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Your top 10 War films - 20/12/2007 6:50:01 PM

jermreen

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From: Nibelheim

So out of every war film that has been made ever what 10 do you hold most dear?

10.The Deer Hunter
9.Born on the Fourth of July
8.Bridge on the River Kwai
7.Apocolypse Now
6.A bridge too far
5.Where Eagles Dare
4.Schindlers List
3.Saving Private Ryan
2.Come and See
1.Platoon

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RE: Your top 10 War films - 21/12/2007 12:00:20 AM

chris_scott01

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1. Army In The Shadows (1969, Jean Pierre Melville)
2. Paths Of Glory (1957, Stanley Kubrick)
3. La Grande Illusion (1937, Jean Renoir)
4. Apocalypse Now (1979, Francis Ford Coppola)
5. Come And See (1985, Elem Klimov)
6. The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957, David Lean)
7. Rome, Open City (1945, Roberto Rossellini)
8. Saving Private Ryan (1998, Steven Spielberg)
9. All Quiet On The Western Front (1930, Lewis Milestone)
10. Wings (1927, William A Wellman)

Something like that.

I'm not including Schindler's List as it feels like more of a drama film than war, especially since there is no opposing side, it's genocide not technically war, if there were no German uniforms in it, it might not be labelled a 'war' film. I suppose the same can be said about Lawrence Of Arabia, but whilst there are opposing sides, it's main genre seems to be drama. I wish I could include The Thin Red Line but oh well. I'm not a big fan of Platoon and I haven't seen Where Eagles Dare and Born On The Forth Of July.

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RE: Your top 10 War films - 21/12/2007 7:33:24 AM

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In my movie bible 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Schindlers List is in it as Drama/War as a genre so heres my top 5 list.

5. Hamburger Hill
4.Schindlers List (Drama/War)
3.Apocalypse Now
2.Saving Private Ryan
1.Platoon

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RE: Your top 10 War films - 21/12/2007 7:33:30 AM

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10 The Thin Red Line
9 The Downfall
8 The Bridge on River Kwai
7 Jarhead
6 Three Kings
5 Das Boot
4 Full metal Jacket
3 Black Hawk Down
2 The deer hunter
1 Apocalypse Now

Mentions to Platoon, Good Morning Vietnam, Battleship Potemkin

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RE: Your top 10 War films - 21/12/2007 9:39:45 AM

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All great,great movies but..........

Cross Of Iron anyone ?

oh, and Kelly's Heroes

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RE: Your top 10 War films - 21/12/2007 11:23:26 AM

jamesbondguy

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Can't say I'm a huge fan of War films, but there have been several great films in the genre.

1) La Grand Illusion
2) Army in the Shadows
3) Lawerence of Arabia
4) Paths of Glory
5) Thin Red Line
6) Apocolypse Now
7) Platoon
8) Full Metal Jacket
9) Bridge on the River Kwai

Haven't seen: Come and See, A Bridge too Far, All Quiet On The Western Front, Rome, Open City.

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RE: Your top 10 War films - 21/12/2007 11:30:57 AM

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01. A Matter of Life and Death
02. The Two Towers
03. The Return of the King
04. The Last Samurai
05. Spartacus
06. Schindler's List
07. Saving Private Ryan
08. Braveheart
09. The Great Escape
10. Went the Day Well?

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RE: Your top 10 War films - 21/12/2007 11:39:34 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Happy Shrapnel

All great,great movies but..........

Cross Of Iron anyone ?

oh, and Kelly's Heroes

Cross Of Iron is brilliant, probably just outside my top 10.

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In my movie bible 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Schindlers List is in it as Drama/War as a genre so heres my top 5 list.

I understand what you mean, but I prefer to simplify things to one main genre for the purposes of lists like these. The imdb has The Good, The Bad And The Ugly as a war film (or at least used to), I suppose you could say that but when you have lists of all different genres you'll just end up with the same films inheriting top spaces. It's not the end of the world if you do include them though.

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RE: Your top 10 War films - 21/12/2007 11:58:14 AM

Happy Shrapnel

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Forgot to add.........

