Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Harmonia (A) on March 09, 2010 at 16:26:08

In Reply to: RE: All this Hurt Locker talk has got me thinking about the best war movies. Here's my list posted by Doug Flynn on March 06, 2010 at 19:12:12

...those film masterpieces are from (respectively) 1937, 1969, 1946. 1943 and 2001.

And still there's more (not previously mentioned - I think):

Alexander Nevsky (1938)
A Matter Of Life & Death (1946)
Master & Commander; Far Side Of the World (2003)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Zulu (1964)
Waterloo Bridge (1931)
Au revoir les enfants (1987
Rome, Open City (1945)
Grave Of the Fireflies (1988)
Hope & Glory (1987)
Dawn Patrol (1930 or 1939, take your pick)

I also endorse these fine films already mentioned by other inmates:

Ran (1985)
Paths Of Glory (1957)
Cranes Are Flying (1957)
All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)
Come And See (1985)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Gallipoli (1987)
Underground (1995)
Bridge Over The River Kwai (1957)
The Battle For Aligiers (1966)
Das Boot (1981)
Breaker Morant (1980)
Forbidden Games (1952)
Empire Of The Sun (1987)
The Pianist (2002)