War movies, good ones, mostly free to watch

[Army 1911]

If you are listing Russian films, Battleship Potemkin has to be there. Its a classic that is studied in virtually ever film school.

 

[glenbo]

Dr. Strangelove.

 

[HD-Ghost]

Attack Force Z (early Mel Gibson with suppressed M3s during WWII)

War Kill (another WWII gem)

 

[Texasjack]

How did we manage to get a list this long and not include "Zulu" (1964), depicting the Battle of Rorke's Drift between the British Army and the Zulus in January 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War?

 

[cycleguy2300]

How did we manage to get a list this long and not include "Zulu" (1964), depicting the Battle of Rorke's Drift between the British Army and the Zulus in January 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War?

Zulu is a great one.

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[majormadmax]

Zulu is a great one.

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A great one indeed; but with a fair number of historical inaccuracies in it, most notably the extensive use of the Webley Mk. VI .455 revolver which wasn't adopted until 1915 (the Battle of Rorke's Drift occurred in 1879)...

The officers of the 24th Regiment of Foot would have been carrying Adams Mk.III revolvers...

It also depicts the soldiers as being mostly Welsh, which is far from the case. They were a mix of all British ethnicities.

As seen in the above pictures, they are also wearing parade dress uniforms, as indicated by the white helmets displaying the regimental crest.

On active duty they would've worn a more basic uniform with plain cork helmets.

The film also depicts many of the Zulus being killed by gunfire. Most of the rounds fired by the British either wounded the Zulus or missed them completely. About two-thirds of the Zulus killed in the battle were bayoneted in the head.

Lastly, it shows Pvt. Hitch being shot through the thigh by a Zulu sniper. In real life, he was shot through the shoulder with the bullet shattered his shoulder blade. A number of paintings of the battle show Hitch with his injured arm held still by his belt, and a photograph of him taken after he was presented his Victoria Cross shows his arm still in a sling.

But to be fair, it wasn't a documentary...

 

[Moonpie]

A great one indeed; but with a fair number of historical inaccuracies in it, most notably the extensive use of the Webley Mk. VI .455 revolver which wasn't adopted until 1915 (the Battle of Rorke's Drift occurred in 1879)...

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The officers of the 24th Regiment of Foot would have been carrying Adams Mk.III revolvers...

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It also depicts the soldiers as being mostly Welsh, which is far from the case. They were a mix of all British ethnicities.

As seen in the above pictures, they are also wearing parade dress uniforms, as indicated by the white helmets displaying the regimental crest.

On active duty they would've worn a more basic uniform with plain cork helmets.

The film also depicts many of the Zulus being killed by gunfire. Most of the rounds fired by the British either wounded the Zulus or missed them completely. About two-thirds of the Zulus killed in the battle were bayoneted in the head.

Lastly, it shows Pvt. Hitch being shot through the thigh by a Zulu sniper. In real life, he was shot through the shoulder with the bullet shattered his shoulder blade. A number of paintings of the battle show Hitch with his injured arm held still by his belt, and a photograph of him taken after he was presented his Victoria Cross shows his arm still in a sling.

But to be fair, it wasn't a documentary...

Yeah, I noticed that as well.
The movie was made back when absolute historical accuracy wasn't given much thought.
There is one scene where the British are advancing over a barricade. The camera angle is from down below looking upward. One soldier, very distinctly, raises his rifle to the shoulder and fires. You can see the firing pin cocking knob drop on an Enfield bolt action type rifle. Probably a Mk I. LOL.

 

[cycleguy2300]

Yeah, I noticed that as well.
The movie was made back when absolute historical accuracy wasn't given much thought.
There is one scene where the British are advancing over a barricade. The camera angle is from down below looking upward. One soldier, very distinctly, raises his rifle to the shoulder and fires. You can see the firing pin cocking knob drop on an Enfield bolt action type rifle. Probably a Mk I. LOL.

Not war movie, but still has a fun battle scene: "Swiss Family Robinson". On the point of rifles, they used what looks to me like trapdoor Springfields kitted out to look like flintlocks.

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[dbgun]

Band of Brothers, Saving Private Ryan, Platoon, Enemy at the Gates, Von Richthofen and Brown (Red Baron), .....

 

[Almin]

Ordinary fascism (eng CC)

 

[robertc1024]

Ordinary fascism (eng CC)

I'm ~ 30 minutes in - fascinating. Interesting to see it from the Russian perspective.

 

[thescoutranch]

Since I have been told, I have to stay in bed after my surgery for a while, I have been watching movies on Netflix and prime. Found these three that were decent

Hacksaw Ridge - -true story - Prime

Operation Finale -true story - Netflix
Nazi hunting post WWII

The Great War of Archimedes - bad dialogue, bad acting, but an interesting storyline, - based on some factual events- Prime

 

[wakosama]

Gonna watch "The Big Red One" again tonite. When life gets really dark I usually tune up "Apocalypse Redux". Somehow it's kept me from doing something terminally stupid all these years.

 

[popsgarland]

Red Dawn..

 

[popsgarland]

Platoon..

 

[Eastexasrick]

Hi all,
Here is my collection of some war and about good movies

US made:
Restrepo

Restrepo, a documentary. My son is piloting the CH47 in the closing scene.

 

[PinnedandRecessed]

JoJo Rabbit - a satirical comedy/drama set in Germany towards the end of WW2. No one in Hollywood would play Hitler so the director, Taika Waititi, did it himself.

 

[thescoutranch]

Danger Close - true story - Prime - story of an Australian battle during the Vietnam war

 

[paknheat]

Danger Close - true story - Prime - story of an Australian battle during the Vietnam war

Watched that one a week back. It is a pretty good movie, one I’ll probably watch again.


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[SARGE67]

We Were Soldiers
Platoon