The Dirty Dozen
Zulu
Guns of Navarone

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RE: Your top 10 War films - 21/12/2007 12:28:27 PM

Timon

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In no particular order:

Where Eagles Dare
Zulu
Black Hawk Down
Saving Private Ryan
The Longest Day
Guns Of Navarone
The Great Escape
Brotherhood
Ice Cold In Alex
Tuskegee Airmen

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RE: Your top 10 War films - 21/12/2007 6:52:47 PM

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1) Apocalypse Now
2) Battleground
3) Army in the Shadows
4) Paths of Glory
5) The Deer Hunter
6) The Great Escape
7) Battleship Potemkin
8) Zulu
9) All Quiet on the Western Front
10) La Grand Illusion

Platoon just missed out

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RE: Your top 10 War films - 21/12/2007 7:01:59 PM

Jackal

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In no particular order except the last one, my favourite.

Paths of Glory
Cross of Iron
Come and See
Schindler's List
Apocalypse Now
Brotherhood
Zulu
L'arm�e des ombres
The Thin Red Line
Roma: Citt� aperta

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RE: Your top 10 War films - 22/12/2007 12:03:56 AM

mackey

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1   Apocalypse Now
2   The Deer Hunter
3   Platoon
4   Full Metal Jacket
5   The Thin Red Line
6   Where Eagles Dare
7   Schindler's List
8   Saving Private Ryan
9   Paths of Glory
10 Das Boot

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RE: Your top 10 War films - 15/1/2008 9:47:20 PM

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Full Metal Jacket..?

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RE: Your top 10 War films - 16/1/2008 12:19:58 AM

the sangypange

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im not going to make a list because most of the ones i would of chose have been mentioned but i will say Kagemusha and Casualties of War

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RE: Your top 10 War films - 17/1/2008 4:27:54 PM

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Saving Private Ryan
Platoon
Thin Red Line
A Bridge To Far
Full Metal Jacket
Apocalypse Now
The Great Escape
Zulu
Black Hawk Down
Days Of Glory

One war movie i really dont like is Where Eagles Dare...

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RE: Your top 10 War films - 1/2/2008 12:13:05 AM

Zebra 3

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From: Bay City

Some favourites in alphabetical order:

- All Quiet on the Western Front ('30)
- The Great Escape ('63)
- The Longest Day ('62)
- Paths of Glory ('57)
- Schindler's List ('93)

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RE: Your top 10 War films - 1/2/2008 1:38:01 AM

ometiklan

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1. Kelleys Heroes
2. Von Ryans Express
3.The Dirty Dozen
4. The Inglorious Bastards
5.Too Late The Hero
6.None But The Brave
7.No Man is an Island
8.Hell in the Pacific
9.Battle of the Bulge
10.Objective: Burma

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RE: Your top 10 War films - 1/2/2008 10:56:06 AM

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1. Platoon
2. Saving Private Ryan
3. A Bridge Too Far
4. Apolacypse Now
5. The Great Escape
6. The Guns of Navarone
7. Das Boot
8. Zulu
9. Full Metal Jacket
10. The Dirty Dozen

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RE: Your top 10 War films - 1/2/2008 3:24:02 PM

Chris66

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My favourites:
Saving private ryan
Platoon
Black hawk down
Schindlers list
The pianist
Stalingrad
Saints and soldiers
Downfall

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RE: Your top 10 War films - 1/6/2012 10:27:41 PM

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come and see

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RE: Your top 10 War films - 2/6/2012 9:44:34 AM

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Ok, War films

1: Zulu
2: The Three Hundred Spartans
3: Rambo (II, II and IV)
4: Who Dares Wins (does that count?)
5: Red Dawn
6: Uncommon Valour
7: Platoon
8: A Bridge Too Far
9: Troy (I liked it).
10: Where Eagles Dare

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RE: Your top 10 War films - 10/6/2012 12:43:12 AM

RJMacCready

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1. Cross of Iron
2. Stalingrad
3. Downfall
4. Das Boot
5. Full Metal Jacket
6. Apocalypse Now
7. Saving Private Ryan
8. Platoon
10. Rescue Dawn

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RE: Your top 10 War films - 10/6/2012 9:59:33 AM

Whistler

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Not necessarily in order, but a rough top ten would be:

Apocalypse Now
Saving Private Ryan
The Thin Red Line
Downfall
The Longest Day
Platoon
Schindler's List
Black Hawk Down
The Guns Of Navarone
Full Metal Jacket

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