basically that defines war, right, the battle is the easy part (so they say)... it's all the logistics and other crap that take virtually all the time and energy.
My grandmother was Christopher Lee's German dialogue coach on 1941.
Really, the Director's Cut of Apocalypse Now is pretty much as good as it gets.
People forget that Platoon and Full Metal Jacket came out at about the same time and were compared to each other. Platoon lays it on thick but it made me absolutely hate Tom Berenger for years.
Saving Private Ryan shows that you can have both the best and the worst of Steven Spielberg in the same film.
Enemy at the Gates had a nice scene where Rachael Weisz gave Jude Law a handie through his wool commie soldier pants.
The Longest Day was a good war flick, too. John Wayne, Henry Fonda, lots of cameos by Brat Pack era stars.
Longest Day takes me back to rainy weekends watching old war movies with one of my dads on our little black and white tv.....Guns of Navarone, Where Eagles Dare, Sands of Iwo Jima. Pops wouldn't let me watch From Here to Eternity. Too much hetero sex for a youngun
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We Were Soldiers is decent.
12 Strong sucked as movie. Lone Survivor was also just ok. Act of Valor while the acting isn't great the movie itself and the firefights are intense.
Fury is pretty awesome especially the tank battle scene.
The Pacific is not as good as Band of Brothers but worth watching.
I've always enjoyed Kelly's Heroes and To Hell and Back is good even if it's super cheesy.
And while not technically a war movie, Extreme Prejudice has an awesome fire fight at the end. https://imdb.com/title/tt0092997/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Really, the Director's Cut of Apocalypse Now is pretty much as good as it gets.
People forget that Platoon and Full Metal Jacket came out at about the same time and were compared to each other. Platoon lays it on thick but it made me absolutely hate Tom Berenger for years.
Saving Private Ryan shows that you can have both the best and the worst of Steven Spielberg in the same film.
Enemy at the Gates - Not the greatest script, but there just aren't enough good options about the Eastern Front where most of war happened.
Master and Commander - There are some corny parts, but there's no other film out there that rivals the sea battles between sailing ships.
Lawrence of Arabia - prolly should have made the cut here, but Peter O' Toole creeps me out much of the time.
Kelly's Heroes - Even though it's an action/comedy, this might be my favorite WWII of all tim.
Inglorious Bastards - I hate Tarantino sometimes, but Waltz plays the best Nazi officer ever on film.
Braveheart - Should have clarified this was about war movies from the 1754 to the present.
Spartacus - Slave revolts aren't really about war.
Hunt for Red October - Cold war thrillers are not war movies.
MASH - Race is right on this one. Terrific film.
Black Hawk Down
The Longest Day was a good war flick, too. John Wayne, Henry Fonda, lots of cameos by Brat Pack era stars.