Top Ten Tuesdays

[Nordicdusk]

Originally Posted by J Harker

I'm assuming Suzie is pulling your pudsley Nord.

Just taught war movies was pretty straight forward J that's all.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

1. Dr Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
2. Threads (1984)
3. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
4. Lifeboat (1944)
5. The Third Part of the Night (1971)
6. Closely Observed Trains (1966)
7. Come and See (1985)
8. A Field in England (2013)
9. Black Moon (1975)
10. The Man Who Lies (1968)


Actually much easier than I thought! I didn't have the scrape the bottom of the barrel where my war film watching was concerned - all of the above are in fact fantastic films and all favourites of mine.

Sure, a few are probably not 'War' in the conventional sense, but thank you IMDb genre filter.

[Nordicdusk]

Great call with lifeboat great film never would of crossed my mind.

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by Nordicdusk

Great call with lifeboat great film never would of crossed my mind.

Thats what i thought, same for A Field In England too.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nordicdusk

Great call with lifeboat great film never would of crossed my mind.

It's such a fantastic film and one of my favourite from Hitchcock. To think that the bulk of the film takes place in a small boat, yet the way it engages you and keeps your interest is truly phenomenal.

[J Harker]

I've got a list but its not very conventional. Think I'll hold off til next week in the hope i can fit a few films in. Was having a peruse on Now TV last night. There's a fair few on there. I've got A Bridge Too Far on dvd i bought years ago and have never got round to watching as well.

[Nordicdusk]

Originally Posted by J Harker

I'm assuming Suzie is pulling your pudsley Nord.

Sorry only getting what that means now my brain is not awake yet

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by J Harker

I've got a list but its not very conventional. Think I'll hold off til next week in the hope i can fit a few films in. Was having a peruse on Now TV last night. There's a fair few on there. I've got A Bridge Too Far on dvd i bought years ago and have never got round to watching as well.

I like non-conventional lists.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I love this category.

I grew up watching classic war movies.

However i also acknowledge that there are other films which may feature, films set during a war that may not feature that much action for example.

I intend to do a couple of lists. All action war films and 'Others'.

Same here.

I think the films have to principally be set during a recognised conflict, whether the American or British civil war, Napoleonic conflicts, Korean of Vietnam wars, World War I or World War II, the Cold War, the 'War on Terror' (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty, American Sniper etc.), or even 'the troubles', so films like '71 and Hunger (2008) might count.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Have another ten...

11. Salò, or The 120 Days Of Sodom (1975)
12. The White Ribbon (2009)
13. The Tin Drum (1979)
14. Paths of Glory (1957)
15. The Last Circus (2010)
16. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
17. Deathdream (1974)
18. Combat Shock (1986)
19. Le Silence de la Mer (1949)
20. Forbidden Games (1952)