recommend classic war movies

[lazydays]

Looking for older classic war movies. Give me your definitive list!

[kurtzie]

The Great Escape.

[btfc]

A Bridge Too Far, The Green Berets, Zulu.

[ztirffritz]

The Longest Day
The Thin Red Line
Johnny Got His Gun
A Bridge Too Far
A Bridge Over the River Kwai
Apocalypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
Platoon
Saving Private Ryan
Das Boot

[vision63]

Classic:

Mrs Miniver
Bridge on the River Kwai
Stalag 17
...and many others...

Newer:

The Boys of Company C
Apocalypse Now (steer way clear of the Redux).
The Thin Red Line
Platoon

...and I find it baffling that more people aren't aware of The Boys of Company C. This was the first Vietnam War movie that i can recall. I saw it in the theater back in '78 or so.

[rich in distress]

Patton.

[mattkime]

Birth of a Nation

[Rick-o]

None But The Brave - Clint Walker and Frank Sinatra

The Devil's Brigade - William Holden and Cliff Robertson

Midway - All Star Cast

The Dirty Dozen - Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Ernest Borgnine

The Deer Hunter - Robert Di Niro and Christopher Walken

And tons more!!

[hal]

don't forget THE classic war movie - All Quiet on the Western Front

wanna see a different perspective?

The story of Max Magnus, Norwegian saboteur/war hero.

Damned good movie - great story: Max Manus (2008)

IMDB: 7.6
Rotten tomatoes: 81% (Critics)|85% (Audience)

[davester]

All Quiet on the Western Front
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Blackhawk Down
... and the ones ztirffritz recommended.

Edit: forgot one...The Caine Mutiny