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Posted: 2/26/2015 1:23:37 PM EDT

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Originals weren't available to movie makers then.

Most of the "correct" equipment you see in modern WWII films are either from reenactor groups which made their own mock-ups (cold war era Russian tanks welded up to look like tigers, surplus modified Czech half-tracks) or computer animated, neither which were available in the 60's.

Just like if you wanted an ME109 in a scene it was most likely going to be a P51 repainted. The millionaire restorations of 2 originals outside museums were not available nor was computer animation. Though there was some post war Spanish copies of ME109's and HE111's available for the 60's movie "Battle of Britain"...that was about as good as it got then.

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The post-war American tanks as panzer's in Patton ruined it as a candidate for "best." Good movie, sure, not best. You have to at least attempt to get the details right.

Originals weren't available to movie makers then.

Most of the "correct" equipment you see in modern WWII films are either from reenactor groups which made their own mock-ups (cold war era Russian tanks welded up to look like tigers, surplus modified Czech half-tracks) or computer animated, neither which were available in the 60's.

Just like if you wanted an ME109 in a scene it was most likely going to be a P51 repainted. The millionaire restorations of 2 originals outside museums were not available nor was computer animation. Though there was some post war Spanish copies of ME109's and HE111's available for the 60's movie "Battle of Britain"...that was about as good as it got then.

Those were only available because they had only just left Spanish service. As for the RAF aircraft,the film actually managed to save many and indeed created interest in preserving and restoring more. There are now 4 times as many flying Hurricanes than existed at the time of filming,for example.

Posted: 2/26/2015 1:26:01 PM EDT

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Now THIS is a serious list!

Just add the Great Escape and Das Boot

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All Quiet on the Western Front
Battleground
A Bridge too Far
Castle Keep
PT 109 ( One of the beginning scenes is a bombing raid/father was an extra when he was in navy at the time
To Hell and Back the Audie Murphy story
Stalag 17
Catch 22
12 o'clock High
Pork chop Hill
Zulu
Battle of the Bulge
Mr. Roberts
Father Goose
Heaven Know's Mr. Allison
The Story of G.I. Joe/the ernie pyle story

Now THIS is a serious list!

Just add the Great Escape and Das Boot

And The Winter War.

Posted: 2/26/2015 1:26:59 PM EDT

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There are so many war movies that I truly love it is difficult to set one ahead as BEST. I'm almost 49.

Someone made the good point that if other movies were TEN hours long, they'd be as good as, or maybe better than, BoB.
This is true, I think.

I......can't name a "Best" war movie. I have my favorites, though. Here's some of them:

All Quiet On The Western Front,
The Lost Battalion (the one with Ricky Schroeder),
BoB,
SPR,
Kelly's Hero's,
Gettysburg and God's And Generals
Last of The Mohican's,
Anzacs,
Stalingrad,
Cross of Iron.
Inglorious Basterds,
Fury,
The Thin Red Line (SMALL parts of it, to be sure)
Apocalypse Now and Platoon (again, PARTS of them),
Siege of Firebase Gloria,
84 Charlie Mopic,
We Were Soldiers,
Hamburger Hill,
Fort Apache,
The Big Red One,
Gladiator,
Kingdom Of Heaven,
Memphis Belle,
Where Eagles Dare,
300,
Heartbreak Ridge,
Master And Commander,

And a bunch more I can't remember off the top of my head

Posted: 2/26/2015 1:29:54 PM EDT

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My favorite:

Battle of the Bulge
The Longest Day
The Great Escape
Patton

Posted: 2/26/2015 1:29:54 PM EDT

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The Lost Battalion

Posted: 2/26/2015 1:30:09 PM EDT

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Pearl Harbor

Red Tails

Miracle of St Anna

GI Jane

Posted: 2/26/2015 1:33:23 PM EDT

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last 10 minutes of Children of men was filmed very well.

Posted: 2/26/2015 1:43:38 PM EDT

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We were soldiers.

Posted: 2/26/2015 1:55:52 PM EDT

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children of men had some great fight scenes. All of the shot in one take http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/82163920/

Posted: 2/26/2015 2:02:14 PM EDT

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1 - Band of Brothers, by far....

2 - Saving Private Ryan
3 - We Were Soldiers
4 - Black Hawk Down
5 - Lone Survivor
6 - FMJ

If we include documentaries, The Hornest's Nest, Restrepo, Combat Rescue.

Posted: 2/26/2015 2:18:04 PM EDT

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I thought We Were Soldiers was cheesy as hell. Am I the only one?

Posted: 2/26/2015 6:07:13 PM EDT

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I did too, until I deployed and realized all those stereotypes exist. Wives really do chat about bullshit one day and then find out one of their husbands got his legs blown off the next day. Boot LTs really do fight for glory and country. Crusty NCOs really do give zero fucks after multiple deployments.

Posted: 2/26/2015 6:09:26 PM EDT

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There are so many war movies that I truly love it is difficult to set one ahead as BEST. I'm almost 49.

Someone made the good point that if other movies were TEN hours long, they'd be as good as, or maybe better than, BoB.
This is true, I think.

