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Great war movies.

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Ah Hell, I'll bite

Full Metal Jacket (my personal fave)
Apocalypse Now (as close as you can get for a #2)
Glory
Paths Of Glory
Blackhawk Down

Hamburger Hill - while nowehere near the list above, still very watchable

There really aren't too many war movies I won't at least partially enjoy, I was raised on them.

DAMN IT!!! three people got in on me by a minute and took all my movies.......You Bastards!
 
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I am guessing that we are talking modern war movies, because if not, Braveheart and Spartacus would have to be up there. But if we are only talking about modern warfare movies, some of my favorites are:

Glory
Full Metal Jacket
The Deer Hunter
Schindler's List
Bat 21
Das Boot
Enemy at the Gates
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Black Hawk Down
 
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Saving Ryan's Privates
Patton
Glory
Blackhawk Down
Great Escape
Bridge over the River Kwai
Enemy at the Gates (snipers are WAY sweeter than ninjas)

Do my last two count as war movies? I mean that's the setting, but they're quite different from my first 4 ...
 
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BuckeyeFROMscUM said:
Saving Ryan's Privates
Patton
Glory
Blackhawk Down
Great Escape
Bridge over the River Kwai

Do my last two count as war movies? I mean that's the setting, but they're quite different from my first 4 ...
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I started watching "Bridge of River Kwai" this weekend. I did not get to finish it this time. It is a great movie.

I also left out "Sands of Iwa Jima." It was a good war movie.
 
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I read Enemy at the Gates after seeing the movie and it is a completely different thing. I guess they both take place at Stalingrad. Other than that, nothing the same. The book is much better, but the opening scene in the movie where they pile out of the cattle cars and are rushed right into the middle of the fighting surpasses the opening of Saving Pt. Ryan, in my estimation.

Favorite line: Hamburger Hill - "Now brush your teeth in a rapid, vertical motion, TROOP!" I use this one with my two daughters all the time.

Runner-up: Full Metal Jacket - "You climb like old people fuck!" I used this one during sprints at last week's rugby practice.
 
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