Best War Films

[F 129 Row66]

1. Come and See - Russian
2. Full Metal Jacket
3. Kurosawa's Ran
4. Paths to Glory
5. Zulu
6. Dunkirk 1958
7. The Dambusters
8. Henry V 1944
9. The Guns of Navarone.
10 The Longest Day
&
11. Carry on up the Khyber
 

[Swiss.]

Another excellent film that comes to mind is The Trench with Daniel Craig. 

[Mr Anon]

Just for representation of some more modern war films that were decent

Enemy At The Gates
Greyhound
1917

[Russ of the BML]

I watched one last night 'Where Eagles Dare'. How that's not on your list I do not know. 

And you have also omitted 'The Eagles Have Landed'. 

Do you hate Palace?

[Swiss.]

An excellent foreign language film is Narvik about the brave resilience of the Norwegians in a port in 1940. There’s also one where a Wehrmarkt soldier disguise himself as an officer and ends up in prison camp . I’ll try and find it . 

The Captain 2017. Highly recommend it. He actually disguises himself as a Waffen SS officer 

[Swiss.]

An excellent foreign language film is Narvik about the brave resilience of the Norwegians in a port in 1940. There’s also one where a Wehrmarkt soldier disguise himself as an officer and ends up in prison camp . I’ll try and find it . 

[Swiss.]

No love for the newer Dunkirk? Thought it was a great film only let down for Nolan's failure to portray the scope of it, frustrating he insisted on using no CGI at all

Absolutely spot on. To really appreciate the massive scope of the operation you have to use CGI or a massive budget .

[WHU(Exeter)]

Raging Bull, that’s the one…thanks very much for that. Will be watching that one again soon.

[ragingbull]

Love a lot of the films already mentioned, a couple of mine would be films that aren't really classed as 'war films' really, but they're both set during war time (WW2) and how what's going on with the war effects local lives -

A Canterbury Tale (one of the best films ever made imho) and a Czech film called Closely Observed Trains.

There's a similarly themed French one that I'd love to see again, but I watched it donkeys years ago and have clean forgotten the name. It's about a German officer who commanders a room in a French house occupied by a french woman and her elderly Father. For most of the film the woman will have absolutely nothing to do with the German, but as the weeks pass she sees the human side to him. b/w film and if anyone has watched it and can remember the title would love to watch it again. 

The Silence of the Sea,after a google search.

[,]

Personal choices so no objectivity on display here.

I will discount anything American except for Catch 22.

Topping that is Bridge over the river Kwai.

However Das Boot is my personal favourite.

[Mr Anon]

No love for the newer Dunkirk? Thought it was a great film only let down for Nolan's failure to portray the scope of it, frustrating he insisted on using no CGI at all

[Mr Anon]

While on the subject of scores V soundtracks some great ones in this thread, Zulu and Henry V (1985) had a cracking scores, Platoon had a great soundtrack.

They probably all do to be honest but those are the ones that spring to mind 

[Hammer I am]

kingdom of heaven soundtrack - YouTube

Moron 

Yeah it's a common mistake, just because someone else got it wrong it doesn't make you right. 

https://atthemoviesshop.com/blogs/blog/ ... 0classical.

no see hereA score is the music, usually orchestral, meant to be played during the film to augment the events of the film. So for example, Star Wars has music composed by John Williams that is the soundtrack. It's played throughout the film and when there are space battles there is exciting music played. Each character has a theme--a bit of music played when that character appears. Darth Vader's is perhaps the most memorable, featuring lots of dun dun dun dun dun DUN dun dun DUN sounds. When there's a quiet, romantic moment, the music is sweet and slow, etc. All of this music is written uniquely for the film, and timed so that the music and the events of the film are perfectly synched. Like if someone stabs someone or shoots someone, then at the moment of the violent event, there might be a loud, sudden peak in the music. It's background sounds that are designed to augment the action. Many writers of scores say they don't want people to overtly notice the music, because it so well combines and complements the story and action.A soundtrack generally contains music that may have lyrics, and may have been written for the movie specifically, or not written for the movie, but relates to the movie somehow. Like it could be music to be played with the credits, or music listened to by one of the characters. It might be designed to be more noticeable than the score, since it's not timed to coincide with the action. It was not written to sync with the action.

That was my point? KoH had an original score meant to match what was in screen. Anyway it's minor and as Anon says it contained non original parts pieces too , I didn't mean to offend you. 

