Military Filmography

Way back in September of 2010 the staff here at The Platz posted our Top-Ten picks of movies about Hollywood Goes To War with my personal Top Ten War Movies.  We thought we rather nailed it.  Nevertheless, staff recognizes that moods, politics, tolerance for warfare and Hollywood tastes change over time.

A pause for a partial revisit.

From the all-knowing Internet Movie Database is the Top 25 Greatest War Movies of All Time (The Ultimate List).  

Compiled 11 years ago and updated 7 years ago the war movies on this list are ranked according to their success (awards and nominations), Their popularity and cinematic greatness from a perspective of directing and writing.  Accuracy is important too.   

There was considerable overlap between this list (albeit larger and casing a wider historic net) than my original Top Ten list; including some releases to hit the big screen or streaming services in recent years.

Significantly, I've seen all of these movies; many of them multiple times.  Over the course of a decade and a half it is interesting to note the commonalities in film genre that persist in popular culture.  There is a great deal of over-lap in taste.

In any event, one of my go-to YouTube channels for geopolitical events and affairs is hosted by Ward Carroll.  Carroll flew F-14 Tomcats for fifteen years after graduating from the US Naval Academy.  Named Naval Institute Press Author of the Year in 2001 he is host of the Ward Carrol YouTube Channel.

Several months ago Carroll pubished a short list of All-Time 12 Most Badass Military Movie Characters I thought to myself:  I've seen all of these movies.  More overlap.  Fascinating.  

I've embedded the video below.

So, with winter upon us if you're looking to curl-up by the fire and watch some military history, war drama, the tragedy of violent conflict or the futility of war in general; enjoy surfing the IMDb and YouTube accounts for titles you can stream directly or watch on your own streaming services. 

If you are motivated you know where to find the content......