Das Boot #3!

[Sailor Steve]

I recently picked up a copy of Military History Magazine's 100 Best War Movies at my local Barnes & Noble. These reviews aren't by film critics; they're by war historians. And they rated Das Boot the Number 3 war movie of all time, after All Quiet On The Western Front and Paths Of Glory!

I don't have my copy with me or I would show the rest of the list, but here is the link to their website so you can at least get a taste. I've also posted my comments on the "Movies that should have been included" and "Best battle scenes" links.
http://www.historynet.com/movies/11720196.html
http://www.historynet.com/movies/11719686.html

[Nerazzurri]

Don't know about you mate, but it looks like one mixed up list to me :hmm:

Some I wouldn't even describe as war movies, for example Notorious; I'd say that's a film noir thriller?

Just my opinion.

[AVGWarhawk]

The Good, Bad and the Ugly was a war movie? I thought it was a western with Clint Eastwood. They missed a lot.

[Sailor Steve]

Both very true; and as I (and others) complained, Tora! Tora! Tora! wasn't even on the list. Many complaints, but still fun.

And Das Boot was #3!

[Torplexed]

Interesting. The top three on that last are all anti-war films to boot. (Wolfgang Petersen considered Das Boot an anti-war film)

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly has a few American Civil War scenes. But not that many.

[Nerazzurri]

Without wanting to get in to it in depth, the stand outs for me are Battle of Britain and A Bridge Too Far, which should both be top 10, and The guns of Navarone, which should be top 20. The highest any of those three achieve is 90th! LMAO

Again just my opinion :doh:

EDIT a few I'd like to see included would be The Eagle Has Landed, Enemy at The Gates and possibly Master Commander.

[Mush Martin]

I simply cannot believe how much I disagree with the list overall.
:shifty:

[Torplexed]

Duck Soup...a Marx Brothers comedy at #27? They've lost me there. If including comedies, then Strangelove should be much higher on the list.

And Spielberg's 1941 is nowhere to be seen. :cry:

[Nerazzurri]

Duck Soup...a Marx Brothers comedy at #27? They've lost me there. If including comedies' then Strangelove should be much higher on the list.

And Spielberg's 1941 is nowhere to be seen. :cry:

I didn't comment on Duck Soup because I was so sure I must be reading it incorrectly. How that gets in there is totally beyond me. In fact if this list was composed by historians from the uni it only confirms my doubts in the British education system. :nope:

[Torplexed]

The Searchers at #49 seems like another odd choice too. These historians must have been fond of Westerns.

The Manchurian Candidate #85...that seems outta place as well. A few brief scenes set in Korea at the beginning of the film to establish the premise. But that's it.

Without wanting to get in to it in depth, the stand outs for me are Battle of Britain and A Bridge Too Far

Yeah...I've always felt A Bridge Too Far is much underrated.