I rated the Deer Hunter and Stalingrad as well as Cross of Iron but my personal favourite by a country mile was Das Boot. Any film that can make me feel pissed off with the British by the end has to be a good film imo.
Top Rated "War" Titles
Rank Rating Title Votes
1. 8.8 Schindler's List (1993) 206,583
2. 8.8 Shichinin no samurai (1954) 74,832
3. 8.7 The Big Parade (1925) 1,405
4. 8.6 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 62,545
5. 8.6 Mihai Viteazul (1970) 1,549
6. 8.6 Paths of Glory (1957) 32,690
7. 8.5 Apocalypse Now (1979) 134,498
8. 8.4 The Pianist (2002) 91,652
9. 8.4 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 45,301
10. 8.4 Saving Private Ryan (1998) 207,440
11. 8.4 Boot, Das (1981) 55,415
12. 8.4 Untergang, Der (2004) 55,476
13. 8.4 The Great Dictator (1940) 26,038
14. 8.3 The Great Escape (1963) 46,092
15. 8.3 Vita è bella, La (1997) 79,669
16. 8.3 Hotel Rwanda (2004) 64,683
17. 8.3 Guizi lai le (2000) 1,410
18. 8.3 Full Metal Jacket (1987) 111,646
19. 8.3 Braveheart (1995) 187,240
20. 8.3 Battaglia di Algeri, La (1966) 9,195
21. 8.3 Ran (1985) 26,068
22. 8.3 The General (1927) 14,377
23. 8.3 Armée des ombres, L' (1969) 3,160
24. 8.2 Obchod na korze (1965) 2,487
25. 8.2 Gladiator (2000) 208,223
26. 8.2 Roma, città aperta (1945) 4,384
27. 8.2 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) 3,094
28. 8.2 The Deer Hunter (1978) 65,518
29. 8.2 Platoon (1986) 82,042
30. 8.2 Talvisota (1989) 2,783
31. 8.1 Napoléon (1927) 2,395
32. 8.1 Ivanovo detstvo (1962) 3,663
33. 8.1 Kanal (1957) 1,298
34. 8.1 Ballada o soldate (1959) 2,173
35. 8.1 Stalag 17 (1953) 15,443
36. 8.1 Idi i smotri (1985) 6,602
37. 8.1 'Breaker' Morant (1980) 4,870
38. 8.1 The African Queen (1951) 26,487
39. 8.1 Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) 36,148
40. 8.1 Gone with the Wind (1939) 59,102
41. 8.1 Kumonosu jô (1957) 9,453
42. 8.1 Hotaru no haka (1988) 23,129
43. 8.1 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 15,649
44. 8.1 Grande illusion, La (1937) 9,485
45. 8.1 To Have and Have Not (1944) 9,662
46. 8.1 Brücke, Die (1959) 1,692
47. 8.1 The Caine Mutiny (1954) 8,396
48. 8.1 Voces inocentes (2004) 2,191
49. 8.1 Patton (1970) 30,025
50. 8.0 Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo (2004) 11,750
I saw Midway in Oshawa (sorry THPP-it's a Canadian bit) in 'Sensoround'...half of the ceiling fell on us during some of the scenes with the heavy guns going off....
As good as The Killing Fields is what can ever beat 'Dad's Army-The Movies'?
hmmm, will have to be Saving Private Ryan for me. Yes it portrays the US version of events, it certainly shows the true horrors and reality of WW2 and war in general.
A film these bloody yobs that roam the streets mugging old women want to be made to watch.