Favorite Military Themed Movies

I have a great passion for great story-telling..and films are one of the great mediums for telling a story...the craft of creating a movie, the casting, the music, the writing, the acting, the directing, the production, the sets - so many fine details that must be carefully managed to create something of enduring excellence. 

And, heroic stories - are some of the best stories - for they may inspire individuals - or entire nations.

A work-in-progress list...

 

 WWW III

1. Doctor Strangelove (1964)
1. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057012/
   
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Strangelove
2. By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/By_Dawn%27s_Early_Light

  

Lybia

1. 13 Hours: The Secret Soliders of Benghazi 
1. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4172430/
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_Hours:_The_Secret_Soldiers_of_Benghazi
   
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_Hours_(book)
4. YouTube Trailer 
    

Afghanistan 

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2nd Gulf War  

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1st Gulf War  

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Vietnam War  

1. We Were Soldiers (2002) 
1. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0277434/
   
2. Green Berets
3. Platoon
4. The Boys in Company C (1978)
1. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077270/
   
5.  The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1988)
1. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098328/
6.  The Losers (1970) [trailer]
   
1. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066126/
   
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Losers_(1970_film)
   

Korean War 

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WW II

1. Band of Brothers (2001)
   
2. The Pacific (2010)
   
3. In Harms Way 
4. Patton (1970)
1. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066206/
   
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patton_(film)
   
5. Tora! Tora! Tora!
6. Too Late the Hero (1970)
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Late_the_Hero_(film)

 

Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)

1.  The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)

 

 

WW I 

1. The Razor's Edge (1984)

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 Civil War

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Revolutionary War

Foreign Films

1. Seven Samurai
   
2. Kesari (2019)
   
1. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6264938/
   
2. https://www.amazon.com/Kesari-Akshay-Kumar/dp/B08KWQGCSH/ 
3. "Based on an incredible true story of the Battle of Saragarhi in which an army of 21 Sikhs fought against 10,000 Afghans in 1897."
4. Historical Context:
   
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Saragarhi
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Medieval Periods (500-1500, A.D.)

1.  Quentin Durward

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Ancient Periods

1. Troy (2004)
1. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332452/
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_(film)
3. Historical Context:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliad  
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_War