[qpidsangel]

I need more war movies... give me some titles I should buy.

Those I Own:
Enemy At The Gates
G.I. Jane
Pearl Harbor

Those I'm Already Planning on Purchasing:
Jarhead
Saving Private Ryan
Platoon
Good Morning Vietnam

[Salome]

M*A*S*H - Donal Sutherland

In Which We Serve - Noel Coward

Apocolypse Now - Martin Sheen

[krisavalon]

My favorite is At War With The Army (which isn't really a war movie at all), but that's only because I'm obsessed with Jerry Lewis. I guess there's also Black Hawk Down. Does Forrest Gump count?

[Marcellus]

I favor the comedies:

Catch 22 (Alan Arkin)
Duck Soup (Marx Bros)
The Mouse that Roared (Peter Sellers x3)
Dr. Strangelove (Peter Sellers x3)

[Quique]

Casualties Of War

[Salome]

How I Won The War- Michael Crawford. (one of the funniest war comedies ever).

also

Oh What a lovely War- great british comedy.

[Marcellus]

One caveat about How I Won the War - It's now emotionally painful for Beatles fans to watch because of the ending.

[Salome]

[Ulla Dance Again!]

The Thin Red Line and Tora! Tora! Tora! are pretty good.

[Savoyard]

Aww, nobody's named the classics!

Bridge on the River Kwai
and The Great Escape

[Salome]

Glory

All Quiet On The Western Front

[Yasmin]

Ice Cold In Alex and In Which we Serve.

And of course both starring the fantastic John Mills

[Marcellus]

Patton

[Impossible Dream]

Full Metal Jacket
Born on the Fourth of July
Charlotte Gray
Top Gun
The Guns of Navarone
Hart's War
Carve Her Name With Pride

Not Vietnam or American wars, but on the subject of war: Zulu, Braveheart, The Last Samurai

Comedies: Dad's Army - The Movie, Carry On Up the Khyber

[jcstar]

Stalog 17
Johnny's Got His Gun (footage used in the "One" viudeo by Metallica)

Andy.

[Buff Daddy]

The Dirty Dozen
The Eagle has Landed
The Boys from Brazil

Buff

[jcstar]

Does Band of Brothers count?

Andy.

[Robinflamingo]

We Were Soldiers
Wind Walkers
Hamburger Hill
Patriot
Stripes

[Salome]

[Marcellus]

[purplepolkadot]

[RainbowJude]

I'm not a big fan of war movies; I prefer movies that are set against the backdrop of wars but that don't necessarily deal with the war itself. But here's a list anyway:

■ Apocalypse Now is fantastic but absolutely harrowing. I've only watched it twice and I'm still not ready to revisit it again.
■ From Here to Eternity. Mongomery Clift's performance is just phenomenal. The scene where he plays that trumpet near the end is just something that stays with you forever.
■ South Pacific. No, it's not perfect, but it's a lot better than you remember it. I enjoyed seeing it again. On stage, it's a great score married to a fantastic book. The screenplay's structuring hurts the film a little, but it's still a super piece of writing in terms of characterisation, dialogue and how it distills its themes into the narrative.
■ Gone With the Wind. Yes, it's a complete soap opera that uses the Civil War as a background - but it's still one of the finest films ever made. Thrilling performances, fantastic chemistry between the principle players and just so engrossing.
■ The Diary of Anne Frank. I feel I should mention this. Millie Perkins is not ideally cast as Anne, but the the film captures so well what the claustrophobia of their living situation must have been in hiding and has an excellent cast in the supporting roles. It's always been a story that has fascinated me.
■ I know parts of it are tacky and I know it's too long, but I love For the Boys. It's a sentimental favourite. I enjoy how it tracks the relationship of the main characters by moving from war to war. If ever there was a movie I'd like to see adapted with an original score for the stage, this is it.

I'm certain there are more war-related films that I could mention here. Off the top of my head, I can think of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, but that's for a list of my least favourites and I would never get a copy for my personal DVD collection.

Later days
David

[Fantine]

The Longest Day - About the invasion.

[DaddyDiesel]

Top Gun~ cliche and not really about war but i ENJOYED IT.
Last of the mohicans
Memphis Belle ~ one of my fav's.
Brave heart ~ Old school war.
The Last Samurai~ Yes it has Tom cruise but I loved this film.

[Beagle On Stage]

Kelly's Heroes.

[Monsieur D'Arque]

The Wall- one of the weirdest post-war survivor's guilt films ever made.

[Mademoiselle Lanoire]

[Salome]