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Best war movies (all time)

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Inglourious Basterds
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Inglourious Basterds

(2009)
Inglourious Basterds is a 2009 German-American black comedy war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Diane Kruger, Michael Fassbender and Eli Roth. The film tells the fictional al...
9
9
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from 5 votes
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Empire of the Sun
2

Empire of the Sun

(1987)
Empire of the Sun is a 1987 American coming of age war film based on J. G. Ballard's semi-autobiographical novel of the same name. Steven Spielberg directed the film, which stars Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson,...
8.7
8.7
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from 7 votes
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Full Metal Jacket
3

Full Metal Jacket

(1987)
Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 British-American war film directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick. The screenplay by Kubrick, Michael Herr, and Gustav Hasford was based on Hasford's novel The Short-Timers (1979). The film stars Matth...
8.7
8.7
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from 3 votes
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Paths of Glory
4

Paths of Glory

(1957)
Paths of Glory is a 1957 American anti-war film by Stanley Kubrick based on the novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb. Set during World War I, the film stars Kirk Douglas as Colonel Dax, the commanding officer of French soldiers...
8
8
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from 1 vote
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American Sniper
5

American Sniper

(2014)
American Sniper is a 2014 American biographical war drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and written by Jason Hall. It is based on the memoir American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History (...
7.7
7.7
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from 3 votes
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War Horse
6

War Horse

(2011)
War Horse is a 2011 Indian-American war drama film directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay written by Lee Hall and Richard Curtis, adapted from Michael Morpurgo's 1982 children's novel of the same name set before and during...
7
7
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from 1 vote
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A War
6

A War

(2015)
A War (Danish: Krigen) is a 2015 Danish film directed by Tobias Lindholm, starring Pilou Asbæk and Søren Malling. It tells the story of a Danish military company in Afghanistan that is captured by the Taliban, and how the commande...
7
7
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from 1 vote
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Fear and Desire
8

Fear and Desire

(1953)
Fear and Desire is a 1953 American film against war and military directed, produced, shot, and edited by Stanley Kubrick. It is Kubrick’s first feature film and is, perhaps, also one of his least-seen productions...
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6
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from 1 vote
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