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Old 05-20-06, 07:42 AM
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What war movies do you own?

This has probably been discussed already but WAR can't be searched


Bridge on the River Kwai-LE
The Patriot
Patton
Platoon
Red Dawn ?
Rules of Engagement
Saving Private Ryan
Uncommon Valor- my personal favorite

I guess Top Gun could be considered to be a war film
Old 05-20-06, 08:45 AM
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U-571
Enemy at the Gates
Das Boot
Old 05-20-06, 08:57 AM
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Band of Brothers
Black Hawk Down
Das Boot
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Deer Hunter
Dr. Strangelove (kinda warish)
Full Metal Jacket
Good Morning, Vietnam
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
Tigerland <---- good movie
We Were Soldiers

On tuesday:
Tora Tora Tora
Patton
The Longest Day

Following Tuesday:
Platoon

I only included current wars, movies like:
The Patriot
Gladiator
Troy
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Pearl Harbor
Schindler's List
Band of Brothers
The Great Escape
Patton
Das Boot
Windtalkers
Saving Private Ryan
Black Hawk Down


I'll toss in a few sci-fi "war" movies:

Starship Troopers
Mars Attacks!
Independence Day
War of the Worlds
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Old 05-20-06, 09:33 AM
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WWII
Battle of Britain
Das Boot
A Bridge Too Far
Enemy at the Gates
The Great Escape
Guns of Navarone
The Longest Day
Patton
Tora!Tora!Tora!
Saving Private Ryan
Stalag 17
The Thin Red Line
The Train
Where Eagles Dare
No Man Is a Island

Civil War
Gettyburg
Glory

American Revolution War
The Patriot

Korean War
Tae Guk Gi

Anglo-Zulu War
Zulu
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Apocolypse Now redux
Band Of Brothers
Battle of the Bulge
Behind Enemy Lines
Big Red One
Big Red One extended edition
Black Hawk Down
Braveheart
Bridge on the River Kwai
Bridge Too Far
Civil War (Ken Burns)
Crimson Tide
Dances With Wolves
Dirty Dozen
Enemy at The Gates
Force 10 From Navarone
Full Metal Jacket
Guns of Navarone
Gettysburg
Gods and Generals
Great Escape
Green Berets
Great Raid
Glory
Harts War
Heartbreak Ridge
Ice Station Zebra
Kelly's Heroes
Jarhead
Longest Day
Master and Commander
Memphis Belle
Midway
Patton
Patriot
Pearl Harbor
Platoon
Sand Pebbles
Sink The Bismark
Saving Private Ryan (collector set)
Stalag 17
Top Gun
Tora Tora Tora
Three Kings
U-571
We Were Soldiers
Where Eagles Dare
Windtalkers
Zulu

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"Jarhead" and some of the ones already named.
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Platoon
The Eagle Has Landed
Saving Private Ryan
Full Metal Jacket
Apocalypse Now Redux
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Air America
Andersonville
Band of Brothers
Behind Enemy Lines
Black Hawk Down
Born on the Fourth of July
Braveheart
Cold Mountain
Dances with Wolves
Enemy at the Gates
Firebirds
Flight of the Intruder
Full Metal Jacket
Gettysburg
Gladiator
Glory
Gods and Generals
Good Morning Vietnam
The Great Raid
Hart's War
In Love and War
Jarhead
Kingdom of Heaven
Last of the Mohicans
The Last Samurai
Master and Commander
The Patriot
The Peacemaker
Pearl Harbor
The Pianist
Platoon
Rambo Trilogy
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
Stripes
Taps
Tears of the Sun
The Thin Red Line
Three Kings
Tigerland
Top Gun
Troy
U-571
We Were Soldiers
Windtalkers
Old 05-20-06, 10:54 AM
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The Battle of Algiers
Das Boot
Gallipoli
Glory
Grand Illusion
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
The Quiet American ('02)
Spartacus
Three Kings
Walt Disney Treasures: Walt Disney on the Front Lines - The War Years

A case could also be made for these:

Casablanca
English Patient
Gone with the Wind
Star Wars Trilogy
Top Gun

Does Aliens count?
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Apocalypse Now
Ballad of a Soldier
Born on the Fourth of July
Bridge on the River Kwai
Bullet in the Head
Civil War, The*(Ken Burns)
Full Metal Jacket
Grand Illusion
Great Escape
Henry V (1989)
Kagemusha
Lawrence of Arabia
Master and Commander
Paths of Glory
Platoon
Ran: Masterworks Edition
Walt Disney Treasures: Walt Disney on the Front Lines - The War Years


I have more movies about Vietnam than any other war. (!)

