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When Hollywood Ruled The Skies - Volumes 1 through 4 by Bruce Oriss


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PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 8:18 am 
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Lets put together a list of our favorite 100 War movies, doesn't matter what service or era. Just our 100 favorites. List as many or as few as you want and I'll try to put them in some semblance of order in a database or something.

Edit: Initial list - This is what we have so far, 143 movies, once I get a list we'll figure out a way to vote on them to find the top 100.


12 O’Clock High
13 Rue Madeleine
30 Seconds over Tokio
55 Days at Peking
633 Squadron
A Bridge to Far
A Soldiers Story
A Walk in the Sun
A Wing and a Prayer
A Yank in the RAF
Above and Beyond
Action in The North Atlantic
Air America
Air Force
All Quiet on the Western Front
Apocalypse Now
Back to Bataan
Back to Bataan
Band of Brothers
Battle Hymn
Battle of Britian
Battle of the Bulge
Battleground
Black Hawk Down
Blood on the Sun
Blue Max
Bombadier
Boys in Company C
Breaker Morant
Bridge Over the River Kwai
Captains of the Clouds
Casablanca
Cast a Giant Shadow
Castle Keep
Chain Lightning
Cockleshell Heroes
Command Decision
Crash Dive
Cross of Iron
Dam Busters
Darby's Rangers
Dark Blue World
darn The Defiant
Das Boat
Dawn Patrol
Desert Fox
Desert Rats
Destination Tokyo
Devil's Brigade
Dogs of War
Empire of the Sun
Exodus
Fighter Squadron
Fix Bayonets
Flags of our Fathers
Flattop
Flying Leathernecks
From Here to Eternity
Full Metal Jacket
Gallipoli
Gettysburg
Glory
Go Tell the Spartans
God is My Co Pilot
Gone with the Wind
Guadalcanal Diary
Gung Ho!
Guns of Navarone
Hamburger Hill
Heartbreak Ridge
Hells Angels
Ice Cold in Alex
In Harms Way
In Which We Serve
Is Paris Burning
Joyeux Noël
Judgement at Nuremberg
Kelly’s Heroes
Lawrence of Arabia
Letters from Iwo Jima
Longest Day
MacArthur
Malta Story
Memphis Bell (Willliam Wyler edition)
Memphis Belle
Men of the Fighting Lady
Merrill's Marauders
Midway
Mr. Roberts
Mrs Miniver
Night of the Generals
Objective Burma
On a Wing and a Prayer
One of our Planes is Missing
Operation Crossbow
Passage from Marseille
Paths of Glory
Patton
Piece of Cake
Platoon
Pork Chop Hill
Pride of the Marines
PT 109
Run Silent Run Deep
Sahara
Sands of iwo Jima
Sargent York
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
Sergeant York
Siege at Firebase Gloria
Sink the Bismark
So Proudly We hail Bataan
Stalag 17
Taking Chance
Task Force
The 49th Parallel
The Best years of Our Lives
The Big Red One
The Blue Max
The Boys in Company C
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
The Caine Mutiny
The Dam Busters
The Dirty Dozen
The Eagle has Landed
The Fighting 69th
The Flying Tigers
The General
The Great Escape
The Green Berets
The Hunt for Red October
The Hunters
The Hurt Locker
The Immortal Sargent
The Longest Day
The Manchurian Candidate
The North Star
The Pacific
The Purple Heart
The Sea Chase
The Sea Wolves
The Story of G.I. Joe.
The Thin Red Line
The Train
The Train
The War Lover
The Wild Geese
The Young Lions
They were Expendable
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Thunder Birds
To Have and Have Not
To hell and Back
To the Halls of Montezuma
Tora, Tora, Tora
Tuskegee Airman
Valkyrie
Wake Island
War and Peace
Waterloo Bridge
We Were Soldiers
Where Eagles Dare
Wind and the Lion
Wings
Wings
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Your in the Navy Now
Zulu

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 8:22 am 
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12 'oclock high
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Air America
Band of Brothers
The Pacific
Saving Private Ryan
We Were Soldiers
Midway

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Das Boot - any cut
Kelly's Heroes
Wings
Hell's Angels

