# Your favorite/best War Movies From the 1940s (A) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 1, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-best-war-movies-from-the-1940s-a/721374 "2015-06-01T19:55:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-best-war-movies-from-the-1940s-a/721374/1 "2015-06-01T19:55:43Z")
For background check these threads: > **[Best All-Time Military Movies -- Pre-Poll Data Gathering](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=757774)** > > I have no major quarrel with the movies listed at http://screenrant.com/best-war-military-movies-list/ which are: -Black Hawk Down -Apocalypse Now -Platoon -Full Metal Jacket -Saving Private Ryan …but before building a poll to test SDMB’s... Best All-Time Military Movies – Pre-Poll Data Gathering 05-25-2015, 07:38 PM > **[Your favorite/best War Movies Prior to 1940](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=757956)** > > Pick your Top Five (or fewer) from this list: For King and Country For King and Country (1913) - IMDb (1913) The Battleship Potemkin Battleship Potemkin (1925) - IMDb (1925) The Big Parade The Big Parade (1925) - IMDb (1925) The General The... Your favorite/best War Movies Prior to 1940 05-27-2015, 10:18 PM > **[Your favorite/best War Movies Prior to 1940 -- Part 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=758055)** > > Because I started Your favorite/best War Movies Prior to 1940 too soon, and since another batch of suggested titles have come in at Best All-Time Military Movies – Pre-Poll Data Gathering, I feel it’s only fair to give those interested another... Your favorite/best War Movies Prior to 1940 – Part 2 05-29-2015, 07:31 AM [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=758138](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=758138) Your favorite/best War Movies From the 1990s 05-30-2015, 04:17 AM > **[Your favorite/best War Movies From the 1970s](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=758190)** > > For background check these threads: Best All-Time Military Movies – Pre-Poll Data Gathering 05-25-2015, 07:38 PM Your favorite/best War Movies Prior to 1940 05-27-2015, 10:18 PM Your favorite/best War Movies Prior to 1940 – Part 2 ... Your favorite/best War Movies From the 1970s 05-30-2015, 09:08 PM [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=758243](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=758243) Your favorite/best War Movies From the 1980s 05-31-2015, 04:11 PM # =================================== Vote for UP TO SEVEN of these: Comrade X [Comrade X (1940) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032349/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1940) Northwest Passage [Northwest Passage (1940) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032851/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1940) The Sea Hawk [The Sea Hawk (1940) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033028/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1940) 49th Parallel [The Invaders (1941) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033627/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1941) Sergeant York [Sergeant York (1941) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034167/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1941) Captains of the Clouds [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034578/?ref\_=fn\_al\_tt\_1](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034578/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1942) Casablanca [Casablanca (1942) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1942) Desperate Journey [Desperate Journey (1942) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034646/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1942) The Invisible Agent [Invisible Agent (1942) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034902/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1942) Mrs Miniver [Mrs. Miniver (1942) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035093/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1942) One of Our Aircraft Is Missing [One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035153/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1942) Spitfire [Spitfire (1942) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034734/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2) (1942) Went The Day Well? [Went the Day Well? (1942) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035429/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1942) Bataan [Bataan (1943) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035664/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1943) The Demi-Paradise [Adventure for Two (1943) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035793/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1943) Destination: Tokyo [Destination Tokyo (1943) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035799/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1943) Five Graves to Cairo [Five Graves to Cairo (1943) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035884/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1943) Guadalcanal Diary [Guadalcanal Diary (1943) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035957/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1943) Gung Ho!: The Story of Carlson’s Makin Island Raiders ['Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders (1943) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035958/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1943) The Human Comedy [The Human Comedy (1943) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036022/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1943) The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp [The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036112/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1943) Mission to Moscow [Mission to Moscow (1943) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036166/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1943) Sahara [Sahara (1943) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036323/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3) (1943) The Stage Door Canteen [Stage Door Canteen (1943) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036384/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1943) This Is the Army [This Is the Army (1943) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036430/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1943) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-best-war-movies-from-the-1940s-a/721374/2 "2015-06-01T20:25:06Z")
Crap! I missed the “Up tp seven” part! Can I please add _ **Spitfire** _ and _ **One of Our Aircraft Is Missing** _ to my votes? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-best-war-movies-from-the-1940s-a/721374/3 "2015-06-02T01:32:38Z")
Two significant war movies from the 40s missing from both polls are PAISAN (Rossellini) and TWELVE O’CLOCK HIGH (King). ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-best-war-movies-from-the-1940s-a/721374/4 "2015-06-02T01:38:53Z")
Two more important ones missing: IN WHICH WE SERVE (Lean/Coward), GERMANY, YEAR ZERO (Rossellini) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-best-war-movies-from-the-1940s-a/721374/5 "2015-06-02T01:47:37Z")
> [@MovieMogul](#): > > Two significant war movies from the 40s missing from both polls are PAISAN (Rossellini) and TWELVE O’CLOCK HIGH (King). > [@MovieMogul](#): > > Two more important ones missing: IN WHICH WE SERVE (Lean/Coward), GERMANY, YEAR ZERO (Rossellini) Thanks. See other thread. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-best-war-movies-from-the-1940s-a/721374/6 "2015-06-02T02:04:44Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Crap! I missed the “Up tp seven” part! > > Can I please add _ **Spitfire** _ and _ **One of Our Aircraft Is Missing** _ to my votes? I’ll make a note and try to include yours in the eventual “final count” to move movies from this one into some later voting. With luck, those will get enough votes to move on anyway.