These are ten great war films from ten great directors. Some of these films, such as Black Hawk Down and Saving Private Ryan, are considered masterpieces of the war genre for their realistic depictions. Apocalypse Now is loosely adapted from Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness.
1. Paths of Glory--Stanley Kubrick
2. Apocalypse Now--Francis Ford Coppola
3. Platoon--Oliver Stone
4. Saving Private Ryan---Steven Spielberg
5. The Thin Red Line--Terrence Mallck
6. Black Hawk Down--Ridley Scott
7. Flags of Our Fathers--Clint Eastwood
8. The Hurt Locker--Kathryn Bigelow
9. Dunkirk--Christopher Nolan
10. 1917--Sam Mendes
