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100 Essential War Movies That You Must Watch

This list features 100 essential war movies that you must watch ranked in no particular order. How many have you seen?
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Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
2
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
3
Platoon (1986)
Platoon (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
4
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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5
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
6
The Thin Red Line (1998)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
7
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   77%
8
Dunkirk (2017)
Dunkirk (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
9
1917 (2019)
1917 (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
10
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
11
The Hurt Locker (2008)
The Hurt Locker (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
12
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
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13
Come and See (1985)
Come and See (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
14
The Deer Hunter (1978)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
15
Fury (2014)
Fury (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   76%
16
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
17
Lone Survivor (2013)
Lone Survivor (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   75%
18
Schindler's List (1993)
Schindler's List (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
19
American Sniper (2014)
American Sniper (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   72%
20
Braveheart (1995)
Braveheart (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
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21
Patton (1970)
Patton (1970)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
22
Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
23
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
24
War Horse (2011)
War Horse (2011)
Rotten Tomatoes®   74%
25
Paths of Glory (1957)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
26
Jarhead (2005)
Jarhead (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   61%
27
Unbroken (2014)
Unbroken (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   51%
28
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
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29
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   75%
30
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
31
Casualties of War (1989)
Casualties of War (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
32
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
33
The Pianist (2002)
The Pianist (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
34
Children of Men (2006)
Children of Men (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
35
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
36
Rescue Dawn (2006)
Rescue Dawn (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
37
We Were Soldiers (2002)
We Were Soldiers (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   64%
38
Lord of War (2005)
Lord of War (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   61%
39
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
40
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
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