Borderline movies:

Casblanca
Dr. Strangelove
Excalibur
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Grave of the Fireflies
Outlaw Josie Wales
Seven Samurai
Yellow Submarine
Zu: Warriors of the Magic Mountain

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Does The War of the Roses count? If not, then none.

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Ditto

Originally Posted by Robert
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Apocalypse Now
Black Hawk Down
Empire of the Sun
MASH
The Patriot
Platoon
We Were Soldiers
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Band of Brothers
Black Hawk Down
Glory
Patriot, The
Braveheart
Gladiator
Gangs of New York
Schindler's List
Kingdom of Heaven
Pearl Harbour
King Arthur
Heart's War
Windtalkers
Tears of the Sun
Master and Commander
Alexander
Cold Mountain
Last Samurai
Saving Private Ryan
Troy
We Were Soldiers
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Band of Brothers
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want To Live Forever? (1958)
Cross of Iron (my favorite war film)
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This is based on what movies my DVD Aficionado categorizes as war movies.

Band of Brothers
Black Hawk Down
Four Feathers
Full Metal Jacket
The Great Escape
Heartbreak Ridge
Jarhead
The Last Drop
The Patriot
Red Dawn
Saving Private Ryan
Tears of the Sun
Three Kings
Tigerland
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Originally Posted by scott1598
"Jarhead" and some of the ones already named.
also...
"A Midnight Clear"
"Full Metal Jacket"
"Glory"
"MASH"
"The Deer Hunter"
"The Final Countdown"
"All Quiet on the Western Front"
"The Pianist"
"Schindler's List"
"Tigerland"
"Saving Private Ryan"
"Platoon"
"Buffalo Soldiers"
"Starship Troopers"
"The Dirty Dozen"
"Spartacus"
"The Bridge on the River Kwai"
"Apocalypse Now"
"Three Kings"
"The Dirty Dozen"
"Hero"
"Life is Beautiful"
"Lord of the Rings" (all)
"Red Dawn"
"A Very Long Engagement"
"The War of the Worlds" (1953,2005)


wondering if these should be included?
"American Graffiti II" (haven't seen it in a long time, but remember war spliced all throughout)
"The Matrix Revolutions" (Humans vs. Machines)
"Ran"
"Stripes"
"Traffic" (war on drugs)
"Lawrence of Arabia"
"Star Wars" (all, probably overlooked by most)
"V: The Final Battle"

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Just check my signature if you're that curious.
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surprised no one said "Star Wars" or "The Lord of the Rings" (trilogy)
think outside the box people
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Originally Posted by scott1598
surprised no one said "Star Wars" or "The Lord of the Rings" (trilogy)
think outside the box people
is those are then I guess I forgot Wargames
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Jarhead, Three Kings, Saving Private Ryan, Apocalypse Now, Braveheart, and to an extent Starship Troopers.

I plan on getting Full Metal Jacket when the new Kubrick SEs are released.
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Black hawk Down
Deer Hunter
Dirty Dozen
Full Metal Jacket
Great Escape
Great Raid
Hart's War
Saving Private Ryan
Tears of the Sun
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Apocalypse Now
Platoon
The Killing Fields
Saving Private Ryan
Band of Brothers
Schindler's List
A Bridge Too Far
Patton
Tora! Tora! Tora!
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Great Escape
Das Boot
Full Metal Jacket
Black Hawk Down
Lawrence of Arabia
Gone with the Wind
Doctor Zhivago
Casablanca
Grand Illusion
Braveheart
Master and Commander
The Last of the Mohicans
Ran
Kagemusha
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Rio Grande
Heartbreak Ridge
Dr. Strangelove
M*A*S*H
Lifeboat

Plus I have The Longest Day, The Dirty Dozen, Stalag 17 and Midway on order.


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