"Kingo Gondo" wrote in message
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> "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
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>> 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.
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> 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.
Midway?
...or if you want 'sci-fi', how about: The Final Countdown?
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