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1. Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
directed by Nathan Juran
featuring Ronald Reagan, Nancy Davis, Arthur Franz, Robert Arthur, William Leslie
Future "first couple" Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis made their only joint film appearance in Hellcats of the Navy. Ronnie plays Casey Abbott, ... More
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2. Beaufort (2008)
directed by Joseph Cedar
featuring Oshri Cohen, Itay Tiran, Eli Eltonyo, Itay Turgeman, Ohad Knoller
The title of Joseph Cedar's war drama Beaufort refers to the name of a fortress held by Israeli troops, during that country's contentious occupation ... More
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3. Memphis Belle (1990)
directed by Michael Caton-Jones
featuring Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, Tate Donovan, D.B. Sweeney, Billy Zane, David Strathairn
Unabashedly sentimental, this war film was produced by David Putnam in partnership with Catherine Wyler, whose father William Wyler directed an ... More
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4. Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
directed by Henry King
featuring Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell, Dean Jagger, Robert Arthur
How much can a man give? When the U.S. 8th Army Air Force 918th Bombardment group is ordered on their fourth harrowing mission in four hard days, ... More
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5. We Were Soldiers (2002)
directed by Randall Wallace
featuring Mel Gibson
Screenwriter Randall Wallace, a specialist in sweeping historical epics, steps behind the camera for this fact-based Vietnam War drama that reunites ... More
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6. Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
directed by Lewis Gilbert
featuring Kenneth More, Dana Wynter, Carl Möhner, Laurence Naismith, Geoffrey Keen, Karel Stepanek
The Bismarck was the fabled German battleship of World War II. This film traces the "life" of the Bismarck from its launching (courtesy of newsreel ... More
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7. Destination Tokyo (1943)
directed by Delmer Daves
featuring Cary Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hale, Dane Clark, John Ridgely
Though its purely propagandastic aspects are never far from surface, Destination Tokyo must rank as one of the most intelligent and objective of ... More
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8. Black Hawk Down (2001)
directed by Ridley Scott
featuring Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Jason Isaacs, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana, William Fichtner, Ewen Bremner, Sam Shepard
A quickly forgotten chapter in United States military history is relived in this harrowing war drama from director Ridley Scott, based on a series of ... More
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9. The Enemy Below (1957)
directed by Dick Powell
featuring Robert Mitchum, Curd Jürgens, Theodore Bikel, Russell Collins
The Enemy Below is a study of submarine warfare from the vantage point of both sides. Robert Mitchum plays the captain of an American destroyer, who ... More
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10. Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
directed by Allan Dwan
featuring John Wayne, John Agar, Adele Mara, Forrest Tucker, Arthur Franz, Wally Cassell
From director Allan Dwan, Sands of Iwo Jima is a drama set during the Second World War and follows John Stryker (John Wayne), a relentlessly tough ... More
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11. The Desert Rats (1953)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Richard Burton, Robert Newton, Robert Douglas, James Mason, Torin Thatcher, Chips Rafferty
The Desert Rats was a quickly assembled follow-up to 20th Century-Fox's successful war film The Desert Fox. Richard Burton plays an officer in the ... More
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12. They Were Expendable (1945)
directed by John Ford
featuring Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed, Cameron Mitchell, Ward Bond
John Brickley (Robert Montgomery) believes in PT boats, and as a lowly U.S. Navy lieutenant stationed in the Philippines, that makes him a radical ... More
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13. The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
directed by John Guillermin
featuring George Segal, Robert Vaughn, Ben Gazzara, Bradford Dillman, E.G. Marshall
This bleak World War II action drama, directed by John Guillermin, concerns the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen -- the last remaining span across the ... More
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14. Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, Jack Warden, Brad Dexter, Don Rickles
The contrasting acting styles of Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster serve to increase the already high tension level of the WW2 drama Run Silent, Run ... More
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15. Back to Bataan (1945)
directed by Edward Dmytryk
featuring John Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Beulah Bondi, Fely Franquelli, Richard Loo
Edward Dmytryk's Back to Bataan stars John Wayne as Colonel Joe Madden. After General MacArthur decides to follow his order and leave the Philippines ... More
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16. Windtalkers (2002)
directed by John Woo
featuring Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Mark Ruffalo, Christian Slater
Loosely based on a real-life operation during World War II, this action-adventure from director John Woo stars Nicolas Cage as Joe Enders, a Marine ... More
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17. Objective, Burma! (1945)
directed by Raoul Walsh
featuring Errol Flynn, Henry Hull, William Prince, James Brown, George Tobias
A few corny moments aside, Objective Burma must rate as one of the best combat films of WW2. Errol Flynn stars as Captain Nelson, who leads a hardy ... More
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18. The Big Red One: The Reconstruction (2004)
directed by Samuel Fuller
featuring Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Bobby Di Cicco, Stéphane Audran
Iconoclastic film director Samuel Fuller spent decades nurturing his dream project, a movie about his experiences in the Army's First Infantry ... More
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19. The Fighting Seabees (1944)
directed by Edward Ludwig, Howard Lydecker
featuring John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, William Frawley, Leonid Kinskey
The Fighting Seabees is Republic Pictures' rip-roaring tribute to the US Navy's Construction Batallions (C.B.), without whom no plane would ever have ... More
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20. Cross of Iron (1976)
directed by Sam Peckinpah
featuring James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason, David Warner, Klaus Löwitsch
A quote from Bertolt Brecht ends this bitter and angry war film by Sam Peckinpah: "Do not rejoice in his defeat, you men. For though the world has ... More
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21. The Big Red One (1980)
directed by Samuel Fuller
featuring Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Bobby Di Cicco, Stéphane Audran
Samuel Fuller's valedictory war picture, The Big Red One follows the First Infantry Division from Africa to Europe during the years 1942 through 1945 ... More
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22. Days of Glory (2006)
directed by Rachid Bouchareb
featuring Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Bernard Blancan
Director Rachid Bouchareb teams with screenwriter Olivier Morelle to offer a revealing look at the brave contributions made by North African soldiers ... More
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23. Go Tell the Spartans (1978)
directed by Ted Post
featuring Burt Lancaster, Craig Wasson, Jonathan Goldsmith, Marc Singer, Joe Unger
Go Tell the Spartans is set in Vietnam during that period in which American troops were euphemistically termed "advisors". Reluctantly dispensing ... More
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24. Wake Island (1942)
directed by John Farrow
featuring Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston, MacDonald Carey, Albert Dekker, Barbara Britton
The winner of four Oscar nominations, Wake Island was one of the first major Hollywood films to deal with America's forced participation in World War ... More
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25. The Flying Tigers (1942)
directed by David Miller
featuring John Wayne, John Carroll, Anna Lee, Paul Kelly, Mae Clarke, Gordon Jones
The Flying Tigers were a group of American volunteer aviators, flying against the Japanese on behalf of General Claire Chennault and Chinese leader ... More
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