The Greatest War Films (14 titles)
War....huh.............what is it good for?................Movies thats what!
67.4% from 15 members
Band Of Brothers
Although not a film release but a TV one, this has got to be the best war feature out there! Very moving and gets better with repeated viewings!
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Band Of Brothers
(6 discs)
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Damian Lewis, Donnie Wahlberg, Matthew Settle
Director: Phil Alden Robinson, Richard Loncraine, Mikael
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This 10-part HBO television miniseries focuses on Easy Company, a group of American soldiers in World War II, tracking their experiences from the beginning of boot camp to the end of the war. Anchored by actors Damian Lewis and Ron Livingston, the series gives detailed attention to their ..read more »
83%
from 21,282 members
Saving Private Ryan
Wow that opening with the D Day landings is shocking, another moving film
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Saving Private Ryan
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Director Steven Spielberg's World War II tour de force chronicles the journey of a GI squad on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. Led by Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks), the unit is under orders to track down a soldier, Private Ryan (Matt Damon), so he might return home to his mother in ..read more »
76%
from 56,287 members
Schindler's List
Very graphic and upsetting in places, a film that will be left etched into your brain.
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Schindler's List
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Based on a true story, SCHINDLER'S LIST is Steven Spielberg's epic drama of World War II Holocaust survivors and the man who unexpectedly came to be their saviour. Unrepentant womaniser and war profiteer Oskar Schindler uses Polish Jews as cheap labour to produce cookware for the Third Reich. But ..read more »
81%
from 69,688 members
U-571
So eerie being under the sea!
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U-571
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel
Director: Jonathon Mostow
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Faithful to the conventions of the World War II genre, Mostow's (BREAKDOWN) submarine thriller pays earnest homage to the pluck and determination of ordinary people forced to overcome extraordinary odds. The mostly young and inexperienced crew of the S-33 is deployed on a top secret, high-priority ..read more »
59%
from 3,418 members
Full Metal Jacket
Great war movie classic from Kubrick, full of great lines.
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Full Metal Jacket
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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In this riveting look at military life during the Vietnam conflict, Stanley Kubrick, who made the powerful antiwar classics PATHS OF GLORY (WWI) and DR. STRANGELOVE (the cold war), once again explores the behavior of men in battle. FULL METAL JACKET, adapted from Gustav Hasford's novel THE SHORT ..read more »
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from 30,764 members
Empire Of The Sun
Beautifully shot and a very intelligent film, one of Spielbergs best.
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Empire Of The Sun
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Steven Spielberg's 'Empire Of The Sun', based on the autobiographical novel by J.G. Ballard, stars Christian Bale as Jim Graham, a British schoolboy separated from his upper-class colonial parents when the Japanese sweep into Shanghai during World War II. Temporarily orphaned, Jim attaches himself ..read more »
76%
from 6,539 members
When The Wind Blows
The most saddening, thought provoking film I've seen, this will bring a tear to you eye.
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When The Wind Blows
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: peggy ashcroft (voice), Peggy Ashcroft, john mills (voice)
Director: Jimmy T. Murakami
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A darkly satirical and deeply affecting tale, WHEN THE WIND BLOWS concerns the final days of Jim and Hilda Bloggs, an elderly couple living in the remote Sussex countryside, whose almost romantic, rose-tinted memories of World War II are put into sharp relief when they are faced with the threat of ..read more »
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from 1,941 member
Enemy At The Gates
Great cast and a very tense plot make this film essential viewing even if they do speak with English accents!
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Enemy At The Gates
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
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September 1942. The German Army has advanced to the gates of Stalingrad. The Russian Army holds on desperately. It is so poorly equipped that every pair of soldiers is given a single rifle--the second man only gets the weapon when the first is cut down. Trapped in no man's land between the opposing ..read more »
71%
from 9,565 members
Jarhead
Beautifully shot and tells you like it is.
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Jarhead
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard
Director: Sam Mendes
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Based on former Marine Anthony Swofford's best-selling 2003 book about his pre-Desert Storm experiences in Saudi Arabia and about his experiences fighting in Kuwait.
62%
from 55,715 members
Platoon
Oliver Stone's classic Vietnam war film that shows the real horrors of war.
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Platoon
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger
Director: Oliver Stone
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In PLATOON, Oliver Stone uses his experience as an infantryman in Vietnam to convey the immediacy of guerrilla warfare: the brutal heat of the jungle, the brushes with such wildlife as snakes and leeches, and, most powerfully, the presence of the unseen enemy. Charlie Sheen stars as Chris, a raw ..read more »
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