# Your favorite/best War Movies From the 1970s **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 31, 2015, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-best-war-movies-from-the-1970s/721234 "2015-05-31T02:08:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-best-war-movies-from-the-1970s/721234/1 "2015-05-31T02:08:29Z")
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 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0160109/?ref\_=fn\_al\_tt\_2 (1913) The Battleship Potemkin http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015648/?ref\_=fn\_al\_tt\_1 (1925) The Big Parade... 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 > **[Your favorite/best War Movies From the 1990s](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=758138)** > > This period seems to have the next fewest titles after Your favorite/best War Movies Prior to 1940 as determined at Best All-Time Military Movies – Pre-Poll Data Gathering so vote for up to FIVE of your favorite (or best) from this list: ... Your favorite/best War Movies From the 1990s 05-30-2015, 04:17 AM In this installment pick your **UP TO FIVE** favorite/best from these: \*\* Catch-22 [Catch-22 (1970) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065528/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1970) Cromwell: [Cromwell (1970) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065593/?ref_=nv_sr_2) (1970) Kelly’s Heroes [Kelly's Heroes (1970) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065938/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1970) MASH [M\*A\*S\*H (1970) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066026/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2) (1970) The McKenzie Break [The McKenzie Break (1970) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066064/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1970) Patton [Patton (1970) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066206/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1970) Tora! Tora! Tora! [Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066473/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1970) Johnny Got His Gun [Johnny Got His Gun (1971) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067277/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1971) Raid on Rommel [Raid on Rommel (1971) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067650/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1971) Zeppelin [Zeppelin (1971) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068014/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1971) The Execution of Private Slovik [The Execution of Private Slovik (TV Movie 1974) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071477/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1974) The OdeSSa File [The Odessa File (1974) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071935/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1974) Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS [Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS (1975) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071650/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1975) The Man Who Would Be King [The Man Who Would Be King (1975) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073341/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1975) The Eagle Has Landed The Eagle Has Landed [The Eagle Has Landed (1976) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074452/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1976) Midway [Midway (1976) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074899/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1976) A Bridge Too Far [A Bridge Too Far (1977) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075784/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1977) Cross of Iron [Cross of Iron (1977) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074695/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1977) The Boys in Company C [The Boys in Company C (1978) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077270/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1978) The Deer Hunter [The Deer Hunter (1978) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077416/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1978) The Four Feathers (1977) [The Four Feathers (TV Movie 1978) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076047/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3) (1978) Force 10 from Navarone [Force 10 from Navarone (1978) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077572/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1978) Apocalypse Now [Apocalypse Now (1979) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1979) Zulu Dawn [Zulu Dawn (1979) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080180/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1979) \*\* **If you feel we have omitted a great War Movie from the 1970’s then mention it/them and if we have enough additional titles we may have a follow-up poll for the decade.** ---
**Author:** ![BigDadWolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@BigDadWolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDadWolf)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-best-war-movies-from-the-1970s/721234/2 "2015-05-31T15:34:10Z")
Glad to see Kelly’s Heroes getting some love - it is one of my all-time favorite movies of any genre. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-best-war-movies-from-the-1970s/721234/3 "2015-05-31T15:59:44Z")
Tough having to pick just five. I could easily have gone to seven (and beyond). ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-best-war-movies-from-the-1970s/721234/4 "2015-05-31T16:44:27Z")
> [@BigDadWolf](#): > > Glad to see Kelly’s Heroes getting some love - it is one of my all-time favorite movies of any genre. I liked it too. Several of the more light-hearted, if not comical, “war movies” are great fun, but maybe not “great war movies.” > [@terentii](#): > > Tough having to pick just five. I could easily have gone to seven (and beyond). If you want to post an “honorable mentions” group, do so. That beats voting for everything on the list! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-best-war-movies-from-the-1970s/721234/5 "2015-05-31T17:15:12Z")
I voted! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-best-war-movies-from-the-1970s/721234/6 "2015-05-31T17:23:50Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > I voted! Out of shape! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-best-war-movies-from-the-1970s/721234/7 "2015-05-31T17:35:03Z")
If I had only one vote for the 70s, I would’ve gone with Telly, Donald, and Clint. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-best-war-movies-from-the-1970s/721234/8 "2015-05-31T17:38:27Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > If I had only one vote for the 70s, I would’ve gone with Telly, Donald, and Clint. Do keep that in mind because that **one vote** may be it in later polls when we start collapsing all these prelims into the “Best Ever” Finals. Just how that will shake out is unclear at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-best-war-movies-from-the-1970s/721234/9 "2015-05-31T17:46:17Z")
I can’t believe we forgot [The Odd Angry Shot.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079652/) Am I the only one showing love for “The Boys in Company C?” Great movie! And it beat a number of more well-known movies to the punch. Including R. Lee Ermey as a drill sergeant. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-best-war-movies-from-the-1970s/721234/10 "2015-05-31T17:57:54Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I can’t believe we forgot [The Odd Angry Shot.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079652/) > > Am I the only one showing love for “The Boys in Company C?” Great movie! And it beat a number of more well-known movies to the punch. Including R. Lee Ermey as a drill sergeant. I’ll add _The Odd Angry Shot_ to the “overflow thread” which is growing toward ten titles now. Some will be _true_ overflow since they’re from periods where we already have threads. Others will just be to avoid reposting the 300+ titles as an entity again. As for your other question, there are quite a few cases getting only one vote in the various threads. But I suppose that’s a little better than the passel of “0 votes” we’re apt to encounter. Not every one of the 300 is a jewel. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-best-war-movies-from-the-1970s/721234/11 "2015-05-31T20:17:42Z")
> [@BigDadWolf](#): > > Glad to see Kelly’s Heroes getting some love - it is one of my all-time favorite movies of any genre. When we go further into the bracket voting, this movie will get my vote for the best of the 70s. And every time I think of this movie, I get this earworm of the theme song. \*Friends all tried to warn me But I held my head up high All the time they warned me But I only passed them by They all tried to tell me But I guess I didn’t care I turned my back and Left them standing there All the burning bridges that have fallen after me All the lonely feelings and the burning memories Everyone I left behind each time I closed the door Burning bridges lost forevermore\* ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-best-war-movies-from-the-1970s/721234/12 "2015-05-31T21:12:09Z")
Patton. The history is a little weak here and there but its well cast and acted and damn does it ever have a great score/theme. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-best-war-movies-from-the-1970s/721234/13 "2015-05-31T21:27:25Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I can’t believe we forgot [The Odd Angry Shot.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079652/) > > Am I the only one showing love for “The Boys in Company C?” Great movie! And it beat a number of more well-known movies to the punch. Including R. Lee Ermey as a drill sergeant. I just voted for it, so that is 2 of us. It is the best Vietnam movie that most people don’t even know exists. R. Lee Emory is fantastic in the movie (as you’d expect), and the movie flows so well. I think it has been drowned out by Platoon and Full Metal Jacket, which is unfortunate. If anyone hasn’t seen this movie, watch it. You won’t regret. It.