"Best Korean War Movie?" Topic

Which movie is the best?

I only know of the Bridge at Toko-Ri (sp?), Pork Chop Hill, and perhaps The Manchurian Candidate. All excellent.

Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War

There is a movie on a platoon, a colonel..Sgt Montana…. what was it's name? Trying to reach friendly hill but hill held by NK.

Pork Chop Hill has a more positive outcome.
Cannot remember the names but there are several more movies. One is about a patrol trying to hold a school or temple. Another is about the first months of the war when there was a serious problem with North Koreans sneaking in with refugees.

The Steel Helmet, Time Portal that is the one holding a Temple

The McConnell Story
Men of the Fighting Lady

and how could anyone forget….

M.A.S.H

Pork Chop Hill is a stunner of a movie.

Pork Chop Hill.

Pork Chop Hill. There was another one, can't remember the name, a squad is holding a mountain pass. Don't remember much other than I really enjoyed it, lots of snow, and James Dean appears at the very end.

Not many recent US made Korean War films I did see Devotion which was good.

Another vote for "Pork Chop Hill." A good aerial film, very loosely based on the event in "Devotion" is "The Hunters." My FIL flew F-86s in Korea so it was interesting.

The Bridges at Toko-ri

"A Hill in Korea" (aka "Hell in Korea!" in the USA)released in 1956, involves a British patrol forced to to take refuge in a temple, with the moorland of Portugal filling in for Korea.
George Baker was the untried subaltern in command, and of course Harry Andrews was the platoon sergeant with a stalwart cast filling out the usual selection of types, divided between cynical regulars and unconvinced National Servicemen. Stanley Baker, Robert Shaw, Stephen Boyd, Ronald Lewis, Michael Medwin, Victor Maddern and of course, the ubiquitous Percy Herbert. Many of the other cast members would have had some form of military service.
Also notable for an uncredited appearance by Michael Caine, himself a Korean war veteran having been a National Serviceman in that venerable London regiment The Royal Fusiliers. Not a lot of people know that.

I don't know if it's the best, but I have a soft spot for "The Glory Brigade". US Army Engineers and Greeks behind enemy lines, featuring Victor Mature, Richard Egan, and Lee Marvin. Notably filmed and released while the war was still ongoing, most of it was shot at the US Army Engineer School at Fort Leonard Wood. It also has the dubious distinction of suffering serious casualties (one killed, two wounded) during production.

Pork Chop Hill

Pork Chop Hill then Bridges at Toko-ri
You had Gregory Peck and William Holden.
Two of the best.

The Admiral: Roaring Currents, about Admiral Yi in the 16th century.

Well, it is a Korean war movie.

Pork Chop Hill and The Glory Brigade for me

I thought "Hill Aero-K" was pretty good… ;-)

Not as good as some of those already mentioned,
but Retreat Hell about the Marines at Chosin is
another good one.

Pork Chop Hill +1

When I was a kid (I'm 57 now) it seemed like they were always showing old Korean War films on Saturday or Sunday afternoons. Some patrol or small unit fighting off waves of North Koreans or Chinese.

Pork Chop Hill, Tae Guk Gi, 71: Into the Fire.

Without a doubt. Pork Chop Hill.

Pork Chop Hill and Steel Helmet.

Just watched "Hold Back The Night" (1956)- John Payne, Chuck Connors and Peter Graves all give surprisingly nuanced performances.

A Marine company detailed to screen the flank of the retreat from Chosin. Sappy subplot involving Payne's love life which can be skipped over although it does involve a symbolic bottle of whisky which is an important theme. Scenes with the marines as they're gradually whittled down are sufficiently gritty and the determined heroics presented with convincing energy. Worth a look. On You Tube.

The Admiral: Roaring Currents, about Admiral Yi in the 16th century.

Groan.

But seriously, I gotta ask, has no one here seen those record-busting blockbusters China put out a couple of years ago?

Here you go:

YouTube link