Best American Military Film?

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Post by mikef6 on Nov 12, 2018 5:45:34 GMT

No single "BEST"

Many great films covering many wars

Revolutionary War

Drums Along The Mohawk / John Ford

Civil War

The General / Buster Keaton (1926)
Gone With The Wind / Victor Fleming (1939)
Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cativo (The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly) / Sergio Leone (1966)
The Beguiled / Don Siegal (1971)
Glory / Edward Zwick (1989)
Lincoln / Steven Spielberg (2012)

World War I

The Big Parade / King Vidor (1925)
Wings / William A. Wellman (1927)
All Quiet On The Western Front / Lewis Milestone (1930)
The Dawn Patrol / Edmund Goulding (1938)
Sergeant York / Howard Hawks (1941)
Journey’s End / Saul Dibb (2017)

World War II

In Which We Serve / Noel Coward and David Lean (1942)
One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing / Michael Powell and Emric Pressburger (1942)
Air Force / Howard Hawks (1943)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo / Mervyn LeRoy (1944)
They Were Expendable / John Ford (1945)
A Walk In the Sun / Lewis Milestone (1945)
The Sands Of Iwo Jima / Allan Dwan (1949)
Twelve O’Clock High / Henry King (1949)
Attack / Robert Aldrich (1956)
The Longest Day / Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki (1962)
The Americanization Of Emily / Arthur Penn (1964)

Korean War

The Steel Helmet / Samuel Fuller (1951)
Pork Chop Hill / Lewis Milestone (1959)

Vietnam

Full Metal Jacket / Stanley Kubrick (1987)

Iraq War

The Hurt Locker / Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
The Messenger / Oren Moverman (2009)

Other

The War Game / Peter Watkins (1965)
L’Armée Des Ombres (Army Of Shadows) / Jean-Pierre Melville (1969)
Ran / Akira Kurosawa (1985)

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darkreviewer2013 Senior Member @darkreviewer2013 Posts: 5,277 Likes: 2,541	Best American Military Film? Nov 13, 2018 1:19:15 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by darkreviewer2013 on Nov 13, 2018 1:19:15 GMT Platoon (1986). It's also my favourite Vietnam War flick.

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Best American Military Film? Nov 13, 2018 18:56:56 GMT

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Post by lenlenlen1 on Nov 13, 2018 18:56:56 GMT

Nov 11, 2018 21:24:39 GMT @thegodfather said:

My Vote: Saving Private Ryan

Best? I don't know. But here are some good ones!

Full Metal Jacket

Platoon

Saving Private Ryan

Paths of Glory

Apocalypse Now

Glory

Dances with Wolves

Dr. Strangelove

Wow. Kubrick makes 3. Nice.

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Vits Senior Member @vits Posts: 9,522 Likes: 1,268	Best American Military Film? Nov 13, 2018 20:52:33 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Vits on Nov 13, 2018 20:52:33 GMT PLATOON.

sostie Elite Member @sostie Posts: 10,012 Likes: 4,310	Best American Military Film? Nov 14, 2018 1:16:17 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sostie on Nov 14, 2018 1:16:17 GMT The Right Stuff

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Best American Military Film? Nov 15, 2018 9:21:39 GMT

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Post by mslo79 on Nov 15, 2018 9:21:39 GMT

In terms of mainstream popularity, I would say the #1 war-themed movie with guns is likely...

Saving Private Ryan (1998) ; even if someone disagrees with me, this movie surely has to be a serious contender for the #1 spot in terms of wide appeal when it comes to war-themed movies with guns.

p.s. for the record... I used to like that movie a lot but I only mildly like it now (my 6/10 score started on a re-watch on Jan 2nd 2016 as my prior viewing on Aug 30th 2012 it's 10/10 status remained). but there is really not doubt to it's mass appeal. personally... I would go with Apocalypse Now (1979)(8/10) but that movie is more about psychological stuff on character minds etc and general atmosphere where as Saving Private Ryan I think has more of a general emotional response for most people which is why I expect it to have more overall appeal with people in general even though Apocalypse Now does more for me personally at this point in time as Apocalypse Now is within my Top 52 movies straight up.

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Best American Military Film?

Post by mikef6 on Nov 12, 2018 5:45:34 GMT

Post by darkreviewer2013 on Nov 13, 2018 1:19:15 GMT

Post by lenlenlen1 on Nov 13, 2018 18:56:56 GMT

Post by Vits on Nov 13, 2018 20:52:33 GMT

Post by sostie on Nov 14, 2018 1:16:17 GMT

Post by mslo79 on Nov 15, 2018 9:21:39 GMT