Top 10 Marine Corps Movies/Shows of all time?

[ElDiablo]

Thus why it was at the bottom of the list...I liked the historical stuff involved (not that there was much)...other than that I thought it royally blew...sorry..didnt think it posted first time...computers lagging bad...

[FistFu68]

HARD TARGET,BOY'S OF COMPANY C,WAR STORIE'S VIET-NAM(HBO) LOVED THE D.I IN AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN!

[JohnWayne]

RAMBO IV comes out in 2008. Maybe there will be some Marines in this one.

[SmokeyBandit]

If it's the one I saw, it was Lima Co. 3/1. If so, then Pat O'Donnell, one of the guys who was interviewed, wrote the book that the show was based on. If you thought the show was a tear-jerker, read the book "We Were One - Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines who took Fallujah" by Pat O'Donnell. It's probably the most moving piece of literature I've ever read.

Are you guys talking about Combat Diary; The Marines of Lima Company.(A&E)

If so, that is not 3/1. That is my local reserve unit. 3/25 Lima Company out of Columbus, Ohio.

[Warrior07]

How come no one said Rules of Engagement

[Integrity57]

I think Smokey is right b/c those Marines were from Ohio

[Shrike]

How come no one said Rules of Engagement

Because this movie is far from "Top 10 Marine Corps Movie of all time". Not bad, maybe, but nothing more.

[USMCBOXER]

Full Metal Jacket (at least the first 30-45 minutes)
Boys in Company C
The D.I.
Halls of Montezuma
Sands of Iwo Jima
[Pork Chop Hill
Guadalcanal Diary
Wake Island
Flying Leathernecks
Heaven Knows Mr. Allison
Heartbreak Ridge
Battle Cry (interesting because it tends to focus on Leathernecks' time in New Zealand, during/between the So. Pacific fronts)
and,although they are not truly USMC movies, I do like
To Hell and Back
Battleground
The Dirty Dozen
The Great Escape
Bridge Over River Kwai

[Marine45696]

"The Great Santini" we actually marched to the base theater at MCRD Parris Island, and watched this movie during bootcamp. We all thought we were being tricked or something until the movie actually started.

[Zulu 36]

"The Great Santini" we actually marched to the base theater at MCRD Parris Island, and watched this movie during bootcamp. We all thought we were being tricked or something until the movie actually started.

You were lucky. We had to watch The D.I.

[USMC90]

You were lucky. We had to watch The D.I.

I wanna see that movie. It's too bad it's so damn old... you can't find it anywhere.

[semperfi170]

One of my favorite Marine movies which has not been mentioned yet is Born on the 4th of July.

This movie as well as the book ends up as an anti-war movie. The upside --it shows how f***ed u the VA was during Nam. It has improved, but still has a long way to go to live up to the promises (actual & implied) made by the government.

[semperfi170]

I wanna see that movie. It's too bad it's so damn old... you can't find it anywhere.

Try going to sgtgrit.com to see if it is still available. It may be still available on VHS.

[Zulu 36]

I like it too. I saw it a couple of times on TV before boot camp. In the original black and white.

[Zulu 36]

Another movie not mentioned, but also not really worthy of the Top 100, let alone the Top 10, is Tribes. It came out in early 1971.

The only reason it is memorable to me is most of the drill sequences used DIs who were in my series including one of my DIs. Real recruit platoons were used and recruits and DIs were paid a stipend to perform. They had to do it on Sunday morning during their "free time." Everyone was "encouraged" to donate their earnings to Navy Relief.