Posted on 08/05/2022 6:51:05 PM PDT by Az Joe
The Pianist
Tora Tora Tora should be in the top 5. Maybe top 3
Yes
That was good
Also Sophie’s Choice
Band of brothers
— We Were Soldiers (#1 by far)
— Zulu
— Boys from Company C
— Full Metal Jacket
— To Hell and Back
— Patton
— Saving Private Ryan
— The Deer Hunter
— Heartbreak Ridge
— Twelve O’Clock High
— Stalingrad [German film]
Sorry, that movie slandered the Poles.
1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. Yes
When you read the reader responses, you realize that the criteria are entirely up to the reader. That’s what makes it such an eclectic list. Each respondent puts up a film according to his own “best” criteria. Some people say what makes a film their favorite, many don’t. But it all works out.
Gallipoli
Gone With The Wind
Empire of the Sun
So much better than that s___ty Michael Bay film.
darned
How did we leave out Gone With the Wind?
I just rewatched “Strategic Air Command” a couple weeks ago. It is excellent. It describes the sea change in the USA going from building forces to fight a war, then disbanding those forces to the Cold War where our defense forces are never demobilized. That was a big change to the American populace and to those in the military. It also did a great job showing the great personal sacrifices by the people in SAC in the early Cold War years.
Based on a quick scan, your number one is ignored by all other posters.
Most New Yorkers don’t know this, but York Avenue (on the upper eastside) is named after Alvin.
Also The Beguiled since you are a Clint fan.
True. The war scenes, though. I read the book first and enjoyed it.
I forgot.Schindlers List
The movie about the Russian vs German sniper was good
The Train
Monument Men
“C’mon, it’s Czechoslovakia. We zip in, we pick ‘em up, we zip right out again. We’re not going to Moscow. It’s Czechoslovakia. It’s like we’re going into Wisconsin.”
"Well I got the ___ kicked out me in Wisconsin, so forget it."
About the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment a black outfit.
Yes, in my opinion, the most realistic Civil War movie ever made.
I rewatched “Guns of the Navarone” a couple weeks ago and I didn’t think it held up that well. It was enjoyable, but really stretched disbelief too many times.
Enemy At the Gates
The Best Years of Our Lives
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