| TV/MOVIES/MUSIC Best war movie?

[SnakeDoc]

Interesting question. I'll have to think on it a bit. The first move that comes to mind is Battle Cry.

 

[SnakeDoc]

TURN is an incredible series. It had some weird moments (like the first battle scene we see), but the storyline behind Abraham was great.

John Adams isn't a war series, but it's probably one of the best mini-series I've ever watched. It's up there with Chernobyl.

Chernobyl was one of the best mini series ever made.

 

[TerryP]

I know I've shared this, but he deserves remembering. Band of Brothers Pacific was based in part on With the Old Breed by Eugene Sledge, of Mobile. He was the scrawny mortar guy in the show. By most accounts, his is the best enlisted account of WWII, because you'd get court-martialed if you kept notes. He wrote in his Bible. His book, his true account, is much better than watching it, although the bunker TV scene is pretty good.

Helmet for my Pillow by Lackey was a good read as well.

Band of Brothers, by Ambrose, beats both in my opinion.

 

[rick4bama]

Here another one I think is a good one. The Boys in Company C.

 

[PurlJam]

In no particular order, as all that have been posted so far are pretty damn good.

Patton (With George C. Scott, First one I remember as a kid).
We Were Soldiers.
Apocalypse Now (Robert Duvall's character was great IMO).
Fury.
All's Quite on The Western Front.
Gallipoli.
The Alamo.
Full Metal Jacket
Platoon.
Where Eagles Dare
The Dirty Dozen
Guns of Navarone
Tora Tora Tora
Tobruk
Dunkirk.

Folks, I could go on and on, I don't think I can name a best. Of Course, Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers are top notch.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

The one thing that can kill a good war movie, besides historical inaccuracies and such, is a damn love story. Example: Pearl Harbor could have been a great movie if done right. And while it wasn’t a movie, it was a tv series, Turn: Washington Spies was a rare exception to the rule.

 

[SnakeDoc]

All's Quite on The Western Front.

Old or new one?

 

[PurlJam]

Old or new one?

Old

 

[Rsedge72]

Midway or Fury

1917: was great as well
Dunkirk: was solid too.
I’m slowly but surely remembering all these Great War movies!!!!
Also on a little different type of war movie!
Overlord: is a scary type of movie, but still a war movie and a lot of fun to watch!!!

 

[Nothing_But_A_Winner00]

As a WWI fan, I'll add Beneath Hill 60.

 

[footballer]

To Hell And Back, W/ Audie Murphy

 

[RollllTide!]

The charge of the light Brigade.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Helmet for my Pillow by Lackey was a good read as well.

Band of Brothers, by Ambrose, beats both in my opinion.

Ambrose is a better writer, and what an incredible effort to put the entire story together, but I give Sledge the vote for the firsthand account.

 

[SnakeDoc]

Old

The wife and I did not like the new one.

 

[PurlJam]

The wife and I did not like the new one.

Yeah, I'm sticking with John Boy.

 

[rick4bama]

Mister Roberts it a good Navy one.

 

[footballer]

WW11 Documentary ( Audie Murphy )

 

[musso]

The Thin Red Line

Documentaries

The Fog of War

Why We Fight (2005)

The War Party

Investigative Reporting

The Lobby (4 part series)

Dancing ...

 

[SnakeDoc]

Big Red One

 

[24and7]

Unbroken
Hacksaw Ridge
Saving Private Ryan
Full Metal Jacket
Platoon
Hamburger Hill
We were soldiers

Series
Tour of Duty
The Unit