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Vulture's 50 Greatest War Movies Ever Made

Maybe the ultimate purpose of a war movie is to let others hear the force of these stories. Another director, Sam Fuller, once offered a quote that doesn't necessarily contradict Truffaut's observation but better explains the impulse to make war movies: "A war film's objective, no matter how personal or emotional, is to make a viewer feel war." The films selected for this list of the genre's most essential entries often have little in common, but they do share that. Each offers a vision that asks viewers to consider and understand the experience of war, be it in the trenches of World War I, the wilderness skirmishes of Civil War militias, or the still-ongoing conflicts that have helped define 21st-century warfare.
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Ran (1985)
Ran (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
2
Paths of Glory (1957)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
3
The Thin Red Line (1998)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
4
Grand Illusion (1937)
Grand Illusion (1937)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
5
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
6
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
7
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
8
Come and See (1985)
Come and See (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
9
The Big Red One (1980)
The Big Red One (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
10
The Hurt Locker (2008)
The Hurt Locker (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
11
Dunkirk (2017)
Dunkirk (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
12
The Burmese Harp (1956)
The Burmese Harp (1956)
13
Das Boot (1981)
Das Boot (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
14
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
15
Chimes at Midnight (1965)
Chimes at Midnight (1965)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
16
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
17
The Great Escape (1963)
The Great Escape (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
18
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
19
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
20
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
21
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
22
Platoon (1986)
Platoon (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
23
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
24
From Here to Eternity (1953)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
25
Patton (1970)
Patton (1970)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
26
The Steel Helmet (1951)
The Steel Helmet (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
27
Gallipoli (1981)
Gallipoli (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
28
Paisan (1946)
Paisan (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
29
They Were Expendable (1945)
They Were Expendable (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
30
Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
31
The Deer Hunter (1978)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
32
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   77%
33
Che: Part One (2008)
Che: Part One (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   68%
34
Che: Part Two (2009)
Che: Part Two (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
35
Ride With the Devil (1999)
Ride With the Devil (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   64%
36
Stalag 17 (1953)
Stalag 17 (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
37
Three Kings (1999)
Three Kings (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
38
Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
39
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
40
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1962)
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1962)
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