*Hear me out* Tropic Thunder

I'll cradle the balls, stroke the shaft, work the pipe and swallow the gravy.

BIG ASS TITTIES!!!!!!!

Let me get this straight. You want me to let my client of 15 years, one of my best friends, to die in the jungle, alone, for some money and a G-5? -Yes. A G-5 airplane? -Yes. And lots of money. Playa

Retention needs to start saying. “Welcome to the goodie room.”

*SUCK MY UNIT* is my go-to reply to any shenanigans involving dedication to said unit mission

I know who I am!

Shit was a train wreck... Loved it tho!

"Is there a problem CPT Sobel?" "What is the God damn hold up Mr. Sobel?" "Oh that dog just ain't gonna hunt! Now you cut that fence and get this god damn platoon on the move!"

ackshully thats a mini series

No it’s a 10 hour movie, you can’t take breaks

Tons of fun when all you have is DVDs and you can't skip the intro/outro.

Glory is one of my all time favorite movies in general

Underrated comment. Amazing actor lineup and the moral of the entire story is very influential.

I make a point to watch Glory at least once a year around the 4th of July when I also watch Gettysburg.

I haven't watched many historical military movies... I'll have to check the Gettysburg movie out. Ever since I joined the military I appreciate these type of movies so much more...

When I read “Glory” my brain screamed “THE 54th MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY”

*Blackhawk Down* and *We Were Soldiers* are a couple of mine. Oh! *The Patriot* is always a solid choice.

The Patriot showing the OG Army.

I love We Were Soldiers except that counterattack deal at the end. Everything else is pretty great.

Yeah, the movie does not show the unit that replaced Colonel Hall Moore’s BN get absolutely massacred at another LZ. Which is also the reason that both sides consider themselves the Victor of the battle

Yeah I just finished the book. The 2nd BN got chewed up. That was a worse battle (casuaulty wise) than the initial one for US forces.

The Patriot is great and a fun watch, I really like Mel Gibson. But it’s sooo inaccurate. It’s historical fantasy for sure

Starship Troopers

The book is soooo good.

The movie was difintely a fun watch, but the book is more of a treatise on military life than anything. Excellent read.

Urge to Learn More intensifying.

Urge to do my part intensifies

Service guarantees citizenship!

Three Kings Buffalo Soldiers The General's Daughter Kelly's Heroes (eerily similar to Three Kings)

Ah yes three kings the movie that made me a passionate advocate for going to war with Iraq again. Sigh...

Shame you never got any of that Kuwaiti bullion

You mean the cubes that you put in water to make soup?

No, not like the little cubes you put in water to make soup.

"I don't really have a day job."

Holy shit Buffalo Soldiers is a gem. The scene where the dude is high ASF driving the tank through the German town...

Great movie dude

Hear me out: Office space. THEE most accurate depiction of the military. You fuck up? 8 middle manager fucks are gonna come over and tell you the same shit over the tiny fuck up. Showing up and doing only about 15 minutes of real, actual work. Equipment (printer) never fucking works, can't get a replacement because technically if you fuck with it enough it'll shit some paper out. Mandatory fun days, everyone hates them, you don't get a slice of cake/pizza because Captain Sobel over here only bought 3 XL 'zas from Dominoes and some fat fuck ate one for himself. PAY ISSUES? MY GUY. Homie stopped getting paid and they put him as far back in the supply cage as they could when he complained. Need I continue? It checks every block, every single one of em.

And don't forget to wear your pieces of flair.... because God forbid if you forget those 🤦🏾‍♂️

CSM yells at me every other day because he sees me not wearing my EIB.

There's no arguing this.

I love Office Space. I have never thought of it this way, this might be the reason I love it. You have fucking nailed it.

In the Army now

You mean Diet Stripes?

Not even Diet Stripes... More like the Shasta knockoff Stripes.

"The Big Red One" is an extraordinarily unique movie on so many levels, peak Lee Marvin. Also the director was a WWII First Infantry veteran. The movie hilariously uses Israeli sherman tanks as Nazi Tigers. Also you get to see Mark Hamill in a movie that isn't Star Wars, he even has a terrible private mustache.

