[Film] Best War Film?

[jackanada]

Not my best (cross of iron from the op possibly) but The 9th Company portraying the end period of USSR s occupation of Afghanistan was excellent.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Schindler's List
Saving Private Ryan
Hacksaw Ridge
Platoon
Casualties of War
Fury
Hamburger Hill
The Thin Red Line
1917

 

[Surf's Up]

The Deer Hunter

 

[Fignon's Ponytail]

Like many, I love war films...its probably my "go-to" genre tbh, and many listed here are among my favourites for sure.
I've always had a thing for the 1950's movies though - and in my opinion, you cant beat the likes of:

The Cruel Sea, Reach for the Sky, Ill met by Moonlight, The Desert Rats, Dambusters, Ice Cold in Alex, Cockleshell Heroes, Malta Story, & Dunkirk etc. etc.

Classic movies.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Schindler's List
Saving Private Ryan
Hacksaw Ridge
Platoon
Casualties of War
Fury
Hamburger Hill
The Thin Red Line
1917

No Valkyrie, Uncs? For some reason I've always thought your avatar was Spielberg in German WW2 cap on the set of Valkyrie, but looking it up he didn't direct it.

 

[Brightonfan1983]

Platoon's my shout. Black Hawk Down? Zero dark Thirty?

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Platoon's my shout. Black Hawk Down? Zero dark Thirty?

BHD - Renton and Spud take on the Somalis

ZDT and Platoon, top films too.

 

[Taybha]

Outpost
The Keep
Covenant

 

[Zeberdi]

Can’t narrow it down but

This Beautiful Life by Roberto Benigni ranks amongst the highest for me

followed by
Das Boot by Wolfgang Petersen

and

The Battle of Algiers by Gillo Pontecorvo

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

So many good ones remembered from my childhood . . .

The Cruel Sea
Ice Cold In Alex
The Dambusters
633 Squadron

Plus many many more.

An honorable mention too to a much more recent film, a bit left field, and because l consider piracy to be tantamount to war l'll include it . . .

Captain Phillips.

 

[Northstander]

Das Boot
Down Fall
Sophie Scholl
Full Metal Jacket
Where Eagles Dare
Saving Private Ryan

 

[POSKETT AT THE VALLEY]

Enemy at the gates

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Enemy at the gates

Always 'Enema at the Gates' for me (some junenile things just stick in the head)
Good film.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Sophie Scholl free to watch on YouTube.

 

[Glawstergull]

Many of these films shaped my childhood and my interest in history.
Other greats not yet mentioned include,
Guns of Navarone
Too late the hero
Von Ryan’s express
Memphis Belle
In which we serve

 

[Triggaaar]

Guns of Navarone

I was just about to add this as I thought it had been missed. I also love Force 10 From Navarone.

I'll add The Wild Geese.

So many good war films.

Memphis Belle

I saw that in the cinema and haven't seen it since - I should probably watch it again.

 

[jakarta]

In Which we Serve is rather less gritty than The Cruel Sea but also tells of the service of the 'small ships' of the Royal Navy in WWII.

Superb cast led by, of all people, Noel Coward as Captain D...

 

[dazzer6666]

Debbie does Dallas was good,

Any war film needs a certain amount of random shooting

 

[Easy 10]

The Deer Hunter, aside from one scene, is an absolute BOREFEST. That cuffing wedding at the start feels like it goes on for about 3 days. Utterly overrated tosh.

There. I said it.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Can we turn this into a knock out contest?