Which Major War Had The Best Films Depicting It? WW1, WW2 or Vietnam?

[FlyRy]

no poll?

i vote ww2

 

[Doin2Much Williams]

The war that gave us rambo and forrest gump

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[SuburbanPimp]

Vietnam for me easily, are there any good movies about the Civil War other than Glory?

 

[KevCo]

Vietnam for me easily, are there any good movies about the Civil War other than Glory?

Perhaps civil war will get more films. To me, up until recently, there were not many ww1 movies that got praised. It was all WW2/Vietnam flicks.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

The war that gave us rambo and forrest gump

The speech at the end of first blood is easily Stallone's best acting ever. 10

 

[nightwing2016]

Vietnam, also Vietnam does far more with tying in those experiences that vets had there and their experiences at home. I mean you can make the argument that Taxi Driver, Dead Presidents, and Deer hunter are Vietnam war movies

 

[nightwing2016]

That's only one film. I'd like to see the black experience after WW1 or WW2.

Watch Rosewood takes place in 1923 and follows a legit massacre that happened in Florida. It isn’t a complete retelling but it captures the violence black communities faced. I’m not sure if Ving Rhymes character is a WWI vet or not. For WWII just watch a civil rights movie a lot of the activist in the movement were WWII vets. One of the older black men that was attacked at Little Rock was a vet.

 

[Luke Cage]

In the 70-90s Vietnam. low key vietnam movies feel off since that period though. WW2 they still come out with a decent movie every few years.
WW1 is in last place. I would actually rank gulf war/desert storm all the way to Iraq films over WW1

 

[StatUS]

WW2 has criminally underrated joints like The Thin Red Line

 

[SilverSamurai]

Vietnam takes this.

The Deer Hunter

 

[Erratic415]

there are other wars depicted in film like the American Civil War, the Korean War, Afghanistan, etc. but the three most popular settings for War are usually (in no particular order) World War 1, World War 2 and the Vietnam War. I pretty much consider these their own subgenre of War films at this point because they all feel markedly different from eachother. World War 2 is unique because I don't think there's ever been a war as black or white as this one, with clear "good guys" and "bad guys"; the Nazis and the Axis of Evil couldn't be more villainous if they tried with mass executions, fascist ideologies, genocide, horrific scientific experimentation (Dr. Mengele & Unit 731) rape & pillaging, etc. history is always very complicated & nuanced, but WW2 is as clear-cut as it gets in real life conflict when it comes to who's in the right and who's in the wrong and why the opposition needs to be stopped. it's perfect for storytelling in cinema.

WW1 is a bit different. I think one thing WW1 films have in common is depicting the top military leaders, generals & politicians on all sides as incompetent, indicting them in the sacrifice of an entire generation of young men for minimal gains. playing war as a game of chess, throwing more bodies into the meat grinder, neglecting to see the human cost. All three "All is Quiet on the Western Front" did an amazing job at showing the detachment of the top brass from what was actually going on in the war.

Vietnam, and how it's been depicted, is the most morally gray war. there are no clear good guys or bad guys, just the disillusionment of young men that don't know why their fighting in a country they couldn't point to on a map. if you don't know what you're fighting for, it doesn't matter how much of a military superpower you are; you're going to lose. it's also about the dismantling of grand narratives and the war back home, when the American people really started questioning the true motives of their government. Vietnam films are usually more nihilist in tone.
Though I do think Come and See is the best overall war film, the Vietnam trilogy of Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket & Platoon put it over the top as my favourite setting for War films

I saw Come and See for the first time a few weeks ago. It’s really good, and also pretty rough to watch.

Some others are more graphically violent, but there’s a certain coldness and bleakness about this movie that stays with you. It’s so brilliantly made.

 

[BlackMajik]

There still needs to be a Harlem Hellfighter movie

 

[Gains]

Japanese WWII war movies alone , goat