Top 5 Historical Films (sort of) imho

[wildnkrazykat]

Can't believe no one mentioned Titanic lol

 

[Pepe_Silvia]

Can't believe no one mentioned Titanic lol

Somebody did mention it.

 

[wildnkrazykat]

Somebody did mention it.

Thread was tl;dr

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Glory is a very good film; 12 Years as a Slave is pretty rough but a good film

Glory is one of the few non-comedy movies that If it's on when I'm flipping around, I'll watch to the end virtually every time.

It's hard to believe that movie over 25 years old now.

 

[Dave1967]

Thread was tl;dr

The 1950s Titanic movie was a good one and so was the German version filmed during WW2.

 

[YankeeVol]

Can't believe no one mentioned Titanic lol

I did

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

10 of my favorite historical films are(no necessarily in this order):

Spartacus
Waterloo
Patton
Zulu
All Quiet on the Western Front(1930 version)
Wyatt Earp
Tora,Tora,Tora
Midway
Hamburger Hill
King David

Zulu...with Michael Caine? One of the first grownup movies I remember watching as a kid. Loved that movie. I think I saw it on TBS late one night when I was about 9. Awesome movie that really captured the desperation of the Brits in that situation.

 

[Toujours Pret]

Zulu...with Michael Caine? One of the first grownup movies I remember watching as a kid. Loved that movie. I think I saw it on TBS late one night when I was about 9. Awesome movie that really captured the desperation of the Brits in that situation.

Agree, great flick.

I'm not a huge fan of the gore in current war movies, it seems more for shock value than storytelling.

Also add the 2 Cornelius Ryan based movies to my list, A Bridge Too Far coming in just ahead of The Longest Day

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Gettysburg..We were soldiers once..Bridge over the river Kwai..Valkyrie..Flags of our fathers and letters from Iwo Jima..Midway..all quiet on the western front...edit: forgot my favorite..saving private ryan..first 20 minutes was one of the hardest things I have ever sat through...really brought home the awfulness of that day.

 

[Dave1967]

Agree, great flick.

I'm not a huge fan of the gore in current war movies, it seems more for shock value than storytelling.

Also add the 2 Cornelius Ryan based movies to my list, A Bridge Too Far coming in just ahead of The Longest Day

Zulu Dawn was good also showing the British getting slaughtered at Isandlwana

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Agree, great flick.

I'm not a huge fan of the gore in current war movies, it seems more for shock value than storytelling.

Also add the 2 Cornelius Ryan based movies to my list, A Bridge Too Far coming in just ahead of The Longest Day

I have not seen those..thanks for reminding me...gotta get that done

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Agree, great flick.

I'm not a huge fan of the gore in current war movies, it seems more for shock value than storytelling.

Also add the 2 Cornelius Ryan based movies to my list, A Bridge Too Far coming in just ahead of The Longest Day

Have you watched the WW II in color documentary series from a few years ago ? Those marine films from Tarawa were awful..I cried like a baby watching that...not ashamed.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

It's not necessarily a historical movie, but Band of Brothers is at the absolute top of my list.

A few other good history based movies that haven't been mentioned are The Patriot, Black Hawk Down and Schindler's List. Also, Gettysburg is a really good, historically accurate movie with the exception of the ridiculous fake beards.

Those were fake?..no way...jk