When I sat down to watch Lebanon, I honestly knew nothing about it, other than someone I knew said, “watch it.” I had no expectations. It surprised me. Good Film.
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Tied between:
A Bridge Too Far
Kelly’s Heroes
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Some outside my Top 5, but needing mention and not yet listed
The Beast
Red Dawn
By Dawn’s Early Light
The Thin Red Line
Pork Chop Hill
Go Tell The Spartans
Flight of the Intruder
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Lebanon was good!
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Ah! The Beast (Of War). I remember reading that Capt. Dale Dye sat down with an IDF general (the movie was filmed in Israel) and he smooth a deal to purchase several old Ti-67 tanks from the IDF to use during filming. He ended up helping the film company acquire four of them. You can still see the military placard on the front of the tank and the fact that the tank is sporting an L68 105mm gun over the T-55s D10 100mm main gun.
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Apocalypse Now
Kanal
Red Dawn (1)
All Quiet on the Western Front
Victory
Several more but those are the five
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Great movie
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- Saving Private Ryan
- Gettysburg
- Patton
- Tora Tora Tora
- Platoon
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Agree with your comment about Fury.
One of the best Brad Pitt role and movie.
I like a lot the atmosphere of the movie.
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Not necessarily in this order:
Kelly’s Heroes
Zulu
Cross of Iron
Sand Pebbles
The Blue Max
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My top 5:
Das Boot
At War as at War(На войне как на войне)
Dneprovskij Rubezh(Днепровский Рубеж)
Thin Red Line
Generation War (Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter)
Cheers,
Angel
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Can I add a few more?
They were not divided (if only for the real Panther & Tiger)
Tunes of Glory (well, not strictly speaking a war film, but plenty of conflict and Alec Guiness at his best).
Henry V (1944 version) - if only for the King’s speech (Olivier) on St Crispin’s Day, and also for the King’s reply to the French Herald, which I can’'t help but quote here:
"We are but warriors for the working-day; Our gayness and our gilt are all besmirch’d With rainy marching in the painful field; There’s not a piece of feather in our host-- Good argument, I hope, we will not fly-- And time hath worn us into slovenry:
*But, by the mass, our hearts are in the trim".
Valkyrie - Tom Cruise is pretty good in this I feel; whilst it all ended in tragedy, it showed that some bothered.
Die Wannsee Konferenz - the German TV production from 1984; absolutely chilling (German with subtitles) - much better than the later Branagh tosh.
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No particular order
Private Ryan
Zulu
Kingdom of Heaven
The Alamo 2004
Gettysburg
The Crossing
Kellys Heroes
Troy
Fury
Patton
Sahara
Lost Battalion
All Quiet on the Western Front-both versions
Dirty Dozen
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Thumbs up for Die Wannsee Konferenz, Brian!
Although very far from a war movie, it is worth watching-and I’ve done that many times.
Further- I fully agree the German 1984 TV production is much better than the later one.
Cheers,
Angel
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What about this one ?
H.P.
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Thanks Angel; it is a remarkable effort I feel. I remember seeing it when it came out in 1984 - I may even have been in Germany at the time - and it made a huge impact on me.
I think some of the impact was due to the overall nature of “just another conference” despite the monstrous implications; coupled to that was that I, in my many military roles, had several times organised similar conferences for senior officers so it had a sort of resonance with me. The agenda, the refreshments, and the minutes - all of which I used to do(!)
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WOW!! Lots of good movies listed here and some I’ve never heard of.
Tough to list, do I go with historical accuracy or pure entertainment?
Longest Day
A Bridge Too Far
Das Boot
12 O’Clock High
Battle of Britain
633 Squadron
Story of GI Joe
Cross of Iron
Pvt Ryan
Bridges at Toko Ri
OOppss my $.02 worth became 2 bits worth ($.25) A dream Labor Day weekend… a pound of popcorn, 12+ bottles of beer and any 9 of the movies listed from all the posts!
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I thought the post said only 5 
Band of Brothers
The Pacific
Guns of Navarone
Generation War
A Bridge Too Far
Bridge On the River Kwai
Fury
Catch 22
1941
When Trumpets Fade
Midnight Clear
Boy I can keep on going 
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After checking out everyone’s lists, I’m reminded of 10 movies I forgot to include, one I haven’t noticed is . . . .
The Hunters - with Robert Mitchum and Robert Wagner, Korean war flick with some decent F86 flight footage and F84’s as Mig 15’s
Cajun 
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Another war movie I forgot to add to my list is Mosul.
Cheers,
Angel
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