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100 Greatest War Films (Channel 4)

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1. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Captain John Miller
"I just know that every man I kill, the farther away from home I feel."

People who added this item 1105  Average listal rating (676 ratings) 8  IMDB Rating 8.6 
2. Apocalypse Now (1979)
Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore
"Charlie don't surf."

People who added this item 321  Average listal rating (211 ratings) 7.7  IMDB Rating 8.4 
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."

People who added this item 1774  Average listal rating (1140 ratings) 8.3  IMDB Rating 8.9 
4. Schindler's List (1993)

People who added this item 1130  Average listal rating (741 ratings) 8  IMDB Rating 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?"

People who added this item 813  Average listal rating (495 ratings) 7.6  IMDB Rating 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."

People who added this item 114  Average listal rating (75 ratings) 6.9  IMDB Rating 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?"

People who added this item 70  Average listal rating (51 ratings) 7.3  IMDB Rating 7.9 
8. Zulu (1964)

People who added this item 893  Average listal rating (581 ratings) 7  IMDB Rating 7.7 
9. Black Hawk Down (2001)

People who added this item 291  Average listal rating (190 ratings) 7.8  IMDB Rating 8.5 
10. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

People who added this item 18  Average listal rating (14 ratings) 6.9  IMDB Rating 7.4 
11. The Dam Busters (1955)

People who added this item 534  Average listal rating (354 ratings) 7.9  IMDB Rating 8.2 
12. The Deer Hunter (1978)

People who added this item 1597  Average listal rating (1130 ratings) 7.5  IMDB Rating 8.4 
13. Braveheart (1995)

People who added this item 116  Average listal rating (80 ratings) 6.9  IMDB Rating 7.6 
14. The Guns of Navarone (1961)

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15. The Killing Fields (1984)

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16. The Thin Red Line (1998)

People who added this item 306  Average listal rating (184 ratings) 8.2  IMDB Rating 8.5 
17. Das Boot (1981)

People who added this item 899  Average listal rating (546 ratings) 8.4  IMDB Rating 8.7 
18. Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop W... (1964)
President Merkin Muffley
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room."

People who added this item 370  Average listal rating (241 ratings) 6.5  IMDB Rating 7.1 
19. Born on the Fourth of July (1989)

People who added this item 80  Average listal rating (54 ratings) 7.1  IMDB Rating 7.8 
20. The Longest Day (1962)

People who added this item 82  Average listal rating (59 ratings) 6.9  IMDB Rating 7.7 
21. Where Eagles Dare (1968)

People who added this item 281  Average listal rating (172 ratings) 7.5  IMDB Rating 7.8 
22. M*A*S*H (1970)
Trapper John
"I wish they wouldn't land those things here while we're playing golf."

People who added this item 265  Average listal rating (157 ratings) 8.5  IMDB Rating 8.6 
23. Paths of Glory (1957)

People who added this item 2145  Average listal rating (1562 ratings) 7.6  IMDB Rating 8.3 
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."

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25. Spartacus (1960)

People who added this item 4  Average listal rating (2 ratings) 8.5  IMDB Rating 7.9 
26. Ice-Cold in Alex (1958)

People who added this item 142  Average listal rating (98 ratings) 7.4  IMDB Rating 7.8 
27. The Dirty Dozen (1967)

People who added this item 451  Average listal rating (298 ratings) 7.1  IMDB Rating 7.4 
28. Enemy at the Gates (2001)

People who added this item 39  Average listal rating (30 ratings) 6.1  IMDB Rating 6.8 
29. Battle of Britain (1969)

People who added this item 926  Average listal rating (557 ratings) 8.2  IMDB Rating 8.8 
30. Casablanca (1942)

People who added this item 605  Average listal rating (382 ratings) 6.8  IMDB Rating 7.1 
31. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
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32. The Pianist (2002)

People who added this item 113  Average listal rating (60 ratings) 7.7  IMDB Rating 8.1 
33. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

People who added this item 83  Average listal rating (58 ratings) 6.7  IMDB Rating 7.5 
34. Kelly's Heroes (1970)

People who added this item 503  Average listal rating (320 ratings) 7.1  IMDB Rating 7.8 
35. The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

People who added this item 26  Average listal rating (9 ratings) 7.3  IMDB Rating 7.5 
36. Henry V (1944)

People who added this item 81  Average listal rating (50 ratings) 7.8  IMDB Rating 7.5 
37. Cross of Iron (1977)

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38. Salvador (1986)

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39. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

People who added this item 373  Average listal rating (211 ratings) 7.8  IMDB Rating 8.6 
40. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

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41. The Cruel Sea (1953)

People who added this item 104  Average listal rating (47 ratings) 7.6  IMDB Rating 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."

People who added this item 483  Average listal rating (255 ratings) 7.4  IMDB Rating 7.7 
43. Empire of the Sun (1987)

People who added this item 162  Average listal rating (97 ratings) 7.3  IMDB Rating 8.1 
44. Patton (1970)

People who added this item 2  Average listal rating (1 ratings) 7  IMDB Rating 6.4 
45. 633 Squadron (1964)

People who added this item 581  Average listal rating (400 ratings) 6.7  IMDB Rating 7.5 
46. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the Wo... (2003)

People who added this item 39  Average listal rating (17 ratings) 9.2  IMDB Rating
47. A Matter of Life and Death (Stairway to Heav... (1946)

People who added this item 94  Average listal rating (54 ratings) 7.2  IMDB Rating 7.7 
48. Gallipoli (1981)

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49. Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)

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50. Three Kings (1999)


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Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago at Jul 30 12:40
Great list. I've linked to it from my list of WWI movies.

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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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