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In reply to the discussion: Favorite War movies? [View all]TreadSoftly
(219 posts)25. In Harm's Way and Tora!Tora!Tora! and Darkest Hour
Patricia Neal in In Harm's Way. I remember this as a kid. Something about all the people involved and upturned by the wartime. Director was Otto Preminger so big budget, and stark because it's not a color film.
Tora!Tora!Tora! because of the starkly different directing styles. I understand there were some replacements on the Japanese directors though.
Darkest Hour - I found this movie scary, that it was so difficult to rouse the government to do something and what a narrow escape Great Britain had (but I am aware that GB was not unscathed...took many years to recover).
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+1 fer Das boot. All quiet on the western front and Catch 21 come to mind also..
mitch96
May 2020
#17
What about when the shell mis-fired? That's isn't really called a "cook-off", is it?
Towlie
May 2020
#97
Cross of Iron. A Sam Pekinpah classic. Here's the trailer. Excellent authentic uniforms and
brewens
May 2020
#9
Coburn's exquisitely tailored Greman army sergents uniform was a little ridiculous. Look at any real
brewens
May 2020
#54
One of my favorites was made about a friend of mine, and TOTALLY misrepresented him
DFW
May 2020
#12
All these mentioned here and more. Memorial Day started during the Civil War. I recommend
txwhitedove
May 2020
#41
"Bridge on the River Kwai," "The Big Red One," "Band of Brothers," "Das Boot," "Private Ryan" (nt)
Paladin
May 2020
#61
The Story of G.I. Joe, Battleground and The Big Red One besides many listed above
winstars
May 2020
#71
Definitely Cold Mountain. Memorial Day is for all lives lost, not just the soldiers, just as war
txwhitedove
May 2020
#110