The 95th Academy Awards heaped praise on two military films from 2022, with "Top Gun: Maverick" and "All Quiet on the Western Front" selected as nominees for best picture.
While neither took home an Oscar, their inclusion among the year's best cinematic achievements attracted attention toward the abundance of critically acclaimed wartime movies that have stood the test of time.What makes such a movie endure? The universal language of shared experiences portrayed, for one.
Many films over the years have accomplished as much, highlighting the human side of wearing the uniform through stories that span edge-of-your-seat military thrillers and the sort of tedious boredom only military life can elicit.
And while compiling a list of all may be downright impossible, here are a few dozen we feel do it best.
