it's veterans day weekend. what's your favorite war/veteran movie(s)?

[RepublicanElephant]

Veterans Day is 11-11-08 and it's war movie marathon time again. my favs include:

apocalypse now
born on the fourth of july
platoon
hamburger hill
patton
the men
three kings
courage under fire
all quiet on the western front (1930 version)
glory
saving private ryan

[nichomachus]

1. Dr. Strangelove

[Ekirh]

11. Good choice, I

just popped it in and re watched it this morning. I love it more every viewing (and that's saying something considering how high I loved it after the first time)

"We'll meet again . .."

[Lost-in-FL]

2. Full Metal Jacket

Saving Private Ryan is second in my list.

[moonlady0623]

3. Kelly's Heroes

don't need no negative vibes, man

[BklynChick]

4. Coming Home

[HardWorkingDem]

5. For me....

Of course, there is Full Metal Jacket.

And how about Biloxi Blues? I think this his is one of the most underrated movies when it comes to capturing what military life is really like. Very, very accurate.

Then there is Black Hawk Down.

But the one I can watch over and over again is The Thin Red Line. Something in this movie grabs on to me.

[msallied]

9. The Thin Red Line was brilliant. Terrence Malick is amazing.

Anytime I see his name attached to something, I go see it.

[BeatleBoot]

6. For Whom the Bell Tolls

(Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman)

The Great Escape

Saving Private Ryan

[msallied]

7. Saving Private Ryan, The Great Escape, Rescue Dawn

Apocalypse Now, and Dr. Strangelove. I remember the first time I saw Saving Private Ryan. Had no idea what to expect. The first twenty minutes of the film had me shocked and in tears. I'd never seen anything so visceral in a Hollywood movie up until that point. And in the context of brilliant filmmaking, probably never will.

[TransitJohn]

8. The Fighting Sullivans and

Tora! Tora! Tora!

[NanceGreggs]

10. "Empire of the Sun" n/t

[msallied]

12. I forgot to mention Glory. Great Civil War epic.

I also enjoyed The Patriot, to a certain extent. I think it had a decidedly Bruckheimer-ish vibe, which hurt it some, but I thought the production values were good and the father/son dynamic was excellent.

[IndianaGreen]

13. Grande Illusion, All Quiet On the Western Front, Paths of Glory

I also recommend the great literature that came out after the Great War (World War I). I particularly recommend Vera Brittain's memoir Testament of Youth, and the earlier 1929 version of Robert Graves's Good-Bye To All That.

[sampsonblk]

14. My short list

The Longest Day

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Battle of the Bulge

Stalag 17

Bridge on the River Kwai

The Great Escape

A Bridge Too Far

The Dirty Dozen

[Bucky]

15. Jarhead, Glory, Mongol

[AlCzervik]

16. Stalag 17.

[suston96]

17. Buck Privates - Abbott and Costello nt

[sampsonblk]

18. I forgot PATTON !

[stopbush]

19. Band of Brothers (OK, not a movie, but a mini-series)

Combat! TV Series (especially the first 3 seasons)
The Longest Day
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Patton
The World at War (another series)
Paths of Glory
All Quiet on the Western Front (Lew Ayres vers)

[adadem]

20. Band of Brothers

I know...it's a mini-series but our families favorite
We are watching tonight

[Nailzberg]

21. Band of Brothers (yeah, I know, not a "movie")

Glory
Patton
Platoon
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Black Hawk Down
Three Kings
Full Metal Jacket

[kath]

22. Paths of Glory

one of the best anti-war movies ever.

I don't like movies that seem to glorify war...

[alcina]

23. Breaker Morant

A heartrending film about the Boer War, starring the brilliant Edward Woodward (of Equalizer fame, fwiw).

Btw, this is my first post; so, hello all.

[RepublicanElephant]

27. hi alcina!

:hi:

[Recursion]

24. Seriously, has nobody mentioned Blackhawk Down yet? NT

[ogneopasno]

25. Great Escape, Bridge Over the River Kwai, Dr. Strangelove, Apocalypse Now, Gallipoli.

Aaaand The Longest Day.

[CitizenLeft]

29. oh two of mine I didn't list, I was thinking from the American perspective

"Gallipoli" and "Bridge on the River Kwai" - yes! :applause:

[ogneopasno]

30. I read yours and can't believe I forgot the Deer Hunter! What an amazing movie that is.

[CitizenLeft]

32. I'll never forget seeing it, I was 18 - cried like a baby!

And there are probably a lot more I'll think of later!

[ogneopasno]

33. Most of the ones on my list make me cry -- including, oddly enough, the Great Escape.

Oh, Donald Pleasance, why do you break my heart at the end every time?

[CitizenLeft]

34. speaking of Donald Pleasance... I just thought of one...

I'm going to have to add it, though, again, it's not from the American perspective - "Night of the Generals" - love that movie. Not a tearjerker, but Peter O'Toole as the psychopathic general was chilling.

[cherokeeprogressive]

26. The Dirty Dozen

[CitizenLeft]

28. some of my faves

"Big Red One"
"Battle of the Bulge."
"Three Kings"
"Saving Private Ryan"
"Glory"
"The Deerhunter"
"Platoon"
"The Dirty Dozen"
"We Were Soldiers"
"Pearl Harbor" (yeah, I know...)
"Gettysburg"
"Hart's War"
"Night of the Generals"

Special mention for "Schindler's List," not listed because it's not technically a "veterans" movie, but one of the most important films ever made.

[ogneopasno]

31. The Killing Fields -- not necessarily a favorite, but a very, very powerful movie.

[Undercurrent]

35. .

The Thin Red Line
Dr. Strangelove
The Deer Hunter
Apocalypse Now
All Quiet On the Western Front
Flags of Our Fathers
Coming Home
Born on the Fourth of July

Non US centric:
Bridge On The River Kwai
Breaker Morant
Shaka Zulu (mini series)

[CitizenLeft]

36. the Shaka Zulu series...

...fantastic!

[BumRushDaShow]

40. I have that on tape and recently rewatched it last year

It was and still is quite a unique miniseries!

[BumRushDaShow]

37. Apocalypse Now, Glory, M*A*S*H

[Perky]

38. Private Ryan is the most accurete depiction of WWII ever committed to film.

Nothing else comes close.

[book_worm]

39. Paths of Glory, Saving Private Ryan and Glory

[progressivemom]

41. The Longest Day

[RepublicanElephant]

42. wow! great movies being listed in this thread!

*slaps head*
how could i have forgotten "The Big Red One"?!
:banghead:

also forgot:
pork chop hill
decision before dawn
fixed bayonets!
time limit

[Not the Only One]

43. Using a broad definition of a war movie, Life Is Beautiful.