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List your favorite War Movies from the 80's. (Edited 04/19/08 10:02PM by Seth)

So, I know There won't be everyone's favorites but these were some of mine to build onto.

| Closed on 06/08/08 at 05:00PM
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Rank	43 Fans	Avg (1st)
1.	Full Metal Jacket	8.6 (17)
2.	Platoon	7.3 (10)
3.	Good Morning Vietnam	6.8 (7)
4.	Glory	5.7 (1)
5.	other	5.4 (5)
6.	Born on the Fourth of July	4.8 (2)
7.	Missing in Action	4.7
8.	Uncommon Valor	4.2
9.	other	4.1
10.	other	3.5 (1)

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#1 \| 173 days ago Indydave (+)	+4 other-- Heartbreak Ridge 1. Full Metal Jacket 2. Platoon 3. Born on the Fourth of July 4. Uncommon Valor 5. Glory 6. Missing in Action 7. Good Morning Vietnam 8. other 9. other 10. other
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#1 \| 173 days ago Indydave (+)	+4 other-- Heartbreak Ridge 1. Full Metal Jacket 2. Platoon 3. Born on the Fourth of July 4. Uncommon Valor 5. Glory 6. Missing in Action 7. Good Morning Vietnam 8. other 9. other 10. other
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#2 \| 173 days ago Lobotomy Jones (+)	Others: Star Wars - Empire Strikes Back Star Wars - Return of the Jedi Heartbreak Ridge 1. other 2. Platoon 3. Full Metal Jacket 4. other 5. other 6. Missing in Action 7. Good Morning Vietnam 8. Glory 9. Uncommon Valor 10. Born on the Fourth of July
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#3 \| 173 days ago majikmanseven (+)	No rambo movies? 1. Platoon 2. Glory 3. Born on the Fourth of July 4. Full Metal Jacket 5. Missing in Action 6. Good Morning Vietnam 7. Uncommon Valor 8. other 9. other 10. other
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#4 \| 173 days ago kramer (+)	I'm not too sure on any others from the '80s besides Rambo (as already mentioned above me) Follow the Ho-Chi-Mihn Trail... 1. Good Morning Vietnam 2. Glory 3. Full Metal Jacket 4. Missing in Action 5. Born on the Fourth of July 6. Platoon 7. Uncommon Valor 8. other 9. other 10. other
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#5 \| 173 days ago DiabloLoco (+)	+4 Other...RED DAWN!!! HOW COULD YOU MISS THAT ONE!!??!! Other...Hamburger Hill Other...Predator 1. other 2. Full Metal Jacket 3. other 4. other 5. Platoon 6. Good Morning Vietnam 7. Born on the Fourth of July 8. Uncommon Valor 9. Missing in Action 10. Glory
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#6 \| 172 days ago bonbonhi (+)	Christ almighty!! I couldn't think of them all that's why you guys are here!! lol
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#7 \| 172 days ago Frosty_54 (+)	Hamburger Hill 1. Full Metal Jacket 2. Platoon 3. other 4. Good Morning Vietnam 5. Born on the Fourth of July 6. Missing in Action 7. Glory 8. Uncommon Valor 9. other 10. other
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#8 \| 172 days ago mooser (+)	+1 Heartbreak Ridge and First Blood or Rambo 2. I guess First Blood wasn't actually a War Movie. Lobotomy got his Star Wars Movies in there again, love that consistency L.J. 1. other 2. Full Metal Jacket 3. Missing in Action 4. Platoon 5. Good Morning Vietnam 6. Uncommon Valor 7. other 8. other 9. Glory 10. Born on the Fourth of July
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#9 \| 172 days ago majikmanseven (+)	DiabloLoco wrote: Other...RED DAWN!!! HOW COULD YOU MISS THAT ONE!!??!! Other...Hamburger Hill Other...Predator its funny...I , too liked Red Dawn. I watched it on AMC a couple weeks ago and saw it was given a 1* (star) rating. Of course it wasn't plausable...Reagan would not have allowed an invasion...but just a good kick a$$ "America Wins" theme. Interesting how during Reagan's era... many "pro america" war movies designed for young people... and coincidently...Reagan's high approval rating 1. Platoon 2. Glory 3. Born on the Fourth of July 4. Full Metal Jacket 5. Missing in Action 6. Good Morning Vietnam 7. Uncommon Valor 8. other 9. other 10. other
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#10 \| 172 days ago majikmanseven (+)	mooser wrote: Heartbreak Ridge and First Blood or Rambo 2. I guess First Blood wasn't actually a War Movie. Lobotomy got his Star Wars Movies in there again, love that consistency L.J. I think First Blood Qualifies....Johnny Rambo kicked an entire national Guard unit's arse! I think First Blood is actually a very good movie. Like the 1st Rocky... told a great story. At the end...when Troutman was walking Rambo out and you see the entire town in flames... awesome...totally awesome.... awwwwrrriiiggghhttt Hamilton! 1. Platoon 2. Glory 3. Born on the Fourth of July 4. Full Metal Jacket 5. Missing in Action 6. Good Morning Vietnam 7. Uncommon Valor 8. other 9. other 10. other
