"TT" wrote in message
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> Here are my 35 war films better than Hurt Locker:
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> Cross of Iron (1977) 10
> Das Boot (1981) 10
> Kelly's Heroes (1970) 10
> Glory (1989) 9
> Southern Comfort (1981) 9
> The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 9
> Tuntematon sotilas (1955) 9
> 300 (2006) 8
> Casualties of War (1989) 8
> Enemy at the Gates (2001) 8
> Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8
> Heartbreak Ridge (1986) 8
> Paths of Glory (1957) 8
> Rukajärven tie (1999) 8
> Stripes (1981) 8
> The Deer Hunter (1978) 8
> The Dirty Dozen (1967) 8
> The Eagle Has Landed (1976) 8
> The Guns of Navarone (1961) 8
> The Killing Fields (1984) 8
> The Train (1964) 8
> Where Eagles Dare (1968) 8
> Apocalypse Now (1979) 7
> Behind Enemy Lines (2001) 7
> Black Hawk Down (2001) 7
> From Here to Eternity (1953) 7
> Gunga Din (1939) 7
> Hanover Street (1979) 7
> In Enemy Hands (2004) 7
> Patton (1970) 7
> Pearl Harbor (2001) 7
> Platoon (1986) 7
> Saving Private Ryan (1998) 7
> The Big Red One (1980) 7
> The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989) 7
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>
> Pay no attention to numbers :-P
>
> The list doesn't include such great movies as Schindler's list, The
> Downfall, Crimson Tide etc that don't have actual fighting sequences. Not
> sure if River Kwai has any...But yes, Stripes does have some although it's
> rather borderline to be considered a "war movie"...
> Also movies that I haven't seen in past decade or so are not included,
> naturally.
Downfall has fighting sequences, especially near the end. As does River
Kwai, in a more limited way, although I don't see why that is even
necessary. Grand Illusion and several other great POW films have limited
"fighting", but they need to be on any such list, unless you want to call it
a "full-scale combat action" film list. But even Mrs. Miniver has some of
that. And what do you do with The Life And Death of Colonel Blimp? Rome,
Open City?
Glad to see that I am not the only who likes "Firebase Gloria" (despite some
cheesy acting and one dreadful scene). And you will have gladdened calvin's
heart also.
So these would be your top 35 war films?
No They Were Expendable? Lawrence of Arabia? Objective, Burma!? The Dawn
Patrol (either version)? All Quiet On The Western Front? Come and See?
Ivan's Childhood? Battleground? Shenandoah? Westfront 1918? Letters From Iwo
Jima? The Lost Patrol? Gallipoli? The Enemy Below? Twelve O'Clock High?
Stalingrad? Pork Chop Hill? Hell In The Pacific? Play Dirty? Fires On The
Plain? The Longest Day? The Thin Red Line? The Human Condition? Breaker
Morant? Soldier of Orange? Hell Is For Heroes?
And so on.
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