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WWII
Dark Blue World
Where Eagles Dare
Empire of the Sun
Casablanca
Chain Lightning
Sahara
Captains of the Clouds
The Dirty Dozen
Schindler's List
The Longest Day
Patton
The Great Escape
Letters from Iwo Jima
Flags of Our Fathers
The Thin Red Line
Bridge Over the River Kwai
Non-WWII
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Full Metal Jacket
Pork Chop Hill
Glory
Lawrence of Arabia
Wings
Dawn Patrol
The Blue Max

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 9:37 am 
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Wings
Blue Max
Air Force
Tora Tora Tora
A Bridge to Far
A Wing and a Prayer
Memphis Bell (Willliam Wyler edition)
633 Squadron
Thunder Birds
Wake Island
God is My Co Pilot
Longest Day
Band of Brothers
To the Halls of Montezuma
Pride of the Marines
Lawrence of Arabia
Sink the Bismark
Das Boat
Guadalcanal Diary
Flattop
The Bridges at Toko Ri
Above and Beyond
Desert Fox
Desert Rats
Malta Story
Battle of Britain
Dam Busters
30 Seconds over Tokio
PT 109
Midway
Run Silent Run Deep
The Young Lions
Exodus
The Sea Wolves
Fighter Squadron
Cross of Iron
Patton Hell to Eternity
Is Paris Burning
The Train
In Which We Serve
One of our Planes is Missing
Darby's Rangers
Gettysburg
Action in The North Atlantic
Night of the Generals
Fix Bayonets
Merrill's Marauders
To Hell and Back
The North Star
Objective Burma
The Purple Heart
A Walk in The Sun
The Story of G.I. Joe.
Gung Ho
The Great Escape
The Thin Red Line
In Harms Way
The Hunt for Red October
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket
The Boys in Company C
The Green Berets
Air America
All Quiet on the Western Front
Bridge on teh River Kwai
Hamburger Hill
darn The Defiant
Destination Tokyo
Pork Chop Hill
The Sea Wolves
MacArthur
Battle Hymn
Sahara
The Caine Mutiny
Passage from Marseille
To Have and Have Not
The 49th Parallel
The Best years of Our Lives
The Immortal Sargent
Battle of the Bulge
War and Peace
Your in the Navy Now
Sergeant York
Task Force
Gone with the Wind
A Yank in the RAF
Waterloo Bridge
Judgement at Nuremberg
Crash Dive
Mrs Miniver
The Sea Chase
Sands of iwo Jima
The Flying Tigers
Captains of the Clouds
The Fighting 69th
13Rue Madeleine
Blood on the Sun
Yankee Doodle Dandy
So Proudly We hail Bataan
Back to Bataan
Command Decision
A Soldiers Story
Tuskegee Airman
The Manchurian Candidate
Valkyrie
55 Days at Peking
Taking Chance
Zulu
The Wild Geese
Operation Crossbow
From Here to Eternity
Cast a Giant Shadow
Castle Keep
Stalag 17

Just to name a few.


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Thanks Guys! Thats quite a few movies, keep em coming! (are there even any more movies left? :? )

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Here's a quick list of mine in chronological order first in time period then by year produced.
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Seven Samurai

The General
Glory
Gettysburg

Breaker Morant

Wings
Hells Angels
All Quiet on the Western Front
Sargent York
Paths of Glory
Lawrence of Arabia
The Blue Max
Gallipoli
Joyeux Noël

Battleground
A Walk in the Sun
The Story of G.I. Joe
Gung Ho!
Bombadier
13 Rue Madeleine
They Were Expendable
Air Force
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
12 O’Clock High
On a Wing and a Prayer
Sand of Iwo Jima
Flying Leathernecks
The Dam Busters
Sink the Bismark
The War Lover
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Longest Day
The Great Escape
The Train
Where Eagles Dare
Guns of Navarone
633 Squadron
Kelly’s Heroes
The Dirty Dozen
Patton
Tora, Tora, Tora
Battle of Britian
Midway
The Eagle has Landed
A Bridge Too Far
Das Boat
The Big Red One
Empire of the Sun
Piece of Cake
Memphis Belle
Dark Blue World
Band of Brothers
Saving Private Ryan
Flags of our Fathers
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Pacific