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#11 \| 172 days ago majikmanseven (+)	Platoon is my favorite. I saw it at the theater when it first came out while on Spring Break in Biloxi, MS. I was in high school. I went with friends to a theater in Gulfport to see it. There were about 5-6 rows in front "roped off" so I sat in 1st row behind that area. Minutes later a large number of vets from the VA Hospital came in and sat in front of me in the roped off areas. There were several in wheelchairs, several had missing limbs. There were tears from the guys directly in front of me from the very beginning of the movie when Sheen got off the plane. For the next 2 hours I got a unique theater experience. In many movies, when people in front of you talk, it pi$$es you off...not that day. Listening to the whispered conversations and watching the movie and hearing the soft crying was an experience I will never forget. I have quoted the "Barnes vs Elias" battles for the last 20 years! 1. Platoon 2. Glory 3. Born on the Fourth of July 4. Full Metal Jacket 5. Missing in Action 6. Good Morning Vietnam 7. Uncommon Valor 8. other 9. other 10. other
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#12 \| 172 days ago Big_Country78 (+)	(Edited by Big_Country78) +2 1. first i have to go with this war movie between the "empire" and the "rebel alliance" with many troops, space ships, and futuristic (even though it wsa long time ago in a galaxy far far away)samurai called "Jedi". 2. any POW movie with Chuck Norris 3. any movie with Klingons fighting the federation of planets "kish lhok koomplah!" i would have added: Gallipoli (WWI), The Big Red One (WWII), All Quiet on the Western Front (WWI), Ran (Jidaigeki), Excalibur (King Arthur), Willow (fantasy), but it was a fun poll 1. other 2. other 3. other 4. Missing in Action 5. Full Metal Jacket 6. Glory 7. Platoon 8. Born on the Fourth of July 9. Good Morning Vietnam 10. Uncommon Valor
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#13 \| 172 days ago ML31 (+)	I refuse to answer a poll that forces me to list Platoon as a good movie. 1. Full Metal Jacket 2. Glory 3. Good Morning Vietnam 4. other 5. other 6. other 7. Uncommon Valor 8. Missing in Action 9. Born on the Fourth of July 10. Platoon
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#14 \| 172 days ago Lobotomy Jones (+)	ML31 wrote: I refuse to answer a poll that forces me to list Platoon as a good movie. +1 Just put it in last place. That's what I did with Born on the 4th of July. I hated that movie. 1. other 2. Platoon 3. Full Metal Jacket 4. other 5. other 6. Missing in Action 7. Good Morning Vietnam 8. Glory 9. Uncommon Valor 10. Born on the Fourth of July
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#15 \| 172 days ago ML31 (+)	Lobotomy Jones wrote: Just put it in last place. That's what I did with Born on the 4th of July. I hated that movie. I hated Born on the 4th of July as well. But OK. I'll list them. 1. Full Metal Jacket 2. Glory 3. Good Morning Vietnam 4. other 5. other 6. other 7. Uncommon Valor 8. Missing in Action 9. Born on the Fourth of July 10. Platoon
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#16 \| 171 days ago xtra_ill (+)	+1 Others: Hamburger Hill, Das Boot, Biloxi Blues, Heartbreak Ridge. 1. Full Metal Jacket 2. other 3. other 4. other 5. Glory 6. Missing in Action 7. Platoon 8. Uncommon Valor 9. Born on the Fourth of July 10. Good Morning Vietnam
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#17 \| 171 days ago majikmanseven (+)	ML31 wrote: I refuse to answer a poll that forces me to list Platoon as a good movie. +1 Oh god... let's not allow this to get like the Bonds/Rose discussion. Just judging from vietnam vets I have talked with... they said it was a decent portrayal 1. Platoon 2. Glory 3. Born on the Fourth of July 4. Full Metal Jacket 5. Missing in Action 6. Good Morning Vietnam 7. Uncommon Valor 8. other 9. other 10. other
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#18 \| 171 days ago majikmanseven (+)	I did like Full Metal Jacket a lot.... from Private Pyle's latrine blow up.... to the "me so horny, love you long time.... "How can you shoot women and children?" "You just don't lead them as much" lots of good lines in this one 1. Platoon 2. Glory 3. Born on the Fourth of July 4. Full Metal Jacket 5. Missing in Action 6. Good Morning Vietnam 7. Uncommon Valor 8. other 9. other 10. other
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#19 \| 171 days ago ML31 (+)	majikmanseven wrote: Oh god... let's not allow this to get like the Bonds/Rose discussion. Just judging from vietnam vets I have talked with... they said it was a decent portrayal A very good friend of mine said it reminded him very much of his army days too. He said he saw character types in that movie who were also in his unit. That doesn't make it a good movie. The movie was poorly put together. The characters were all very weak. There was no cause for the viewer to care about any of them in any way. Good or bad or in between. (I actually found myself hoping they would ALL get shot so the audience would be put out of their misery) The acting was atrocious. Oliver Stone doesn't exactly have a stellar track record as a directer. 1. Full Metal Jacket 2. Glory 3. Good Morning Vietnam 4. other 5. other 6. other 7. Uncommon Valor 8. Missing in Action 9. Born on the Fourth of July 10. Platoon
