The twenty best war movies, according to the Torygraph

[Mr.Penguin]

I must say, Das Boot is hard to beat as best war movie and we are talking about the full version , none of that 120min shit they released for the US market...

Otherwise Band of Brothers, yes its a TV series but so was the original Das Boot...

Das Boot put me to sleep.

Your loss...

[Ed Anger]

I must say, Das Boot is hard to beat as best war movie and we are talking about the full version , none of that 120min shit they released for the US market...

Otherwise Band of Brothers, yes its a TV series but so was the original Das Boot...

Das Boot put me to sleep.

Your loss...

I know. I can watch that movie with Curt Jurgens and Robert Mitchum , but I think the subtitles affect me. 

[Caliga]

Meh, is Lawrence of Arabia really a war flick?  Honestly?

No. It's not.

Sure it is.  Do you think Lawrence was in Syria getting fucked in the ass by Turks because he was on a fucking vacation?

...

Actually, he was kinda flaming, come to think of it. 

[Malthus]

Meh, is Lawrence of Arabia really a war flick?  Honestly?

No. It's not.

Sure it is.  Do you think Lawrence was in Syria getting fucked in the ass by Turks because he was on a fucking vacation?

...

Actually, he was kinda flaming, come to think of it. 

Heh, his Seven Pillars of Wisdom was hilarious - full of not-so-repressed gayness. 

No wonder Brits have a historical thing for the Arabs.

[Ed Anger]

I still get a kick out of that NO PRISONERS! cavalry charge. Too bad most of the movie has to be fast forwarded through.

[grumbler]

.tseretni fo kcal hguorht seiud ynituM eniaC

My computer actually typed that out in reverse order!  I love it! 

How about this, then:  Patton over Platoon.

And, yes, Neil, I will get In Harm's Way on this list eventually.

[Eddie Teach]

Patton is already on the list, page 23.

[CountDeMoney]

I must say, Das Boot is hard to beat as best war movie and we are talking about the full version , none of that 120min shit they released for the US market...

Otherwise Band of Brothers, yes its a TV series but so was the original Das Boot...

Das Boot put me to sleep.

You have to remember, we've got a substantial European contingent here, and for them Das Boot is the end-all, be-all of warflicks.  They can root for the Germans without feeling guilty, or letting people see them giggle, like during Schindler's List.

[Cerr]

I nominate Paths of Glory against Black Hawk Down.

[Eddie Teach]

Black Hawk Down

[Admiral Yi]

Black Hawk Down.

[grumbler]

Black Hawk Down.  PoG deserves to be on the list, but not ahead of BHD.  No depiction of a battle in which more than 1% of all US participants is awarded The Medal can be left off such a list, unless the movie truly sucks.

Come on, people.  Platoon and The Dam Busters are still on the list, and The Battle of Algiers, The Caine Mutiny, and In Harm's Way are still off it!

[CountDeMoney]

Black Hawk Down.  PoG deserves to be on the list, but not ahead of BHD.

Ditto.

[Kleves]

BHD.

WTF, CdM; Breaker's a no-go, but PoG is a war movie?

[grumbler]

Okay, that's five, and under the new rules that's enough.

In Harm's Way to replace The Dam Busters.

And if you have seen neither, IHW has Kirk Douglas, The Duke, and Patricia Neal (as well as Burgess Meredith and the usual supporting cast), directed by Otto Preminger and scored by Jerry Goldsmith.  What the fuck else do you need, except to see it?