Yes, I saw this idea originally on PT about 5 minutes ago.
But it got me thinking, b/c war movies are awesome…
What are some of everyone’s favorites?
Apocalypse Now, by far my favorite war movie ever. By far. Nothing even comes close.
A distant second would be Full Metal Jacket and third Platoon.
Do you consider the Deer Hunter a war movie?
Otherwise I’d go with Goldenrod, except that I’d swap his second and third choices.
Do you consider Sergeant York a war movie? Cause that’s pretty close up there too.
I would definitely consider The Deer Hunter as a “war” movie.
It is in my top-5, along with Saving Private Ryan, Apocalypse Now, and Full Metal Jacket.
Patton is a favorite of mine, as well.
There are so many…!!!
Yeah, maybe you should stage a war-off.
Hey Bill, I need your help remembering a movie…
It was a 70s/80s movie about WWII. It involved a carrier in the pacific that entered some sort of time warp and found itself at Pearl Harbor in '41.
I can’t, for the life of me, remember it. My dad had it on tape and I used to love watching it.
Dr Strangelove is kind of a Cold War movie, so that could be included in my favorites as well.
- Full Metal Jacket
- Apocolypse Now
- Paths of Glory
This was a toughy. All three of these are incredible. Kubrick gets extra points for having 2/3 of my list. Apocolypse Now is pretty fuckin incredible though…
The Thin Red Line comes to mind.
There was another movie kind of similar called the Philadelphia Experiment, I believe, where a battlship disappears in time.
Yeah that was it:
both strange flicks
The Final Countdown!
That’s it! Thanks Bill.
Martin Sheen and Kirk Douglas…I knew someone famous was in it. For some reason I thought it was Brian Dennehy. It was actually Charles Durning.
Shaving Ryans Privates!!
Hamburger Hill
When Trumpets Fade (HBO)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
A Bridge Too Far (one of my Dad’s favorites)
Does Red Dawn count as a war movie? That’s a classic 80’s movie. I just Deer Hunter here today from Netflix.
I think Ian wins this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJig1VKHtBM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VThlAQDMvI
Platoon
Saving Private Ryan
Full Metal Jacket
Hamburger Hill
and HBO’s Band of Brothers is just amazing.
I would put Platoon first. I’ve loved that movie for a long time. I’d have to say Full Metal Jacket is a better movie, but Platoon is my personal favorite.
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