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List of the Best War Movies Ever
Top War/Military Movies

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It's not surprising that war has been one of the most frequently occurring subjects of movies throughout cinematic history. After all, man has been waging war since the beginning of time. And fortunately for military movie lovers, Hollywood has always found a profit in the shortsightedness of political leaders and the distorted visions of angry little short men with funny mustaches.

In compiling a list of our favorite war movies, it quickly became evident that with such a well-represented genre, it would make more sense to break it into separate categories. Following is a list of the best War/Military movies of all time arranged in groups according to specific military campaigns.

Although the idea of what makes a war movie is subjective, for the purposes of this list it will be defined as a movie that involves soldiers, fighting with military weapons or machinery, military strategy or events that directly lead up to or result from a military-type battle.

American Revolutionary War
the Patriot1. The Patriot
2. The Crossing
3. The American Revolution – Boxed DVD Set (A&E)


American Civil War
Glory1. Glory
2. Dances With Wolves
3. Gettysburgh
4. Cold Mountain
5. Gone With the Wind
6. Andersonville
7. The Hunley
8. Ironclads
9. Birth of a Nation
10. Ken Burns' Civil War
l1. Friendly Persuasion

World War I
Sergeant York1. Sergeant York
2. A Very Long Engagement
3. Gallipoli
4. The Lost Battalion
5. African Queen
6. Wings
7. All Quiet on the Western Front
8.A Farewell to Arms
9. The Dawn Patrol
10. Flyboys
11. Joyeux Noël

World War II
The European Front
Savng Private Ryan1. The War: A Ken Burns Film
2. Band of Brothers
3. Schindler's List
4. Saving Private Ryan
5. The Longest Day
6. Patton
7. Das Boot
8. Casablanca
9. The Great Escape
10. The Guns of Navarone
11. Days of Glory (Indigenes)
12. Inglourious Basterds

The Pacific Theater
Tora Tora Tora1. The War: A Ken Burns Film
2. Letters From Iwo Jima
3. Tora! Tora! Tora!
4. Empire of the Sun
5. From Here to Eternity
6. The Thin Red Line
7. The Bridge On the River Kwai
8. 30 Seconds Over Tokyo
9. Midway
10. Flags of Our Fathers

Korea
MASH1. M*A*S*H
2. Macarthur
3. Manchurian Candidate
4. Pork Chop Hill
5. The Bridges at Toko-Ri

Viet Nam
Platoon1. Platoon
2. Full Metal Jacket
3. The Deer Hunter
4. Apocalypse Now
5. The Quiet American
6. Born on the Fourth of July
7. Good Morning Vietnam
8. We Were Soldiers
9. Gardens of Stone
10. Birdy

Various Wars, Conflicts and Peacetime Battles
Braveheart1. Braveheart
2. Black Hawk Down
3. No Man's Land
4. Three Kings
5. Pan's Labyrinth
6. Ben Hur
7. The Sand Pebbles
8. Star Wars
9. Gladiator
10. Lawrence of Arabia
11. 300
12. The Hurt Locker


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