Favorite Historical War Movies

War, what is it good for? Well, quite a lot if you’re talking about war movies! Throughout the history of cinema, filmmakers have been bringing to life heroism, fear, and tragedy in the face of battle. Platoon showed us human brutality and chaos in Vietnam, and Allied soldiers risked their lives for the mission in Saving Private Ryan, but what are your personal favorite war films?

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    Saving Private Ryan
    Ranked by 31 users
    143 +28
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    Apocalypse Now
    Ranked by 20 users
    127 +3
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    Schindler's List
    Ranked by 25 users
    119 -6
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    Full Metal Jacket
    Ranked by 20 users
    115 -63
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    Braveheart
    Ranked by 24 users
    101 +27
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    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
    Ranked by 18 users
    86 +90
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    Grave of the Fireflies
    Ranked by 16 users
    81 -27
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    Platoon
    Ranked by 13 users
    77 -67
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    Black Hawk Down
    Ranked by 19 users
    71 +22
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    Inglourious Basterds
    Ranked by 20 users
    64 -99
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    Lawrence of Arabia
    Ranked by 10 users
    63 -74
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    The Last Samurai
    Ranked by 13 users
    54 -16
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    Pan's Labyrinth
    Ranked by 10 users
    53 -97
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    Downfall
    Ranked by 11 users
    48 +74
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    La Vita è Bella
    Ranked by 8 users
    45 -31
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    The Thin Red Line
    Ranked by 6 users
    37 +28
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    Ran
    Ranked by 6 users
    36 +64
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    Casablanca
    Ranked by 10 users
    31 +30
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    Enemy at the Gates
    Ranked by 6 users
    29 +76
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    Persepolis
    Ranked by 6 users
    27 +59

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  • 8 years ago
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    Historical? Does that mean I have to remove the Kurosawa films from my list? Because I don't really want to.
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    • Papissama
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      Editing … Which movies are you talking about?
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    • Magwaza
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      Editing … After making some research I think that Throne of Blood is the only one I should remove. Ran is based on King Lear, but it also has some real historical events in it. Kagemusha is based on real events too. Throne of Blood is based on Macbeth and has witchcraft in it.
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      Editing … Deleted by himself
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  • 8 years ago
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    Does #La Vita è Bella goes into this category?
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  • 8 years ago
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    Edge of Tomorrow? I think this should really be limited to "historical war movies." Otherwise the list is going to get all lame-sauced with LOTR and Star Wars.
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    • WoodrowShigeru
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      Editing … @Papissama, Do you or don't you want to open up this list to any movie that is related to a war of any kind in whatever way, or rather limit it to movies with war as a central theme? (genuine question)
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    • Papissama
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      Editing … Yeah, it might be better to limit this to historical movies.
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    • Fincher
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      Editing … Papissama, earlier I made a description for a war list, if you want to use it. "War, what is it good for? Well, quite a lot if you’re talking about war movies! Throughout the history of cinema, filmmakers have been bringing to life heroism, fear, and tragedy in the face of battle. Platoon showed us human brutality and chaos in Vietnam, and Allied soldiers risked their lives for the mission in Saving Private Ryan, but what are your personal favorite war films?"
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  • 8 years ago
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    WOOOOOO! Finally a place I can rank #The Guns of Navarone! Gregory Peck FTW!
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  • 8 years ago
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    Tough decisions here, my list is not done yet.
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    • Nodley
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      Editing … I like so many I'll probably be tinkering with this every week.
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