What is your all-time favorite military movie?

[seanm0520]

Patton is also fantasic.

 

[oldmanTED]

An Oldie But A Goodie

The Pride And The Passion

 

[2PLAYSMAX]

Coincidentally Saving Private Ryan is coming on TNT Saturday @7pm, but basic cable will take so much from what makes it great.

 

[VIEJODINOSAUR]

Top Gun
Patton
A Few Good Men
Battle of the Bulge
Great Escape

There are really no bad ones...

 

[REDEYE]

Apocalypse Now.

 

[SoCal]

Platoon, Saving Private Ryan, and the not yet mentioned Hamburger Hill.

If I happen to stumble into any of those three by accident, I'm stuck for the duration and will watch to the end.

One final entry which is maybe just me.. but "Midway" is an all-time favorite that I can't turn off. The fact that it's based on truth and Japan had our asses pretty much kicked by sheer numbers makes this one a winner. If it was fiction, maybe not such a believable story, but knowing it's based on truth and the USA turned the tide of the entire war at Midway makes it one I can never turn off.

 

[NickPappagiorgio]

Alot of good ones already mentioned.

Taking Chance was my favorite.

 

[festeringZit]

I also like Clint Eastwood's couplet:

Flags of our Fathers
Letters from Iwo Jima

 

[2PLAYSMAX]

 

[JoeFalls]

The Dirty Dozen.

 

[JohnnyMac]

Also check out:

The Guns of Navarone
Stalag 13
Where Eagles Dare
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Gettysburg (1993)

 

[Mr_Mark]

Never realized it but there has been some good Military movies made. Will probably put Saving Private Ryan at the top of my list. That opening seen was amazing

 

[johnboland]

Heartbreak Ridge with Eastwood as Gunny Highway will hold my attention everytime. I think Full Metal Jacket and Apocalypse Now get credtr for their one liners they provide us to chucle by than the actual theme's and lessons of the material. The origional MASH movie was much the same. The comic relief overshadowed the sadness and suffering.

 

[seanm0520]

If Saving Private Ryan didn't have the beach storming opening, will it still be #1 for some people?

 

[Bourn]

Full Metal Jacket - Fuckin Classic. A must see if you haven't seen it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093058

 

[silver7]

War: Private Ryan. Military: Coming Home

 

[KingofNicotine]

If Saving Private Ryan didn't have the beach storming opening, will it still be #1 for some people?

Probably not. That scene is one of the best in any movie.

 

[GoBlue34]

When I first read this I thought it just said favorite movie of all time and I was thinking wtf is up with all the war movies.

Full Metal Jacket or a Few Good Men for me.

Most overrated? The Hurt Locker. Not a terrible movie by any means, but not even close to as good as everyone made it out to be

 

[10yearlurker]

The Big Red One, Saving Private Ryan, Kelly's Heros, The Great Escape, Dirty Dozen & Tora Tora Tora are all great ones.

 

[Akillies]

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