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1. 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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2. 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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3. 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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4. Dear John (2010)
directed by Lasse Hallström
featuring Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried, Richard Jenkins, Henry Thomas, D.J. CotronaDirector Lasse Hallström and screenwriter Jamie Linden collaborate to adapt author Nicholas Sparks' novel about a young soldier who falls for an ... More
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5. Schindler's List (1993)
directed by Steven Spielberg
featuring Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan SagallBased on a true story, Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List stars Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler, a German businessman in Poland who sees an ... More
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6. Das Boot (1981)
directed by Wolfgang Petersen
featuring Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Martin SemmelroggeDas Boot is one of the most gripping and authentic war movies ever made. Based on an autobiographical novel by German World War II photographer ... More
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7. 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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8. 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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9. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
directed by Stanley Kubrick
featuring Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Dorian HarewoodStanley Kubrick's return to filmmaking after a seven-year hiatus, this film crystallizes the experience of the Vietnam War by concentrating on a ... More
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10. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)
directed by Mark Herman
featuring Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon, Amber Beattie, David Thewlis, Vera FarmigaVera 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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11. Coriolanus (2011)
directed by Ralph Fiennes
featuring Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Brian Cox, Vanessa Redgrave, Jessica ChastainList of all editionsRalph Fiennes' directorial debut, Coriolanus, scripted by John Logan, updates one of Shakespeare's more difficult plays without sacrificing the Bard ... More
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12. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
directed by Barry Levinson
featuring Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Tung Thanh Tran, Chintara Sukapatana, Bruno KirbyList of all editionsThe 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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13. 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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14. 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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15. 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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16. 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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17. The Deer Hunter (1978)
directed by Michael Cimino
featuring Robert De Niro, John Cazale, John Savage, Meryl Streep, Christopher WalkenList of all editionsOne 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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18. 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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19. Sarah's Key (2011)
directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner
featuring Kristin Scott Thomas, Mélusine Mayance, Niels Arestrup, Frédéric Pierrot, Michel Duchaussoy, Dominique FrotList of all editionsA tragic and shameful moment in French history continues to have consequences in the present day in this screen adaptation of the novel by Tatiana de ... More
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20. The Thin Red Line (1998)
directed by Terrence Malick
featuring Sean Penn, Adrien Brody, James Caviezel, Ben Chaplin, George ClooneyList of all editionsThe return of director Terrence Malick to feature filmmaking after a twenty year sabbatical, this World War II drama is an elegiac rumination on man ... More
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21. Friendly Persuasion (1956)
directed by William Wyler
featuring Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Marjorie Main, Robert Middleton, Richard EyerList of all editionsAdapted from the best-selling novel by Jessamyn West, Friendly Persuasion is set in Southern Indiana in the early days of the Civil War. Gary Cooper ... More
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22. 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
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23. To Hell and Back (1955)
directed by Jesse Hibbs
featuring Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Susan Kohner, Charles Drake, Jack Kelly, Gregg PalmerList of all editionsThe highly variable Audie Murphy delivers his best screen performance as "himself" in Universal's To Hell and Back. Based on the star's autobiography ... More
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24. Exodus (1960)
directed by Otto Preminger
featuring Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson, Peter Lawford, Lee J. CobbList of all editionsProduced and directed by Otto Preminger, Exodus is a 212-minute screen adaptation of the best-selling novel by Leon Uris. The film is concerned with ... More
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25. 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







