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In Honor of Veterans Day..What are the BEST WAR Movies ever made?

To be reverant, Veterans Day began as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day to commemorate the signing of the armistice between Germany and the Allied forces ending World War I on the western front. In light of this, I've limited My List to movies that take place during World War I and those battles afterward. Being "Veterans Day" an American Observation the list could include any conflict where US Soldiers fought for our country. But to honor the brave men & women EVERYWHERE who fought against tyranny and for freedom, (and to include the MANY Spill members around the world) feel free to include war films about (& from) other nations.
And to honor the dead, (& to someday stop the strife among men) PLEASE feel free to
include your lists of the BEST ANTI-WAR Movies ever.

World War I:

Sargeant York
A Farewell to Arms
Gallipoli
Joyeux Noël
(see more titles below in "ANTI-War Movies")

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World War II:

Band of Brothers (Miniseries)
Saving Private Ryan
The Longest Day
Patton
The Thin Red Line
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Great Escape
The Big Red One
The Dirty Dozen
Hell in the Pacific
A Bridge Too Far
The Four Days of Naples
Letters from Iwo Jima
Flags of our Fathers
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Midway
From Here to Eternity
To Hell and Back
Enemy at The Gates
Das Boot
The Guns of Navarone
A Midnight Clear
Force 10 from Navarone

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Korea:
The Steel Helmet
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Macarthur
Pork Chop Hill
Tae Guk Gi

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Vietnam:
Full Metal Jacket
Apocalypse Now
The Deer Hunter
Platoon
The Seige of Firebase Gloria
We Were Soldiers
Born on the Fourth of July
Casualties of War
Hamburger Hill
Rescue Dawn
The Boys of Company C
Go Tell the Spartans

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The Iraq War:
The Hurt Locker
Gunner Palace
Stop-Loss
Three Kings

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ANTI-War Movies:
The Grand Illusion
Paths of Glory
All Quiet on the Western Front
Dr. Strangelove
M*A*S*H
Shindler's List
Life is Beautiful
Grave of the Fireflies
Fail Safe

Tags: best anti-war movies, best war movies, iraq, korea, vietnam, war, wwi, wwii

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I'll have to think on this. Thanks for including the World War I movies! That war is so often forgotten.

My favorite anti-war movie is Johnny Got His Gun.

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As far as war movies, all the above BUT I did really like Cadence with Charlie & Martin Sheen. It's not really a war movie although it's more of a movie about race surrounded by Soldiers.

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Saving Private Ryan... It starts out brutal at Omaha Beach and it does not let up. And Platoon is just... Wow. The Hurt Locker has to be my favorite film dealing with the current conflict in Iraq.

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