War/Army films

The Hurt Locker.
Green Zone.
Act of Valor.
Restrepo.
The Beast.
Three Kings.
Tears of the Sun.
Body of Lies.
Blood Diamond.
Proof of Life (if only for the final 30 minutes or so).
 
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Jarhead is a quality film, it's not a war film like black hawk down though.

Heartbreak Ridge
Where Eagles Dare
Restrepo
Platoon

In that order I reckon.
 
Full Metal Jacket
Apocalypse Now
The Hurt Locker
Platoon
Empire of the Sun
Tears of the Sun
Act of Valor
The Thin Red Line
Green Zone
Tigerland
The Longest Day
A Bridge Too Far
Windtalkers
The Great Raid
Patton
Where Eagles Dare
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Hamburger Hill
The Green Berets
Saints and Soldiers
Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed
The Big Red One
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Bulge
633 Squadron
the dam busters
Von Ryan's Express
The Eagle Has Landed
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
The Bridge at Remagen
MacArthur
Merrill's Marauders
Hell Is for Heroes
The Devil's Brigade
Darby's Rangers "The Young Invaders"
PT 109
Flight of the Intruder
Dunkirk
Pork Chop Hill
Objective, Burma!
To Hell and Back

could name more but the list would be too big
 
I still don't get jarhead aside from a couple of scenes which visually are stunning the rest of the movie is booooooooring both from an action or intellectual perspective.

The Hurt Locker despite being a bit meh overall has a few scenes that are worth watching for.

And unless you have a really whacked sense of humour whatever you do don't watch tropic thunder.

You might find the unit and band of brothers TV series intersting if you've not watched them also.

On a related note while not an action war movie I quite enjoyed Hart's War IIRC.
 
Jarhead is supposed to be boring. The point is he's trained so hard for this job and he's then stuck in the desert doing nothing waiting for his moment. That nothing really happens reflects his experience of life in the military.
 
black hawk down is trash imo

apacolypse now is decent

theres one with lee marvin in and a Japanese guy called hell in the pacific plus the dirty dozen
 
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Vonhelmet said:
Jarhead is supposed to be boring. The point is he's trained so hard for this job and he's then stuck in the desert doing nothing waiting for his moment. That nothing really happens reflects his experience of life in the military.
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Which is great an all but doesn't make for a very interesting movie literally might as well watch paint dry.
 
Rroff said:
Which is great an all but doesn't make for a very interesting movie literally might as well watch paint dry.
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Indeed. Is it a good movie because it accurately conveys boredom, or is it merely boring? There's a similar argument to be had regarding Lost In Translation for what it's worth.
 
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