Best All-Time Military Movies -- Pre-Poll Data Gathering

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For The Human Condition, the trilogy itself. For Burmese Harp, the older one.

Also, Three Years Without God:

The Execution of Private Slovik

The Ascent (1977)

Soldier of Orange

Die Brucke (1959)

Army of Shadows (1969)

I wanted to add

Hope and Glory

Rome, Open City

Ashes and Diamonds

A Man Escaped

Au Revoir, Les Enfants

The Sorrow and the Pity

Burn!

But I’m not sure if they are considered military movies.

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Thanks so much, ralfy, and we’ll let voting determine relevance. The addition of these titles may assist War Movie buffs to locate some new things worth checking out.

I’ll be adding these, either to the yet-to-be-posted decades, or to the “overflow file” which is growing!

I had already added the
The Burmese Harp The Burmese Harp (1956) - IMDb (1956)
The Burmese Harp The Burmese Harp (1985) - IMDb (1985)
so I’ll leave them up. Again, voters can decide.

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Tatlong taong walang Diyos aka “Three Years Without God” Three Years Without God (1976) - IMDb (1976)

The Execution of Private Slovik << already on the list >>

The Ascent “Voskhozhdenie” (original title) The Ascent (1977) - IMDb (1977)
Soldier of Orange “Soldaat van Oranje” (original title) Soldier of Orange (1977) - IMDb (1977)
The Bridge “Die Brücke” (original title) The Bridge (1959) - IMDb (1959)
The Army of Shadows “L’armée des ombres” (original title) Army of Shadows (1969) - IMDb (1969)

Hope and Glory Hope and Glory (1987) - IMDb (1987)
Rome, Open City “Roma città aperta” (original title) Rome, Open City (1945) - IMDb (1945)
Ashes and Diamonds “Popiól i diament” (original title) Ashes and Diamonds (1958) - IMDb (1958)
A Man Escaped “Un condamné à mort s’est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut” (original title) A Man Escaped (1956) - IMDb (1956)
Au Revoir Les Enfants Au Revoir les Enfants (1987) - IMDb (1987)

The Sorrow and the Pity << already on the list >>

Burn! “Queimada” (original title) Burn! (1969) - IMDb (1969)

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Here’s an update of that information with a new decade count breakdown:

The 300 Spartans The 300 Spartans (1962) - IMDb (1962)
The Army of Shadows “L’armée des ombres” (original title) Army of Shadows (1969) - IMDb (1969)
The Ascent “Voskhozhdenie” (original title) The Ascent (1977) - IMDb (1977) ++
Ashes and Diamonds “Popiól i diament” (original title) Ashes and Diamonds (1958) - IMDb (1958)
Au Revoir Les Enfants Au Revoir les Enfants (1987) - IMDb (1987) ++
The Bridge “Die Brücke” (original title) The Bridge (1959) - IMDb (1959)
The Burmese Harp The Burmese Harp (1956) - IMDb (1956)
The Burmese Harp The Burmese Harp (1985) - IMDb (1985) ++
Burn! “Queimada” (original title) Burn! (1969) - IMDb (1969)
Farewell to the King Farewell to the King (1989) - IMDb (1989) ++
Fires on the Plain Fires on the Plain (1959) - IMDb (1959)
Hope and Glory Hope and Glory (1987) - IMDb (1987) ++
The Human Comedy The Human Comedy (1943) - IMDb (1943)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (I) The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) - IMDb (1959)
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (II) The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959) - IMDb (1959)
The Human Condition III: A Soldier’s Prayer The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961) - IMDb (1961)
Kagemusha Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980) - IMDb (1980) ++
A Man Escaped “Un condamné à mort s’est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut” (original title) A Man Escaped (1956) - IMDb (1956)
Napoleon Napoleon (1927) - IMDb (1927) ++
The Odd Angry Shot The Odd Angry Shot (1979) - IMDb (1979) ++
Oro, Plata, Mata Oro, Plata, Mata (1982) - IMDb (1982)
Pursuit of the Graf Spee “The Battle of the River Plate” (original title) Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1956) - IMDb (1956)
Rome, Open City “Roma città aperta” (original title) Rome, Open City (1945) - IMDb (1945)
Seven Samurai Seven Samurai (1954) - IMDb) (1954)
The Secret Invasion The Secret Invasion (1964) - IMDb (1964)
Soldier of Orange “Soldaat van Oranje” (original title) Soldier of Orange (1977) - IMDb (1977) ++
The Sound of Music The Sound of Music (1965) - IMDb (1965)
Tatlong taong walang Diyos aka “Three Years Without God” Three Years Without God (1976) - IMDb (1976) ++
Waterloo Waterloo (1970) - IMDb (1970) ++
Wooden Crosses http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022787/?ref_=nm_knf_t2 (1932) = 30

++ These were added after the polls for those decades were already up. They will be dealt with at a later time, just how has yet to be determined.

