BEST WAR FILMS IN MOVIE HISTORY

1. FULL METAL JACKET- The films title refers to the full metal jacket bullet used by infantry rifleman. This film was made in 1987 and it is about the Vietnam war. The movie is about a platoon of marines. It also shows the Tet offensive.

2. PLATOON- Oliver Stone made this epic film in 1986. It stars Charlie Sheen, Tom Beringer, and Willim Dafoe. This great Vietnam era movie won 2 academy awards in 1986. It is based loosely on Oliver Stones on experiences.

3. SAVING PRIVATE RYAN- This outstanding war film starring Tom Hanks is about world war. This film came out in 1998 and it was one of Steven Spielbergs masterpieces. The epic 1944 Omaha Beach Landing remake was one of the most violent, most riveting war scenes in film history.

4. DEER HUNTER- This war drama came out in 1978 starring Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken. Based on the screen play The man who came to play. The movie won 5 Academy Awards including best picture and best director.

5. PATTON- This American biographical film about US General George S. Patton is about World War 2. Patton won 7 academy awards including best picture. The film is so famous that in 2003 it was immortalized in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.

6. THREE KINGS- Mark Walberg, Ice Cube and George Clooney star in this comedy- war drama. The film is set in post war Iraq. The film was released in 1999 and released again in 2004. The movie was about a gold heist involving Saddam Hussein going terribly wrong.

7. APOCALYPSE NOW- Francis Ford Coppola made this 1979 Vietnam inspired classic. In 2001 it was determined to be historically significant and put in the National Film Registry.

8. LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA- This film was produced and directed by Clint Eastwood in 2006 The film is about the battle of Imo Jima from the viewpoint of the Japanese soldiers. A . great companion for his other film about Iwo Jima called Flags of our Fathers, except in that film it was from the American view point.

9. DAS BOOT- This 1981 German war film was about the German navy. The film is fiction but not completely. It gives you a German perspective on World War 2.

10. MASH- It is a dark satirical comedy about the Korea War. This American movie was made in 1970 and stars Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall, Sally Kellerman and Fred Williamson.

20 MORE GREAT WAR TIME FILMS

1. HAMBURGER HILL

2. SCHINDLERS LIST

3. INGLORIOUS BASTARDS

4. THE KILLING FIELDS

5. HOTEL RWANDA

6. BRAVE HEART

7. STARSHIP TROOPERS

8. COME AND SEE

9. PATHS OF GLORY

10. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS

11. BORN ON THE 4TH OF JULY

12. NO MANS LAND

13. THE BIG RED ONE

14. BLACK HAWK DOWN

15. DOWNFALL

16. THE GREAT ESCAPE

17. EL SALVADOR

18. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES

19. THE DIRTY DOZEN

20. ZULU