Could not see that this has been covered, So here goes.
1-Kingdom of Heaven--Orlando Bloom.
2-The Alamo-----John Wayne.
3-Taras Bulba---Yul Brynner.
4-El Cid---Charlton Heston.
5-Northwest Passage--Spencer Tracy.
6-Khartoum--Charlton Heston.
7-Kagemusha--Toshira Mifune.
8-Waterloo--Stieger/Plummer
9-300 Spartans--Richard Egan
10-The Holy Grail---Pythons
11-Charge of the Light Brigade--Flynn/Niven
12-The Vikings--Widmark.
13-Mongol--Asano the 2012 one.
Oops--Went over 10 and I am sure there are loads more.
Terry
#14 - Black Hawk Down
#15 - Master and Commander
#16 - Platoon
#17 - The Eagle has Landed
#18 - Ran
#19 - Apocalypse Now (obvs)
Simon
A Bridge too Far.
John
#21 The Lighthorsemen
#22 Saving Private Ryan
#23 Midway
#24 Danger Close
#25 Gallipoli
#26 Windtalkers
#27 The Last Samurai
#28 Kokoda
#29 The Battle of the River Plate
#30 Glory
#31 Battle of Britain
#32 Once were Soldiers
Doh!
#33 Spartacus
Yes Simon--Ran=Brilliant! As is any film by Akira Kurosawa.
Terry
If talking just about the battle scenes...
Gettysburg and to a lesser extent God's and Generals. Just cut out the talky bits in between.
Also
Danger Close (for me the best war film for some time)
Sorry... I see Danger Close has already been mentioned... But it's so good it deserves a second mention
The 60's Charge of the Light Brigade was good.
No-one has mentioned 'Zulu' or even 'Zulu Dawn' yet?
And if we're just talking about the battle scenes:
Gladiator
Saving Private Ryan (Omaha)
Barry Lyndon
Lawrence of Arabia
Lord of the Rings (charge of the Rohirrim)
Last of the Mohicans
How about
Flags of our fathers
and
Letters from Iwo Jima
Both produced from Clint Eastwood
Agree with many here but lately I was blown away by "They Shall Not Grow Old" .....by Peter Jackson.... and how they made things come alive with that film using 100 year old footage.
Totally agree with Seans picking of Gettysburg.... having walked the grounds where they filmed Gettysburg is amazing how they got those shots (and cut out all the monuments of those shots) and yet get the background they did.....all in a nationally protected park. Amazing work.
Bob
Yes, All Of The Above!
Also,
The Last Valley
Cross of Iron
Zulu and Zulu Dawn
Mike
@ mike
Yes--The Last Valley--Totally Brill film Michael Gothard cropped up in it. Deffo missed from my list. As was Zulu.
Terry
When Trumpets Fade set in the Hurtgen Forest.
I agree with many of the ones above.
Best wishes,
Martin Buck
Flesh and Blood starring Rutger Hauer, the opening assault is gripping.
Knights of the Teutonic Order in Polish: Krzyżacy, has a great depiction of the battle of Grunwald (!410).
The Deluge, in Polish Potop, features the battle of Prostki (1656).
A vote for Ran but also one for Kagamusha.
@ Andoreth
Don`t know Flesh and Blood , But Liked Hauer many years ago.
The 2 Polish ones I have not seen but I know of the Deluge.
And Yes--Everyone should have at least one of Kurosawa`s films in there.
Still a few slots for Kurosawa:-
Yojimbo---Seven Samurai---Throne of Blood--Hidden Fortress and loads more.
Terry
Ah - Hidden Fortress: I think that's the one that allegedly inspired Star Wars?
Simon
I just watched Mosul on Netflix. New movie to add to the list.
Flesh and Blood and Prince of Foxes are the only Italian Wars films I have ever see. Unfortunately Flesh and Blood declines after the opening scene. Rutger Hauer does make a very good landsknecht though.
Glad no one mentioned "Come and See".
martin :)
"5 day of War" is a favourite of mine.
The usual suspects as well, A bridge too far, Battle of Britain etc and both Dads Army films...
Miles
Quote from: Sean Clark on November 28, 2020, 01:05:09 PM
Also
Danger Close (for me the best war film for some time)
Siege of Jadotville too imho
Nigel
Agreed, I watched that recently and it was excellent. I have another recommendation - April 9th. An excellent Danish film about the invasion of Denmark on April 9th 1940. A gripping and quite moving film. Very well made and worth seeking out. I think I saw it on Netflix.
I also enjoyed the Jadotville film.
martin :)
The Danish film mentioned reminded me of an excellent film about the invasion of Norway - The Kings Choice. Worth a look.
Mike
What has happened with your local cinema Martin, will it re-open?
Lord knows Les
They have closed until there are a stack of new films to show.
They have tried lots of ideas.
They even started showing classics such as men in black, but folk did not go
I wait in hope
martin :(
Got Amazon prime recently for the rugby, April 9 is on the watch list along with a couple of films about Finland in 44.
Nigel
Thanks for that info Nigel. I would like to see that film again, and the Finnish ones also sound interesting.
Andy
The Finnish one is 1944 the Final Defence
Quote from: Noggin on December 04, 2020, 01:35:53 PM
The Finnish one is 1944 the Final Defence
Also another called 1944 Forced to Fight
Nigel
Some less known films maybe.
Fortress of War - Russian film about the Brest fortress defense.
Talvisota - Finish Film about the Winter War.
Stalingrad (1993) - German film about the battle. A favorite of mine in my teens.
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me - Not a traditional war film, it's the story of a German prisoner escaping the Gulag.
And April 9th, already mentioned.