What is your favourite historical or war film/television show???
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Lots of excellent films mentioned so far. Some of my favs are:
Saving Private Ryan
Zulu(probably my fav)
Braveheart
The Vikings
The Warlord
Flesh and Blood
The "Sharpe's" movies
Alexander Nevsky
Spartacus
Henry V(an older version from the 1950's I think)
Alfred the Great
Cross of Iron
Sgt. York
Becket
I am sure there are more, but I can't remember them right now. :)
I am sure there are more, but
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Lots of excellent films mentioned so far. Some of my favs are:
Saving Private Ryan
Zulu(probably my fav)
Braveheart
The Vikings
The Warlord
Flesh and Blood
The "Sharpe's" movies
Alexander Nevsky
Spartacus
Henry V(an older version from the 1950's I think)
Alfred the Great
Cross of Iron
Sgt. York
Becket
I am sure there are more, but I can't remember them right now. :)
I am sure there are more, but
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Oh yes... for the sandal set, there's the amazing "I, Claudius" series. I'd say that's my fave from that historical era.
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All of the above.
Plus one that hasn't been mentioned. When I was a teenager PBS showed an excellent multipart documentary by the BBC on WWII called "World at War".
What made it so good was the use of many of the actual participants. One of the most earie was an interview with Hitler's secretary and her account of what happened in the bunker when he killed himself.
One day.
One plan.
One army of Browncoats.
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
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Lots of good ones mentioned already. Just some off the top of my head:
Gettysburg
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket
Path to War
Saving Private Ryan
Enemy At The Gates
Black Hawk Down
Ken Burns Civil War (PBS)
Coming Home
Apocalypse Now
Go Tell The Spartans
Three Kings
Gladiator
All The President's Men
Nixon
JFK
Born on the Fourth of July
1492
Indochine
The Untouchables
The Thin Red Line
Wyatt Earp
Salvador
-She's in Congress?_
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Three Kings
I forgot about Three Kings! I love that movie.
~lissa, retired spwhore
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I'm not much into TV, so I mostly have movies to list. But, I'm gonna organize them by how directly they deal with war...
Dealing with war itself:
- Apocalypse Now
- Saving Private Ryan
- Glory
Dealing with the effects of war:
- Schindler's List
- The Killing Fields
War (or wars) as a background:
- Into the West (TV)
- Spartacus
Fictitious Wars:
- Gladiator
- Serenity {^^}. KF
~KF
Lord, I'm walking your way. Let me in, for my feet are sore, my clothes are ragged.
Look in my eyes, Lord, and my sins will play out on them as on a screen. Read them all.
Forgive what you can and send me on my path. I will walk on until you bid me rest.
~Haven Prayer
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Some great examples in the thread, I think Band of Brothers still ranks there
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I love "I, Claudius".
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How has nobody mentioned Top Gun in this thread?
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