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War Movie Poll (Patreon)

Published:
2026-10-07 03:41:57
Imported:
2026-10

Poll

War Movie Poll

  • 1917 (2019) 16
  • Hacksaw Ridge (2016) 11
  • Platoon (1986) 10
  • The Great Escape (1963) 7
  • 2026-10-07
  • —2026-10-12
  • 44 votes
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Content

Hi Everyone!

Last week's poll winner was The Matrix! We can't wait to get into some more Sci-fi action!It's been a while, so this week we're asking y'all which war movie we should watch next, and as always feel free to recommend some other options for next time in the comments!

Comments

Andrew R

I'm surprised you haven't seen Platoon already. That's great news!

John Colson

I recommend Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory

Lindsay Mathieson

The Great Escape is a classic and there's a whistling sequence you'll recognise immediately... 😁

Nathan Jasper

All of these are great movies but I got to go with hacksaw ridge for raw emotion

Thomas Yanez

For the next war movie poll, please add "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957). I think you'd enjoy it. Also, it stars Alec Guinness, the original Obi-Wan Kenobi, in an Oscar-winning performance, 20 years before "Star Wars" happened - and two years before he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth for being a really fucking good actor.

Joe W

No disrespect to the others, but The Great Escape is a bucket-list movie that every generation needs to see at least once!

Adam Hosley

The Great Escape for sure.

Thomas Yanez

I don't remember a famous whistling scene in that movie, but I haven't seen it in forever... can you elaborate? But, your mention of whistling did remind me of the scene in "The Bridge on the River Kwai" and to ask them to add that to their next war poll.

Thomas Yanez

Also, you might consider a war comedy poll specifically. Some great stuff available there, like: Tropic Thunder (2008) Kelly's Heroes (1970) M*A*S*H (1970) Dr. Strangelove (1964) Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) Stripes (1981) Catch-22 (1970) Three Kings (1999)

Lord Stag

Apocalypse Now is magnificent.

Nicholas Bielik

Lots of reactors watch Full Metal Jacket directed by Stanley Kubrick but completely miss his earlier war film, Paths of Glory, which is IMO the superior of the two films. Even if you do like Full Metal Jacket better, Paths of Glory is still very much worth watching!

Dallas Knight

The eagle has landed ✨ Michael Caine. Kelly's heroes ✨ Clint Eastwood.Fury ✨Shia laBeouf and inglourious bastards✨Brad Pitt

Dallas Knight

What date is event horizon considering it is spooky season?

Jay Davis

The classic movie lover in me can't not go for The Great Escape. Maybe we can even sneak Kelly's Heroes or Where Eagles Dare into one of these?

Dorran

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare! It is a historically inspired story, based on declassified journals of Churchill!

Elizabeth N Miller

You guys should try heartbreak ridge with Clint Eastwood

Elizabeth N Miller

I love Kelly’s heroes there’s an anime that makes a lot of references to it called girls und panzer

Dave Mansker

OMGosh. These choices! Literally every one of these is one I would recommend! The choice is so hard! If you haven't watched Black Hawk Down, I'd love to see that one on a list as well.

Helly R

They're probably thinking of famous theme, which yeah, isn't whistled, but I can see how you might recall it as such. The whistling is in Kwai. Maybe they're thinking of Chicken Run where the "inspired by" theme is augmented by Kazoos lol.

David Harvey

With these choices I voted for "The Great Escape" (1963). It's based on a true story from WWII. It has a Great Cast and it made several of the actors Stars. It's a Classic.

pinkdino99

Ok... that's really surprising.

Jeffrey Fisher

Just wondering if they have seen Saving Private Ryan, and if not, why is it not on this list?

BENDER9000

oof. this is tough poll, but I'm going with 1917 because it's presented as a "one shot" film.

Helly R

2nd Where Eagles Dare

John Molt

The Great Escape, please. It is serious, adventurous, and, believe it or not, fun.

Joshua Gideon

Cant wait for your Matrix reactions

OddThomas

Three Kings, War Horse, A Very Long Engagement

Ari

Memphis Belle (1990)

ShadowDrgn

I'm not big into war movies, but Hacksaw Ridge!@

thebeefmaster (edited)

Comment edits

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2026-10-07 20:43 "Noirvember" What Is Film Noir? The term “film noir” has been a subject of fascination and study (and debate) amongst cinephiles since its inception. The history of the genre dates back to the 1930s and 1940s, originating from a blend of American crime dramas and French poetic realism, as well as German Expressionist cinema. This period, known as the classic era of film noir (1940-1950), introduced audiences to a new form of storytelling that was unconventional and dark, both in narrative and visual style. The debate over whether film noir is a distinct genre or a stylistic approach persists. However, its identifiable characteristics — low-key lighting, unbalanced compositions, themes of crime and moral ambiguity, and the presence of elements such as the femme fatale and the cynical detective — suggest a specific, though flexible, framework that influences both the narrative and visual aspects of these films. Some good ones: Laura (1944) Shadow of a Doubt (1943) The Third Man (1949) The Maltese Falcon (1941) Sunset Boulevard (1950) Sweet Smell of Success (1957) Strangers on a Train (1951) Double Indemnity (1944) Touch of Evil (1958) Notorious (1946) In a Lonely Place (1950) The Big Sleep (1946) White Heat (1949) Out of the Past (1947) The Night of the Hunter (1955) The Killers (1946) Mildred Pierce (1945) Spellbound (1945) The Harder They Fall (1956) The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) The Blue Dahlia (1946) Suddenly (1954) All Through the Night (1942) The Big Clock (1948) Key Largo (1948) The Stranger (1946) Suspicion (1941) To Have and Have Not (1944) I Want to Live! (1958) The Wrong Man (1956) High Sierra (1941) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) They Drive by Night (1940) Dark Passage (1947) The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) The Enforcer (1951) D.O.A. (1949) Witness for the Prosecution (1957) Detour (1945)

