25 Best War Movies

Every history buff has their favorites; these are mine based on

1. American involvement (admittedly my optic)
   
2. historical accuracy
   
3. the sacrifice of war
   
4. brotherhood of soldiers
   
5. quotable lines
   

Pre-Civil War

1. The Patriot - (2000, Roland Emmerich) (Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Jason Isaacs, Joely Richardson)
   
2. Dances with Wolves - (1990 Kevin Costner) (Kevin Kostner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene)

   Civil War - 1861-1865
   

3. Glory - (1989, Edward Zwick) (Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman)

   WWI - 1914-1918
   

4. All Quiet on the Western Front (1979, Delbert Mann) (Richard Thomas, Ernest Borgnine)

   WWII- 1941-1945
   

5. Battle of the Bulge - (1965, Ken Annakin, WWII) (Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw)
   
6. Tora! Tora! Tora! - (1970, Richard Fleischer, WWII) (Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten)
   
7. Patton - (1970, Franklin J. Schaffner, WWII) (George C. Scott, Karl Malden)
   
8. The Big Red One - (1980, Samuel Fuller, WWII) (Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine)
   
9. Memphis Belle - (1990, Michael Caton-Jones, WWII) (Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz)
   
10. Saving Private Ryan - (1998, Steven Spielberg, WWII) (Tom Hanks, Edward Burns)
    
11. Band of Brothers Miniseries - (2001, Tom Hanks et al) (several)
    
12. The Thin Red Line - (1998, Terrence Malick, WWII) (Sean Penn, Nick Nolte)
    
13. Flags of Our Fathers - (2006, Clint Eastwood, WWII) (Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford)

    Vietnam19 63-1974
    

14. The Deer Hunter - (1978, Michael Cimino, V) (Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep)
    
15. Apocalypse Now - (1979, Francis Ford Coppola, V) (Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, M. Brando)
    
16. Platoon - (1986, Oliver Stone, V) (Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen)
    
17. Full Metal Jacket - (1987, Stanley Kubrick, V) (Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin)
    
18. Hamburger Hill - 1987, John Irvin) (Dylan McDermott, Steven Weber, Courtney B. Vance, Don Cheadle)
    
19. We were Soldiers - (2002, Randall Wallace) (Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Sam Elliott, Greg Kinnear )

    Gulf War 1991
    

20. Courage Under Fire - (1996, Edward Zwick, Iraq'91) (Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan)

    Somalia 1993
    

21. Black Hawk Down - (2001, Ridley Scott, Somalia) (Ewan McGregor, Josh Hartnett)

    9/11
    

22. United 93- (2006, Paul Greengrass) (several)

    Afghanistan20 01
    

23. Jarhead - (2005, Sam Mendes, Desert Storm) (Jamie Foxx, Jake Gyllenhaal)

    Iraq 2003
    

24. Road to Haditha - (2007, Nick Broomfield) (Elliot Ruiz, Yasmine Hanani, Andrew McLaren)
    
25. The Hurt Locker - (2009, Kathryn Bigelow) (Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo)