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Ok heres what. Christmas is coming and my Dad is very big fan of some classic war films. I want to have a surprise gift for him/ A bundle or selection of war films. And the problem is that I only have few known top rated films in mind and that is really ( i mean really ) recommended. Im planing to buy these Blu-Rays next month and I'm thinking you guys are one of those war film fanatics. Here are my list. I researched it from rottentomatoes to imdb. And I saw all of these. And superbly awesome. Its a masterpiece.

The Last of the Mohicans
Apocalypse Now (the best Vietnam film ever )
Ran
Saving Private Ryan
Henry V
Glory
Platoon

If you have in mind. Please let me know. Thanks
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Re: Give me the Best Epic war Films of all time. Any Suggestions?
« Reply #1 on: Nov 16, 2011 at 02:46 PM »
Patton
Battle of Britain
Flyboys
Battle of the Bulge
The Thin Red Line
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Re: Give me the Best Epic war Films of all time. Any Suggestions?
« Reply #2 on: Nov 16, 2011 at 02:53 PM »
The Thin Red Line
The Longest Day
Enemy at the Gates
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Guns of Navarone
The Inglorious Bastards
Lawrence of Arabia
Master and Commander: the Far Side of the World
Where Eagles Dare
Stalingrad
Band of Brothers (TV miniseries)
The Pacific (TV miniseries)
Force 10 from Navarone
The Big Red One
The Great Escape
Star Wars (Original Trilogy only)
Das Boot
A Bridge Too Far
Battle of the Bulge
The War of the Roses
The Great Escape
The Hunt for Red October
Wargames
The Lord of the Rings (trilogy)

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Re: Give me the Best Epic war Films of all time. Any Suggestions?
« Reply #3 on: Nov 16, 2011 at 02:55 PM »
i'll give credit to braveheart. dahil sa movie na yon, halos lahat ng ibang sumunod may "madramang" inspirational speech sa battleground before engaging the enemy.  ;D

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Re: Give me the Best Epic war Films of all time. Any Suggestions?
« Reply #4 on: Nov 16, 2011 at 02:56 PM »
How old is your Dad?  Baka yung type niya ay yung mga ganito kaluma?

Eagles Over London
Where Eagles Dare
The Desert Rats
12 O'Clock High
30 Seconds Over Tokyo
In Harm's Way
The Desert Fox
Destination Tokyo
Operation Petticoat
Bridge At Remagen
To Hell And Back
The Devil's Brigade
Sink The Bismark
Anzio
Mosquito Squadron
The Enemy Below
The Fighting Seebees

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The World At War
World War II In HD
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Re: Give me the Best Epic war Films of all time. Any Suggestions?
« Reply #5 on: Nov 16, 2011 at 03:15 PM »
nalagay na ata lahat ah  ;D

how about "Memphis Belle".   Pilots ng B-17 bomber.  Ok sa akin yung dog fights dito. WW2

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Re: Give me the Best Epic war Films of all time. Any Suggestions?
« Reply #6 on: Nov 16, 2011 at 03:19 PM »
My suggestion is Waterloo. I just don't know if this is now available in Bluray. Other titles I highly recommend are: Gengkis Khan, Benhur, 300 Spartans  ;D
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Re: Give me the Best Epic war Films of all time. Any Suggestions?
« Reply #7 on: Nov 16, 2011 at 03:25 PM »
Patriot
We Were Soldiers
Pearl Harbor  
 
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Re: Give me the Best Epic war Films of all time. Any Suggestions?
« Reply #8 on: Nov 16, 2011 at 05:14 PM »
Oh thanks for all the suggestions. But hes not that kinda of a myth war / science fictions epic film fan, ( if he just know how epic LOTR trilogy was ). Hes like more into vietnam / world war 2 films and some advance military films. @ Dan you have nice suggestions. I might get

The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Thin Red Line
The Great Escape
A Bridge Too Far

and oh before I foget I might also get TORA TORA!

But When I let him watch the Pacific series. He was like " The movie is soo messed up" He is a huge fan of the Brand of Brothers series though he felt that its not that just the same as how BoB was. He is such a spoiled critic. It is a little bit annoying though. lol. BTW THANKS!!
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Re: Give me the Best Epic war Films of all time. Any Suggestions?
« Reply #9 on: Nov 16, 2011 at 05:36 PM »
U-571
MacArthur
The Red Baron

