Kingo Gondo wrote:
> "TT" wrote in message
> news:pv9ln.12923$pL1.23@uutiset.elisa.fi...
>> Here are my 35 war films better than Hurt Locker:
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> 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.
>
>
Many movies there that I don't recall seeing.
I just sorted my votes for "war movies" at imdb and took some movies off
the list since I though they were just too much different from Hurt
Locker. I thought that there was no point comparing most prison camp
movies, westerns etc to hurt locker...but yeah, probably should not have
included Kwai, Stripes etc in the list then. It's not all that simple to
draw lines between genres. |