I’ll start.

  1. Master And Commander (2003)- modern classic; Maximus Decimus Meridius lives on in the Napoleonic wars as the ultimate Barry captain along with his drunken seamen as they hunt down Pierre to the edge of the earth.

  2. Zulu (1964)- what could be more British than 100 sheep shaggers clad in red and lead by Mycocaine as they play Zerg Rush with 4000 of Shacky Z’s finest. Does it pay respect to the Zulu’s ? Yes, could it be made today? Absolutely not.

  3. Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) -Things couldn’t go more wrong for Barry and his lads on tour as they get banged up abroad in Thailand, and this time it wasn’t for starting a punch up in some ladyboy strip club. Imprisoned by the Japanese he has to graft harder than Hans in a Soviet gulag, will he make it out alive?

by sofarsoblue

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  1. Why doesn’t Germany make movies about the glory of war anymore?

  2. 1: Zwartboek
    2: Oorlogswinter
    3: Michiel De Ruyter (The Admiral in English)

    I havent seen everything I just named some.

  3. 1. Ice cold in Alex (1958) – Barry wakes up in Egypt with the worst hangover in history, not only is his head pounding but so are Rommel’s Guns. Can he and his mates scarper across the desert all the way back to Alexandria for a nice cold pint?
    2. The man who would be King (1975) – MyCocaine and James Bond reckon they can single handedly conquer an Afghan kingdom and insert themselves as defacto God-Emperors. All goes according to plan until Mr Bond gets a bit too frisky with the locals, hilarity ensues.
    3. 633 Squadron (1964) – A bunch of Barries, Aussies and Kiwis get bored of flying their planes safely and decide to forma stunt pilot team to attack Hans’ naughty rocket factories in Norway.

  5. It’s complicated, because there is not much war movies in French cinema.

    1 : L’Armée des Ombres (1969), directed by the great Jean-Pierre Melville. It’s about French Résistance with Lino Ventura as main caracter. It’s inspired by the story of Jean Moulin. Very Dark but a true masterpiece. Melville was himself a former résistant.

    2 : La 317 ème Section (1965) directed by Pierre Schoenderffer. The story takes place at the end of Indochina War in 1954.

    3 : Le Chant du Loup (2019), about French Nuclear submarines.

    I could also have quoted La Grande Illusion, Un Taxi pour Tobrouk, Le Vieux Fusil and Mais Où Est Donc Passée la 7ème Compagnie ? (the last one is a comedy).

  6. Shout out to A bridge too far and the Battle of Britain

  7. 1. Dambusters
    2. The Battle of Britain
    3. The Great Escape

    Yes, I was in the RAF, how did you know?

  8. Unknown Soldier 1955

    Unknown Soldier 1985

    Unknown Soldier 2017

  9. 1. Flammen og Citronen
    2. Hvidstensgruppen
    3. Armadillo

  12. TV also has some splendid options

    1, Sharpe
    2, Blackadder goes forth
    3, Hornblower

  13. 1. Zulu

    2.A Bridge Too Far

    3. The Dambusters

    (River Kwai and Battle of Britain are hon. mentions).

  14. 1- “il Mestiere delle Armi”(2001), Ermanno Olmi -Talk about of [Giovanni dalle Bande Nere](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_delle_Bande_Nere), a famous condottiero, who goes against the Lanzichenecchi(Landsknecht), and documents the “fall” of the Reneissance period in Italy.

    2-“Torneranno i prati”(2014), Ermanno Olmi,- Basically the every day life of the italian troops at the Alpine front during the WW1.

    3-“La Ciociara” (1960), Vittorio De Sica,- the effect of the WW2 in a part of Latium Ciociaria, talks about the tragedy happened called the Marocchinate, made by a north african french regiment.

  15. Since, das Boot and Downfall were already mentioned i’ll throw „Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter“ in the ring. It’s a mini series about a group of friends in Berlin which are affected by the turmoils of the war. The series is criticized and admired likewise because it also shows the German pov on the Second World war, which is very rare among the mostly American pov movies.

    https://preview.redd.it/375rj8fnzutc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1be967173ce57d1c77b0e6ce1f3da96464844a7b

  16. 1- La Grande Guerra (1959): we are always buffoons, aren’t we?

    2- Tutti a casa (1960): side-switching, the movie

    3- Mediterraneo (1991): peak Luigi being lazy after meeting Kostas’ women

    Bonus track: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966): why fight the Civil War when you can go looking for gold?

  17. The Wind That Shakes The Barley.
    Michael Collins.
    The General.

  19. Michael Collins
    The Wind that shakes the barley
    In the name of the father

  20. Puis-je me présenter, je m’appelle Ans et j’ai une suggestion pour un Film de guerre.

    – La Grande Illusion (French for “The Grand Illusion”)

  21. Ehm, this might be all of them, so in no partical order:

    De Leeuw van Vlaanderen (1984) – Franco-Flemish War
    Torpedo (2019) – WW2
    The Last Front (2024) – WW1

  22. Poland:

    1. The Pianist
    2.Kanał
    3.The trilogy( it’s a series of 3 movies but whatever)

  24. Norwegian cinema is obsessed with WW2, so we have quite a few. Some of the more decent ones in my opinion:
    – Max Manus
    – The 12th Man
    – War Sailor

    None of them are spectacular films, but they are entertaining and reasonably accurate. Hans definitely wins this one. My favourite Norwegian ww2 drama is The Heavy Water War, which is a miniseries about resistance saboteurs.

  27. 1. Balada Triste de Trompeta

    2. Mientras dure la guerra

    3. La Vaquilla

    Civil War is still a topic something sad to watch in 2024, two are more modern and the last one is a comedy.

  28. Ok, these are not strictly “war” films like the ones listed, since in Spain the Civil War is still a touchy subject and there’s few movies that actually depict big battles or strategic turning points in wars. Most of the films about war in Spain are about the consequences of war and the drama of living under the winners’ thumb (you know, the fascists). But I think most are fair game since they are *about* war:

    1. [El Laberinto del Fauno](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457430/) (Pan’s Labyrinth) Amazing masterpiece directed by Guillermo del Toro. It blends fantasy with the horrors, scars, and trauma left by the war. 10/10
    2. [El Espíritu de la Colmena](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070040/) (The Spirit of the Beehive) I had my doubts about putting this one here since it’s basically, again, another film about post-war and the trauma that Spanish society suffered from the nationalist victory. But it’s considered one of best Spanish films ever made, if not the best. What’s most praiseworthy is that this movie was made during the dictatorship and, somehow, it avoided the heavy censorship of the era. Guess it was that good that even the censors let it go.
    3. [La Vaquilla](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457430/) (The Heifer) Directed by the master of costumbrist comedy, Jose Garcia Berlanga, it depicts a bunch of Spanish republicans crossing the enemy lines to go to a party. It’s a beautiful and insanely funny take on humanity and the pointlessness of war.

    Small honorable mention: [Alatriste](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395119/)
    I had my doubts about putting this one since the film is… subpar. The story and the characters are not very interesting, the script is flawed and the cast didn’t give everything they could to the table (despite casting Viggo Mortensen as the titular Alatriste). But the film has amazing cinematography and production design and, surprisingly enough, it’s **not** about the civil war or the post-war period (I know, Spanish cinema has a problem of variety) but about a captain during the 80 years’ War.

    Sorry for such a long comment. I’m a film buff and I couldn’t resist.

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