For me "Thin Red Line" is so obviously Vietnam dressed up in WW2 clothing that it grates.

Though if we're going back beyond the last few years:

Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, A Bridge Too Far, The Longest Day, The Fighting SeaBees, Sands of Iwo Jima ...

For my sins I enjoy the following, in no particular order: Kellys Heroes, The Red Baron (2009?), Passchendale, A Bridge Too Far, The Longest Day, The Battle of Britain, Cross of Iron and Defiance 

Not long finished watching 84 Charlie Mopic which is from the cameraman's viewpoint of a training film being made on the front line in  Vietnam. Old (1989), but for a budget film it's quite good.

Quote from: skywalker on 24 September 2014, 11:26:34 AM
For my sins I enjoy the following, in no particular order: Kellys Heroes, The Red Baron (2009?), Passchendale, A Bridge Too Far, The Longest Day, The Battle of Britain, Cross of Iron and Defiance 

Yes, I'd also include The Longest Day (in spite of its Hollywood theme song) and The Battle of Britain (If only for the action scenes) in my list of favourites. 

Quote from: Subedai on 24 September 2014, 01:14:45 PM
Not long finished watching 84 Charlie Mopic which is from the cameraman's viewpoint of a training film being made on the front line in  Vietnam. Old (1989), but for a budget film it's quite good.

84 Charlie Mopic is a great little film

Quote from: Hertsblue on 25 September 2014, 07:55:44 AM
Yes, I'd also include The Longest Day (in spite of its Hollywood theme song) and The Battle of Britain (If only for the action scenes) in my list of favourites. 

Considering its age, in the Battle of Britain even the models they used for the planes were quite convincing. Michael Caine trying to control the Polish pilots is a great little scene.

Midway and The Long, the Short and the Tall haven't been mentioned yet. 'Flingers on Bonce' Some great character acting in the last mentioned.

Saw Aces High again recently , enjoyed it a lot

Fully support the Das Boot recommendation, an awesome film which is a quantum leap ahead of all previous submarine films.  Although not a film for cinema release, Band of Brothers is pretty hard to beat. Gettysburg, for the Pickett's charge scenes alone, probably deserves to be on the list. And before we get the usual 'beards' comments, go back and look at some of the photos of real civil war generals. Jeb Stuart really had been attacked by someone with a paint brush loaded with wallpaper paste! 

Mollinary

Alongside "Gettysburg" you might want to watch "Glory" (1989) - Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman doing a decent job of telling the story of the 54th Massachusetts.

In a similar vein there's "Red Tails" (2012) which tells the story of the Tuskegee airmen. It got panned by the critics as stereotyped and cliched but I enjoyed it - each to their own I guess.

Glory is great!

Quote from: mad lemmey on 25 September 2014, 09:43:23 PM
Glory is great!

The movie or having your own tribute thread? 

 

Quote from: Subedai on 25 September 2014, 12:01:55 PM
Considering its age, in the Battle of Britain even the models they used for the planes were quite convincing. Michael Caine trying to control the Polish pilots is a great little scene.

Repeat Please 

Still a great film today IMHO - inspiration for my next project actually 

Quote from: mad lemmey on 25 September 2014, 09:43:23 PM
Glory is great!

Especially before noon.

Cross of Iron
Defiance
The Longest Day
Spartucus - just for the spectacle - and the fact I was allowed to stay up late as a kid to watch it in the days before video recorders
Von Ryans Express - Not the best but I can remember sitting on the sofa with my late father watching it together - good memories