[Music]
at ease soldier he’s moving he’s moving
he’s moving to the building follow em
you got him welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top ten war movies of all time this
one is gonna last a long time for this
list we’re ranking the all-time best
movies that take place during a major
war
[Music]
battles must be a main priority of these
films however so stories that take place
during wartime and don’t directly focus
on combat will be omitted for another
time because my dear Ricky I suspect
that under that cynical shell you’re at
heart a sentimentalist we also won’t be
taking into consideration films like
Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds
which takes place during an alternate
timeline of history as a special drug
inheres of people who waste good scotch
seeing as I may be rapping on the door
momentarily number 10
platoon somebody once wrote hell is the
impossibility of reason that’s what this
place feels like hell war is hell and
very few films captured the realism of
frantic combat better than Oliver
Stone’s platoon Charlie Sheen Tom
Berenger and wound to foe stars soldiers
stationed during the Vietnam conflict in
a platoon full of widely varied
personalities and levels of morality
wait
let’s keep you pick a hard and your
powder dry and the world will turn
stones purpose in writing the film was
to offer a stark contrast to the Vietnam
portrayed in 1968 the Green Berets
starring John Wayne there’s still such a
thing as two presses out here due
process as a bullet in fact platoon
utilized the directors own first-hand
experiences as an infantryman for
inspiration
the results are harrowing and haunting
making platoon one of the finest war
movies ever made
number nine a bridge too far you don’t
look at it right now he’s gonna die this
World War 2 era film follows the failed
allied military campaign known as
Operation Market Garden a tactical
maneuver that was originally designed to
end the war quickly before Christmas of
1944 their birth film as I do but when
the field marshal’s plans exceeded which
be able to end the war by Christmas in
less than 100 days a bridge too far
stars James Caan Sean Connery Michael
Caine and more as they form a very
impressive ensemble cast and features
some splendid performances from everyone
involved quite frankly this kind of
things never been attempted before this
makes the film a captivating watch even
for those well aware of how the original
operation Market Garden watched its
attempts to take over key bridge points
in the German occupied Netherlands how’d
you feel fine I’ll feel even better when
were in college number 8 the Bridge on
the River Kwai this British American
co-production has not only garnered
praise from war film buffs since its
original release back in 1957 but also
from the National Film registry which
selected The Bridge on the River Kwai
for preservation for its cultural
significance in the Library of Congress
in 1997 cold what cold God co-director
David Lean Helms a story of British
prisoners of war who are assigned to a
Japanese prison camp in Burma and are
put to work constructing a bridge
connecting Bangkok and Rangoon I’ve
spoken with Reeves and Hughes and we’re
not going to finish the bridge on time
we’re just having a vampire that’s all
I’ve asked the officers to lend a hand
and they’ve agreed but even that won’t
do it this despite Geneva Convention
stating that officers are exempt from
such work what you do if you have me I
suppose if I were you I’d have to kill
myself the result is a film full of
world-class acting and
memorable set-pieces number seven All
Quiet on the Western Front when it comes
to dying for your country it’s better
not to die at all the late 70s
television adaptation of Erich Maria
Remarque 1928 novel was successful in
depicting many of its source materials
themes we remember the awful sights in
the hospital the gas patients proved
suffocating
Koff up their burnt lungs in clots
however it in no way compares to the
1930 pre-code effort from director Lewis
milestone big effect tonight and I just
love to get on this black and white epic
was considered quite faithful to what
the First World War was like but also
didn’t shy away from putting any
disturbing or traumatic experiences on
the big screen
the story of how joining the army
affects a group of young recruits on the
battlefield and at home was also the
first movie to win Oscars for both Best
Director and outstanding production but
if you pardon me it’s easier to say go
out and die than it is to do it number
six
The Hurt Locker where you going
I’m like a man we’re back up kathryn
bigelow became the first woman ever to
win a Best Director Oscar thanks to her
efforts on the war film The Hurt Locker
if you’re looking to certainty shear the
hell is now
Bigelow’s action thriller follows a bomb
disposal unit stationed in Iraq during
the Iraq war and the smoldering tensions
that arise between new squad leader
William James and his crew we don’t get
enough time Sam 105 how’d it go back up
