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In real life, war is not a situation that anyone enjoys, but as a source of human drama, it's an ideal place for films to look for subject matter. War movies range in tone from the relatively uncomplicated adrenaline rush of military action movies to the more cerebral ambitions of realistic war movies and those with an anti-war agenda.

In the first half of the 20th century, war movies were most likely to be pure adventure, in which the good guys were on a quest to stop the nefarious aims of the bad guys. World War II, with its clear-cut good-vs-evil plot line, was a popular war to portray, but historical wars such as the American Civil War and the military campaigns against Native Americans in the American West got plenty of attention, too. In the 1980s, movies like the Rambo franchise and "Top Gun" gave the adventure treatment to the Cold War.

The 80s also saw the rise of the grittily realistic war movie. Oliver Stone's "Platoon" presented the Vietnam conflict that in no way glorified war, and Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan" continued the new tradition.

America's war in the Middle East and Afghanistan after the turn of the century gave rise to a new type of war movie, one that strives for realism and adventure at the same time and takes a neutral stance on the conflict. "The Hurt Locker," "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Lone Survivor" do little to whitewash the reality of war, but they also stop short of making an anti-war statement.

    Emancipation
    Emancipation
    Greyhound
    Greyhound
    The Greatest Beer Run Ever
    The Greatest Beer Run Ever
    Sniper: The White Raven
    Sniper: The White Raven
    The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
    The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
    In Harm's Way
    In Harm's Way
    American Sniper
    American Sniper
    Brothers
    Brothers
    Fury
    Fury
    The Tragedy of Macbeth
    The Tragedy of Macbeth
    Schindler's List
    Schindler's List
    Full Metal Jacket
    Full Metal Jacket
    Lone Survivor
    Lone Survivor
    The War
    The War
    Golda
    Golda
    Jarhead
    Jarhead
    Kingdom of Heaven
    Kingdom of Heaven
    War for the Planet of the Apes
    War for the Planet of the Apes
    300
    300
    The Final Countdown
    The Final Countdown
    Gone with the Wind
    Gone with the Wind
    Hacksaw Ridge
    Hacksaw Ridge
    13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
    13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
    Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
    Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
    Midway
    Midway
    We Were Soldiers
    We Were Soldiers
    Sisu
    Sisu
    Enemy at the Gates
    Enemy at the Gates
    First Blood
    First Blood
    The Last of the Mohicans
    The Last of the Mohicans
    Tora! Tora! Tora!
    Tora! Tora! Tora!
    Rambo: First Blood Part II
    Rambo: First Blood Part II
    Pearl Harbor
    Pearl Harbor
    Platoon
    Platoon
    Braveheart
    Braveheart
    Patton
    Patton
    Midway
    Midway
    Unicorn Wars
    Unicorn Wars
    Doctor Zhivago
    Doctor Zhivago
    The Patriot
    The Patriot
    Kelly's Heroes
    Kelly's Heroes
    Pan's Labyrinth
    Pan's Labyrinth
    The Last Samurai
    The Last Samurai
    Saving Private Ryan
    Saving Private Ryan
    The Longest Day
    The Longest Day
    Heartbreak Ridge
    Heartbreak Ridge
    The Deer Hunter
    The Deer Hunter
    Dear John
    Dear John
    The Bridge On The River Kwai
    The Bridge On The River Kwai
    Cold Mountain
    Cold Mountain
    The Green Berets
    The Green Berets
    The Great Escape
    The Great Escape
    Behind Enemy Lines
    Behind Enemy Lines
    Battle of Britain
    Battle of Britain
    War Horse
    War Horse
    300: Rise of an Empire
    300: Rise of an Empire
    The Tin Drum
    The Tin Drum
    PT 109
    PT 109
    Tropic Thunder
    Tropic Thunder
    They Were Expendable
    They Were Expendable
    South Pacific
    South Pacific
    Black Hawk Down
    Black Hawk Down
    Good Morning, Vietnam
    Good Morning, Vietnam
    Eye in the Sky
    Eye in the Sky
    Apocalypse Now
    Apocalypse Now
    Where Eagles Dare
    Where Eagles Dare
    The Pianist
    The Pianist
    Fat Man and Little Boy
    Fat Man and Little Boy
    Legends of the Fall
    Legends of the Fall
    The Breadwinner
    The Breadwinner
    Yamato
    Yamato
    Gods and Generals: Extended Director's Cut
    Gods and Generals: Extended Director's Cut
    1917
    1917
    Inglourious Basterds
    Inglourious Basterds
    Heaven & Earth
    Heaven & Earth
    Judgment at Nuremberg
    Judgment at Nuremberg
    Hyena Road
    Hyena Road
    U-571
    U-571
    The Killing Fields
    The Killing Fields
    Gettysburg
    Gettysburg
    Purple Hearts
    Purple Hearts
    MASH
    MASH
    The Hill
    The Hill
    Without Remorse
    Without Remorse
    Dracula Untold
    Dracula Untold
    King Arthur
    King Arthur
    All Quiet on the Western Front
    All Quiet on the Western Front
    Brothers
    Brothers
    Rambo III
    Rambo III
    A Bridge Too Far
    A Bridge Too Far
    Sergeant York
    Sergeant York
    The Postman
    The Postman
    Red Tails
    Red Tails
    The Sand Pebbles
    The Sand Pebbles
    Downfall
    Downfall
    Act of Valor
    Act of Valor
    Run Silent, Run Deep
    Run Silent, Run Deep
    Operation Pacific
    Operation Pacific
    Glory
    Glory
    Warhorse One
    Warhorse One