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Best War Movies Ever

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(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
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Robert_Dada
Nov 11, 09 7:31 PM CST
Hands down..Apocalypse Now is the best war film ever. One of the best films ever. Reply
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Robert_Dada
Nov 11, 09 7:41 PM CST
"I've seen horrors... horrors that you've seen. But you have no right to call me a murderer. You have a right to kill me. You have a right to do that... but you have no right to judge me. It's impossible for words to describe what is necessary to those who do not know what horror means. Horror. Horror has a face... and you must make a friend of horror. Horror and moral terror are your friends. If they are not then they are enemies to be feared. They are truly enemies." - Colonel Kurtz
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Deebles
Nov 11, 09 8:03 PM CST
Wonderful Dada, I can see the sweat roil off Brando's head. You can never go wrong with Joseph Conrad.
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cedarkey
Nov 11, 09 9:34 PM CST
War of the Roses????
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jeebus
Nov 11, 09 7:40 PM CST
Platoon is pretty damned good too. Reply
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