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#20 \| 171 days ago ML31 (+)	xtra_ill wrote: Others: Hamburger Hill, Das Boot, Biloxi Blues, Heartbreak Ridge. Das Boot! (The Boat) Great call! I should have thought of that one. 1. Full Metal Jacket 2. Glory 3. Good Morning Vietnam 4. other 5. other 6. other 7. Uncommon Valor 8. Missing in Action 9. Born on the Fourth of July 10. Platoon
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#21 \| 171 days ago majikmanseven (+)	ML31 wrote: A very good friend of mine said it reminded him very much of his army days too. He said he saw character types in that movie who were also in his unit. That doesn't make it a good movie. The movie was poorly put together. The characters were all very weak. There was no cause for the viewer to care about any of them in any way. Good or bad or in between. (I actually found myself hoping they would ALL get shot so the audience would be put out of their misery) The acting was atrocious. Oliver Stone doesn't exactly have a stellar track record as a directer. +1 hmmm...again...your opinions. I thought dafoe and berenger did a nice job. The ratings and critical acclaim suggests most people are not in agreement with you 1. Platoon 2. Glory 3. Born on the Fourth of July 4. Full Metal Jacket 5. Missing in Action 6. Good Morning Vietnam 7. Uncommon Valor 8. other 9. other 10. other
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#22 \| 171 days ago ML31 (+)	majikmanseven wrote: hmmm...again...your opinions. I thought dafoe and berenger did a nice job. The ratings and critical acclaim suggests most people are not in agreement with you Of course they are opinions. When discussing movies it is ALL about opinions. So much so that I think it really goes without saying. For some reason, the media likes to stroke Oliver Stone. I do not know why. (perhaps because they share political views?) He was actually slightly better as a writer than as a director. Critical acclaim does not mean "most people". Nor do ratings. If you want to know what "most people" liked in 1986, the best way is to go by box office. Top Gun made far and away more money than Platoon did. (and it sucked too, BTW...) 1. Full Metal Jacket 2. Glory 3. Good Morning Vietnam 4. other 5. other 6. other 7. Uncommon Valor 8. Missing in Action 9. Born on the Fourth of July 10. Platoon
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#23 \| 171 days ago majikmanseven (+)	must have stunk for you taking ladies to movies, as you think most of them stink. In the mind of a 17 year old... neither Platoon or Top Gun stunk. And I am a thespian with a background of everything from Shakespeare to doing TV commercials...the mere fact Platoon is till on every month...shows that a number of people must have liked it 1. Platoon 2. Glory 3. Born on the Fourth of July 4. Full Metal Jacket 5. Missing in Action 6. Good Morning Vietnam 7. Uncommon Valor 8. other 9. other 10. other
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#24 \| 171 days ago ML31 (+)	majikmanseven wrote: must have stunk for you taking ladies to movies, as you think most of them stink. In the mind of a 17 year old... neither Platoon or Top Gun stunk. And I am a thespian with a background of everything from Shakespeare to doing TV commercials...the mere fact Platoon is till on every month...shows that a number of people must have liked it You know, TV movies from 1988 are still on all the time too. There are so many channels and stations out there repeating so much it is hard for old movies to NOT be on TV a lot. USA and TBS show pretty much every movie ever made between the two of them. Many liked it. Many did not. Most movies DO stink. That doesn't mean there are not a good number that don't. Besides, when I took ladies to movies in those days, what movie we went to didn't matter a whole lot. 1. Full Metal Jacket 2. Glory 3. Good Morning Vietnam 4. other 5. other 6. other 7. Uncommon Valor 8. Missing in Action 9. Born on the Fourth of July 10. Platoon
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#25 \| 171 days ago derms33 (+)	+1 Red Dawn...First Blood...and Hamburger Hill 1. Full Metal Jacket 2. other 3. Platoon 4. other 5. Good Morning Vietnam 6. Missing in Action 7. Uncommon Valor 8. Glory 9. Born on the Fourth of July 10. other
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#26 \| 171 days ago Angie (+)	Hamburger Hill, saving private ryan, and I can't remember the name of it, but it was black and white and Henry fonda was in it....I really liked it! 1. Full Metal Jacket 2. Good Morning Vietnam 3. Platoon 4. other 5. other 6. other 7. Missing in Action 8. Uncommon Valor 9. Glory 10. Born on the Fourth of July
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