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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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  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...