What is your absolute favorite scene in a war movie?

I love that movie!!!! First time I saw that scene I laughed

I remember watching Patton's battle scenes again and again when I was 9-10 years old, and I bought the 2-disc collector's edition last year...brought back so many good memories.

Another great scene from the movie is the scene where Patton and Bradley talk in Tunisia about how Patton and Rommel would decide the war with a tank duel, near the soldier's graveyards.

I also like the battle of El Guitar, and the scene from the drive to Bastogne when Patton observes the column of troops and says: "...damn I'm proud of these men!"

 

Geez, how you can you choose just one......

In the movie "Kingdom of Heaven", Orlando Bloom's character is meeting the King of Jeruselem and the king says "A king may move a man, a father may claim a son. That man can also move himself. And only then does that man truly begin his own game. Remember that howsoever you are played, or by whom, your soul is in your keeping alone. Even though those who presumed pray you kings or men of power, When you stand before God you cannot say "but I was told by others to do thus" or that "virtue was not convenient at the time." This will not suffice. Remember that."

In other words, we are responsible for our own actions regardless of the circumstances. This was pretty impactful to me.

 

Maybe not my absolute favorite, but the first good one that comes to my mind right now, is that at the end of "Bataan", when Robert Taylor curses the Nip, and being the only survivor of his outfit, keeps the fight to the end, firing a water-cooled thirty against a banzai.

I know it´s sort of a wartime cliché, but seems powerful enough to me.

 

In A bridge to far when the American paratroopers reach Son Bridge, only to see it blown up. The expression on their faces is priceless!

 

Oh boy do I hate Elliott Gould in that movie. Don't know if it was taylored for him or if it was his actual character but he was obnoxious in it. The sterotypical American Colonel, uncouth

 

In the Guns of Navarone, right at the end when the guns open up on the convoy then blows up the convoy blows there horns(bells, whistles or whatever it is they have) in appreciation.

 

Towards the opening of Bridge at Remagen, when the tanks are barreling down the road and the tracks on those Chaffee's are oval. That's what a tank is supposed to do...exploit a breakthrough and get into the enemies rear and cut off supplies and retreat.

 

In Pork Chop Hill, I love all the scenes where the Americans (King Company) are ousting the Chinese from Easy Company's trenches. Excellent movie and Gregory Peck did a magnificant job of acting as always was the case.

Cross of Iron, many scenes stick out in mind including: the scenes after Sgt. Steiner releases the Russian Lad and witnesses the Russians shoot the boy-yells and runs back to the German's positions as the Russians attack.

Another Cross of Iron scene that I thought was magnificent was when the Russians started attacking the Germans positiions and Steiner and his men learn that they were "left to their fates" and Steiner leads his men to that factory. The factory scenes were excellent as well.

My last Cross of Iron favorite scene is when Steiner and Stransky leave to see: "where the Iron Crosses grow" and you see split shots of a Russian fighter strafing the Germans positions. Simply some amazing directing from an amazing Director (Sam Peckinpah)

 

That's what I meant to say but could not come up with the perfect phrase

 

The opening when Steiner's Aufklärung Zug eliminates the Russian Mortar position.

Ah but what about when James Mason yells.... Stop Men....Advance with me(into oblivion at the end of the film)

Kruger says "I stay dirty for a reason. If you've been in the field as long as I've been, you'd know why.
Steiner says Explain.
Kruger says Natural body oils, combined with dirt, can keep you waterproof.

The Artillery Barrage when Sharif Ali says God help those men under those guns.

Peter O'Toole.... No Prisoners.....No prisoners.... in Lawrence of Arabia when they fall upon the Turkish Column

The scene when the pilots form up on George Pepard in The Blue Max and attack the SE-5s

The Me-109s attacking the landed Hurricanes in the French countryside in Battle of Britain

AttackAttackAtttackAttack when the section mocks the new pilot about to under go further training by Robert Shaw in Battle of Britain

The attack on Caen BoB

Blythe Shooting the FJ trooper in BoB(the whole Battle)

Lt Spears charging the Germans in Foy BoB(the Whole Battle)

Dai uy Nim "Kill all stinking Cong then go home"

The attack on the SF FOB in Green Berets culminating with the 7.62mm gatling guns of Puff the C-47

The opening Battle with the Arty in A Bridge Too Far

The Paratrooper jumping and landing in A Bridge Too Far when the camera follows him down.

The Highlander Regiment coming up the valley then warned of an ambush by Gunga Din when he blows his bugle.

Yup

 

Forgot another one of my favs:

The Lost Battalion (2001): The end scene, where Alexander and Whittlesey talk about the defense of Charlevaux Mill. A few good lines:

Alexander: No wonder our aeroplanes couldn't find this place.

Soldier: Well your artillery certainly found it, general.

and the end scene is good when Whittlesey says his men are better than him, and better than "you, General."

 

The Devil's Brigade: The fight scene in the bar when they finally get a pass from training

To Hell and Back" Audie Murphy rushing to his friend who has just been shot and then taking out the machine gun nests, and the poignancy as he places the rifle and helmet and the unit has to move out.

Many of those already mentioned and others that I'll have to think about.

 

quite a few here:

-Saving private Ryan: The scene with the Medic and the sniper bullet , or the poor G.I. picking up his own arm.
-Schindler's List: the reconstution of the Gemran parade.
-in Braveheart when Hamish's father get's the arrow removed from his shoulder and healed with fire. Nobody wants to hold him down because his first reaction is to beat the crap out the poor chap who helped him.
-The Last of the Mohicans: the Hunting scene at the beginning.

 

Band of Brothers.

The scene where Captain Steele, delivering a message, during an attack on a town, he runs past a German 88mm gun being manned, drops over a wall, and a few sconds later jumps back over the wall and runs bacl past the germans and back to his starting point.

 

Cross of Iron

Right at the end of the film with Steiner and Stransky in the rail yard and...........


Stransky - "How do I reload."

Steiner stands there and laughs at Stransky.

Real Gem.

 

Das Boot

Right at the end of the film......

The sad scene as you see Capt.-Lt. Henrich Lehmann-Willenbrock die on the docks as he watches his U-Boat sink after all the hell he and his crew went through.

 

A bridge too far, when the 1st AB is offered a surrender. I still laugh at that.

 

All good so far.
I have to add Zulu, and the first rank...Fire!...second rank...Fire! ADVANCE!