"Top 5 Movies for Colonial Gamers?" Topic

Which do you recommend?

Zulu
Four Feathers/Beau Geste (30's versions-Tie)
Khartoum
Zulu Dawn
The Man Who Would be King

Breaker Morant
Young Winston

Zulu
Four Feathers (39 version)
Beau Geste
Gunga Din
Lawrence of Arabia

(all of the above)

Last of the Mohicans
55 Days at Peking
The Sand Pebbles

The Wind and the Lion
55 Days at Peking
Gunga Din
The Man Who Would be King
Nate and Hayes

Zulu
Four Feathers/Beau Geste (30's versions-Tie)
Khartoum
Gunga din
The Man Who Would be King

Utu

Gunga Din
Beau Geste (1939)
The Real Glory
Zulu
They Came to Cordura

Yes, I AM a Gary Cooper fan.

Wow way too many. Top 10 would be better.
55 days at Peking
Four feathers
Zulu
Khartoum
Hungary din
Beau tested
March or die
Zulu dawn
Wind and the lion are just a few.

Black and White in Color -WW1 in Africa

All of the above!

River Queen
The Light Horsemen
Casablanca
The African Queen

Zulu
Four Feathers 1939
Beau Geste
Gunga Din
The Charge of the Light Brigade 1936.(primarily for the scenes in India during first half of the film)

She
King Solomon's Mines

and yes, I'm an HRH fan

North West Frontier
Ten Tall Men
Carry on Up the Khyber
Beau Chumps
Shout At the Devil

Lives of a Bengal Lancer

All of the above are worthy too

Zarak
His Majesty O'Keefe
Wee Willie Winkie
Captain from Castile
Lion in the Desert
Untamed

Another vote for all of the above! If I had to narrow it down to the most inspirational from a gaming point of view:

55 Days at Peking
Khartoum
The Lighthorsemen
Young Winston
Zulu

The Wind and the Lion
55 Days at Peking
Beau Geste
Gunga Din
Zulu
Zulu Dawn
March or Die
The Man Who Would be King
Four Feathers
North West Frontier
Khartoum
Lion of the Desert (iffy)
Fort Saganne
Breaker Morant
Sand Pebbles (iffy)
Yes, more than five. But they need to be in the poll.

IMHO these movies do not belong here.

The Light Horseman – WWI
Lawrence of Arabia – WWI
Casablanca – WWII
Last of the Mohicans – FWI

1. Gunga Din
2. The Wind And The Lion
3. Zulu
4. The Man Who Would Be King
5. Khartoum
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Breaker Morant
Zulu Dawn
55 Days at Peking
Beau Geste
March or Die
The Four Feathers (1939)
Young Winston

The Drum.

Carry On Up The Khyber

Follow That Camel

March Or Die
Khartoum
The Man Who Would be King
The Wind And The Lion
55 Days at Peking
Sergeant Klems

Black Robe

Would anyone care to express any opinions on Zulu Dawn and Khartoum? I usually enjoy Charlton Heston's movies but have never seen Kahrtoum and only saw Zulu Dawn once when it was first released. Thanks in advance for any comments anyone would care to make. John Miller

5 is difficult but…

Zulu
Carry On Up The Khyber
55 Days at Peking
The Man Who Would Be King
Khartoum OR Zulu Dawn

Just rewatched Zulu Dawn. Of course, it is Hollywoodized and….well…it doesn't do a good job of explaining some of the mistakes made. It tries to blame the Quartermaster for not getting ammunition to the troops, but never actually shows troops running out of ammo and the consequences. They also don't explain Zulu tactics, and how the camp became enveloped by the bull horns of the Zulu advance. But for a fun beer and pretzels movie, its ok.

Khartoum is more talk, less action, but is a really good movie. Well worth seeing.

Zulu Dawn also had lancers present in the first invasion,a major flub,since lack of regular cavalry was at least partly responsible for the ensuing fiasco. But as Ian Knight said in his review, much can be forgiven in the face of those Zulu charges!

Keifer113 & Hafen von Schlockenberg: Thanks for your responses!! Guess I'll go for Zulu Dawn. Thanks, John Miller

Zulu
Khartoum
Zulu Dawn
55 Days at Peking
Lord Jim

Zulu
Zulu Dawn
King of the Khyber Rifles
Wee Willie Winkie
55 Days at Peking

King Kong

Zulu
Soldiers three
The Long Duel
Breaker Morant
The Drum

Zulu
Zulu Dawn
March or Die
55 Days to Peking
Khartoum

Rogue's March
Original Four Feathers

Two movies by late South African director David Millin are available in full on Youtube:

Majuba (1968). Despite the title it actually features all three main actions of the First Boer War of 1881, so Bronkhorst Spruit and Laing's Nek are in there too. It's mostly in Afrikaans, and has a flimsy plot, so I'd advise just watching the battle scenes – which are quite well staged. A couple of peculiarities are the helmets worn by the British: actually the distinctive South African pattern, and the Boers are armed mostly with Martini-Henrys, as opposed to the more historically accurate Westley-Richards and Winchesters.

Shangani Patrol (1970). Filmed in Zimbabwe (still Rhodesia at the time), it recounts the story of the famous last stand from the First Matabele War of 1893. This one's in English, and has a more interesting plot, so might be worth viewing in full. The battle scenes are again well staged, and the maxim gun looks accurate (in both senses of the word!).

This is back again? Then +1 Utu,a movie seen by far too few gamers.