"Noirvember" What Is Film Noir? The term “film noir” has been a subject of fascination and study (and debate) amongst cinephiles since its inception. The history of the genre dates back to the 1930s and 1940s, originating from a blend of American crime dramas and French poetic realism, as well as German Expressionist cinema. This period, known as the classic era of film noir (1940-1950), introduced audiences to a new form of storytelling that was unconventional and dark, both in narrative and visual style. The debate over whether film noir is a distinct genre or a stylistic approach persists. However, its identifiable characteristics — low-key lighting, unbalanced compositions, themes of crime and moral ambiguity, and the presence of elements such as the femme fatale and the cynical detective — suggest a specific, though flexible, framework that influences both the narrative and visual aspects of these films. Some good ones: Laura (1944) Shadow of a Doubt (1943) The Third Man (1949) The Maltese Falcon (1941) Sunset Boulevard (1950) Sweet Smell of Success (1957) Strangers on a Train (1951) Double Indemnity (1944) Touch of Evil (1958) Notorious (1946) In a Lonely Place (1950) The Big Sleep (1946) White Heat (1949) Out of the Past (1947) The Night of the Hunter (1955) The Killers (1946) Mildred Pierce (1945) Spellbound (1945) The Harder They Fall (1956) The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) The Blue Dahlia (1946) Suddenly (1954) All Through the Night (1942) The Big Clock (1948) Key Largo (1948) The Stranger (1946) Suspicion (1941) To Have and Have Not (1944) I Want to Live! (1958) The Wrong Man (1956) High Sierra (1941) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) They Drive by Night (1940) Dark Passage (1947) The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) The Enforcer (1951) D.O.A. (1949) Witness for the Prosecution (1957) Detour (1945)

Sam

they've reacted to it

Jeffrey Fisher

Thanks! Hard to keep track of everything that they've already watched.

James W.

That is a cool list because they are all so different tonally and very solid films. I would say the "must" watches are Platoon and Great Escape because they had ripple effect in pop culture that had them parodied and referenced in other films and TV. Platoon gets my vote because it had a big impact on me as a kid. I watched it with my dad when I was like 10. He was a draft dodger but there were a lot of folks in his circle who were veterans so you got to see the impact of that war in real time. Seeing that film gave me at least a slight understanding of what they experienced. This might be because it is semi-biographical because the director, Oliver Stone, was a veteran, and it is based upon his experiences of that war. Stone also wrote the screenplay for Conan the Barbarian, and though he didn't direct it, I feel like there are parts of Platoon that have an almost mythic quality like some of the scenes in Conan. My "favorite" War movies: Bridge Over the River Kwai Lawrence of Arabia Apocalypse Now Full Metal Jacket Platoon Y'all have already watched Band of Brothers which is one of, if not the best, movie/show on WW2. It makes everything else feel lesser for me.

James M

American war films fall into before Vietnam and after Vietnam camps. The experience of WWII and Vietnam were very different but both quite significant in how we viewed war. But the Vietnam experience was not a monolithic and permanent shifted view. In fact the "rebound" from the 70s or 80s Vietnam outlook has become almost a hyper patriotic outlook. Americans today cannot let military service pass without a "thank you for your service" much like hearing someone died and needing to say "sorry for your loss" or someone is newly married and saying "congratulations" it's just become that kind of thing. But that's a reaction that has shifter the focus from the war collective to the individual in a way that tries to accept the human cost of war that's not always measured in lost life and limb. Anyway you see a few layers of war films. The 50s layer is not like the 60s layer where you see The Great Escape. Platoon is a late Vietnam tragedy film with less artistic intensity than The Deerhunter or Apocalypse Now but with a lot of the same sensibility. Hacksaw Ridge is on the flip side. The war is WWII and unimpeachable and the character is a man truly heroic but his actions glorify the human spirit and how it rises above even warfare. The most recent film I don't know. I'll watch with you if you choose it and get a sense of how war views look today and try to see why they went further back. Maybe we've said all we can really say about WWII and Vietnam in movies for now.

James M

Watching noir all November is a great idea. Also it can last you a decade of Novembers easily.

James M

Now for the "what about this war movie" list All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Stalag 17 (1953) Twelve O'Clock High (1949) The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) - not a lot of war, but an important movie to see and note that it's immediately after WWII ended.

Jason Douglas

It's long and slow-paced. It's like a bunch of old people are responding to these polls.

Joe W

Or maybe, people with taste.

penoyer79

Platoon for me, too bad it has no chance. All four of those need to be watched though.

penoyer79

Too bad it won't win. Great Escape is a classic and 1917 is full recency bias.

Andrew R

You aren't wrong. My main reacter used to be Popcorn in Bed but over the last two years or so years her channel has slowly transformed into Turner Classic Movies. I think it's a subscriber demographic thing.

Andrew R

Yeah I've never understood the enthusiasm for 1917. It's a decent movie but it feels generic to me. No heart. Great Escape is good but too slow for my tastes.

Dan Harris

I'm one of those 'old' people who voted for The Great Escape. Read the book it's based on, a true story by author Paul Brickhill. Original copywrite 1950. Seen the movie several times. It's a classic for a reason.

zohair salama

Please consider Enemy at the Gates (2001) I love this film, the only war film i could watch again and again.