havn't seen the new Clint Eastwood one yet, but I hear it is great and looking forward to it.. I am a Big WWII Buff. I also like all the nam movies from the 80's and 90's, espically and my fav there is "Apocolypse Now" You have to see that one.

Answer 8

My favorite is Kelly's Heroes starring Clint Eastwood. It's a WWII movie about a platoon hunting for Nazi gold behind enemy lines while they're supposed to be on R&R. It's got a lot of intense drama and some extremely funny bits, too.

Answer 9

I remember that one it has David Solo from the original Starsky and Hutch TV series and Rock Hudson as the President. David Solo's character uses sewer pipes to set up fields of fire for his troops, right.
I digress, I always liked Kelly's Heroes, Patton, The Guns of Navarone, and Where Eagle's Dare.

Answer 10

The best war movie I've ever seen is Saving Private Ryan. Another, more invasion/guerilla tactics type and less martial, is Red Dawn.