Favorite Scenes from War Movies

But the most intense battle scenes I've ever seen were from the Band of Brothers episode "The Breaking Point", when they're being shelled in the Bois Jacques and then assaulting the town of Foy.

my favorite.

In A Bridge Too Far.

Almost any cliched cavalry charge. William wallace's charge for that matter.

The Opening scene on the Beach.

Had an uncle who was a B-17 pilot. The clip should have started about 15 seconds earlier when the P-51's peeled off (should have been Thunderbolts but I don't think any still flew when the movie was filmed). I make allowances for the hokie Hollywood addition of the sign on the back.


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The Boot Camp Scene and the Sniper scene.

The entire first half of the movie is set in boot camp. There are dozens of scenes in it.

Has a few good ones

In comment 12971209 Victor in CT said:

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my favorite.

One of my favorites too.

When Washington yells, "Yeah, I did it! And, I hope I got your momma!!"

In comment 12971242 Greg from LI said:

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The entire first half of the movie is set in boot camp. There are dozens of scenes in it.

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No more Boom Boom for this Babysan.

In comment 12971237 Shadow said:

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The Boot Camp Scene and the Sniper scene.

A movie that gets over looked and IMO paved the way for movies like Full Metal Jacket was The Boys in Company C

bullet through the scope while using Zane as bait.

Also the sacrifice during the torture scene he was trying to set up. One shot, two kills.

fucking Iphone

...ex Girlfriends uncle.

The firefight scene fucked him up. He said he was in one very similar. Flare going up, illuminating a shitload of soldiers he had no idea were there - in his case he was in a tank and they scrambled - nobody killed, but the fear came back.

Was the most intense war scene I ever saw. Dynamite directing and production on that.

Over run by the VC.

Elias running from the VC being seen by Taylor.

He said Platoon was OK but that Hamburger Hill was the most accurate movie in depicting what Vietnam was like.

That is a pretty epic battle scene.

until PEEJ weighs in

Mars Attacks.

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I haven't seen many tank battles like that.

"Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."

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when the air strike was called in directly on the battle because that was accurate almost precise down to the dazed and staggering about of both the north viet and US soldiers after the air strike.

everything preceding that final confrontation on the road are on point - the grittiness, the despair, the uneasiness and brutality. People complained about the 'laser beams' without realizing that tracers exist.

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Maybe I should give it a chance.

(1) Opening scene in Saving Private Ryan (was jaw-dropping movie-making when it came out)

(2) Helicopter attack scene in Apocalypse Now

(3) Broken Arrow scene in We Were Soldiers

(4) Two scenes in Generation Kill (the roadblock scene and the bridge assault)

(5) Fredericksburg attack in Gods and Generals

(6) Final assault scene in Gallipoli

(7) Agincourt in Henry V

(8) Scene where the Hitler Youth girl and boy kill each other in Downfall

(9) Most disturbing... village liquidation scene in Come and See.

(10) Cheesy but still love the last scenes of Excalibur.

from your perception that he won't even register as himself. Pitt carries the film - its not perfect but it was better than I thought,

In comment 12971340 Greg from LI said:

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Maybe I should give it a chance.

It's good and he's not annoying...

given its a cold-war era Russian movie.

In comment 12971340 Greg from LI said:

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Maybe I should give it a chance.

Greg, Fury had some really cool battle scenes, but the final battle scene was so unrealistic that it ruined it for me.

forgot Blackhawk Down... a lot of good scenes in that movie.

dies on Iwo Jima....when Sgt. York takes out those Heinies, like a flock of turkeys......when Yamamoto says,"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.” .....When Humphrey Bogart tells the Germans,"You want water? Come and get it!", from "Sahara".....Pilot to copilot, "Who are those Red Tails?", "Tuskegee Airmen".....

The scene where he is firing at the Nazi tank with his 45 and suddenly it blows up. I remember saying to my self You might as well throw stones at it Then it blows up and shortly thereafter you see the P-51 fly over. Really well done.

..depicting Brecourt Manor and 'Bloody Gulch' near Carentan were pretty intense as well.

one movie that has held up well over time is The Longest Day... I still like the scene where the German officers sees the 5,000 ships coming at him.

the action scenes in Children of Men (One of the movies of the 21st Century) are pretty breathtaking. Here's part of one, counterinsurgency fighting.
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In comment 12971361 Racer said:

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..depicting Brecourt Manor and 'Bloody Gulch' near Carentan were pretty intense as well.

Good call.

I can't recall seeing any other war movie that showed Tank battles in that way. Obviously, I wasn't a tanker in WWII, but it appears to be the most accurate out of anything I've seen.

I always love the scene where they ask the German Officer to go back to the beach and Normandy and look one last time to make sure he did not see an invasion. He is reluctant, but looks again anyway. Right as he looks, the entire horizon is filled with ships and shells start coming in.

Children of men.

In comment 12971362 Eric from BBI said:

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one movie that has held up well over time is The Longest Day... I still like the scene where the German officers sees the 5,000 ships coming at him.

Dammit, I thought I was going to be the first to think of it.

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one because it exemplifies leadership, it is so well done and that series was so accurate with what really happened.

one because it exemplifies leadership, it is so well done and that series was so accurate with what really happened.

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In comment 12971361 Racer said:

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..depicting Brecourt Manor and 'Bloody Gulch' near Carentan were pretty intense as well.

This is the best for me also.