Good war movies

[evilomar]

I don't like movies that misrepresent what actually happens, especially when they make the soldiers look bad.

So you like fiction? Sorry dude its war, shit like that happens and not just by American soldiers. Kubrick did a fantastic job portraying the characters in Full Metal Jackett. I have seen a ton of war films, foreign and US and some films I have enjoyed over the years are:

The Big Parade
Life is Beautiful
Dances with Wolves
Napoleon(1927 French version)
Hearts of the World
The Tuskegee Airmen
Lawrence of Arabia
Stachka
Gone with the Wind
Sommarnattens Leende
Seven Samurai
Schindler's List
Empire of the Sun
Ikiru
Tearing Down the Spanish Flag
Four Feathers (1939 version)
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
La Battaglia di Algeri
Hell's Angels
La Grand Illusion
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
The World of Apu
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Hellz yeah based on Hemingway's novel)
Immortal Batallion
The Age of Gold
Beauty of the Day
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Cria!

Anime:
Barefoot Gen
Grave of the Fireflies
Railroad to the Stars

If you like good portrays of American soldiers, go watch old John Wayne movies like Green Berets (which he fucking regreted doing), The Memphis Belle, Pearl Harbor, or Where Eagles Dare (that one had a phenomenal cast). If anyone hasn't seen Hotel Rwanda, go and see this wonderful film.

[Cidien]

Ya, but the movies make it sound like shit like that is happening all over and most/all the soldiers behave like they do. It's bullshit.

[puzzleguy]

My personal favorites :

Enemy at the gates
Master and Commander
Das Boot ( german submarine movie )
U-571

theres alot more, but thats all I can think of at this time !

[israfel]

a bridge to far is one of my favorites.
hart's war has some fighting scenes.
tora tora tora

[Cidien]

Ah, a bridge too far. Not a new film but good thinking. Sold my VHS a long time ago and forgot to get the dvd. =P

[Cyrus]

i saw hotel Rwanda recently and that was amazing

i mean it's up there with shindler's list

you definately should see it

everyone should