What do you think are the TOP 5 BEST WAR MOVIES THAT YOU'VE EVER SEEN in your opinions... - RaoulAkhtar
I don't think I can do this because I've seen a lot--and I do mean a
lot--of war films, as epic as
The Longest Day and as derivative as
Torpedo Run, as recent as
The Railway Man and as old as
Birth of a Nation.
You say to use whatever rating criteria we choose, but then you start to question if a particular film qualifies as a "war" film, so the question of what exactly is a "war film" needs to be clarified or else be included as part of that open-ended criteria.
For example, one of the greatest war films I've ever seen is
The Best Years of Our Lives, which does not contain one frame of combat footage (not even in flashback), yet its subject of the consequences of war on men returning from World War Two, and on their families and friends, is to me integral to what the effects of "war" actually are. Another example is
M*A*S*H (and if I had to pick
just one film to take with me on a desert island, that would be it), which, again, has no combat footage in it--only the consequences of combat as the M*A*S*H personnel try to stitch up the combatants. (And I do mean the 1970 film, not the subsequent television series inspired by the film.)
Also, you and other posters are sticking to feature films. What about documentaries? I would have to give serious consideration to
The World at War and
Hearts and Minds, among other documentary series and films.
So, I can't list five without considering it further because more than five come immediately to mind. And, to the point of this forum, although one of those would be
Paths of Glory, I don't think it would be Top Five.
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