[Film] Best War Film?

[Jam The Man]

Where Eagles Dare

 

[Shins]

Not sure it counts as a great, but We Were Soldiers is excellent and one of my favourites to watch

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Battle of Algiers.

 

[Muzzman]

Glory

 

[A1X]

Dad’s Army (controversially I also enjoyed the more recent Toby Jones film)

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

Possibly my favourite film of all time, although there isn’t that much ‘war’ in it.

 

[KZNSeagull]

Great escape close thread

Just started on Film 4. Again

 

[Frankie]

Letters from Iwo Jima

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Zulu

A Bridge Too Far.

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Possibly my favourite film of all time, although there isn’t that much ‘war’ in it.

All the best films are about bridges or somebody building a bridge.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence.

Great soundtrack too

 

[veuve]

The great escape.

 

[keaton]

Edit

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

We did this 10 years ago..I think Uncle Spielberg started the thread,

I can only apologise if I ever inadvertently start a thread on a topic covered about 7years before I started on the forum.

 

[Normal Rob]

I can only apologise if I ever inadvertently start a thread on a topic covered about 7years before I started on the forum.

You should have used the flawless search facility....

 

[carlzeiss]

For me

Come and see ( 1985 )

or Stalingrad ( 1993 )

Maybe Zulu but I must be one of the very few that have never watched this one .

 

[Invicta]

Battle of Britain, Spitfires & Hurricanes win every time.

Bridge too Far in 2nd place.

 

[Kubes]

Dunkirk (1958 version) and The Way to the Stars (1945)

 

[Boys 9d]

"The Cruel Sea" and "Das Boot" showing different aspects of the Battle of the Atlantic

 

[banjo]

Bridge On The River Kwai
Battle of Britain
Hope and Glory

 

[Meade's Ball]

Sophie Scholl (every time you watch it you think the ending will be different, a testament to the performances)

Flame and Citroën (Mads Mikkelson at the top of his game). Watched that Danish resistance film so many times.

Ahthropoid (assassination of Heydrich)

Valkyrie.

Son of Saul (takes you inside the gas chambers like no other film has)

Brothers is always a top shout @The Clamp. A Yank remake of the Danish original, and imho superior to the Danish version. Stunning performance from Toby Maguire.

A thumbs up for Son of Saul from me. Blimey that was a rendering immersion into the desperation of survival and a smattering of faith remaining in the foul chaos.

I'd add Shoah too. Almost 10 hours of testimony and remembrance accompanied repeatedly by the sounds of the trains carrying so many to slaughter.