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100 Greatest War Films (Channel 4)

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4254

7.7

8.5

1. Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Captain John Miller
"I just know that every man I kill, the farther away from home I feel."

2554

8.1

8.6

2. Apocalypse Now (1979)

Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore
"Charlie don't surf."

736

8.3

3. The Great Escape (1963)

Colin
"Afraid this tea's pathetic. Must have used these wretched leaves about twenty times. It's not that I mind so much. Tea without milk is so uncivilized."

3978

8.4

8.9

4. Schindler's List (1993)

2660

8.4

5. Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Gunnery Sergeant Hartman
"The deadliest weapon in the world is a marine and his rifle. It is your killer instinct which must be harnessed if you expect to survive in combat. Your rifle is only a tool. It is a hard heart that kills. If your killer instincts are not clean and strong you will hesitate at the moment of truth. You will not kill. You will become dead marines and then you will be in a world of s**t because marines are not allowed to die without permission. Do you maggots understand?"

1777

7.6

8.2

6. Platoon (1986)

Chris Taylor
"I think now, looking back, we did not fight the enemy, we fought ourselves. The enemy was in us. The war is over for me now, but it will always be there, the rest of my days."

269

7.1

7.3

7. A Bridge Too Far (1977)

General Roy Urquhart
"Hancock. I've got lunatics laughing at me from the woods. My original plan has been scuppered now that the jeeps haven't arrived. My communications are completely broken down. Do you really believe any of that can be helped by a cup of tea?"

158

7.5

7.8

8. Zulu (1964)

1805

6.9

7.7

9. Black Hawk Down (2001)

653

7.9

8.4

10. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

7.3

11. The Dam Busters (1955)

1260

7.9

8.2

12. The Deer Hunter (1978)

3451

7.6

8.4

13. Braveheart (1995)

241

7.1

7.6

14. The Guns of Navarone (1961)

271

7.5

7.9

15. The Killing Fields (1984)

1235

7.3

7.6

16. The Thin Red Line (1998)

704

8.1

8.5

17. Das Boot (1981)

1985

8.3

8.6

18. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Wo... (1964)

President Merkin Muffley
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room."

727

6.5

7.1

19. Born on the Fourth of July (1989)

215

7.4

7.7

20. The Longest Day (1962)

239

7.2

7.6

21. Where Eagles Dare (1968)

610

7.4

7.7

22. M*A*S*H (1970)

Trapper John
"I wish they wouldn't land those things here while we're playing golf."

637

8.4

8.5

23. Paths of Glory (1957)

4651

7.7

8.4

24. Gladiator (2000)

Maximus
"My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next."

837

7.2

25. Spartacus (1960)

8.2

7.7

26. Ice-Cold in Alex (1958)

352

7.5

7.8

27. The Dirty Dozen (1967)

998

7.1

7.5

28. Enemy at the Gates (2001)

6.5

6.8

29. Battle of Britain (1969)

2151

8.2

8.7

30. Casablanca (1942)

1194

6.9

7.2

31. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)

tartan_skirt's rating:

2715

8.1

8.5

32. The Pianist (2002)

330

7.7

8.1

33. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

183

7.1

7.5

34. Kelly's Heroes (1970)

1044

7.2

7.7

35. The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

7.1

7.4

36. Henry V (1944)

188

7.8

7.5

37. Cross of Iron (1977)

160

7.1

7.5

38. Salvador (1986)

182

7.4

39. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

878

7.9

8.5

40. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

7.6

41. The Cruel Sea (1953)

217

7.5

7.1

42. Catch-22 (1970)

Yossarian
"Let me see if I've got this straight: in order to be grounded, I've got to be crazy and I must be crazy to keep flying. But if I ask to be grounded, that means I'm not crazy any more and I have to keep flying."

956

7.4

7.7

43. Empire of the Sun (1987)

405

7.5

44. Patton (1970)

6.8

6.3

45. 633 Squadron (1964)

1177

6.7

7.4

46. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the Wo... (2003)

140

8.1

47. A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

193

7.3

7.6

48. Gallipoli (1981)

7.7

49. Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)

1083

6.5

7.2

50. Three Kings (1999)

Channel 4's list of the 100 Greatest War Films.

Included in the notes is Top 10 War Quotes (in no order), also from the website.

Also check out escafeld's WWI films list.

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Comments

escafeld

Posted: 3 years, 9 months ago at Jul 30 12:40

Great list. I've linked to it from my list of WWI movies.

KingStefou

Posted: 10 months, 1 week ago at Jul 14 20:53

Nice list... but there is only one BIG problem with it..
WHERE IS INGLORIOUS BASTERDS?? :P

tartan_skirt

Posted: 10 months, 1 week ago at Jul 15 5:57

If you checked the date this was made, you would know why it isn't on the list.

whatonearth

Posted: 9 months, 4 weeks ago at Jul 26 23:37

It annoys me that none of the lists I've seen has Waterloo on it... I mean, if for no other reason, the scale, the scene with the charge of the Scots Greys...And also "We've never seen each other! How can we kill one another? How can we?"