Quote:
Originally posted by DeltaSigStan
Platoon is the best war movie ever made, period
then:
2) Full Metal Jacket
3) Saving Private Ryan
4) Glory
Other I like include Black Hawk Down, We Were Soldiers, Hamburger Hill, Casualties of War. I'll name some others as they come up in my head.
|
Agree with you on that. Only seen bits and pieces of
Glory (not a big Civil War movie fan).
The Great Escape is loosely based on a real life mass POW break out in WW II. Fifty were recaptured and later executed by the Nazi SS. Only two managed to make the 'home run' back to Allied lines.
My list of favorites:
Battle of Britain (outstanding aerial footage)
Patton
The Siege of Fire Base Gloria
By Dawn's Early Light (fictional representation of an actual nuclear strike mission, but the procedures are authentic)
Hamburger Hill
The Big Red One
The Longest Day
A Bridge Too Far
Return With Honor it's a documentary about Vietnam War POWs and how they managed to outwit and outlast their captors.