Favorite War Films?

[Andy54Hawken]

The Way back is a pretty decent movie based on an excellent book ...The Long Walk.
The movie is worth a watch..and the book is definitely worth a read.
Andy

 

[TTSX]

The Way back is a pretty decent movie based on an excellent book ...The Long Walk.
The movie is worth a watch..and the book is definitely worth a read.
Andy

I read the book, one of my favorites, years before watching the movie. The movie and the direction they took it deviated enough from the book where I really couldn't enjoy it. Especially the ending.

I will agree that it was a pretty good stand alone movie, though at some point it clicked that we were watching very graphic deaths of children.

 

[M3GNOON]

Platoon.

 

[ma96782]

For your Sunday night (FREE movie view)..........


The Naked and the Dead

View: https://youtu.be/Ig3FtA06O9A?si=4yvLdjXKTThd9j25



Aloha, Mark

 

[vwjerad]

Love watching black hawk down was the only movie I think my grandpa has ever gone and seen in the movie theater with me

 

[Cavedweller]

This one is a classic (Pork Chop Hill):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEQ2UHNMp-0





This story is similar to The Way Back and very well done, but it's in German so you have to be up for subtitles (AS Far As My Feet Will Carry Me):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wboIAUGruLc

 

[jeaster007]

Red Dawn

 

[skywag]

30 seconds over Tokyo. Available to stream FREE on Tubi.

 

[ma96782]

I've been waiting for this one.
A FREE view of Grayhound.

https://youtu.be/AGWN_l-SluU?si=t9-KLemgkcD3ZA1l


Aloha, Mark

 

[Rkangel]

Star Wars ;-)

 

[Camelfilter]

I've been waiting for this one.
A FREE view of Grayhound.

Pretty well done movie. Can recommend.

 

[Jasonanddeonna]

Not a "War Movie" per se, but does take place In the Iraq war and based on a true story. Taking Chance, starring Kevin Bacon as Lt. Colonel Michael Strobl is about his experience when he volunteers as the Honor Guard for PFC Chance Phelps. Done in such a way that we get to experience the care and honor of this experience through him and the impact of those around him. Very well done and maybe a few tears. May the Almighty ALWAYS protect and bless our soldiers.

 

[RVTECH]

Another good war movie is Lone Survivor.

It is based on the 2005 Navy SEAL mission 'Operation Red Wings in Afghanistan where four SEALS got separated and caught behind enemy lines.

 

[Camelfilter]

Not a "War Movie" per se, but does take place In the Iraq war and based on a true story. Taking Chance, starring Kevin Bacon as Lt. Colonel Michael Strobl is about his experience when he volunteers as the Honor Guard for PFC Chance Phelps. Done in such a way that we get to experience the care and honor of this experience through him and the impact of those around him. Very well done and maybe a few tears. May the Almighty ALWAYS protect and bless our soldiers.

Recommend as well. Particularly to watch around Memorial Day.

Also the 2012 movie "Memorial Day". The room will be dusty, albeit for differing reasons than "Taking Chance".

 

[ma96782]

Remember that movie?

Lord of WAR

How True was Lord of War? Surplus from the Warsaw Pact (w/ Val Forgett)

VIKTOR BOUT - LORD of WAR. When the real story is way better than the movie

What was that movie again?

Aloha, Mark

 

[ma96782]

What about that other film about Arms Trafficking?

War Dogs - The True Story

'War Dogs' Arms Dealer Reveals How Arms Trafficking Actually Works

What was that film again?

War Dogs

Aloha, Mark

PS......the first time I had heard of "The Merchant of Death," it was in relation to this guy.

The Rise and Fall of Sam Cummings and Interarms

 

[JBumble]

There are quite a few I like, the most recent I watched while donating platelets at the Red Cross was '1917'.

My favorite line comes from 'In Harm's Way' when Kirk Douglas tells John Wayne, that it's going to be a 'Gut bustin' Mother lovin' Navy war". I also enjoyed 'The Enemy Below' with Robert Mitchum and Curt Jurgens.

I spent 1973 through 1979 in Uncle Sam's Canoe Club, so I'm a bit biased.