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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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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Directed by David Lean, starring Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn. Critics Consensus: The epic of all epics, Lawrence of Arabia cements director David Lean's status in the filmmaking pantheon with nearly...
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Fury (2014)
Directed by David Ayer, starring Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman. Critics Consensus: Overall, Fury is a well-acted, suitably raw depiction of the horrors of war that offers visceral battle scenes but...
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Dunkirk (2017)
Directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Fionn Whitehead, Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance. Critics Consensus: Dunkirk serves up emotionally satisfying spectacle, delivered by a writer-director in full command of his craft and...
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The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson. Overview: During WWII, a US Army major recruits twelve convicted murderers to undertake a suicide mission behind enemy lines in...
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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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Cold Mountain (2003)
Directed by Anthony Minghella, starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger. Critics Consensus: The well-crafted Cold Mountain has an epic sweep and captures the horror and brutal hardship of war.
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Green Zone (2010)
Directed by Paul Greengrass, starring Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson. Critics Consensus: Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass return to the propulsive action and visceral editing of the Bourne films -- but a cliched...
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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...