Best or Worst War Movies of All Time

[JWW]

I will go with Das Boot as the best.

As for worst, I can look at a war movie and realize how terribly unrealistic it is -- my wife does not permit me to comment on the errors in such movies if we watch one together -- but still enjoy it as being like a historical novel. There are a couple that I just won't watch even if I have the opportunity. Battle of the Bulge probably tops that list.

[dougo33]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

How about Patton for the mild language?

How about Hamburger Hill for the music?

How about To Hell and Back which caused a PTSD flashback for one of the actors? He is one of those who testified before the US Congress to do something about PTSD?

How about The Lost Battalion with Rick Shroeder? Now you see the Sergeant, now you see his helmet rolling by? If I recall correctly, the actor was an Englishman. An African portrays an Texan.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0287535/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1YfEPxLh2w

How about The Horse Soldiers based a a true raid during the American Civil War?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1YfEPxLh2w

I would suggest "best Years of Our Lives" to your list. Shows the troubles that 3 vets had returning to regular life after fighting in a war.

[OldSarge]

ORIGINAL: demyansk

Oh yeah, we were soldiers and the one guy in the battle, Rescora I think died on 9/11 as head of security and went back into the buildings to help. I hope I got the name right

Rick Rescorla Lest we forget.

[demyansk]

Good job sarge, I was going on memory on that one

[cpdeyoung]

I would never say Battle of the Bulge was a good war movie ... but ...

It had its moments :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JDkdc246QQ

Chuck

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: dougo33

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

How about Patton for the mild language?

How about Hamburger Hill for the music?

How about To Hell and Back which caused a PTSD flashback for one of the actors? He is one of those who testified before the US Congress to do something about PTSD?

How about The Lost Battalion with Rick Shroeder? Now you see the Sergeant, now you see his helmet rolling by? If I recall correctly, the actor was an Englishman. An African portrays an Texan.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0287535/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1YfEPxLh2w

How about The Horse Soldiers based a a true raid during the American Civil War?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1YfEPxLh2w

I would suggest "best Years of Our Lives" to your list. Shows the troubles that 3 vets had returning to regular life after fighting in a war.

An excellent movie. One of the actors received two Oscars for his role.

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: OldSarge

ORIGINAL: demyansk

Oh yeah, we were soldiers and the one guy in the battle, Rescora I think died on 9/11 as head of security and went back into the buildings to help. I hope I got the name right

Rick Rescorla Lest we forget.

I met someone who was in that battle. We did not talk about it. I thanked him for his service.

[ttollefsen]

For worst movie I would like to nominate Inchon.

[pkpowers]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: dougo33

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

How about Patton for the mild language?

How about Hamburger Hill for the music?

How about To Hell and Back which caused a PTSD flashback for one of the actors? He is one of those who testified before the US Congress to do something about PTSD?

How about The Lost Battalion with Rick Shroeder? Now you see the Sergeant, now you see his helmet rolling by? If I recall correctly, the actor was an Englishman. An African portrays an Texan.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0287535/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1YfEPxLh2w

How about The Horse Soldiers based a a true raid during the American Civil War?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1YfEPxLh2w

I would suggest "best Years of Our Lives" to your list. Shows the troubles that 3 vets had returning to regular life after fighting in a war.

An excellent movie. One of the actors received two Oscars for his role.

I second this movie! The actor you speak of was a handicapped vet in his first time acting role!!!

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: pkpowers

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: dougo33




I would suggest "best Years of Our Lives" to your list. Shows the troubles that 3 vets had returning to regular life after fighting in a war.

An excellent movie. One of the actors received two Oscars for his role.

I second this movie! The actor you speak of was a handicapped vet in his first time acting role!!!

He acted in some military ones, I think for the US Army if I remember correctly.

[TulliusDetritus]

I was going to say Kubrick's Paths of glory but hmm... Das Boot is amazing.

Worst? I guess the Rambo series eh

[Vasquez]

Das Boot
Der Untergang (Downfall)
Stalingrad (1993)

[wodin]

Best Cross of Iron

Worst Pearl Harbour

Other greats....Stalingrad (1993), Downfall, Longest Day, Bridge to Far, We were soldiers,Apocalypse Now, Paths of Glory, Das Boot, Come See, Zulu, Waterloo, Aces High, Alexander the Great (I liked it..one with Colin Farrel) seen a few black white films that I enjoyed one was set during Korean War also a colour one set in Pacific following British troops, at the end two survivors have to run zig zag across a field to safety as the Japanese tried to shoot them down.

Other bad films..just to many to mention sadly.

[ekcut]

One that I don't believe anyone has mentioned,
"A Piece of Cake" The BBC miniseries about the RAF at the beginning of the war. Mini series is right up there with"Band of Brothers" in my opinion. The book is even better.

My best:
Band of Brothers 1A
A Piece of Cake 1B
Das Boot 2nd
Everything else is tied for 3rd, except for Pearl Harbour which is the most disapointing movie I have ever seen. I tried SO HARD to like it, but it is just crap.

[berto]

Maybe my all-time worst: Anzio

[Toby42]

What? You don't believe that a corrospondent led the Allies to victory?

[Erik Rutins]

I'm going to stand up for the recent Midway movie. I think it actually did a lot right and managed to both be exciting enough to be a good movie for the uninitiated and still remained close enough to historical accuracy to make history buffs happy. I know opinions vary on this, but I recently rewatched it and I think it will grow on folks over time.

[cpdeyoung]

I could not agree more.

I have read about the battle for over sixty years, and this movie captures the situation well for a popular movie.

Chuck

[RangerJoe]

I have not yet seen this movie but I probably will.

But remember, mold and fungus grows on you as well which is not necessarily a good thing.[;)]

[bomccarthy]

I recently saw the aerial scenes in Midway - I still have a problem with the physics and formations portrayed. I can't get over the fact that Peter Jackson's CG team for King Kong got both aspects right more than 10 years ago. Granted, Jackson is an aviation nut (with one of the larger collections of warbirds in the world) who probably demanded perfection from his CG artists. Still, the artists from that team remain in the business. Accurately spacing the aircraft and ships would have looked impressive on a large screen; Midway looked like it was designed to be watched on an iPhone.