World War One
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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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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...
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War Horse (2011)
Directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Jeremy Irvine, Peter Mullan, Emily Watson. Critics Consensus: Technically superb, proudly sentimental, and unabashedly old-fashioned, War Horse is an emotional drama that tugs the...
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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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Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Directed by David Lean, starring Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin. Critics Consensus: It may not be the best of David Lean's epics, but Dr. Zhivago is still brilliantly photographed and sweepingly romantic.
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Out of Africa (1985)
Directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Klaus Maria Brandauer. Critics Consensus: Though lensed with stunning cinematography and featuring a pair of winning performances from Meryl Streep and Robert...
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The African Queen (1952)
Directed by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley. Critics Consensus: Perfectly cast, smartly written, and beautifully filmed, The African Queen remains thrilling, funny, and effortlessly...
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Reds (1981)
Directed by Warren Beatty, starring Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann. Critics Consensus: Brawny in both intellect and scope, Reds is an intimate epic that captures the tumult of revolutionary change and the...
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Gallipoli (1981)
Directed by Peter Weir, starring Mel Gibson, Mark Lee, Bill Kerr. Critics Consensus: Peter Weir's devastating anti-war film features a low-key but emotionally wrenching performance from Mel Gibson as a...
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Legends of the Fall (1994)
Directed by Edward Zwick, starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn. Critics Consensus: Featuring a swoon-worthy star turn by Brad Pitt, Legends of the Fall's painterly photography and epic sweep often...