Top 5 History War Films ?
 

I am an insane fan of history war films..

List your top 5 history war movies,

My favorite historic war films are:

The Patriot
Kingdom Of Heaven
Spartacus
The PathFinder
BraveHeart

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Shouldn't the title of the thread be "Favorite History War Films" or "Top 5 History War Films"? Not "Favorite Film?" I came in here ready to post my favorite film, which isn't a war film. Tho it was made before World War II. Does that count?

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Okay! It is part of history too..you can actually post it..okay i will edit the title of the thread..

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Platoon
The Patriot
Saving Private Ryan
To Hell and Back
Casualties of War

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Bridge on the River Kwai - end the thread now
Tora Tora Tora
Saving Private Ryan
The Patriot
Patton

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Bridge on the River Kwai
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypto
The Thin Red Line
Paths of Glory

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The Battle of Algiers
Alexander Nevsky
Napoleon
Come & See
Das Boot

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Those of you listing The Patriot don't know your history very well. ;)

- The Passion of Joan of Arc
- Das Boot
- Patton
- Tora! Tora! Tora!
- The Final Countdown -ptth-

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El Cid (1961) (Spain vs. the Moors) Dir.: Anthony Mann
The Vikings (1958) (Vikings vs. England) Dir.: Richard Fleischer
The Longest Day (1962) (WWII) Directors: Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki, Ken Annakin
Attack! (1956) (WWII) Dir.: Robert Aldrich
The Steel Helmet (1951) (Korea) Dir.: Sam Fuller

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i was thinking exactly that. even Braveheart is a stretch.

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Is The Pathfinder historically based?

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I love history war films; geometry war films, on the other hand, are teh poo.

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lol i was about to say that.

i liked how Mel Gibson directs himself plowing down hundreds of enemies single-handedly, when the actual records show that the most kills from a single Revolutionary soldier was something like.. 5 or 6.

i would, however, put The Gangs of New York on my list, even though the only "war" scene depicted at the beginning was falsified heavily. you see hundreds get slaughtered and killed, whereas the records detail that only 2 people actually died in the fight. haha.

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Wasn't The Steel Helmet about Korea?

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I've seen a lot of war films, some are great, like Paths of Glory, Thin Red Line, etc. But I generally prefer films that take place within the context of a war but aren't about combat. Like Cantebury Tale, Mrs. Miniver, The Best Years of our Lives, When Willie Comes Marching Home, Grand Illusion, Bridge on the River Kwai.

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All Quiet on the Western Front (original)
Paths of Glory
Sergeant York
Full Metal Jacket
They Were Expendable

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Oops, you're right! Fixed it, thanks.

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Paths Of Glory
Full Metal Jacket
Dr. Strangelove
Barry Lyndon
Inglourious Basterds

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I study history a lot and I already know these films are way off base, so I don't want to hear any shit. ;)

300
The Patriot
Braveheart
Gladiator
Platoon

I also really liked Inglourious Basterds, but even for me that movie was way off base; way, way off base.

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Paths of Glory
Lawrence of Arabia
Apocalypse Now
Grand Illusion
Bridge on the River Kwai

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Inglorious Basterds taught me everything I need to know about the war.

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Seriously, "Pathfinder?"

1) Master & Commander
2) The Longest Day
3) Saving Private Ryan
4) Schindler's List
5) Full Metal Jacket

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For me it was this :

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