War/Semi-war films that you really must see.

[flavio]

I love the smell of Napalm in the morning.

 

[unclehobart]

http://www.imdb.com/Charts/Votes/war

 

[flavio]

http://www.imdb.com/Charts/Votes/war

Of course!

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Brilliant movie.


Deer Hunter and Full Metal Jacket are also two of my personal favorites from that list.

Does The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly count?

 

[freako104]

Dr. Strangelove is classic i love that movie i dont think good bad and ugly count since it was a western. the deer hunter was also great and jacobs ladder is supposed to be very good too

 

[flavio]

i dont think good bad and ugly count since it was a western.

Sort of, but it take splace during the civil war and the story is very much tied to that war.

jacobs ladder is supposed to be very good too

Jacob's Ladder is incredible and I should have mentioned it earlier considering it's one of only 15 DVDs that I own.

 

[HeXp£Øi±]

Jacob's Ladder scared the shit out of me the first time i watched it. It's a must see.

I added the 'Semi' too the thread because in many cases it's the relation to the war and not necessarily the war itself that makes the film interesting. Schindlers List & Thirteen days are two examples.

 

[flavio]

I liked this review of Jacob's Ladder on IMDB....

Unlike that movie Jacobs Ladder doesn't feel like a fairy story. It feels like a freezing blast of wind from the depths of death itself as Jacob's soul is burned away.

Everything is right in this movie. The direction, acting and dialogue are flawless. The plot is intricate and complex but unfolds logically at a natural pace. The photography is atmospheric and good to look at, and the special effects are understated and yet really make the impact they are supposed to.

This film isn't just good, it is a classic - a movie of movies standing high above the usual junk we get to see. Intelligent, thought provoking, and yet slick and entertaining just like a really good movie should be.

10 out of 10.

I might just watch it again tonight.

 

[Squiggy]

Jacob's Ladder was GREAT....I also loved The Killing Fields.

 

[Luis G]

i liked the sum of all fears.

 

[freako104]

I also loved The Killing Fields.

wasnt that more about Polpot than the war?

 

[Squiggy]

No, freako...It was about the Viet Nam war spilling into Cambodia and the Kamir Rouge taking power there. moreover it was about a vietnamese journalist and his ordeal after being left behind at the end of the war....Its a true story of amazing perserverence.....