With The Hurt Locker sweeping the Oscar race last night, I thought I might take this time to incorporate a new facet to my blog THE TOP FIFTEEN.
Why fifteen? Well, mostly because it's too hard to narrow the list down to ten, and twenty looks like I wasn't even trying.
So here it is . . .
TOP FIFTEEN WAR MOVIES
#1 The Grand Illusion
Criterion's first release was an anti-war masterpiece.
#2 Pan's Labyrinth
The dark fantasy element of this movie makes the Spanish Civil War backdrop easily forgettable...but it's there.
#3 Gladiator
Words are not needed.
#4 Ran
Kurosawa's color masterpiece.
#5 Full Metal Jacket
Leave it to Kubrick to find beauty in war.
#6 Braveheart
Think what you want of Gibson, but this is amazing!
#7 The Fog of War
Remorse is the great humanizer.
#8 Ben-hur
Bible costume dramas kick ASS!
#9 Atonement
Remember that thing I said about remorse?
#10 Apocalypse Now
(but leave the Redux version alone.)
#11 The Thin Red Line
So much better than Saving Private Ryan.
#12 Why We Fight
Made me fall in love with a Republican President....not an easy task.
#13 Blood Diamond
Mmmm, blood.
#14 Cold Mountain
And not just because Jack White was it (although that does give it cool points.)
#15 Schindler's List
Don't judge me, it's on here at least.
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