# Top 5 War Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 29, 2007, 1:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-5-war-movies/39443 "2007-11-29T01:23:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ShiftDead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shiftdead/32/7508_2.png) [@ShiftDead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShiftDead)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 1:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-5-war-movies/39443/1 "2007-11-29T01:23:59Z")
Create your own top 5. Mine are based on actual depiction of war. 1)Saving Private Ryan 2)Black Hawk Down 3)Gettysburg 4)Platoon 5)The Longest Day ---
**Author:** ![Rx3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rx3/32/7194_2.png) [@Rx3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rx3)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 2:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-5-war-movies/39443/2 "2007-11-29T02:56:50Z")
In no particular order: - Full Metal Jacket - Black Hawk Down - Saving Private Ryan - Apocalypse Now - We Were Soldiers honorable mention to Hunt for the Red October and Jarhead. ---
**Author:** ![Bull49](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bull49/32/7381_2.png) [@Bull49](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bull49)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 3:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-5-war-movies/39443/3 "2007-11-29T03:17:38Z")
In no order: -Full Metal Jacket -Jarhead -Platoon -Saving Private Ryan -Enemy at The Gates -Good Morning Vietnam yeah i put 6 movies in there, so what? big whoop, wanna fightaboutit? In my defense, i’ve never seen apocalypse now, thin red line, probably a few others that should be on the list, but that’s how i see it at 6:15 a.m. before i go to bed. there are just so many good war movies. i need to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![fairgentleman\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fairgentleman_z/32/7263_2.png) [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 6:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-5-war-movies/39443/4 "2007-11-29T06:35:03Z")
-The War (PBS documentary), 15hrs long, it was justed released this year, almost all new footage some in color. I haven’t got to watch it all, apparently it is suppose have “the angle” that no other documentary had and not just a “re-edit”. -Red Dawn (does it have to be a real war?) -Born on the 4th of July -Full Metal -G.I. Jane (best for last, suck _my_ dick) ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-5-war-movies/39443/5 "2007-11-29T06:43:51Z")
[quote=“fairgentleman Z,post:4,topic:39443"”] -Red Dawn (does it have to be a real war?) [/quote] Red Dawn does rule. (Normal Dawn does not, nor does Dawn’s Red Audi) ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 6:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-5-war-movies/39443/6 "2007-11-29T06:44:34Z")
Stripes FTW. ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 6:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-5-war-movies/39443/7 "2007-11-29T06:46:55Z")
[quote=“newman,post:5,topic:39443"”] Red Dawn does rule. (Normal Dawn does not, nor does Dawn’s Red Audi) [/quote] ew you earned a pair of red wings off red dawn? siqQ ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-5-war-movies/39443/8 "2007-11-29T06:54:19Z")
Would Band of Brothers count? Because by far that is my favorite war movie/series after that Saving Private Ryan Glory Full Metal jacket Apocalypse Now ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 6:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-5-war-movies/39443/9 "2007-11-29T06:56:26Z")
I don’t really watch too many war movies though… but I have to agree that saving private ryan, full metal jacket, and apocalypse now were all good films. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Karus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mrs_karus/32/7426_2.png) [@Mrs\_Karus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mrs_Karus)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-5-war-movies/39443/10 "2007-11-29T06:58:38Z")
Full Metal Jacket :tup: :tup: ---
**Author:** ![hondaride22](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hondaride22/32/5077_2.png) [@hondaride22](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/hondaride22)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 7:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-5-war-movies/39443/11 "2007-11-29T07:49:16Z")
300 saving ryans privates apocolypse now enemy at the gates - I havent seen this in a while but now i want to Buffalo Bills vs. Dallas Cowboys Monday Night ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-5-war-movies/39443/12 "2007-11-29T08:05:38Z")
[quote=“newman,post:5,topic:39443"”] Red Dawn does rule. (Normal Dawn does not, nor does Dawn’s Red Audi) [/quote] WOLVERINES!!! ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 8:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-5-war-movies/39443/13 "2007-11-29T08:07:15Z")
Saving Private Ryan Casualties of War Platoon Blackhawk Down Apocalypse Now Full Metal Jacket Braveheart Patriot Ok, it’s more than 5 sorry. ---
**Author:** ![mike125k](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mike125k/32/7282_2.png) [@mike125k](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mike125k)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-5-war-movies/39443/14 "2007-11-29T09:11:37Z")
Band of Brothers is by far number 1 if it counts as a movie Saving Private Ryan Platoon Apocalypse Now Blackhawk Down Full Metal Jacket Clear and Present Danger Enemy at the Gates (pretty good) Basic (i thought was pretty good too) Those are in no real order ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-5-war-movies/39443/15 "2007-11-29T09:56:07Z")
Saving Private Ryan The Dirty Dozen Kelly’s Heroes Full Metal Jacket ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-5-war-movies/39443/16 "2007-11-29T11:16:24Z")
[quote=“RuBiCaNT,post:15,topic:39443"”] Saving Private Ryan The Dirty Dozen Kelly’s Heroes Full Metal Jacket [/quote] Dirty dozen! good one! ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 11:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-5-war-movies/39443/17 "2007-11-29T11:47:24Z")
Man some of the suggestions in this thread were horrid… I feel as though many of you just tried thinking of the first war movie that could come to your head, and whatever that was got included in your lists. Enemy at the Gates? Basic? Jarhead? Ugh. Saving Private Ryan We Were Soldiers Platoon and ofc: apoc now fmj ---
**Author:** ![Rx3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rx3/32/7194_2.png) [@Rx3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rx3)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-5-war-movies/39443/18 "2007-11-29T13:07:32Z")
[quote=“OfficerK,post:8,topic:39443"”] Would Band of Brothers count? Because by far that is my favorite war movie/series [/quote] No, because it was a mini-series not a movie. It was good though :tup: “The War” is also not a movie, it’s a documentary (one of the better ones), and also worth watching :tup: ---
**Author:** ![2TurboZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2turboz/32/7577_2.png) [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-5-war-movies/39443/19 "2007-11-29T13:22:47Z")
Stripes 1942 In the Army now Delta Farce ---
**Author:** ![hondaride22](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hondaride22/32/5077_2.png) [@hondaride22](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/hondaride22)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-5-war-movies/39443/20 "2007-11-29T13:51:24Z")
enemy at the gates was a good movie… just because it was based on snipers doesn’t make it horrid cockface [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-5-war-movies/39443.md?page=2)