The Movieforums Top 100 War Movies Countdown

28. The Dambusters

52. Gone with the Wind (1939, Victor Fleming)
51. The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959, Masaki Kobayashi)

50. Barry Lyndon (1975, Stanley Kubrick)
49. The Guns of Navarone (1961, J. Lee Thompson)
48. Night and Fog (1956, Alain Resnais)
47. Dunkirk (2017, Christopher Nolan)
46. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger)
45. Waltz with Bashir (2007, Ari Folman)
44. Grand Illusion (1937, Jean Renoir)
43. Underground (1995, Emir Kusturica)
42. The Last of the Mohicans (1992, Michael Mann)
41. To Be or Not to Be (1942, Ernst Lubitsch)

40. Empire of the Sun (1987, Steven Spielberg)
39. MASH (1970, Robert Altman)
38. Glory (1989, Edward Zwick)
37. Rome, Open City (1945, Roberto Rossellini)
36. The Longest Day (1962, Andrew Marton)
35. Stalag 17 (1953, Billy Wilder)
34: The Human Condition, Part III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961, Masaki Kobayashi)
33: The Ascent (1977, Larisa Shepitko)

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28. The Thin Red Line
27. Grave of the Fireflies

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Army Of Shadows was my 14. It’s plot heavy, so I forget the story arc. That’s also cool though because both times I have watched it it has felt so fresh for me. Everything Melville looks pretty great, but this is probably his best in that regard, even though Le Cercle is still my favorite of his. This is one of his three that I could just watch all the time. Glad it made it this high. Excellent film.

From Here To Eternity is a “oh yeah I saw that, it’s fine”, kind of movies for me.

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28. The Deer Hunter
27. Downfall

Just realized this was in the "Movie Reviews" category...

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"From Here To Eternity" - 7/10

I saw From Here To Eternity once, didn't care for it. Maybe it was me, maybe it's the 50's? Maybe it's Frank (can't stand him) maybe I just don't like it? I don't know, but it didn't interest me and I have no inclination to try again. Maybe I'll happen upon it one day and try? Also, whenever I hear the title, I think this, which is in it favour, but I'm more likely to go and listen to it than watch the film.



Not seen Army Of Soldiers.

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28. American Sniper
27. The Best Years of Our Lives

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Burt Lancaster = 3
Donald Sutherland = 3
Vyacheslav Tikhonov = 3
Ludmila Savelyeva = 3
Sergey Bondarchuk = 3
Yūsuke Kawazu = 3

Deborah Kerr = 2
Ernest Borgnine = 2
Lee Marvin = 2
Montgomery Clift = 2
Tatsuya Nakadai = 2
Michiyo Aratama = 2
Roger Livesey = 2
James D'Arcy = 2
Ben Stiller = 2
John Malkovich = 2
David Niven = 2
Tom Hardy = 2
Gregory Peck = 2
Jason Robards = 2
Shōji Yasui = 2
Nick Nolte = 2
Orlando Bloom = 2

The Longest Day is another great WW2 film with a huge cast. They really knew how to do it back in the sixties. Can't go wrong with Billy Wilder and William Holden. Er maybe you can: Sabrina. But Stalag 17 is excellent and probably would have made the back end of my top 50.

As I said when part 2 was posted, The Human Condition is a masterpiece but I only voted for part 1 which I'm sure we'll see soon. Only six lists huh it must have been near the top of each. Another brilliant film is The Ascent. it didn't make my list but was in contention and would be in a top 50. Shepitko was a great filmmaker that passed too soon.

The Dirty Dozen is another one of those kick ass WW2 pictures from the sixties with a big cast. It's good not great but great for a Sunday afternoon you know. I was impressed enough with the style and visuals of 1917 but like others say sometimes a story gets a bit too contrived and loses a bit of its power with me. Still definitely a thumbs up.

It's been so long since I watched From Here to Eternity. I remember liking it but can't really say how much I liked it. Army of Shadows made my list at #15 so I can certainly say that I like it and how much: a lot. it's such a well-crafted, tense and meditative film. Pure Melville. I feel like this was his and only his film to make.

9. Shoah (1985)
10. The General (1926)
15. Army of Shadows (1969)
18. Waltz with Bashir (2007)
19. Rome, Open City (1945)
21. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
23. Three Kings (1999)
24. Underground (1995)
25. La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2003)

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