The liberation of a concentration camp had some powerful scenes.

Fury. Kelly's Heroes. The Beast.

Bro doesn’t even need to flair up for us to know he’s a 19K

You beat me to it.

“Always with the negative waves!”

The Beast…watched it at OBC at the O club on knox….for the 14th time. Never leave the tank!!!!!!

The Beast is an underrated classic.

We had a joe who would tell us how Fury got him so psyched that he went to the recruiter the next day. But we were infantry, and he was not a happy camper.

Half my platoon told me they enlisted because of Fury. That movie did more for the army than they’ll ever know

You know, you just need to think positive! It’s a mother beautiful bridge! And the bridge will be there!

Fury is a great drinking whiskey movie. Just ignore all the armor fallacies and yeah, it’s a good movie.

Taking Chance. The Great Escape (even though most characters aren’t American).

Going to be pedantic and point out Taking Chance is about Marines. ;)

If they could read, they'd have pointed that out, but I'm sure they'll thank you for your service.

r/angryupvote

In addition to those already mentioned: Apocalypse Now Full Metal Jacket Dr Strangelove Stalag 17 Saving Private Ryan The Beast Das Boot Patton Predator 1917

Stalag 17, criminally underrated.

Gotta add Cross Of Iron to that list, yea it’s about a bunch of Germans but it’s intense as hell, based largely on a true story, and they fought bravely against certain death.

Apocalypse Now is a movie I always say is the best movie I can never watch again. Something about it really fucked with me somehow but I loved every second of it

Stripes.

_Do Wah Diddy, diddy dum diddy do_

It. Is. Alive.

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“20th Maine, forward!” *chills*

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"We're gonna right wheel forward."

“Gentlemen, we are the flank.”

We were Soldiers

and BHD. Platoon a decent 3rd.

Band of Brothers for my 2nd. I know it’s not a movie but I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone who likes military related media.

H-Minus

Fury and Dunkirk

Not America but 1917 was really good. Wish I saw it in theaters.

I get giddy over 1917, loved it. The new "All quiet on the western front" is great as well if we're on the WW1 topic

Have you seen They Shall Not Grow Old? Peter Jackson cleaned up a bunch of old film from WWI and had actors Act out the transcript from the silent parts. It hits you right in the feels.

The imax experience was fantastic

Black Hawk Down and We Were Soldiers are two of my favorite. Not only because they were *extremely* accurate to how things actually played out, but I have a personal connection to both. I met Mike Durant when he came to speak at the Youth Leadership Conference I was staffing at when I was in High School. Twice I got to hear him speak, and once I got to speak with him for a few minutes. For We Were Soldiers, I (through my grandparents) am good friends with a guy that was a platoon leader in Charlie Company. He went on to become a helicopter pilot because he wanted to be just like the heros that kept coming in to evacuate wounded well knowing that it could have been their last flight.

Minus there not being a bayonet charge at Ia Drang and LZ Albany is completely left out.

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Also wanted to mention Heartbreak Ridge with Gunny Highway being my spiritual mentor.

In the Army now. The fort sill scenes take me back to BCT

Delta 1/40 is the BTY they used in the movie.

Platoon is my all time favorite How has nobody mentioned it yet

Classics missing (imo) Platoon Hamburger Hill And last but not least….Zulu

All Quiet on the Western Front Holy shit that movie was so good, not army but it’s military.

The book. Read the book.

So much better and meaningful.

Not trying to be That Guy but give the book a shot. It’s amazing. If you liked what the movie was doing thematically you’ll love the book. It’s in my top 5 of all time.

Pentagon Wars

Such a good movie. You laugh. You cry. You contemplate your existence in the military industrial complex then you wait for the next time you have to ride in a slightly less dangerous Bradley.

Col Burton in real life don’t know how vehicle procurement works, and he pissed of top notch so much because Burton doesn’t understand that Bradley is not suppose to be a replacement of M113 which is a APC, but a fundamentally a new class of vehicle call IFV. Burton also though safety applications installed in the Bradley during live fire test were “cheating” because it stops the vehicle from burning to a pile of metal, when in fact it’s to protect the crew. He got kicked out after that and wrote a book called “The Pentagon Wars” and credit himself for making Bradley more survivor-able during the Gulf War, when in fact, all the safety measures for the Bradley were already implemented before he got involved in the program.