get these bolts off no we had a minute
and a half man we got to get out of here
jeremy renner leads the cast as james
and it’s the performances of Renner and
his co-stars Anthony Mackie and Brian
Geraghty that really make the Hurt
Locker shine as one of the best war
films in recent memory this box is full
of stuff that almost killed me
number five The Great Escape
cross a wire with us even if you’ve
never seen 1963’s the Great Escape it’s
more than likely you’ve heard or hummed
the movie’s main theme
a jaunty and Infectious march composed
by Elmer Bernstein
[Music]
Steve McQueen stars at the leader of a
group of World War 2 POWs who are intent
on digging an escape tunnel from their
German concentration camp prison we got
a tunnel
splendid
McQueen’s charisma is undeniable here as
is the impressive stunt work on display
in the film particularly during a
death-defying motorcycle scene
[Music]
this sequence has gone on to become the
stuff of war movie legend and has earned
the Great Escape a spot on our list yeah
you know the exact information you need
going out tonight
number four das boat fans might remember
seeing this film as either a theatrical
release or a TV mini-series depending on
where they lived
but das boat has continued to earn fans
on home video over the years
the film was directed by Wolfgang
Petersen and follows the crew of a
German u-boat during World War two
gasps boat was notable for capturing not
only the thrill and danger of battle but
also the dullness that can come to
define the often long stretches of
downtime in between sporadic conflict if
I give it add to this a memorable score
by Klaus Golding er and you have one
unique war film for the ages
number three halves of glory hello there
soldier ready to kill more Germans
filmmaker Stanley Kubrick may be known
among his fans for his infamous 1987
Vietnam era picture Full Metal Jacket uh
in a world oh shit
but the director actually worked in the
war movie genre much earlier with this
1957 tale of a French battalion during
World War one or the 75 s to commence
firing in our own positions captain do
you fail to comprehend the meaning of my
order Kirk Douglas stars as the troops
commanding officer who attempts to
defend his men against charges of
cowardice due to their failure in what
was essentially a suicide mission
apologize for not revealing my true
feelings I apologize sir for not telling
you sooner that you’re a degenerate
sadistic old man and you can go to hell
before I apologize to you now or ever
again Stanley Kubrick’s filmography is
crowded with classics but the anti-war
flick paths of glory may be one of the
directors more underrated efforts okay
no DAGs your men died very well number
two Apocalypse Now I love the smell of
napalm in the morning
the word epic doesn’t even begin to
describe this massive film from director
Francis Ford Coppola & Co screenwriter
John Milius
Apocalypse Now is a dark and violent
thrill ride that follows Martin Sheen as
Captain Benjamin Willard a detached
military man in search of a mission I’m
still in Saigon that mission turns out
to be an assassination attempt on a
reclusive renegade colonel by the name
of curse it’s big thank you
Marlon Brando’s magnetic performance as
the mentally unhinged Kurtz may not
appear until the film’s final sequences
but its immense power continues to haunt
viewers to this day as one of the best
war film performances ever committed to
celluloid before we unveil our number
one pick here are a few honorably
discharged mentions we need to send
somebody out there find out where that
line is being cut and we need to find
out closer come on woody good case doc
okay
No okay so no Santino’s
americans love a winner and will not
tolerate a loser americans play to win
all the time
i wouldn’t give a hoot in hell for a man
who lost and laughed number 1 Saving
Private Ryan it’s clear I’ll see you on
the beach realistic violence is a staple
of war films but not everyone was ready
for the astonishing level of grit
director Steven Spielberg put on-screen
in Saving Private Ryan the Films opening
sequence alone which details the
invasion of Normandy on June 6 1944 is a
visceral gut check that places the
audience directly in the middle of
combat
Spielberg’s film also focuses on people
however specifically a squad whose
mission is to find private James Ryan
whose three brothers have perished
during the conflict
you know if coming to Rimmel and finding
him so he can go home that earns me the
right to get back to my wife well then
then that’s my mission this balance of
action and emotion along with its
immense critical and commercial success
more than justifies saving private
Ryan’s top position as the greatest war
movie ever your brothers were killed in
combat
look which one
all do you agree with our list what’s
your all-time favorite war movie
[Applause]
for more brave and bold top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
man what l is everybody man 2 getting
high that’s what
[Music]
at ease soldier he’s moving he’s moving