[Swiss.]

kingdom of heaven soundtrack - YouTube

Moron 

Yeah it's a common mistake, just because someone else got it wrong it doesn't make you right. 

https://atthemoviesshop.com/blogs/blog/ ... 0classical.

 

You're both right (or wrong) kingdom of Heaven did original score composed specifically for it but also contained some medieval tunes which would technically be a soundtrack if it contained them. I'm assuming Swiss wass refering to the score part though which is indeed epic 

I go with what Youtube call it.  A soundtrack. 

[Mr Anon]

It's called a score, I thought you went to film school?

kingdom of heaven soundtrack - YouTube

Moron 

Yeah it's a common mistake, just because someone else got it wrong it doesn't make you right. 

https://atthemoviesshop.com/blogs/blog/ ... 0classical.

 

 

You're both right (or wrong) kingdom of Heaven did original score composed specifically for it but also contained some medieval tunes which would technically be a soundtrack if it contained them. I'm assuming Swiss wass refering to the score part though which is indeed epic 

[Swiss.]

It's called a score, I thought you went to film school?

kingdom of heaven soundtrack - YouTube

Moron 

Yeah it's a common mistake, just because someone else got it wrong it doesn't make you right. 

https://atthemoviesshop.com/blogs/blog/ ... 0classical.

no see hereA score is the music, usually orchestral, meant to be played during the film to augment the events of the film. So for example, Star Wars has music composed by John Williams that is the soundtrack. It's played throughout the film and when there are space battles there is exciting music played. Each character has a theme--a bit of music played when that character appears. Darth Vader's is perhaps the most memorable, featuring lots of dun dun dun dun dun DUN dun dun DUN sounds. When there's a quiet, romantic moment, the music is sweet and slow, etc. All of this music is written uniquely for the film, and timed so that the music and the events of the film are perfectly synched. Like if someone stabs someone or shoots someone, then at the moment of the violent event, there might be a loud, sudden peak in the music. It's background sounds that are designed to augment the action. Many writers of scores say they don't want people to overtly notice the music, because it so well combines and complements the story and action.A soundtrack generally contains music that may have lyrics, and may have been written for the movie specifically, or not written for the movie, but relates to the movie somehow. Like it could be music to be played with the credits, or music listened to by one of the characters. It might be designed to be more noticeable than the score, since it's not timed to coincide with the action. It was not written to sync with the action.

[Rubble again]

Went the Day Well
The Eagle Has Landed

[Hammer I am]

Great sound track as well. 

It's called a score, I thought you went to film school?

kingdom of heaven soundtrack - YouTube

Moron 

Yeah it's a common mistake, just because someone else got it wrong it doesn't make you right. 

https://atthemoviesshop.com/blogs/blog/ ... 0classical.

[Swiss.]

 

Forgot KoH.
The Directors Cut is a great film.

Great sound track as well. 

It's called a score, I thought you went to film school?

kingdom of heaven soundtrack - YouTube

Moron 

[Swiss.]

Enemy at the Gates is good movie. Opening sequence whenthery are getting bombned by Stukkas. Allso The Thin Red Line. Amazing cast. 

[Hammer I am]

How about Kingdom Of Heaven and Blackhawk Down? 



 

 

Forgot KoH.
The Directors Cut is a great film.

Great sound track as well. 

It's called a score, I thought you went to film school?

[WHU(Exeter)]

Love a lot of the films already mentioned, a couple of mine would be films that aren't really classed as 'war films' really, but they're both set during war time (WW2) and how what's going on with the war effects local lives -

A Canterbury Tale (one of the best films ever made imho) and a Czech film called Closely Observed Trains.

There's a similarly themed French one that I'd love to see again, but I watched it donkeys years ago and have clean forgotten the name. It's about a German officer who commanders a room in a French house occupied by a french woman and her elderly Father. For most of the film the woman will have absolutely nothing to do with the German, but as the weeks pass she sees the human side to him. b/w film and if anyone has watched it and can remember the title would love to watch it again. 

[F 129 Row66]

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[F 129 Row66]

Far Cough UKunt » 27 May 2025, 11:

Spot on.Come and See was for me the best WAR film, but Ran for the shear spectacle, colour and direction was and is still the best FILM ever made.

[Council Scum]

A bridge to far (Grandad was there)
Full Metal Jacket
Zulu
Apocolypse Now
Hamburger Hill
Good Morning Vietnam

 

[Monsieur merde de cheval]

Dose of how it really is..?
RESTEPO..

light relief  and funny as fuck.?.... KELLYS HEROES.

best fiction film ..?...PLATOON