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Re: Give me the Best Epic war Films of all time. Any Suggestions?
« Reply #10 on: Nov 16, 2011 at 07:26 PM »
Saving Private Ryan
Memphis Belle
Guns of Navarone
The Pianist
Gallipoli
Beneath Hill 60
A Very Long Engagement
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Re: Give me the Best Epic war Films of all time. Any Suggestions?
« Reply #11 on: Nov 16, 2011 at 07:40 PM »
flight of the intruder
Taegukgi - korean war movie
Midway
Battle of coral sea
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Re: Give me the Best Epic war Films of all time. Any Suggestions?
« Reply #12 on: Nov 16, 2011 at 08:56 PM »

 green beret
 wild geese
 kellys hero
 doctor zhivago
 raid on rommel
 el alamein
 boys in company c
 deer hunter
 patton
 windtalkers
 valkyrie
 casualties of war
 lion in the winter
 halls of montezuma
 heartbreak ridge
 downfall
 four feathers
 red badge of courage
 dessert rat
 powerplay
 big red one
 anzio
enemy the gates
 lawrence of arabia
zulu dawn
 battle of neretva
gods and generals
battle of britain
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Re: Give me the Best Epic war Films of all time. Any Suggestions?
« Reply #13 on: Nov 16, 2011 at 10:14 PM »
Armadillo
Restripo
The Hurt Locker
Blackhawk Down
Kingdom of Heaven
Green Zone
Downfall
Top Gun
The Red Cliff
Rescue Dawn
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Re: Give me the Best Epic war Films of all time. Any Suggestions?
« Reply #14 on: Nov 16, 2011 at 10:27 PM »
I recommend:
> Clint Eastwood's (as the director) Flags of our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima
> Platoon (Starring Charlie Sheen and Willem Dafoe)
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Re: Give me the Best Epic war Films of all time. Any Suggestions?
« Reply #15 on: Nov 16, 2011 at 10:49 PM »
patton
lawrence of arabia
the longest day
guns of navarone
tora,tora,tora (better that pearl harbor)
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Re: Give me the Best Epic war Films of all time. Any Suggestions?
« Reply #16 on: Nov 17, 2011 at 02:23 AM »
Update:

I think I'm going to get a better copy of The Longest Day, and im still wishing a blu-ray release of Lawrence of Arabia since its not yet on Blu-ray.
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Re: Give me the Best Epic war Films of all time. Any Suggestions?
« Reply #17 on: Nov 23, 2011 at 11:01 PM »
Just to add some of the war classics that i have
Zulu - Michael Caine
Zulu Dawn - Burt Lancaster
Khartoum - Charlton Heston
Guadalcanal Diary - anthony Quinn
Back to Bataan - John Wayne
Bataan - Robert Taylor
The Desert Fox - James Mason
El Cid - Charlton Heston
Tora Tora Tora - Toshiro Mifune
Cromwell - Richard Harris
Von Ryans Express - Frank Sinatra
The Sand Pebbles - Steve McQueen
55 Days at Peking - Charlton Heston
A Bridge Too Far - Sean Connery
Patton - George C. Scott
Porkchop Hill - Gregory Peck
The Alamo - John Wayne
The Horse Soldier - John Wayne
March or Die - Terence Hill and Gene Hackman
The Wild Geese - Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Hardy Krueger and Roger Moore
Halls of Montezuma - Richard Widmark (Have extra copy of dvd sealed region 1 for sale/09178887234)
Battle of Britain
Sink the Bismarck
300 Spartans - Richard Egan
The Longest Day
Battle of the Bulge
Constantine and the Cross
The Lion of the Desert - Anthony Quinn
The Agony and the Ecstacy - Charlton heston
The Bible...In The Beginning
Demetrius and the Gladiators - Victor Mature
The Robe - Richard Burton
Alexander The Great - Richard Burton
I think that's it, wala na siguro ko nakalimutan.

Majority of the films i mentioned are not yet on bluray, better that you get copies of region 1. Some are in black and white version.
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Re: Give me the Best Epic war Films of all time. Any Suggestions?
« Reply #18 on: Nov 28, 2012 at 06:06 AM »
hamburger hills
the iron triangle
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Re: Give me the Best Epic war Films of all time. Any Suggestions?
« Reply #19 on: Jan 31, 2013 at 05:20 PM »
Saving Private Ryan for me, and the best war mini series there is Band Of Brothers!
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Re: Give me the Best Epic war Films of all time. Any Suggestions?
« Reply #21 on: Feb 24, 2013 at 02:54 PM »
Tears of the sun

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« Reply #22 on: Feb 24, 2013 at 03:28 PM »
Apocalypse now
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Re: Give me the Best Epic war Films of all time. Any Suggestions?
« Reply #24 on: Jun 14, 2013 at 07:49 AM »
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Re: Give me the Best Epic war Films of all time. Any Suggestions?
« Reply #25 on: Jul 11, 2013 at 05:29 AM »
Stalingrad

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Re: Give me the Best Epic war Films of all time. Any Suggestions?
« Reply #26 on: Jul 13, 2013 at 07:51 AM »
Band of Brothers
Enemy at the gates.
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« Reply #27 on: Jul 24, 2013 at 01:59 PM »
Band of Brothers
Enemy at the gates.

+1 on the above.
Of the more recent(?) War/action movies the above involve and engross you.

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« Reply #28 on: Dec 27, 2013 at 01:31 PM »
The Pacific

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« Reply #29 on: Dec 27, 2013 at 02:02 PM »
Braveheart
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