What's your favorite reality-based modern war film?

[Adamant]

Saving Private Ryan
We Were Soldiers

 

[Jesus X]

Starship Troopers

the sequels sucked badly I bought them for 5 bucks because I was a fan
the CGI cartoon in 1999-2000 was really good.

and the cgi movie

 

[Jesus X]

Saving Private Ryan
We Were Soldiers

we were soldiers was cool,it was braveheart and the patriot set in vietnam though.

 

[My Spot]

The Hurt Locker wasn't bad but definitely missed the mark when it came to realism.

 

[VulcanNervPinch]

None of the above

Or, more specifically, just "none"

 

[Abezal]

9th company is a pretty damn good modern war movie.

 

[Philo-Publius]

None of the above

Or, more specifically, just "none"

Then it sounds like this topic is not for you then...

 

[Jesus X]

I liked zero dark thirty but that wasn't a war film,it was a CIA,spycraft\tradecraft film with a special appearance by seal team six.

 

[Protectandserve]

Blackhawk Down and its not even close.

American Sniper had potential but they kind of blew it by Hollywood'izng the final battle.

 

[DoomPatrol]

The only thing I hate about Black Hawk Down is that they changed a major character out because he was a pedo in real life. Then they made the new character out to be better

 

[Big Tuppy Hole]

BHD is one of the GOAT movies period end of story

Eric Banna wrecks it for me

 

[CO68]

Black Hawk Down is significantly better than any of those films. The rest of those are mediocre.

That's your mediocre opinion. Hotel Rwanda is the best of those, but not my fav.

 

[CO68]

Black hawk down is the GOAT war movie and it's not even close.

It's not even a top 20 war movie, you silly can.

 

[BigInJapan]

Apocalypse Now is not an answer?

 

[Leklok]

It's not even a top 20 war movie, you silly can.

Name 20 that are better or stfu

 

[Orgasmo]

Black Hawk Down for me

I find The Lone Survivor to be too "Hollywood-ish" towards the end with the dramatic village massacre and big battle, which was greatly exaggerated. I also didn't like how The Hurt Locker portrayed a couple of EOD guys were running around in a HUMVEE like they're spec ops when usually these guys are attached to a regular unit. Hotel Rwanda was more of a war drama film than an action film, and American Sniper felt kinda meh to me.

I have not seen 13 Hours yet.

 

[CO68]

Name 20 that are better or stfu

Ran
Platoon
Paths of Glory
Glory
Das Boot
The Deer Hunter
Apocalypse Now
Saving Private Ryan
The Battleship Potemkin
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Hotel Rwanda
The Great Dictator
Dr. Strangelove
The Manchurian Candidate (original)
The Grand Illusion
Stalag 17
Inglourious Basterds
The Hurt Locker
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Great Escape
300
The Thin Red Line
The Longest Day
Letters from Iwo Jima

Also, Schindler's List if you consider that a war film.

 

[specter1001]

Anything but American Sniper, that was the worst war related movie ever made.

The novel wasnt any better either, couldnt get past the first 100 pages.

 

[RoryFan]

I don't like any of the movies in the OP -.- not a single one appealed to me.

I did really enjoy the series Generation Kill though, so I'm cheating and going with that.

 

[Insmoke]

Black Hawk Down clearly.