Men of the Fighting Lady
The Hunters
The Bridges at Toko Ri
Pork Chop Hill

Boys in Company C
Apocalypse Now
Platoon
We Were Soldiers

Black Hawk Down
The Hurt Locker


I have more, I just have to think about them. :)

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 10:19 am 
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Jiggersfromsphilly wrote:
Wings **
Blue Max
Air Force **
Tora Tora Tora
A Bridge Too Far
A Wing and a Prayer
Memphis Bell (Willliam Wyler edition)
633 Squadron
Thunder Birds **
Wake Island
God is My Co Pilot
Longest Day
Band of Brothers
Halls of Montezuma
Pride of the Marines
Lawrence of Arabia
Sink the Bismark
Das Boat
Guadalcanal Diary
Flattop **
The Bridges at Toko Ri
Above and Beyond
Desert Fox
Desert Rats
Malta Story
Battle of Britain
Dam Busters
30 Seconds over Tokyo
PT 109
Midway
Run Silent Run Deep
The Young Lions
Exodus
The Sea Wolves
Fighter Squadron
Cross of Iron
Patton
Hell to Eternity
Is Paris Burning **
The Train
In Which We Serve
One of our Planes is Missing
Darby's Rangers
Gettysburg
Action in The North Atlantic
Night of the Generals
Fix Bayonets **
Merrill's Marauders
To Hell and Back
The North Star **
Objective Burma
The Purple Heart
A Walk in The Sun
The Story of G.I. Joe.
Gung Ho
The Great Escape
The Thin Red Line
In Harms Way
The Hunt for Red October
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket
The Boys in Company C
The Green Berets
Air America
All Quiet on the Western Front
Bridge on the River Kwai
Hamburger Hill
darn The Defiant
Destination Tokyo
Pork Chop Hill
The Sea Wolves
MacArthur
Battle Hymn
Sahara (The Bogart version)
The Caine Mutiny
Passage from Marseille **
To Have and Have Not
The 49th Parallel
The Best years of Our Lives
The Immortal Sargent
Battle of the Bulge
War and Peace
You're in the Navy Now
Sergeant York
Task Force
Gone with the Wind
A Yank in the RAF
Waterloo Bridge
Judgment at Nuremberg
Crash Dive
Mrs. Miniver
The Sea Chase
Sands of Iwo Jima
Flying Tigers
Captains of the Clouds **
The Fighting 69th
13Rue Madeleine **
Blood on the Sun
Yankee Doodle Dandy (Sorry Tony. Good movie but it was a musical about Geo. M. Cohan.)
So Proudly We Hail
Bataan
Back to Bataan
Command Decision
A Soldiers Story
Tuskegee Airman
The Manchurian Candidate
Valkyrie
55 Days at Peking
Taking Chance **
Zulu
The Wild Geese
Operation Crossbow
From Here to Eternity
Cast a Giant Shadow
Castle Keep
Stalag 17

Just to name a few.


Good list. The ** are ones ! don't remember seeing. (Hope you don't mind the comments)

I'd like to add a couple.

Devil's Brigade
The Big Red One

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 10:48 am 
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Cockleshell Heroes
Wind and the Lion
They were Expendable
Back to Bataan
Air Force
Mr. Roberts
Heartbreak Ridge
Go Tell the Spartans
Siege at Firebase Gloria
Ice Cold in Alex
Dogs of War


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Awesome lists, troops. I keep saying, "OMG...I didn't remember that one." :drink3:

Mudge the reminiscing :D

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What? No Pearl Harbour???

Don't worry, I couldn't keep a straight face through that. Good lists from all contributors, when can we expect the screening of the whole list?

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Mudge wrote:
Awesome lists, troops. I keep saying, "OMG...I didn't remember that one." :drink3:

Mudge the reminiscing :D



Yeah Mudge you caught me on Yankee Doodle Dandy. I tried to slip it in as a home front picture . No soap from Mudge the Observant.


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How about,

Stalingrad

Enemy at the Gates

Mission to Moscow.

The Colditz Story

The Wooden Horse

Torpedo Run


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How could you dipsticks forget the best aviation war film of all time?

Catch 22


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLNnWw1YHGg

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Dan K wrote:
How could you dipsticks forget the best aviation war film of all time?

Catch 22



ARRGGHH! Well...there's a total lack of taste. :hide:

Mudge the critic :wink:

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