Decent (recent-ish) War Films

[Spymaster]

There are loads of war film threads here but all quite old and there's been a glut of them made in the last 4 or 5 years, particularly Russian WW2 CGI-fests and quite a bit of American Desert Storm/Iraq war stuff.

What's worth watching?

Attackers - A Russian series about WW2 fighter pilots is bad but in a good way. Lots of (CGI) action but some decent storylines and acting and there's loads of it on Amazon Prime Video.

Code Name Geronimo - Not a bad telling of the hunt for Bin Laden. Netflix.

Prisoners of Stalin - Russian labour camp escape adventure.

Army of Crime - French WW2 resistance.

Land of Mine - Danish WW2. Brilliant. Has it's own thread here.

Westerplatte Resists - 1960s Polish WW2 film about the German Invasion of Poland. New out on Netflix.

 

[rekil]

Lots of Korean ones.

Myeong-ryang (2014) - IMDb
Ansisung (2018) - IMDb
Amsal (2015) - IMDb
Mil-jeong (2016) - IMDb

Bankier van het Verzet (2018) - IMDb Heist fillum about Dutch resistance funding.
Der Hauptmann (2017) - IMDb Based on the case of Willi Herold. Loses its way at the end unfortunately.
Hurricane (2018) - IMDb (Trigger warning for accent from a game of thrones ham)

 

[Spymaster]

Lots of Korean ones.

Myeong-ryang (2014) - IMDb
Ansisung (2018) - IMDb
Amsal (2015) - IMDb
Mil-jeong (2016) - IMDb

Bankier van het Verzet (2018) - IMDb Heist fillum about Dutch resistance funding.
Der Hauptmann (2017) - IMDb Based on the case of Willi Herold. Loses its way at the end unfortunately.
Hurricane (2018) - IMDb (Trigger warning for accent from a game of thrones ham)

I thought Hurricane was very good. I wasn't expecting much because it seemed quite low budget but was pleasantly surprised.

 

[Steel Icarus]

I really enjoyed Jarhead. Might be quite old now though.

 

[Spymaster]

American Sniper's excellent too.

 

[Steel Icarus]

I've just read Generation Kill and am considering buying the series on Blu-ray. It's available on Amazon to watch for fifteen quid but I'd rather have the physical copy

 

[mauvais]

I've just read Generation Kill and am considering buying the series on Blu-ray. It's available on Amazon to watch for fifteen quid but I'd rather have the physical copy

Generation Kill is TV, not film, but I strongly recommend it.

 

[Badgers]

Another vote for Generation Kill here

I had the urge to watch Full Metal Jacket (Kubrick) a couple of weeks ago and it is still outstanding. No doubt you have seen it.

Das Boot is very good

 

[D'wards]

This was pretty good - recent film about a recent war
Kajaki: The True Story – an unusual war movie with ballistic grit

 

[bellaozzydog]

Armadillo (2010) - IMDb

Armadillo

Restrepo (2010) - IMDb

Restrepo

They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) - IMDb

They shall not grow old

Thumbs up

 

[Orang Utan]

The Painted Bird isn't out yet but looks like it might become a classic in the vein of Come & See ie almost unwatchable for portraying the brutality of war unflinchingly.
The Painted Bird review – savage, searing three-hour tour of hell

 

[Orang Utan]

I thought Foxtrot was worth a watch - an Israeli film about a family grieving their son who was serving in the IDF.

 

[rekil]

Biopic of sniper ace Lyudmila Pavlichenko. I don't remember it having the stylised garishness of all them Russian ones. Bitva za Sevastopol (2015) - IMDb

 

[DotCommunist]

This was pretty good - recent film about a recent war
Kajaki: The True Story – an unusual war movie with ballistic grit

tense AF, I'm not even a massive war film fan but kajaki had me hooked.

I'll fourth Generation Kill but at over ten years old now it is surely pushing that 'ish'

 

[friedaweed]

This was pretty good - recent film about a recent war
Kajaki: The True Story – an unusual war movie with ballistic grit

Gonna watch this with the boy now.

 

[Detroit City]

The Deer Hunter
Apocalypse Now
Platoon

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

Siege of Jadotville

True story of an Irish Army peacekeeping force in 1960s Congo. The film's low budget is evident in places, but it's an interesting look at a largely-forgotten conflict.

 

[LDC]

The Painted Bird isn't out yet but looks like it might become a classic in the vein of Come & See ie almost unwatchable for portraying the brutality of war unflinchingly.
The Painted Bird review – savage, searing three-hour tour of hell

That looks horrendous watching, can't wait.

 

[Saul Goodman]

The only decent ones I can think of from the last decade are The Hurt Locker, American Sniper, Hacksaw Ridge and Fury.

 

[Sue]

The Deer Hunter
Apocalypse Now
Platoon

1. 40 years old.
2. 40 years old.
3. 33 years old.

I'm not sure I'd call any of them recentish...

 

[Saul Goodman]

1. 40 years old.
2. 40 years old.
3. 33 years old.

I'm not sure I'd call any of them recentish...

I guess that depends on how old you are.
They're definitely more recent (by 20 years or so) than The Bridge on the River Kwai, which was in colour, and would therefore be fairly recent for some on here

 

[bellaozzydog]

This was pretty good - recent film about a recent war
Kajaki: The True Story – an unusual war movie with ballistic grit

The over done “banter” drove me mad

 

[rubbershoes]

Armadillo (2010) - IMDb

Armadillo

Restrepo (2010) - IMDb

Restrepo

They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) - IMDb

They shall not grow old

Thumbs up

All three of those are fantastic

Good choices bellaozzydog

 

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