Top ten war movies

Top Ten War Films

Source: www.gazette.uwo.ca

In some ways, it’s a natural subject for cinema. It has scope. It packs inherent drama. It has all the swagger, the allure, and the blood-spattered spectacle that makes the visual medium so viable. Yet the war film—an indirect derivation of the thriller, action effort, and (sometimes) critical commentary—is often foiled by the very elements it has to cater to. Offer up too much realism and the audience looks away in dismay. Play up the arrogance or the attraction and your motives are questioned. Human conflict is a tricky concept to completely nail down. Some want nothing but the immoral aftermath, never once addressing the equally depraved aspects that brought us to this point. Many crave a helping of clear-cut heroics and villainy, the better to secure their hegemonic/sovereign/patriotic stance.

 Top Ten War Movies

#1: Apocalypse Now

#2: Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

#3: The Thin Red Line

#4: Saving Private Ryan

#5: Platoon

Video of official trailer of 1986 war film 'Platoon'

#6: Grand Illusion

#7: The Battle of Algiers

#8: Letters from Iwo Jima

#9: The Big Red One

#10: Das Boot

 

Acknowledgement:

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/141690-the-ten-greatest-war-movies-of-all-time/