[tank nut]

What is the worst war movies you guys have seen?? Mine is the thin red line, so what is yours??

[Cavtanker]

Pearl Harbor. The current one with the Baldwin guy and some dood named Affleck.

[wmosner]

Where to begin............Reign of the Gargoyles, SS Doomtrooper, new version of Thin Red Line, most movies that try to be the Dirty Dozen.


some of the best......Cross of Iron, Battle of Neretva (read about it on Wikipedia) great movie with loads of troops involved as well as a lot of original equipment

[1250ships]

I thought the Thin Red Line was pretty good. But it is certainly not your standard war movie.

The US Naval Institute published in this month's Proceedings magazine a list of the best and worst movies about the US Navy. Their worst list:

Ensign Pulver (1964)
The Navy vs the Night Monsters (1966)
Midway (1976)
Weekend Pass (1984)
GI Jane (1997)
U-571 (2000)
Pearl Harbor (2001)
Annapolis (2006)

Since I know someone will ask here was the list of the top 25 in chronological order:

Dive Bomber (1941)
Destination Tokyo (1943)
They Were Expendable (1945)
Task Force (1949)
On the Town (1949)
Men of the Fighting Lady (1954)
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
Mister Roberts (1955)
Away All Boats (1956)
The Wings of Eagles (1957)
The Enemy Below (1957)
Run Silent-Run Deep (1958)
Torpedo Run (1958)
Operation Petticoat (1959)
The Gallant Hours (1960)
The Bedford Incident (1965)
In Harms Way (1965)
The Sand Pebbles (1966)
Tora! Tora! Tora (1970)
The Last Detail (1973)
Top Gun (1986)
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Crimson Tide (1995)
Men of Honor (2000).

Honorable mentions went to:

Hell Divers (1934)
Here Come the Navy (1934)
Follow the Fleet (1936)
Annapolis Salute (1937)
Navy Blue and Gold (1937)
In the Navy (1941)
Navy Blues (1941)
The Fleet’s In (1942)
Crash Dive (1943)
The Fighting Seabees (1944)
Here Come the Waves (1944)
Operation Pacific (1951)
The Frogmen (1951)
Sailor Beware (1952)
Flat Top (1952)
An Annapolis Story (1955)
Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
Kiss them for Me (1957)
Up Periscope (1957)
The Battle of the Coral Sea (1959)
McHales Navy (1964)
Ice Station Zebra (1968)
Cinderella Liberty (1973)
Gray Lady Down (1978)
The Final Countdown (1980)
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)

[smartd]

Originally Posted by 1250ships

I thought the Thin Red Line was pretty good. But it is certainly not your standard war movie.

The US Naval Institute published in this month's Proceedings magazine a list of the best and worst movies about the US Navy. Their worst list:


Since I know someone will ask here was the list of the top 25 in chronological order:

Interesting choices on both lists.

[Martin Baker]

Steel Tempest

[jim]

I watched Cross of Iron yet again on TV last night and IMHO its still one of the best war films around.







Ah heck, he said the worst not the best,DOH, blame it on jetlag.
Thanks for pointing out my error Skunky!

Gi Jane was YUK!

[SKUNKY]

Leave it to Jim to totally buck the subject.... ...That's what happens when ya go back to driving on the wrong-hand side of the road...

I would probably have to cast my vote for The War of the Roses with Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner.........wretchedly awful movie and no airplanes....

[flyXwire]

1941 with Belushi and Akroyed, and worst part is that was one of Steven Spielberg's!

[tank nut]

Hey that p -40 fighter pilot reminds me of jim in that movie hehehhehe hahahhah