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I love war films. Here are 10 of my favorites in no particular order.

Kelly's Heros

Patton

Saving Private Ryan

The Great Escape

Platoon

M.A.S.H.

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Midway

Band of Brothers

All Quiet on the Western Front

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sgallan

M.A.S.H

Apocolypse Now

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Saving Private Ryan

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JensenS

Band of Brothers, and Apocalypse Now are my two favorites.

tpay

We Were Soldiers

Wiltz

Kelly's Heroes and The Great Escape are awesome.

Bridge over the River Kwai

Full Metal Jacket

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bluestater

I took a class in high school that was basically designed to be an easy class, because for many students, it was our seventh class. It was called Government and Society, and all we did was watch old war movies. I loved it! Some of my favorite movies of all time were introduced to me in that class:

The Best Years of Our Lives
Patton (George C. Scott is a Missouri Tiger!)
Casablanca

I also like Blackhawk Down, Saving Private Ryan, the Manchurian Candidate (original) and though this may not be a traditional war movie, I think it still qualifies-Dr. Strangelove.

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Wiltz

I struggle with Blackhawk Down because the book was so much better than the movie.

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FloggingSully

You guys all forgot Braveheart!

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Wiltz

And Stiffy's favorite the 300.

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arm-spin

Braveheart, 300, dr. Strangelove are all brilliant... for more traditional War movies, I'm a huge fan of Black Hawk Down. It might not be "deep" enough to be an all-time great, but the real-time urban warfare is brilliant.

Also "Enemy at the Gates". I watched it when I was a teenager and my brothers and spent hours trying to "snipe" each other afterwards.