Posted on Aug 25, 2014

Best Under-rated military movie?

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Some military movies got overlooked in the recognition department. I liked "The Siege of Firebase Gloria"-just because R. Lee Ermey rocked it with his one-liners! What other less-known tasty military nuggets are out there, possibly undiscovered?

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SFC Bryan Stetzer

Posted >1 y ago

Well, this is an old thread, but I'll throw my two cents in with a few nobody seems to have mentioned: "The Beast" with Jason Patric and George Dzundza about a Russian tank crew in Afghanistan; "Renaissance Man" with Mark Walhberg and Danny Devito..not so much a war movie as an Army movie, but still very watchable; "No Man's Land" Bosnian language movie (with English subtitles) about, obviously, the war in Bosnia; "Go For Broke!" about the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the only Nissei American unit in the army, and the most highly decorated unit in WWII.

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SFC Mark Merino

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The Beast was a GREAT movie.

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1SG Steven Imerman

Posted 6 y ago

Cross of Iron, 1977. Steiner (James Coburn) is the hardbitten NCO trying to hold things together in his chunk of a crumbling front in the Crimea. My CO when I was a drill said he believed Steiner was a communist because he didn't like officers. I bit my tongue. Great performances from Maximilian Schell and James Mason, too.

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SFC Mark Merino

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Great choice!

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SSG Matt Murphy

Posted 6 y ago

Das Boot

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5830254/

Das Boot (TV Series 2018– ) - IMDb

Created by Johannes W. Betz, Tony Saint. With Philip Birnstiel, Vicky Krieps, Tom Wlaschiha, Thierry Frémont. An inexperienced U-boat crew has to survive a secret mission and a young German woman is torn between loyalty for her home country and the French resistance in the WWII drama.

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SFC Mark Merino

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Good movie.

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SSG Matt Murphy

Posted 6 y ago

The Hill
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059274/

The Hill (1965) - IMDb

Directed by Sidney Lumet. With Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Alfred Lynch. In a North African military prison during World War II, five new prisoners struggle to survive in the face of brutal punishment and sadistic guards.

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SFC Mark Merino

4 mo

Classic.

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SSG Matt Murphy

Posted 6 y ago

Too Late the Hero - reluctant linguist steps up: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066471/

Too Late the Hero (1970) - IMDb

Directed by Robert Aldrich. With Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Ian Bannen, Harry Andrews. A reluctant hero, American Lieutenant Sam Lawson, is secunded to a motley British unit tasked with destroying a Japanese radio on a Philippine island.

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SFC Craig Starr

Posted 6 y ago

The 9th Company, Russian movie about a young person in the soviet union joining the Russian army, going through training, shipping off to Afghanistan (their viet-nam) and his tours of duty. I watched it during one of my tours in OIF, best to watch in Russian, read the subtitles.

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SFC Mark Merino

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Not a fan of the Russian propaganda films but you nailed it on this one. Great movie and a fantastic ending.

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PV2 Alonzo Symalla

Posted >1 y ago

"Heroes" with Henry Winkler and Sally Field
"Escape from Sobibor" true story of Jewish escape from concentration camp
"Stalag 17" classic pow movie
"Slaughterhouse 5" weird WW II film based on Vonneguts novel

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SFC Mark Merino

4 mo

Stalag 17 is timeless.

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Cpl Alan Michaud

Posted >1 y ago

Tropic Thunder. Heartbreak Ridge. With the Marines at Tarawa. Stripes. Down Pariscope. Dos Boot. Hogan's Heros. Memphis Bell. The Boys in Company C. Hurt Locker (best drinking game movie, take a shot for every bullshit scene). Hyena Road (for you Canadian veterans). The Longest Day. Patton. Dances With Wolves. Gallipoli. Defiance.

Just remeber, Charlie don't surf and Great Balls of Fire! Conner Out.

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MSG Dan Castaneda

Posted >1 y ago

Uncommon Valor. One of Patrick Swayze's first movies.

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SFC Mark Merino

4 mo

Fantastic choice.

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Two that few have heard about, perhaps, fewer still have likely seen. Go Tell the Spartans is an incredible movie about the early military advisor days of Viet Nam. It stars Burt Lancaster as a very cynical major. Second is The Gallant Hours, a semi-documentary dramatization of five weeks in the life of Vice Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey, Jr., starring James Cagney in the role of the admiral. This one is my all-time favorite.

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