I......can't name a "Best" war movie. I have my favorites, though. Here's some of them:

All Quiet On The Western Front,
The Lost Battalion (the one with Ricky Schroeder),
BoB,
SPR,
Kelly's Hero's,
Gettysburg and God's And Generals
Last of The Mohican's,
Anzacs,
Stalingrad,
Cross of Iron.
Inglorious Basterds,
Fury,
The Thin Red Line (SMALL parts of it, to be sure)
Apocalypse Now and Platoon (again, PARTS of them),
Siege of Firebase Gloria,
84 Charlie Mopic,
We Were Soldiers,
Hamburger Hill,
Fort Apache,
The Big Red One,
Gladiator,
Kingdom Of Heaven,
Memphis Belle,
Where Eagles Dare,
300,
Heartbreak Ridge,
Master And Commander,

And a bunch more I can't remember off the top of my head

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That pretty much covers it except I'd leave Heartbreak Ridge off the list. It was just silly.

Posted: 2/26/2015 6:10:55 PM EDT

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This. Zulu comes in a very close second.

And then there's Waterloo, with Christopher Plummer & Rod Steiger. And Das Boot; can't forget about that one.

Posted: 2/26/2015 6:23:04 PM EDT

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1. Band of Brothers

Honorable mention:
-Patton
-Das Boot
-Gettysburg

Posted: 2/26/2015 6:27:21 PM EDT

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That pretty much covers it except I'd leave Heartbreak Ridge off the list. It was just silly.

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There are so many war movies that I truly love it is difficult to set one ahead as BEST. I'm almost 49.

Someone made the good point that if other movies were TEN hours long, they'd be as good as, or maybe better than, BoB.
This is true, I think.

I......can't name a "Best" war movie. I have my favorites, though. Here's some of them:

...
Heartbreak Ridge,
...

And a bunch more I can't remember off the top of my head

That pretty much covers it except I'd leave Heartbreak Ridge off the list. It was just silly.

Heartbreak Ridge is THE best dramatization of the Invasion of Grenada ever made.

EVER!

Posted: 2/26/2015 7:48:39 PM EDT

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Band of Brothers
American Sniper
Lone Survivor
Blackhawk Down
Saving Private Ryan
Das Boot
Master and Commander
Generation Kill
We were Soldiers
Fury
Battle of Britain
Platoon
Hamburger Hill
The Red Baron
Enemy at The Gates
Memphis Belle
U-571
Big Red One
A Midnight Clear
The Beast
RED DAWN!!! "wolverines"!
The Pacific

Kelly s Heroes

Posted: 2/26/2015 8:44:44 PM EDT

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Glory

Posted: 2/26/2015 8:45:34 PM EDT

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Das Boot

Posted: 2/26/2015 8:46:24 PM EDT

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All Quiet on the Western Front

Posted: 2/26/2015 8:48:11 PM EDT

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There are too many to pick just one

Posted: 2/26/2015 8:54:24 PM EDT

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The Longest Day and In Harms Way.

Posted: 2/26/2015 8:59:17 PM EDT

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Zulu (1964)

If it's a miracle Colour Sergeant, it's a short chamber boxer Henry, point 4-5 caliber miracle.

.. And a bayonet, sir, with some guts behind it.

Outstanding war film with a very young Michael Cain.

Posted: 2/26/2015 9:03:34 PM EDT

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Zulu (1964)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1csr0dxalpI

Posted: 2/26/2015 9:16:40 PM EDT

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Sahara w/ Humphrey Bogart
Hell is for Heroes
Hell's Angels
Dr. Strangelove: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Destination Tokyo
MASH
The Young Lions
Run Silent Run Deep
The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
Pride of the Marines
Johnny got his Gun
The Best Years of our Lives
The Search for the Holy Grail. . . its bloody, and they get a cow launched at them RUN AWAY!!!

Posted: 2/26/2015 9:18:42 PM EDT

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A Walk in the Sun

Posted: 2/26/2015 9:46:10 PM EDT

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couple more good ones

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Battle of Britain

Posted: 2/26/2015 9:53:25 PM EDT

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I highly recommend a cold war classic, The Bedford incident. Great cast, and plot.

Posted: 2/26/2015 10:10:01 PM EDT

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American Sniper.

Can we get a poll on this please?

Posted: 2/27/2015 5:09:32 PM EDT

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FPNI

Posted: 2/27/2015 5:10:18 PM EDT

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This. Just watched it again last night!

Posted: 2/27/2015 10:15:28 PM EDT

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Last of the Mohicans. A war for empire in North America. It was a big deal that is often relegated to a couple of paragraphs in history books.

Posted: 2/28/2015 1:56:36 AM EDT

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The Longest Day

Red Tails (I know, but they actually did a great job)

The Red Baron

By Dawns Early Light

The Blue Max

Stalingrad

Posted: 2/28/2015 2:50:28 AM EDT

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Braveheart

Posted: 2/28/2015 2:54:46 AM EDT

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Posted: 2/28/2015 3:08:41 AM EDT

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Patton

Posted: 2/28/2015 3:47:45 AM EDT

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This

Txl

Posted: 2/28/2015 4:44:26 AM EDT

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The Dirty Dozen.

Posted: 2/28/2015 5:20:10 AM EDT

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I'll agree

Posted: 2/28/2015 5:37:35 AM EDT

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Of the ones I've seen--and there's plenty I haven't--Restrepo would get my vote.

(That's assuming "of all time" does not include the future. If it does, ask me again later.)