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5 Best MODERN War films ever!!!

Title says it all :smile:

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Reply 1
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dh00001
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modern war films as in recent or modern wars? if the previous

in no order - saving privat ryan, enemy at the gate, black hawk down, three kings, tears of the sun :smile:
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Vygotsky
also not sure if you mean modern, war films or modern war, films

anyway....
Saving private ryan
Apocalypse now
The last samuri
Platoon
300
Apocalpyse Now
Saving Private Ryan
Dr. Strangelove, (if it's not too old)
Come and See (Elem Klimov, USSR)
Tae Guk Gi (Korea)
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Dr Strangelove
Saving Private Ryan
Where Eagles Dare
Apocalypse Now
Band of Brothers

-I hope 60's films count as modern or else that list is void. And i know Band of Brothers was made as a tv series but it's too good to be left of this list, and it sure looks like a film. If that didn't count then i'd put Master and Commander in its place
Saving Private Ryan - Amazing, an epic.
To End All Wars - A stunning film, starring Robert Calysle. Intense.
Empire of the Sun - I hope we are counting 80's as modern. This though not directly a combat war film, was direclty linked to the war, and was superb.
The Killing Fields - Another 80's film, another fantastic epic. Don't be put off by the title, it really is a masterpiece.
Red Scorpion - Dolph Lundgren in Arnie mode, comic war film at it's best. :biggrin:
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5unny_F1
Black hawk down
Tears of the sun

Nothing beats those two
FranzFan
Dr Strangelove
Saving Private Ryan
Where Eagles Dare
Apocalypse Now
Band of Brothers

-I hope 60's films count as modern or else that list is void. And i know Band of Brothers was made as a tv series but it's too good to be left of this list, and it sure looks like a film. If that didn't count then i'd put Master and Commander in its place


I thought "Band of Brothers" was very good too, and apparently it is faithful to the actual events.
And "The Killing Fields" too Jonah.
Reply 9
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Diable Saint
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Mine would be

Scindler's list
Apocalypse Now
Gallipoli

and two other really good ones :p:
dismal_laundry
And "The Killing Fields" too Jonah.

Thank you. :smile: You're the first person on this site who (to the extent of my knowledge) has actually seen it. I think it's an amazing film.
The Battle of Algiers
The Killing Fields
Full Metal Jacket
Pan's Labyrinth (a war film of sorts...)
Platoon.
Apocalpyse Now
Platoon
Saving Private Ryan
Braveheart
Black Hawk Down
Apocolypse Now
Platoon
The Pianist
Schindler's List
Full Metal Jacket
Reply 14
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Clarence
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I thought Black Hawk Down was crap.
Saving private ryan
downfall
enemy at the gate
Schindler's List
Good Morning, Vietnam
Reply 16
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Echolife
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Saving Private Ryan
Black Hawk Down
Last Samurai
Apocolypse Now
Platoon
Reply 17
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Calimero
Band of Brothers
Saving Private Ryan
Full Metal Jacket
We Were Soldiers
The Longest Day
Band of Brothers what a book
Reply 19
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sarbruis
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No Man's Land
The Pianist
The Thin Red Line
Glory
Band of Brothers (which, of course, is a mini-series, but it definitely deserves mention)

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