Infantry
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Paths of Glory (1957)
Directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou. Critics Consensus: Paths of Glory is a transcendentally humane war movie from Stanley Kubrick, with impressive, protracted battle sequences...
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1917 (2019)
Directed by Sam Mendes, starring George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong. Critics Consensus: Hard-hitting, immersive, and an impressive technical achievement, 1917 captures the trench warfare of World War I with...
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Platoon (1986)
Directed by Oliver Stone, starring Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger. Critics Consensus: Informed by director Oliver Stone's personal experiences in Vietnam, Platoon forgoes easy sermonizing in favor of a...
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The Thin Red Line (1998)
Directed by Terrence Malick, starring Jim Caviezel, Nick Nolte, Sean Penn. Critics Consensus: The Thin Red Line is a daringly philosophical World War II film with an enormous cast of eager stars.
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Patton (1970)
Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, starring George C. Scott, Stephen Young, Frank Latimore. Critics Consensus: George C. Scott's sympathetic, unflinching portrayal of the titular general in this sprawling epic is as definitive as...
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Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio. Critics Consensus: Intense, tightly constructed, and darkly comic at times, Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket may not boast the most...
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All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
Directed by Edward Berger, starring Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer. Critics Consensus: Both timely and timeless, All Quiet on the Western Front retains the power of its classic source material by focusing on...