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1. The Pacific (2010)
directed by Carl Franklin, David Nutter, Graham Yost, Jeremy Podeswa, Timothy Van Patten, Tony To
featuring James Badge Dale, Joe Mazzello, Jon SedaBand of Brothers producers Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg re-team to produce this ten-hour World War II miniseries based on the books With the Old ... More
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2. War Horse (2011)
directed by Steven Spielberg
featuring Jeremy Irvine, Peter Mullan, Emily Watson, Niels Arestrup, David ThewlisDirector Steven Spielberg's epic World War I drama details the remarkable bond between a man named Albert (Jeremy Irvine) and his loyal horse, Joey. ... More
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3. The Deer Hunter (1978)
directed by Michael Cimino
featuring Robert De Niro, John Cazale, John Savage, Meryl Streep, Christopher WalkenOne of several 1978 films dealing with the Vietnam War (including Hal Ashby's Oscar-winning Coming Home), Michael Cimino's epic second feature The ... More
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4. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
directed by Guillermo del Toro
featuring Ariadna Gil, Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Doug JonesMexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro returns to the phantasmagorical cinema that defined such early fare as Cronos and The Devil's Backbone with this ... More
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5. Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
directed by Clint Eastwood
featuring Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, John Benjamin Hickey, John SlatteryClint Eastwood's adaptation of the non-fiction book Flags of Our Fathers concerns the lives of the men in the famous picture of soldiers raising the ... More
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6. Black Hawk Down (2001)
directed by Ridley Scott
featuring Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Jason Isaacs, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana, William Fichtner, Ewen Bremner, Sam ShepardA 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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7. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
directed by David Lean
featuring William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, Geoffrey Horne, James DonaldThe Bridge on the River Kwai opens in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Burma in 1943, where a battle of wills rages between camp commander Colonel ... More
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8. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
directed by Barry Levinson
featuring Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Tung Thanh Tran, Chintara Sukapatana, Bruno KirbyThe film begins in 1965, when disc jockey Adrian Cronauer (Robin Williams) is assigned to take over the AFR's Saigon radio broadcasts. In contrast to ... More
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9. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
directed by Clint Eastwood
featuring Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase, Shidou NakamuraAfter bringing the story of the American soldiers who fought in the battle of Iwo Jima to the screen in his film Flags of Our Fathers, Clint Eastwood ... More
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10. Cold Mountain (2003)
directed by Anthony Minghella
featuring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Eileen Atkins, Brendan Gleeson, Philip Seymour HoffmanBased on the novel by Charles Frazier, Anthony Minghella's star-studded Cold Mountain is a sweeping tale set in the final days of the American Civil ... More
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11. We Were Soldiers (2002)
directed by Randall Wallace
featuring Mel GibsonList of all editionsScreenwriter 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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12. Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (2000)
directed by Stefan Scaini
featuring Megan Follows, Jonathan Crombie, Cameron Daddo, Schuyler Grant, Patricia HamiltonList of all editionsMegan Follows, who literally grew up before the viewers' eyes as star of the Canadian TV series Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea, returns to ... More
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13. Away All Boats (1956)
directed by Joseph Pevney
featuring Jeff Chandler, George Nader, Julie Adams, Lex Barker, Keith AndesList of all editionsBased on the novel by Kenneth M. Dodson, Away All Boats stars Jeff Chandler as a tough Navy captain who takes charge of a group of raw, undisciplined ... More
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14. Memphis Belle (1990)
directed by Michael Caton-Jones
featuring Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, Tate Donovan, D.B. Sweeney, Billy Zane, David StrathairnList of all editionsUnabashedly 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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15. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)
directed by Mark Herman
featuring Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon, Amber Beattie, David Thewlis, Vera FarmigaList of all editionsVera Farmiga, David Thewlis, and Asa Butterfield star in Little Voice writer/director Mark Herman's adaptation of John Boyne's novel concerning the ... More
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16. The Hiding Place (1975)
directed by James F. Collier
featuring Julie Harris, Eileen Heckart, Arthur O'Connell, Jeanette Clift, Robert RiettyList of all editionsProduced by Billy Graham's Evangelistic Association and based on an autobiographical novel by Corrie Ten Boom, The Hiding Place is an account of a ... More
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17. Defiance (2008)
directed by Edward Zwick
featuring Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos, Alan CordunerList of all editionsInspired by a true story, director Edward Zwick's epic World War II drama Defiance tells the tale of three Jewish Eastern European brothers (Daniel ... More
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18. Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
directed by Henry King
featuring Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell, Dean Jagger, Robert ArthurList of all editionsHow 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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19. South Pacific (1958)
directed by Joshua Logan
featuring Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr, Ray Walston, Juanita HallList of all editionsProducer/director Joshua Logan's long-awaited filmization of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Pulitzer Prize winning musical South Pacific was not the classic ... More
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20. Holocaust (1978)
directed by Marvin J. Chomsky
featuring Fritz Weaver, Rosemary Harris, Joseph Bottoms, James Woods, Sam Wanamaker, Michael Moriarty, Tovah Feldshuh, Meryl StreepList of all editionsThe now-legendary miniseries Holocaust first aired as a presentation in NBC's Big Event series. Written by Gerald Green, the story begins in the ... More
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21. The Enemy Below (1957)
directed by Dick Powell
featuring Robert Mitchum, Curd Jürgens, Theodore Bikel, Russell CollinsList of all editionsThe 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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22. Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, Jack Warden, Brad Dexter, Don RicklesList of all editionsThe 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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23. The Fighting Seabees (1944)
directed by Edward Ludwig, Howard Lydecker
featuring John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, William Frawley, Leonid KinskeyList of all editionsThe 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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24. Ride With the Devil (1999)
directed by Ang Lee
featuring Skeet Ulrich, Tobey Maguire, Jewel, Jeffrey Wright, Simon Baker, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, James CaviezelList of all editionsA complex tale of uneasy alliances and hostilities along the Kansas/Missouri border during the Civil War, Ride with the Devil opens in 1862. The ... More
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25. The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
directed by Jerry London
featuring Gregory PeckList of all editionsGregory Peck had made scattered television appearances before, but the 3-hour Scarlet and the Black was his first starring assignment in a made-for ... More







