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Best War Movies Ever

Watch clips from Patton to Glory to Full Metal Jacket

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 11, 2009 7:29 PM CST

(Newser) – In honor of Veterans Day, the Huffington Post runs down the best war movies of all time:

  • Apocalypse Now: Vietnam War
  • From Here to Eternity: Pearl Harbor
  • Patton: World War II
  • Braveheart: Scotland’s battle for independence
  • Lawrence of Arabia: World War I
  • Band of Brothers: World War II (and, yes, a mini-series, but a good one)

  • All Quiet On the Western Front: World War I
  • Bridge On the River Kwai: World War II
  • The Longest Day: World War II
  • Full Metal Jacket: Vietnam War
  • Black Hawk Down: Somalia mission
  • Glory: Civil War
  • The Thin Red Line: Battle of Guadalcanal
  • MASH: Korean War
  • The Deer Hunter: Vietnam War
Watch clips at left, or by clicking the link at right.

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The "Apocalypse Now" cover is shown.   (Amazon.com)
The Band of Brothers cover is shown.
The "Band of Brothers" cover is shown.   (Amazon.com)
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COMMENTS
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brawne
Nov 12, 2009 6:06 AM CST
The first book of Norman Mailer's that I ever read, and a good choice. And Generation Kill--watched every episode and it was fantastic. Weird that it isn't back--half the writing team of The Wire, which if you have not watched, may I hand you a present--five seasons of The Wire on Itunes--download it and do it in a week what took me four years. Other than Deadwood, best writing ever. Ever. My best friend is a hugely good writer. I mean she makes the bestseller list but is still literary and she ranks--Deadwood and then the Wire--close call but she's into craft and I'm into story--Wire.
brawne
Nov 12, 2009 5:56 AM CST
Wicked enoughie and good reminder. The Battle of Stalingrad-- the worst thing man has ever committed on themselves. When I was ten I lived in Berlin with my NCO daddy and still French mother so we lived in the city. This was the end of the tour, I was there in 62. But, I lived next door to a one-armed wermacht officer who was at stalingrad and my mother would have been horrified if she'd known what he told me. Why I hate war. Why I'm not Liberal, or Conservative but a Humanist. I just don't want people to die so horribly and needlessly. My brilliant son who has a doctorate in physics probably couldn't tell you squat about WWII. How depressing. He can make an MRI, but he has no understanding of the history that got us to his MRI. My daughter-in-law is worse--Doctorate in Biochemistry and thinks that viruses are nature's toilet flush. She makes your vaccines and is good at that, but she couldn't name a general in WWII. Am I wrong to think that she is lacking something vital about the world?
The_Pinkston
Nov 12, 2009 5:44 AM CST
Need to put Generation Kill (mini series) on there.

 
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