“War is hell, for sure, but war can make for undeniably brilliant movie-making,” said the Guardian.
These are the ten best war films according to the critics of the Guardian and Observer.
[amazon template=custom_thumbnail&asin=B0045INOD8&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Apocalypse Now Francis Ford Coppola]
1. [amazon text=Apocalypse Now&template=custom_title&asin=B0045INOD8&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Apocalypse Now Francis Ford Coppola] (1979)
Director: [amazon text=Francis Ford Coppola&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Francis Ford Coppola]
Stars: [amazon text=Martin Sheen&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Martin Sheen], [amazon text=Marlon Brando&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Marlon Brando], [amazon text=Robert Duvall&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Robert Duvall]
[amazon text=Amazon&template=custom_text_price&asin=B0045INOD8&multi_cc=1&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Apocalypse Now Francis Ford Coppola]
[amazon template=custom_thumbnail&asin=B003WKL6YO&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Paths of Glory Stanley Kubrick]
2. [amazon text=Paths of Glory&template=custom_title&asin=B003WKL6YO&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Paths of Glory Stanley Kubrick] (1957)
Director: [amazon text=Stanley Kubrick&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Stanley Kubrick]
Stars: [amazon text=Kirk Douglas&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Kirk Douglas], [amazon text=Ralph Meeker&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Ralph Meeker], [amazon text=Adolphe Menjou&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Adolphe Menjou]
[amazon text=Amazon&template=custom_text_price&asin=B003WKL6YO&multi_cc=1&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Paths of Glory Stanley Kubrick]
[amazon template=custom_thumbnail&asin=B003KGBIRA&search_text=%TITLE%&title=The Thin Red Line Terrence Malick]
3. [amazon text=The Thin Red Line&template=custom_title&asin=B003KGBIRA&search_text=%TITLE%&title=The Thin Red Line Terrence Malick] (1998)
Director: [amazon text=Terrence Malick&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Terrence Malick]
Stars: [amazon text=Jim Caviezel&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Jim Caviezel], [amazon text=Sean Penn&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Sean Penn], [amazon text=Nick Nolte&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Nick Nolte]
[amazon text=Amazon&template=custom_text_price&asin=B003KGBIRA&multi_cc=1&search_text=%TITLE%&title=The Thin Red Line Terrence Malick]
[amazon template=custom_thumbnail&asin=B002ZG4Q5W&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Ran Akira Kurosawa]
4. [amazon text=Ran&template=custom_title&asin=B002ZG4Q5W&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Ran Akira Kurosawa] (1985)
Director: [amazon text=Akira Kurosawa&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Akira Kurosawa]
Stars: [amazon text=Tatsuya Nakadai&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Tatsuya Nakadai], [amazon text=Akira Terao&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Akira Terao], [amazon text=Jinpachi Nezu&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Jinpachi Nezu]
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Director: Elem Klimov
Stars: Aleksey Kravchenko
Director: David O. Russell
Stars: George Clooney
[amazon template=custom_thumbnail&asin=B00MA5KL7U&search_text=%TITLE%&title=The Deer Hunter Michael Cimino]
7. [amazon text=The Deer Hunter&template=custom_title&asin=B00MA5KL7U&search_text=%TITLE%&title=The Deer Hunter Michael Cimino] (1978)
Director: [amazon text=Michael Cimino&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Michael Cimino]
Stars: [amazon text=Robert De Niro&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Robert De Niro], [amazon text=Christopher Walken&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Christopher Walken], [amazon text=John Cazale&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=John Cazale]
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Director: Jean Renoir
Stars: Jean Gabin
[amazon template=custom_thumbnail&asin=B002U6DVQ2&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Rome, Open City Roberto Rossellini]
9. [amazon text=Rome, Open City&template=custom_title&asin=B002U6DVQ2&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Rome, Open City Roberto Rossellini] (1945)
Director: [amazon text=Roberto Rossellini&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Roberto Rossellini]
Stars: [amazon text=Anna Magnani&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Anna Magnani], [amazon text=Aldo Fabrizi&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Aldo Fabrizi], [amazon text=Marcello Pagliero&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Marcello Pagliero]
[amazon text=Amazon&template=custom_text_price&asin=B002U6DVQ2&multi_cc=1&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Rome, Open City Roberto Rossellini]
[amazon template=custom_thumbnail&asin=B0030A0ZDE&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Where Eagles Dare Brian G. Hutton]
10.[amazon text=Where Eagles Dare&template=custom_title&asin=B0030A0ZDE&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Where Eagles Dare Brian G. Hutton] (1968)
Director: [amazon text=Brian G. Hutton&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Brian G. Hutton]
Stars: [amazon text=Richard Burton&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Richard Burton], [amazon text=Clint Eastwood&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Clint Eastwood], [amazon text=Mary Ure&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Mary Ure]
[amazon text=Amazon&template=custom_text_price&asin=B0030A0ZDE&multi_cc=1&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Where Eagles Dare Brian G. Hutton]
The Guardian (founded in 1821) is a British national daily newspaper, and the Observer (founded in 1791) is its Sunday sibling. They are amongst the most influential papers in the world. The Guardian and its journalists have won numerous journalism awards, especially in the last decades.
Source: The Guardian
Last checked on: 16 January 2016
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