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Good war films?

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RazzleDazzleEm · 18/05/2024 15:00

Great escape
Dam busters
Where eagles dare
The colditz story
The hero's of telemark

Are there any other exciting good films.

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Queenofwistfulthinking · 18/05/2024 15:07

Guns of Navarone?

ouch321 · 18/05/2024 15:08

Dunkirk
1917
Those 2 are quite recent

Pearbear · 18/05/2024 15:09

Dunkirk

BobbyBiscuits · 18/05/2024 15:19

Stripes- comedy
Tropic Thunder- comedy
Good morning Vietnam
JoJo rabbit- comedy
Full metal Jacket
Apocalypse Now
Inglorious Bastards

RabbitsRock · 18/05/2024 15:22

A Bridge Too Far
Saving Private Ryan
Bridge On The River Kwai
Schindlers List
Ice Cold In Alex

25mini7 · 18/05/2024 15:22

The Bridge on the River Kwai

RazzleDazzleEm · 18/05/2024 15:23

Good morning Vietnam is a good call and ice cold in Alex

(these are to watch with dd)

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25mini7 · 18/05/2024 15:23

War Horse

GiantSportsDirectMug · 18/05/2024 15:23

All Quiet on the Western Front

elQuintoConyo · 18/05/2024 15:25

A Matter of Life and Death
The Cruel Sea
The Grey Zone
Apocalypse Now
Yanks (Richard Gere! A bit cheesey)
Das Boot
Memphis Belle

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 18/05/2024 15:26

Went The Day Well?
49th Parallel
In Which We Serve
Foreign Correspondent (Hitchcock - long time since I saw it, admittedly, but I remember enjoying it)
The Way to the Stars

25mini7 · 18/05/2024 15:27

Or the mini series Band of Brothers

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 18/05/2024 15:27

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp - on one of the terrestrial channels tomorrow, I believe

RabbitsRock · 18/05/2024 15:29

Battle of Britain
Battle of the river Plate
Sink The Bismarck
Das Boot
Hunt For Red October
U571
Zulu
On Which We Serve
Tora Tora Tora
Reach For The Sky
Our Finest Hour(?)

RabbitsRock · 18/05/2024 15:32

I watched a really interesting film last night - not a war film as such but it was about Alan Turing who invented a machine to crack the Enigma code in the 2nd world war.
Oppenheimer is supposed to be excellent
Tobruck

RabbitsRock · 18/05/2024 15:33

Pearl Harbour

CheshireCat1 · 18/05/2024 15:33

The 12th Man.

everythinglooksbetterpaintedblack · 18/05/2024 15:34

Casualties of war
Platoon

RabbitsRock · 18/05/2024 15:34

The Dirty Dozen

SkiingIsHeaven · 18/05/2024 15:36

Private Benjamin.

WalkingThroughTreacle · 18/05/2024 15:36

Some of my personal favourites:

Hacksaw Ridge
Fury
Platoon
Lawrence of Arabia
Ice Cold in Alex
Schindler's List
Band of Brothers
Bridge over the River Kwai
Hurt Locker
Full Metal Jacket
The longest Day
Battle of Britain

RazzleDazzleEm · 18/05/2024 15:39

@SkiingIsHeaven private Benjamin is one of my favourite films, ever 😍I had not thought of it as a war film

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PossumintheHouse · 18/05/2024 15:41

Enigma
Atonement

SerendipityJane · 18/05/2024 15:41

Always had a soft spot for "Von Ryans Express" - Frank Sinatra playing it straight.

also "Too Late the Hero" - another dependable Michael Caine performance.

Grendacious · 18/05/2024 15:44

Not the hard action side of war, but I loved Another Mother's Son.