The Hurt Locker joings the list of best war movies

[sportsman]

One of the many internet Web sites lists the best war movies ever. That site even broke the list down to the wars. My favorite is in bold face.

American Revolutionary War
1. The Patriot
2. The Crossing
3. The American Revolution 


American Civil War
 1. Glory
2. Dances With Wolves
3. Gettysburg
4. Cold Mountain
5. Gone With the Wind
6. Andersonville
7. The Hunley
8. Ironclads
9. Birth of a Nation
10. Ken Burns' Civil War
l1. Friendly Persuasion

World War I
1. Sergeant York
2. A Very Long Engagement
3. Gallipoli
4. Lawrence of Arabia
5. The Lost Battalion
6. African Queen
7. Wings
8. All Quiet on the Western Front
9.A Farewell to Arms
10. The Dawn Patrol
11. Flyboys
12. Joyeux Noël

World War II
The European Front
1. The War: A Ken Burns Film
2. Band of Brothers
3. Schindler's List
4. Saving Private Ryan
5. The Longest Day
6. Patton
7. Das Boot
8. Casablanca
9. The Great Escape
10. The Guns of Navarone
11. Days of Glory (Indigenes)
12. Inglourious Basterds

The Pacific Theater
1. The War: A Ken Burns Film
2. Letters From Iwo Jima
3. Tora! Tora! Tora!
4. Empire of the Sun
5. From Here to Eternity
6. The Thin Red Line
7. The Bridge On the River Kwai
8. 30 Seconds Over Tokyo
9. Midway
10. Flags of Our Fathers

Korea
1. M*A*S*H
2. Macarthur
3. Manchurian Candidate
4. Pork Chop Hill
5. The Bridges at Toko-Ri

Viet Nam
1. Platoon
2. Full Metal Jacket
3. The Deer Hunter
4. Apocalypse Now
5. The Quiet American
6. Born on the Fourth of July
7. Good Morning Vietnam
8. We Were Soldiers
9. Gardens of Stone
10. Birdy

[Oddball]

Kinda suprised to not see Gods And Generals on the Civil War list.  I enjoyed that one.

[Ancient Mariner]

I'm a bit surprised that The Cruel Sea, Sink The Bismark, Battle Of Britain and Dambusters didn't make the list.

(weird factoid:the actor playing the captain of Hood in Sink The Bismark was a retired naval officer and had been the gunnery officer aboard Prince of Wales during the actual Batle of the Denmark Strait)

[Carolina]

Would Kelly's Heroes count as a war movie?  It is one of my favorites!

[afriend]

"Best war films" like many things is a subjective matter.  Ones I thought missing with little thought are...

Stalag 17, 12 O'clock High, Where Eagles Dare, The Dirty Dozen, Von Ryan's Express

[FredT]

Funny... As I was reading the list three names came to mind..  Stalag 17,  12 O'clock High, and Run Silent, Run Deep. 

As far as Carolina is concerned...  Kellys Hero's is one of my favorite "anti" war films...  and it was one of the first films I ever saw where the "thieves" did get away with the money.   ( I cheered for hours!)

[Oddball]

Would Kelly's Heroes count as a war movie?  It is one of my favorites!

Where do you think I got my forum name from?!?  Sometimes I think I need to quote more Oddball-ism's (With all those positive waves, we can't lose!).

7. Das Boot

Someday, I think I'm going to to make a porn movie.  Das Booty!  I think someone may have already used the title though... but mine will be more 'historical'.  I'll have to use that Bruce Dickinson song somewhere though

Dive Dive Dive
by Bruce Dickinson

'Frankly Seaman Staines, I don't give a damn'

Put an opening shot across your bows
Got tunnel vision, hmm, pull the sheets in now
Let 'em flap, oh let 'em rip
This man o' war gonna sink your ship
Gonna blow you midships
Gonna dive tonight
There's no release 'till you're deep down inside

Davy Jones gonna keep your bones
No monkee business now you're on your own
Turn your stern and cover me
We're rolling swell just an old seadog like me
Gonna blow you midships
Gonna dive tonight
There's no release when you're deep down inside

Dive! Dive! Dive!
Dive! Dive! Dive!
Dive! Dive! Dive!
No muff too tuff
We dive at five

Seaman Staines is down below
Torpedoes loaded he's ready to go
Wait to discharge waiting to release
As she rounded the horn we came up from below
Gonna blow you midships
Gonna dive tonight
There's no release when you're deep down inside

Dive! Dive! Dive!
Dive! Dive! Dive!
Dive! Dive! Dive!
No muff too tuff
We dive at five

Come on, come on
Dive! Dive! Dive!
Yeah, Dive! Dive! Dive!
Come on, Dive! Dive! Dive!
No muff too tuff
We dive at five

Dive! Dive! Dive!
Sinking slow
Dive! Dive! Dive!
Sinking deep
Dive! Dive! Dive!
No muff too tuff
We dive at five

'Seaman Staines, consider yourself discharged'

[Armond]

Great minds think alike!  Your bolded faves are my faves too!!

[sportsman]

The Pacific, on HBO, is joining the list very quickly...great TV, splendid acting...(It's on Sunday nights at 9 p.m....I think there are seven more episodes...
 

[georoc01]

Actually for most of the country its on the same time as chat on Sundays. While its not at the level of band of brothers, it has been very good. I had an uncle who served in the Pacific, but he never mentioned going to Australia. Of course, my aunt was always around too which may have had something to dowith it

[sportsman]

I watch it on the first replay Sunday night...not at 9 PDT...

I had two uncles; neither served in the Pacific...one was a B-17 navigator, the other was wounded at Anzio...

[Ubbm]

I would include "Sahara" with Humphrey Bogart in the best of WW2.

[Mikey]

I'd add:

Colonial - "Zulu"

Civil War - "The Good the Bad and the Ugly", and "The Outlaw Josey Wales"

WWII - "12 O'clock High", "Von Ryan's Express", "The Guns of Navarone", 'Das Boot", and "Catch 22"

Vietnam - "Casualties of War"

Cold War - "The Hunt for Red October", and "K7 the Widowmaker" (Directed by Kathryn Bigelow)

Granada - "Heartbreak Ridge"

[Interested bystander]

I like the Chaka Zulu miniseries better then the old Zulu movie, more nudity.

[elliott]

I'm watching The Pacific (a Spielberg/Hanks Production).  Its like watching a video game so far.
Same old shtick as Private Ryan.  

Regarding Hurt Locker, I had a dad who was in WWII, bomb disposal.  He was in Oakland when
one of the ships blew up and then they couldn't get blacks to load ships after that. He left the war
as a Captain at 26.  He's was like a lot of ex-solders I've known, they don't really talk about the war
(Flags of Our Fathers was a good example of that).

All stories of brave young men who care more about their buddies, girl friends, family and country
then themselves are good.  I wished more would write them.