he’s moving to the building follow em
you got him welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top ten war movies of all time this
one is gonna last a long time for this
list we’re ranking the all-time best
movies that take place during a major
war
[Music]
battles must be a main priority of these
films however so stories that take place
during wartime and don’t directly focus
on combat will be omitted for another
time because my dear Ricky I suspect
that under that cynical shell you’re at
heart a sentimentalist we also won’t be
taking into consideration films like
Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds
which takes place during an alternate
timeline of history as a special drug
inheres of people who waste good scotch
seeing as I may be rapping on the door
momentarily number 10
platoon somebody once wrote hell is the
impossibility of reason that’s what this
place feels like hell war is hell and
very few films captured the realism of
frantic combat better than Oliver
Stone’s platoon Charlie Sheen Tom
Berenger and wound to foe stars soldiers
stationed during the Vietnam conflict in
a platoon full of widely varied
personalities and levels of morality
wait
let’s keep you pick a hard and your
powder dry and the world will turn
stones purpose in writing the film was
to offer a stark contrast to the Vietnam
portrayed in 1968 the Green Berets
starring John Wayne there’s still such a
thing as two presses out here due
process as a bullet in fact platoon
utilized the directors own first-hand
experiences as an infantryman for
inspiration
the results are harrowing and haunting
making platoon one of the finest war
movies ever made
number nine a bridge too far you don’t
look at it right now he’s gonna die this
World War 2 era film follows the failed
allied military campaign known as
Operation Market Garden a tactical
maneuver that was originally designed to
end the war quickly before Christmas of
1944 their birth film as I do but when
the field marshal’s plans exceeded which
be able to end the war by Christmas in
less than 100 days a bridge too far
stars James Caan Sean Connery Michael
Caine and more as they form a very
impressive ensemble cast and features
some splendid performances from everyone
involved quite frankly this kind of
things never been attempted before this
makes the film a captivating watch even
for those well aware of how the original
operation Market Garden watched its
attempts to take over key bridge points
in the German occupied Netherlands how’d
you feel fine I’ll feel even better when
were in college number 8 the Bridge on
the River Kwai this British American
co-production has not only garnered
praise from war film buffs since its
original release back in 1957 but also
from the National Film registry which
selected The Bridge on the River Kwai
for preservation for its cultural
significance in the Library of Congress
in 1997 cold what cold God co-director
David Lean Helms a story of British
prisoners of war who are assigned to a
Japanese prison camp in Burma and are
put to work constructing a bridge
connecting Bangkok and Rangoon I’ve
spoken with Reeves and Hughes and we’re
not going to finish the bridge on time
we’re just having a vampire that’s all
I’ve asked the officers to lend a hand
and they’ve agreed but even that won’t
do it this despite Geneva Convention
stating that officers are exempt from
such work what you do if you have me I
suppose if I were you I’d have to kill
myself the result is a film full of
world-class acting and
memorable set-pieces number seven All
Quiet on the Western Front when it comes
to dying for your country it’s better
not to die at all the late 70s
television adaptation of Erich Maria
Remarque 1928 novel was successful in
depicting many of its source materials
themes we remember the awful sights in
the hospital the gas patients proved
suffocating
Koff up their burnt lungs in clots
however it in no way compares to the
1930 pre-code effort from director Lewis
milestone big effect tonight and I just
love to get on this black and white epic
was considered quite faithful to what
the First World War was like but also
didn’t shy away from putting any
disturbing or traumatic experiences on
the big screen
the story of how joining the army
affects a group of young recruits on the
battlefield and at home was also the
first movie to win Oscars for both Best
Director and outstanding production but
if you pardon me it’s easier to say go
out and die than it is to do it number
six
The Hurt Locker where you going
I’m like a man we’re back up kathryn
bigelow became the first woman ever to
win a Best Director Oscar thanks to her
efforts on the war film The Hurt Locker
if you’re looking to certainty shear the
hell is now
Bigelow’s action thriller follows a bomb
disposal unit stationed in Iraq during
the Iraq war and the smoldering tensions
that arise between new squad leader
William James and his crew we don’t get
enough time Sam 105 how’d it go back up
get these bolts off no we had a minute
