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Vulture's the 50 Greatest War Movies Ever Made

"Compiled as Sam Mendes's stylistically audacious World War I film, 1917, heads to theaters, this list opts for a somewhat narrow definition of a war movie, focusing on films that deal with the experiences of soldiers during wartime. That means no films about the experience of returning from war (Coming Home, The Best Years of Our Lives, First Blood) or of civilian life during wartime (Mrs. Miniver, Forbidden Games, Hope and Glory) or of wartime stories whose action rests far away from the battlefield (Casablanca). It also leaves films primarily about the Holocaust out of consideration, as they seem substantively different from other sorts of war films. Also excluded are films that blur genres, like the military science fiction of Starship Troopers and Aliens (even if the latter does have a lot to say about the Vietnam War)."
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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
2
Booby Traps (1944)
Booby Traps (1944)
3
War Horse (2011)
War Horse (2011)
Rotten Tomatoes®   74%
4
Allied (2016)
Allied (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes®   61%
5
Courage Under Fire (1996)
Courage Under Fire (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
6
Overlord (1975)
Overlord (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
7
Casualties of War (1989)
Casualties of War (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
8
Sergeant York (1941)
Sergeant York (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
9
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   77%
10
The Train (1964)
The Train (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
11
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
12
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1962)
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1962)
13
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
14
Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
15
Three Kings (1999)
Three Kings (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
16
Stalag 17 (1953)
Stalag 17 (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
17
Ride With the Devil (1999)
Ride With the Devil (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   64%
18
Che: Part One (2008)
Che: Part One (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   68%
19
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   77%
20
The Deer Hunter (1978)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
21
They Were Expendable (1945)
They Were Expendable (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
22
From Here to Eternity (1953)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
23
Paisan (1946)
Paisan (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
24
Gallipoli (1981)
Gallipoli (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
25
The Steel Helmet (1951)
The Steel Helmet (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
26
Patton (1970)
Patton (1970)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
27
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
28
Platoon (1986)
Platoon (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
29
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
30
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
31
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
32
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
33
The Great Escape (1963)
The Great Escape (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
34
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
35
Chimes at Midnight (1965)
Chimes at Midnight (1965)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
36
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
37
Das Boot (1981)
Das Boot (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
38
The Burmese Harp (1956)
The Burmese Harp (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
39
Fires on the Plain (1959)
Fires on the Plain (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
40
Dunkirk (2017)
Dunkirk (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
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