Must-watch war movies?
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The Sea Wolves with Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, David Niven - YouTube Free with Ads
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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
For those with eclectic tastes, "The Twelfth Man". And it is a true story.
There is another, regarding a MOH investigation about a Vietnam soldier, but I can't remember it's name at the moment. Also a true story.
There is another, regarding a MOH investigation about a Vietnam soldier, but I can't remember it's name at the moment. Also a true story.
A Bridge Too Far - Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins, Michael Caine, James Caan
Full movie, free with adds on YouTube
Full movie, free with adds on YouTube
Sink The Bismarck
Where Eagles Dare
The Great Escape
Dunkirk
American Sniper
Sniper - The White Raven
Hamburger Hill
Pork Chop Hill
Merrell's Marauders
The Train
Von Ryan's Express
Devotion
Where Eagles Dare
The Great Escape
Dunkirk
American Sniper
Sniper - The White Raven
Hamburger Hill
Pork Chop Hill
Merrell's Marauders
The Train
Von Ryan's Express
Devotion
I didn't see The Patriot mentioned.
It's more every day the story brewing in our time.
It's more every day the story brewing in our time.
The original is better! The Man Who Never Was. The book is amazing. Also true story.
Sirhr
"Die Wannsee Conference" (1984) - Full Movie, Free on YouTube
15 members of the SS and Nazi regime gather in Wannsee, Germany in January 21, 1942. SS Gen. Reinhard Heydrich (Dietrich Mattausch) tells those present of his new responsibility for finding the "Final solution to the Jewish question."
15 members of the SS and Nazi regime gather in Wannsee, Germany in January 21, 1942. SS Gen. Reinhard Heydrich (Dietrich Mattausch) tells those present of his new responsibility for finding the "Final solution to the Jewish question."
Not seen that, thanks.
Another good one (with a killer leading man. — Alec Baldwin) is Nuremberg. Early 2000’s I thing. Free on YouTube. Two part, IIRC.
Very well done, despite having an asshat playing the US justice.
Sirhr
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I can’t remember the name of it. Maybe “The Monster or The Beast?” But it is about a Soviet tank crew in Afghanistan in the 1980’s. They get lost.
Excellent movie!
While I am at it…. Personally hated Fury, but for a couple of other good tank movies:
Sahara (Bogart)
To Hell and Back. (Audie Murphy)
And the original “flight of the Phoenix”’ is not technically a war movie.. but it is totally a war movie. Don’t bother with the woke remake.
Also, this is snipers hide, Sergeant York is all about marksmanship! Gary Cooper.
Sirhr
Excellent movie!
While I am at it…. Personally hated Fury, but for a couple of other good tank movies:
Sahara (Bogart)
To Hell and Back. (Audie Murphy)
And the original “flight of the Phoenix”’ is not technically a war movie.. but it is totally a war movie. Don’t bother with the woke remake.
Also, this is snipers hide, Sergeant York is all about marksmanship! Gary Cooper.
Sirhr
The Railway Man - Available on Netflix. A good movie, but it deviates a little from the book. The book is better...
I met a B-17 pilot who told me about his first day on the job in England. He was in a briefing room full of the other new pilots to the squadron.
A baby faced captain got up on the stage and the first words out of his mouth were:
"Gentlemen, some of you are probably worried about flying in very close formation with another B-17. Don't worry about that. We have some outstanding instructors here. We call them Messerschmitts."
I second
Zulu
A Bridge too far
The Big Red One
And I can't believe no one has mentioned Lawrence of Arabia, try to find the director's cut. I have it on a blue ray disc (Iknow, Iknow old tech) but the cinematography is stunning and some great actors.
Zulu
A Bridge too far
The Big Red One
And I can't believe no one has mentioned Lawrence of Arabia, try to find the director's cut. I have it on a blue ray disc (Iknow, Iknow old tech) but the cinematography is stunning and some great actors.
BoB & The Pacific are both bar-setting excellent, with Generation Kill a half-step behind but still AWESOME.
Loved Fury.
Midway (1976) is a staple of my youth and an all-time favorite.
Saw The Outpost after reading the book, it is really great as well.
Loved Fury.
Midway (1976) is a staple of my youth and an all-time favorite.
Saw The Outpost after reading the book, it is really great as well.
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I second "Lawrence of Arabia" but first read T.E. Lawrence's book "Revolt in the Desert."
Someone mentioned "Enemy at the Gates" earlier. Great acting and cinematography but it's mostly fiction. Read Vassili Zaitsev's book, "Notes of a Russian Sniper."
This is awesome and I'm having a hard time coming up with movies that have not been mentioned but here are a couple more good ones-
EDIT: the bottom one you have to click on to view on youtube. It's Victory starring a very young Sylvester Stallone, Pele (RIP) and some other greats.
EDIT: the bottom one you have to click on to view on youtube. It's Victory starring a very young Sylvester Stallone, Pele (RIP) and some other greats.
Das Boot
Thinking about Das Boot, and the ending, it made me think of the Sand Pebbles, which while not a traditional "war movie", it is a classic.
Thinking about Das Boot, and the ending, it made me think of the Sand Pebbles, which while not a traditional "war movie", it is a classic.
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