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Pre 1940 = 25 ++
1940s    = 46
1950s    = 58
1960s    = 68
1970s    = 29 ++
1980s    = 40 ++
1990s    = 23 ++
2000s    = 41
Total   = 330
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As you see, the next likely group to focus on (1940s) is still getting nominations, so I think I’ll give it another day before launching the poll.

Before we get there, I’d like some feedback on whether to break the 50s and 60s groups into two sets each with, say, FIVE votes each, or whether to leave them complete and allow TEN votes each.

Preferences? Other ideas?

In case it’s not obvious, I’m wanting to save the 2000s for last. :slight_smile:

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OK, this is too late for the poll, as it’s from 1927 and almost certainly wouldn’t win anyway, but some people might be interested.
The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands is a recreation of two 1914 WW1 naval battles, using real warships of the period, with crew and officers. I saw a restored print on the (big-ish) screen last year and was quite impressed, despite it being a fairly gung-ho and bending the truth a bit.

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I’ll be adding it in the next batch of updates

The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands (1927) - IMDb (1927)

Thanks.

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I would suggest breaking the '40s into 1940–45 and 1946–49, i.e., wartime and postwar. The tone of many films changed drastically once the war ended.

The '50s might be good to break up into pre-Korea, Korea, and post-Korea.

You could do the same thing with Vietnam in the '60s. Antiwar films became big after 1967 or so.

BTW, is ***PT 109 *** (Cliff Robertson as JFK, USN) on the list?

I got to wondering if there were any movies of the British raid on St Nazaire. I found these:

And this made-for-TV documentary, which got good reviews:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0996628/

(If made-for-TV documentaries are acceptable for the 2000s).

Lloyd Bridges in Attack on the Iron Coast and made-for-TV films remind me of **this one **I watched way back in November '75:

Kind of a hokey flick (the “Panther” is a Sherman with an Afrika Korps paintjob), but the P-40s (*real *airplanes, not models or CGI) are awesome! I see it’s available uncut and without commercial interruption on YouTube… :o

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I could have sworn 30 Seconds Over Tokyo was mentioned somewhere in this thread but I don’t see it on the list.

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I also enjoyed this movie (Malèna) greatly:

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This is it:

Thirty Seconds over Tokyo Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) - IMDb (1944)

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It’s under “T” for “Thirty.” :slight_smile:

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Your suggestions for a logical division of the 40s, 50s and 60s would be good if the numbers worked out – but they don’t. How about a 50% split of the decade instead?

Or some other criteria?

Here’s what I’m going to be adding:

The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands (1927) - IMDb (1927)
PT 109 PT 109 (1963) - IMDb (1963)
Glory at Sea “Gift Horse” (original title) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044658/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 (1952)
Attack on the Iron Coast Attack on the Iron Coast (1968) - IMDb (1968)
Jeremy Clarkson: Greatest Raid of All Time Jeremy Clarkson: Greatest Raid of All Time (TV Movie 2007) - IMDb (2007)
Death Race http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069953/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2 (1973)
Malèna Malena (2000) - IMDb (2000)

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On the theory that something is better than nothing, I’ve gone with:

Your favorite/best War Movies From the 1940s (A)
06-01-2015, 02:55 PM

Part B will be along later…

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Time for new glasses I guess.

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And here it is:

Your favorite/best War Movies From the 1940s (B)
06-01-2015, 05:11 PM

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Breaker Morant
Gallipoli
Patton
Hamburger Hill
Heartbreak Ridge (I know, I know… Grenada???)
From Here To Eternity
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket

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William Manchester wrote of an Alabama theater owner, no fan of the President’s, who was required by the studio to run the film but put up on the marquee, SEE HOW THE JAPS ALMOST GOT JFK.

I’ll add An Ungentlemanly Act, a pretty good, somewhat sardonic look at the 1982 Argentine invasion of the Falklands: An Ungentlemanly Act (TV Movie 1992) - IMDb

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Good list. What did you have in mind for me to do with it? :slight_smile: These titles are already on the various lists for the decades involved, or else are to be on the “overflow” thread that will come later.

Adding this to the now-famous “overflow” area:

An Ungentlemanly Act An Ungentlemanly Act (TV Movie 1992) - IMDb (1992)

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New poll:

Your favorite/best War Movies From the 1950s (A)
06-02-2015, 12:49 AM

Part B soon…

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More for the Overflow list:

When I was a teenager, I saw a flick about two GIs (the only survivors of their unit?) fighting off the Germans in a ruined Italian town. At the end of the movie, just as the relief forces arrive, the two stumble upon their own bodies among the rubble (i.e., they had been ghosts for almost the whole film).

I haven’t been able to find this one so far. Does it ring a bell with anyone? :confused:

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This is another really, really good one: