most realistic war movies(dialogue, combat cinematography etc.)

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A bridge too far (long list of big stars)
Battleground (Classic! The way it was!)
The Devil's Brigade (good battle scenes)
Fixed Bayonets (good Korean war movie)
Guadalcanal Diary (realistic, down to the '03's)
The great escape (all-star cast)
The Hunters (Korean fighter jet jockeys)
Heartbreak Ridge (great one-liners)
Hell is for heroes (Classic!)
The longest day (realistic, from both sides)
Objective Burma (Classic!)
Pork Chop Hill (realistic Korean action)
Sahara (original version)(Classic Africa battle)
Sands of Iwo Jima (John Wayne at his best!)
To hell and back (Audie Murphy as himself!)
Windtalkers (good special effects)
 
"The Great Raid" is up there for me. Not as chest thuimping as some others, but a very effective movie none-the-less. I liked Ang Lee's "Ride with the Devil", showing the often forgotten Civil War west (it didn't all happen in Virginia and Georgia!). Despite having Jewel (though she did a decent job), the rest of the film is outstanding, IMHO.
 
Preacherman said:
I'm surprised no-one's yet mentioned Gettysburg. For an historically accurate, outstandingly produced war film, I don't know that this one's ever been beaten. I loathe Ted Turner's politics and social views, but I'll forgive him a lot for financing this film!
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Gods & Generals, in my mind, exceeds Gettysburg in many ways. The last one in the series should start filming in the spring btw...
 
You all need to check out an HBO original movie called "When The Trumpets Fade" A gritty, realistic, portrayal of a desperate man who just wants to survive.
 
I saw it mentioned once above, so i will chime in too with We Were Soldiers. Just watched it again last night and it is still one of the better movies IMO.

I also like Hamburger Hill - will dig that out once in a while, along with most of the other ones mentioned.
 
Nathanael_Greene said:
And way too many people got their only exposure to the Korean War via M*A*S*H, and half of them probably think that movie/TV show is about Vietnam.
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It was about Vietnam. The Korean War was used as a metaphor for Vietnam and Allan Alda's far left activism. Notice how everyone in the U.S. military that's not a doctor is either evil, stupid or both?
 
Preacherman said:
I'm surprised no-one's yet mentioned Gettysburg. For an historically accurate, outstandingly produced war film, I don't know that this one's ever been beaten. I loathe Ted Turner's politics and social views, but I'll forgive him a lot for financing this film!
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Good movie, but Tom Berenger's beard really got to me. :)
 
Pilot said:
Good movie, but Tom Berenger's beard really got to me. :)
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That and the fact that they cast a LIBERAL YANKEE DOG as Lee! It was an insult to the memory of every Confederate Vet.

Now Robert Duvall was a good Lee, but this little liberal anti-gun, yankee! Just look at him:

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He looks like some shrill little carpetbagging drygoods salesman.
 
84 Charlie MoPic, hands down. First time I saw it, I stumbled onto it about halfway through on PBS, and I thought it was actual combat footage. SPR's landing up to the beach mop-up had serious pucker factor, as did the scene in Blackhawk Down with the two SF at the crash site. BoB is awesome in it's cinematography. I really like The odd Angry shot, an Australian film about Vietnam, it really shows the dark humor that develops in combat.

oweno is right on about Das Boot, except I leave out the subtitles.;)
 
I saw a History Channel program about the Zulus. They have one of the most eerie war cries I have ever heard. It sent chills down my spine.
 
Camp David said:
Gods & Generals, in my mind, exceeds Gettysburg in many ways. The last one in the series should start filming in the spring btw...
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Ah yes, Sherman's march to the sea.
 
I've been watching a show that was just canceled called "Over There"
about the Iraqi Campaign. It was on FX. Da*n good show. Wish it
had been picked up for next yr..

Now I have a question. Wasn't that movie with Tom Berenger as
Teddy Roosevelt called " The Rough Riders" ? I thought that was
a pretty good flick. Gary Busey was nuts in that movie. It's about
the San Juan Campaign.

One last one I like and that's " The Red Badge of Courage"
 
I think about 80% of the posters in this thread don't know the difference between "realistic" and "favorite".

Some of the suggestions, while entertaining or classic films, are grossly innacurate and so far from the reality of combat that it's laughable.
 
Cosmoline said:
He looks like some shrill little carpetbagging drygoods salesman.
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Oh you are so correct. Martin Sheehan as Lee! What a travesty! That's a great pic, he looks like he's going to a sewing circle meeting! LOL!
 
DMK,
The Author of M*A*S*H, (H.Richard Hornberger pen name Richard Hooker) will be very happy to know that it was about Vietnam, since he wrote it as a recount/bio of experiences as an Army physician in Korea.

As far as a realistic movie depication of combat, I reccomend Attack with Jack Palance and Eddie Albert. The interaction and dialogue are as realistic as you could allow in a 1956 general distribution movie. Script was realistic enough that the army would not touch it with a 10 foot pole. Aldrich made some miracles for a war movie with no DoD support but technical accuracy is lousey because of that lack of support. Doesn't matter anyway, good stories are about people not gadgets.

Sam
 
swingset said:
I think about 80% of the posters in this thread don't know the difference between "realistic" and "favorite".

Some of the suggestions, while entertaining or classic films, are grossly innacurate and so far from the reality of combat that it's laughable.
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I have to admit I'm more than likely guilty of this..But I didn't go so
far as to name the movies the Army showed me in Boot Camp
about fighting the "hoochie" disease..I didn't know what to think of those flicks..:eek:
 
Band of Brothers and Gods and Generals are probably two of the better, IMHO.

We Were Soldiers and Blackhawk Down are a couple others, although I hear they differ somewhat from the books, so I'll withhold judgement until I read the books.

A slightly differnt twist on a realistic war movie, try To End All Wars. It is about Scottish (I beleive, one of the UK Isles) POWs in a Japanese camp in WWII. A real story.

While I liked Behind Enemy Lines as an action film, I think that is about as far as it goes.

Gallipoli is good in the end, but the first half drags on quite a while. Got me wanting a Turk Mauser, though.
 
I remember a movie called "Wildgeese" or something along those lines, (NOT the one with Earnest Borgneign) that was supposed to be pretty accurate representation of the mercenary. There was a sequel as well.
 
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