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  • ken_shabby
    ken_shabby Posts: 6,255
    Post WW2 -Apocalypse Now
    WW2. - Saving Private Ryan
    No Brits or Yanks. - Enemy at the Gates
    WW1. -  Lawrence of Arabia
    Pre WW1. - The Good the Bad and the Ugly, but pretty much tied with Zulu

    And shout out to Pork Sword calling Danny Bhoy. That's Where Eagles Dare, my all time fave as a youth. I even wore the Alistair MaClean book to tatters.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    1. Post WW2 film. Full Metal Jacket

    2. WW2 film. Patten

    3. Film not involving Brits or Yanks. Battle for Algiers (not strictly a 'war film' more a fight for independence 

    4. Pre-WW1 film. Waterloo (1970 version)

    5. WW1 film- Difficult choice this .. Warhorse
  • Redskin
    Redskin Posts: 3,112
    1. Rome, Open City
    2. Bridge Over the river Kwai/From Here to Eternity
    3. Battle of Algiers
    4. Seven Samurai
    5. All Quiet on the Western Front 
  • Jints
    Jints Posts: 3,487
    1. Apocslypse Now
    2. Downfall (though have a soft spot for Colonel Blimp)
    3. Enemy at the Gates
    4. Glory
    5. Paths of Glory
  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 11,735
    Operation Mincemeat is a great WW2 film.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,288
    Lincsaddick said:
    1. Post WW2 film. Full Metal Jacket

    2. WW2 film. Patten

    3. Film not involving Brits or Yanks. Battle for Algiers (not strictly a 'war film' more a fight for independence 

    4. Pre-WW1 film. Waterloo (1970 version)

    5. WW1 film- Difficult choice this .. Warhorse
    One of my all time favourites, ironically was just watching a clip on YouTube when the Prussians arrive

    Given they had no CGI back in the 70s, the scale of people used to film the battle scenes were outstanding - I'm looking forward to Ridley Scott's film on Napoleon next year, as there are so few films to choose from in that specific era
  • PopIcon
    PopIcon Posts: 5,970
    Cannot believe no one had mentioned Iron Sky.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Lincsaddick said:
    1. Post WW2 film. Full Metal Jacket

    2. WW2 film. Patten

    3. Film not involving Brits or Yanks. Battle for Algiers (not strictly a 'war film' more a fight for independence 

    4. Pre-WW1 film. Waterloo (1970 version)

    5. WW1 film- Difficult choice this .. Warhorse
    One of my all time favourites, ironically was just watching a clip on YouTube when the Prussians arrive

    Given they had no CGI back in the 70s, the scale of people used to film the battle scenes were outstanding - I'm looking forward to Ridley Scott's film on Napoleon next year, as there are so few films to choose from in that specific era
    Russian director, perhaps he used the Red Army as extras, 15,000 according to wiki, the largest number ever ..  nice foreign currency earner for the Kremlin if he did .. the two main characters, Napoleon and Wellington were played by two of my favourite actors of the era, Rod Steiger and Christopher Plummer .. it was i m o (and yours it seems) a really terrific film .. Ridley Scott's films are usually the biz but he'll need to pull out all the stops to come close to the original, which apart from the battle scenes went deeply into the characters of Bonaparte and Wellington, the man who gets my vote as the greatest ever British soldier .. also there have been a couple of fairly recent documentaries about Waterloo and a very good historical book by Bernard Cornwell, better known as a prolific fiction author
  • RaplhMilne
    RaplhMilne Posts: 4,601
    The Siege Of Jadotville whilst not in my top 10 is a bloody good watch (on Netflix).

    very interesting as a true historical event, and the only time the Irish (Eire) army has ever seen action. 

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