favourite black & white war films ? (1 Viewer)

[uksubs]

Love The Train , Attack , Hell is for Heroes , but what are your favourites

 

[Rob]

Love The Train , Attack , Hell is for Heroes , but what are your favourites

Long and the short and the tall, Went the day well, All quiet on the western front.

Rob

 

[lancer]

The Train is right up there. All time favorites are "All Quiet on the Western Front", "Pork Chop Hill", "Paths of Glory", "Bataan", "Battleground", "Dawn Patrol", "Guadalcanal Diary", "Sands of Iwo Jima", "They Were Expendable", "The Longest Day", "In Harm's Way", "In Which We Serve", "Is Paris Burning", "The Lost Patrol", "North Star", "Twelve O'Clock High", "Command Decision", "A Walk in the Sun" and about 100 others. Many more good BW films than have been done in color. -- Al

 

[Rob]

The Train is right up there. All time favorites are "All Quiet on the Western Front", "Pork Chop Hill", "Paths of Glory", "Bataan", "Battleground", "Dawn Patrol", "Guadalcanal Diary", "Sands of Iwo Jima", "They Were Expendable", "The Longest Day", "In Harm's Way", "In Which We Serve", "Is Paris Burning", "The Lost Patrol", "North Star", "Twelve O'Clock High", "Command Decision", "A Walk in the Sun" and about 100 others. Many more good BW films than have been done in color. -- Al

Yes the b&w Longest Day is excellent, also agree re 'Paths of Glory' 'In which we serve' and 'The train' , but thought even for an old b&w film the dialogue in 'Battleground' was awful, almost comical so don't really enjoy that film.

Rob

 

[Mitch]

Went the day well and I was monty's double. Always makes for a pleasant afternoons watching
Mitch

 

[ecuriel]

Add The Desert Fox.

 

[Rob]

Went the day well and I was monty's double. Always makes for a pleasant afternoons watching
Mitch

Yes great afternoon double matinee there!

Rob

 

[lancer]

The Train is right up there. All time favorites are "All Quiet on the Western Front", "Pork Chop Hill", "Paths of Glory", "Bataan", "Battleground", "Dawn Patrol", "Guadalcanal Diary", "Sands of Iwo Jima", "They Were Expendable", "The Longest Day", "In Harm's Way", "In Which We Serve", "Is Paris Burning", "The Lost Patrol", "North Star", "Twelve O'Clock High", "Command Decision", "A Walk in the Sun" and about 100 others. Many more good BW films than have been done in color. -- Al

Wanted to add a few too good to leave out: "Steel Helmet", "Fail Safe", "Dr. Stangelove", "Stalag 17", "From Here to Eternity", "Westfront 1918", "30 Seconds Over Tokyo", 'The Story of GI Joe", "The Purple Heart", "The Fighting 69th", "Sergeant York". This is an endless list. All of them well worth watching. -- Al

 

[aujj65]

"Ice Cold in Alex" was on this afternoon, one of my favourites.

Jeff

 

[kogu]

Can't really tell a favourite, since I don't know all of the WWII movies, but I got a double pack the other day at Sam's, including The Longest Day and A Bridge Too Far. When I watched The Longest Day, my daughter (17) stopped by and when she asked me what I am watching, we realized that she never ever saw a black/white movie
I really enjoyed seeing The Longest Day again after many, many years and will be looking for more movies. This thread has plenty of suggestions.
Konrad

 

[The Lt.]

Gunga Din, Four Feathers, Beau Geste, The Charge of The Light Brigade, Wings, Gun Ho are just a few of my Black and Whites favorites......The Lt.

 

[lancer]

Gunga Din, Four Feathers, Beau Geste, The Charge of The Light Brigade, Wings, Gun Ho are just a few of my Black and Whites favorites......The Lt.

Great choices. "Gunga Din" is one of the great, fun movies of all time. Love Errol in TCLB. "Wings" and "Hell's Angels" are must see aviation flicks. Also like "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer". -- Al

 

[Martin Tabony]

Great choice of films but I would add "The Drum" another film staring Sabu. I used it to get the kilt right on running highlander!

Martin

 

[Wraith]

When I watched The Longest Day, my daughter (17) stopped by and when she asked me what I am watching, we realized that she never ever saw a black/white movie
Konrad

Did you suddenly feel very old?

Loads to choose from, but a few of mine are The Longest Day, They Were Expendable, Dunkirk and Hell is for Heros, but I could go on (...and on, and on....)

 

[kogu]

Did you suddenly feel very old?

Loads to choose from, but a few of mine are The Longest Day, They Were Expendable, Dunkirk and Hell is for Heros, but I could go on (...and on, and on....)

Yes, Simon, I actually did, but got over it alright
Will definetely look into a few more of all the ones mentioned here.
Konrad

 

[Spitfrnd]

The Train is right up there. All time favorites are "All Quiet on the Western Front", "Pork Chop Hill", "Paths of Glory", "Bataan", "Battleground", "Dawn Patrol", "Guadalcanal Diary", "Sands of Iwo Jima", "They Were Expendable", "The Longest Day", "In Harm's Way", "In Which We Serve", "Is Paris Burning", "The Lost Patrol", "North Star", "Twelve O'Clock High, "Command Decision", "A Walk in the Sun" and about 100 others. Many more good BW films than have been done in color. -- Al

Those are all great. My particular favorites would be Twelve O'Clock High, In Harm's Way, Pork Chop Hill and Paths of Glory.

 

[PJDeluhery]

You guys have named all the great ones, but here's a few of my favorites not named so far: Sgt. York, All Quiet on the Western Front, 30 Seconds over Tokyo, Fighting 69th, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Four Feathers, Fighting Sullivans, Flying Tigers, Guadalcanal Diary, Run Silent Run Deep, Sink the Bismark, Objective Burma, Birth of a Nation, Horse Soldiers and Alexander Nevsky.

Great movies - all!

 

[uksubs]

You guys have named all the great ones, but here's a few of my favorites not named so far: Sgt. York, All Quiet on the Western Front, 30 Seconds over Tokyo, Fighting 69th, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Four Feathers, Fighting Sullivans, Flying Tigers, Guadalcanal Diary, Run Silent Run Deep, Sink the Bismark, Objective Burma, Birth of a Nation, Horse Soldiers and Alexander Nevsky.

Great movies - all!

Four Feathers is a great film

 

[lancer]

Those are all great. My particular favorites would be Twelve O'Clock High, In Harm's Way, Pork Chop Hill and Paths of Glory.

"In Harm's Way" is an outstanding film. For some reason it has not gotten the recognition it deserves. I know Kirk Douglas didn't like the naval ship special effects, but I did, and they are only a small part of the movie. The story, writing, acting, and mood are all fantastic. Wayne and Neal were at the top of their game. Preminger made a classic in naval warfare and the behind the scenes look at the Navy. -- Al

 

[Spitfrnd]

You guys have named all the great ones, but here's a few of my favorites not named so far: Sgt. York, All Quiet on the Western Front, 30 Seconds over Tokyo, Fighting 69th, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Four Feathers, Fighting Sullivans, Flying Tigers, Guadalcanal Diary, Run Silent Run Deep, Sink the Bismark, Objective Burma, Birth of a Nation, Horse Soldiers and Alexander Nevsky.

Great movies - all!

Ah the list seems endless since there are some great ones there as well. In that list my favorites are Sgt. York, Run Silent Run Deep and Horse Soldiers.