Your top-5 favorite war movies

[The Bat]

Brave Heart! How could I forget that one?! AWESOME Movie!

[fallensaviour]

1)Saving private Ryan
2)The Great Escape
3)full metal Jacket
4)300
5)The good the bad and the ugly!!! best movie ever!!!

[jessica]

It's kind of embarrassing to be half Ukrainian but can old speak English

Not embarassing at all. What's worse is having an American accent when you speak your mother tongue...which I try hard to not have but sometimes it's inevitable.

I also love this movie:

[babycyclops]

1)
5)The good the bad and the ugly!!! best movie ever!!!

Aw yeah!! I was gonna include The Good the Bad... as well as The Wild Bunch.

[Random Axe]

I'll take my stab

Private Ryan - Perfectly cast. The opening scene at Normandy was both nauseating and fascinating. Coudln't look away. VIn Diesel dies. Cool movie.

Sergant York - Saw this many times as a child on Sunday afternoons. Breaks a lot of war hero sterotypes. Has a lot of heart.

Full Metal Jacket - R Lee Ermy. Nuff said.

Midway - Saw this many times a a youth. Lot's of air combat for a young plane builder. Seem to remember this being overly long.

Inglorious Basterds - I'm not a Tarrantino fan, but this worked. Hans Landa is such a cool villain. Most war films don't have a singular protagonist.

[Mikey]

Inglorious Basterds - I'm not a Tarrantino fan, but this worked. Hans Landa is such a cool villain. Most war films don't have a singular protagonist.

I was contemplating including Inglorious Basterds, but for me it was a little slow moving.

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

I hate war movies.

[Mikey]

I hate war movies.

I'll bet there's a few out there you would like if you gave them a chance ... One example is Sgt York ... A lot of ladies like that movie because it's not gory and "warrish" and even has some tear jerking moments.

And, it stars Garry Cooper -- super-duper

[jessica]

I also loved this movie:



I love movies with swords and fighting. I love sad movies, too, tear-jerker movies...so if there's war in the mix, yay!

[babycyclops]

Jessica, if you got into Shindler's List, I suggest that you check out Come and See. It's a Russian film that is set behind the lines, and largely shows the war's effects on civillians. I always champion this film, which had a big impact on me the first time that I saw it.

It's not to be taken lightly, but is an astounding film.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091251/

I'm suprised that you didn't include Ran in your picks.

[mego73]

I'm not much into war movies but thought

Patton, Mr. Roberts and Saving Private Ryan was great.

Also, does The Caine Mutiny count?

[jessica]

Jessica, if you got into Shindler's List, I suggest that you check out Come and See. It's a Russian film that is set behind the lines, and largely shows the war's effects on civillians. I always champion this film, which had a big impact on me the first time that I saw it.

It's not to be taken lightly, but is an astounding film.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091251/

I'm suprised that you didn't include Ran in your picks.

I was so tempted to put Ran!!...and there are so many glorious war movies that I have enjoyed through the years. I will definitely watch Come and See...but since I have cancelled my Netflix, I will just buy it from Amazon.

Here's another one:

[J.B.]

Not fond of war movies, except for these two:

1. Apocalypse Now
2. Kelly's Heroes

[kingdom warrior]

I can't pick five...
From here to Eternity
Apocalypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
Glory
Saving Private Ryan
Letters From Iwo Jima
Flags of our Fathers

Buck Privates......

[Obibob]

The Wild Geese
The Dirty Dozen
Force 10 from Navarone
By Dawn's Early Light
Fail Safe