and a half man we got to get out of here
jeremy renner leads the cast as james
and it’s the performances of Renner and
his co-stars Anthony Mackie and Brian
Geraghty that really make the Hurt
Locker shine as one of the best war
films in recent memory this box is full
of stuff that almost killed me
number five The Great Escape
cross a wire with us even if you’ve
never seen 1963’s the Great Escape it’s
more than likely you’ve heard or hummed
the movie’s main theme
a jaunty and Infectious march composed
by Elmer Bernstein
[Music]
Steve McQueen stars at the leader of a
group of World War 2 POWs who are intent
on digging an escape tunnel from their
German concentration camp prison we got
a tunnel
splendid
McQueen’s charisma is undeniable here as
is the impressive stunt work on display
in the film particularly during a
death-defying motorcycle scene
[Music]
this sequence has gone on to become the
stuff of war movie legend and has earned
the Great Escape a spot on our list yeah
you know the exact information you need
going out tonight
number four das boat fans might remember
seeing this film as either a theatrical
release or a TV mini-series depending on
where they lived
but das boat has continued to earn fans
on home video over the years
the film was directed by Wolfgang
Petersen and follows the crew of a
German u-boat during World War two
gasps boat was notable for capturing not
only the thrill and danger of battle but
also the dullness that can come to
define the often long stretches of
downtime in between sporadic conflict if
I give it add to this a memorable score
by Klaus Golding er and you have one
unique war film for the ages
number three halves of glory hello there
soldier ready to kill more Germans
filmmaker Stanley Kubrick may be known
among his fans for his infamous 1987
Vietnam era picture Full Metal Jacket uh
in a world oh shit
but the director actually worked in the
war movie genre much earlier with this
1957 tale of a French battalion during
World War one or the 75 s to commence
firing in our own positions captain do
you fail to comprehend the meaning of my
order Kirk Douglas stars as the troops
commanding officer who attempts to
defend his men against charges of
cowardice due to their failure in what
was essentially a suicide mission
apologize for not revealing my true
feelings I apologize sir for not telling
you sooner that you’re a degenerate
sadistic old man and you can go to hell
before I apologize to you now or ever
again Stanley Kubrick’s filmography is
crowded with classics but the anti-war
flick paths of glory may be one of the
directors more underrated efforts okay
no DAGs your men died very well number
two Apocalypse Now I love the smell of
napalm in the morning
the word epic doesn’t even begin to
describe this massive film from director
Francis Ford Coppola & Co screenwriter
John Milius
Apocalypse Now is a dark and violent
thrill ride that follows Martin Sheen as
Captain Benjamin Willard a detached
military man in search of a mission I’m
still in Saigon that mission turns out
to be an assassination attempt on a
reclusive renegade colonel by the name
of curse it’s big thank you
Marlon Brando’s magnetic performance as
the mentally unhinged Kurtz may not
appear until the film’s final sequences
but its immense power continues to haunt
viewers to this day as one of the best
war film performances ever committed to
celluloid before we unveil our number
one pick here are a few honorably
discharged mentions we need to send
somebody out there find out where that
line is being cut and we need to find
out closer come on woody good case doc
okay
No okay so no Santino’s
americans love a winner and will not
tolerate a loser americans play to win
all the time
i wouldn’t give a hoot in hell for a man
who lost and laughed number 1 Saving
Private Ryan it’s clear I’ll see you on
the beach realistic violence is a staple
of war films but not everyone was ready
for the astonishing level of grit
director Steven Spielberg put on-screen
in Saving Private Ryan the Films opening
sequence alone which details the
invasion of Normandy on June 6 1944 is a
visceral gut check that places the
audience directly in the middle of
combat
Spielberg’s film also focuses on people
however specifically a squad whose
mission is to find private James Ryan
whose three brothers have perished
during the conflict
you know if coming to Rimmel and finding
him so he can go home that earns me the
right to get back to my wife well then
then that’s my mission this balance of
action and emotion along with its
immense critical and commercial success
more than justifies saving private
Ryan’s top position as the greatest war
movie ever your brothers were killed in
combat
look which one
all do you agree with our list what’s
your all-time favorite war movie
[Applause]
for more brave and bold top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
man what l is everybody man 2 getting
high that’s what
[Music]
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