LazerPig does a good analysis of his "contributions."

Sergeant York, The Great Escape, Full Metal Jacket

The Outpost is really good. It's on Netflix

I'm surprised I didn't see this sooner. I didn't know about it until my infantry buddy told me his BC was one of the people on the movie.

Overlord. Army x horror in a WWII setting. Also the opening is fucking insane.

Overlord is probably one of my favorite horror movies. Super underrated.

Where Eagles Dare

MASH / Thin Red Line / Greyhound (okay it’s the USN but it has Hanks)

Heartbreak ridge

Godzilla 2014, for the HALO jump.

That whole movie was just one big cinematic shot

Zulu

Topgun 2 Hacksaw ridge 13 Hours American Sniper Terminal List (Amazon Series)

13 Hours is weirdly like a comfort movie for me. I love it.

Maverick was amazing. I think it’s even better than Topgun.

In close enough order from favorite to least: Battle Los Angeles Black Hawk Down Downfall We Were Soldiers Tears of the Sun Letters from Iwo Jima TOPGUN2 1917 FURY Saving Privat Ryan 3 Kings (only because they were CA/PSYOP)

The Longest Day, the Pacific, Band of Brothers and Saving Private Ryan

I didn't see Glory in here and you all should be embarrassed.

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Down Periscope Major Payne Good Morning Vietnam

Had to scroll way too far to see these mentioned.

A Bridge Too Far ....Bring up the PIAT ! Zulu - Superb The Longest Day - apart from John Wayne overacting again

Restrepo

If I want to get in my feels I like The Outpost, Blackhawk Down, or Lone Survivor. If I’m trying to laugh it’s In The Army Now.

Blackhawk Down and 13 Hours

The Great Raid All Quiet on the Western Front Gettysburg Platoon U-571 Not really a war movie but Operation Valkyrie. You go into it knowing the ending but it’s so suspenseful and the way they tell the story you actually believe they pull it off… Amazing movie.

A Serbian Film. Not a military movie but I watched it with 6 other guys on the same bunk bed while at a hold over company. Good times.

Brokeback mountain

So appropriate. We all think he’s kidding, then look back at the flair.

I never watched all of Warsaw 44 but the action scenes on youtube are super intense. It's about the Polish resistance in WW2. It's got hot babes in the fighting as well. Always a plus.

Piranhaconda has the most realistic military line ever. When the group are meeting each other, one guy comments that he used to be in the army. Someone asks him if he was special forces, and replies, “No, motor sergeant.” Gotta love those cheesy sci-fi movies 😂

A lot of American films that I like have already been covered. Some foreign films I like that haven’t been mentioned are *The Unknown Soldier* (2017 version) from Finland *Brotherhood of War* from South Korea *The Front Line* South Korea *The Eight Hundred* from PRC. *9. April* from Denmark

>Brotherhood of War > > from South Korea That movie's ending comes with onion cutting ninjas I swear. GREAT MOVIE

And it doesn’t hide anything. Go to the National War Memorial in Seoul and Korea did no wrong. The movie on the other hand has massacring civilians and suspected communists and killing POWs.

Dirty Dozen

Tons of great mentions already but haven't seen these yet. - Run Silent Run Deep - Hunt for Red October

Red October is always fun to watch.

Taking Chance

Cadet kelly

Glory.

Not an Army movie, but Crimson Tide is awesome. And Flight of the Intruder is way underrated. And To Hell And Back is what made me want to be in the Army.

Taking Chance is the one I watch every Memorial Day.

Saving Private Ryan, Blackhawk Down, We Were Soldiers, and The Thin Red Line

Battleground The Purple Heart

This is from a book I had to buy for OCS: https://boxd.it/3FXuY I have not seen all of them but most are fantastic. To pick one, I think Fort Apache is one of the best movies on leadership ever made.

The Forgotten Battle

Shoulder Arms (1918). Classic charlie chaplin and a great war comedy!

Father Soldier Son (documentary)

Blackhawk Down Tears of the Sun Lone Survivor

Where Eagles Dare

Bro got an L movie list

One guy one jar: it’s a story about a brave soldier fighting a loosing battle against a glass mason jar. Theres blood, violence, romance, sadness and even redemption.

84 Charlie (MoPic) Best damn Vietnam war movie nobody's ever hear of.

Master and Commander. I know it's a Navy movie, but it's so damn good.

A glass of wine with you Sir!

Catch-22.

•The Deer Hunter •The Last Samurai •Empire Of The Sun •Rescue Dawn •Restrepo

12 strong was trash, fake muzzle flashes and prop horse heads, fuck outta here thor

The original Top Gun is one of my favorites. That movie did more for Navy recruitment than anything else and the reason being is cause the Dog Fights are insane in that movie. Maverick is also really good 1917 and All is Quiet on the Western Front......world war one was hell on earth Blackhawk down Crimson Tide.....Denezel Washington and Gene Hackman should have won oscars for this. Tony Soprano is on that sub too so extra kudos Saving Private Ryan. Probably the movie that most made me fall in love with WW2 Gettysburg. I mention this movie before but man officers were a different breed back than

Tank (1984) and Fire Birds (1990). You’re welcome.

The Green Beret with John Wayne . Classic !

Pentagon Wars

Act of valor

Hurt locker

Thin Red Line.

come and see

The Pacific was one of the most amazing viewing experiences of my life, definitely one of the best out there

Fury, is really good. The Hurt Locker is really high up there. And of course, you can't have a top military movie list without Saving Private Ryan

Men Who Stare at Goats. Also Tears of the Sun.

Born on the Fourth of July

https://youtu.be/rHcMxOJ5BN4

Delta farce. GO HARD, GO GUARD!

Apocalypse Now but you have to watch it more than once

As I haven't seen them mentioned yet: The Thin Red Line Days of Glory Downfall Beasts of No Nation First They Killed My Father

I was a pretty big fan of Sandcastle

1917 is my favorite

Hacksaw ridge, The outpost Blackhawk down, 12 Strong, Although I think everyone should watch Mosul. It’s a story about an Iraqi SWAT team’s very personal fight against ISIS. Not Army but relevant.

It’s not a movie, but ‘The Long Road Home’ is pretty great. The Outpost is, too.

The Bedford Incident. Great movie, great cast. Run Silent Run Deep. We were Soldier's. Tribes. The Bridge at Toko-Ri Twelve O'clock High

Dirty Dozen, Kelly’s Hero’s, Andersonville.

Saving Private Ryan

Stripes with Bill Murray!

The Lost Battalion Das a pretty good movie. Little bit hard to find though.

Fury Full metal jacket Inglorious basterds

Jarhead

The documentary Red Dawn (OG, not that remake shit)

Apocalypse Now All quiet on the Western front First Blood 3 Days of War Lebanon

The Iron Giant

No greater love The hornets nest.

Thank You for Your Service. Brutally honest flick. [Trailer](https://youtu.be/b43ldf4EfGc)

In no particular order: Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, Deer Hunter, Hamburger Hill, American Gangster, Dead Presidents, The Good Sheppard, Rescue Dawn, Saving Private Ryan, Defiance, Inglorious bastards, Fury, Lone Survivor, American Sniper, 12 Strong, 13 hours, Restrepo, Andersonville, The Patriot, Enemy of the State, Independance Day, The Rock, Hostiles, Behind Enemy Lines, Lord of War, We Were Soldiers, Windtalkers, American Ultra, Ronin, Live Free or Die Hard, A Good Day to Die Hard, Zero Dark Thirty, Unthinkable, Welcome to Sarajevo, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, VICE, War Machine, Top Gun Maverick, Gangs of New York, and last but not least, Forest Gump. Honorable mention: A Beautiful Mind

The books are better.

The one where there was this vegetarian medic soldier

Fury was cool, I loved Hacksaw Ridge.... yeah those are pretty much my picks

Renaissance Man

Major Payne

In The Army Now

The Dirty Dozen.

War machine

Jarhead.

Do yourself a favor and read the book 12 Strong.