100 Great War Movies: The Real History Behind the Films

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• All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Introduction ix


• American Sniper (2014)


• Apocalypse Now (1979)
  
  
  • des ombres] (1969) Army of Shadows [French: L’armée
  
  
  
  


• Attack! (1956)
  
  
  • o soldate] (1959) Ballad of a Soldier [Rus sian: Ballada
  
  
  • La battaglia di Algeri] (1966) Battle of Algiers, The [Italian:
  
  
  
  


• Battleground (1949)


• Beasts of No Nation (2015)


• Beneath Hill 60 (2010)
  
  
  • version, 2004) Big Red One, The (1980; restored
  
  
  
  


• Black Hawk Down (2001)


• Born on the Fourth of July (1989)


• Braveheart (1995)


• Breaker Morant (1980)
  
  
  • (1959) Bridge, The [German: Die Brücke]
  
  
  
  


• Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)


• Bridge Too Far, A (1977)


• Casualties of War (1989)
  
  
  • (1985) Come and See [Rus sian: Idi i smotri]
  
  
  
  


• Courage Under Fire (1996)


• Cross of Iron (1977)


• Cruel Sea, The (1953)


• Dam Busters, The (1955)


• Das Boot [The Boat] (1981)
  
  
  • Commander] (1930; remade 1938) Dawn Patrol, The [aka Flight
  
  
  
  


• Deer Hunter, The (1978)


• Defiance (2008)
  
  
  • (2004) Downfall [German: Der Untergang]
  
  
  
  


• Dunkirk (2017)
  
  
  • (1989) 84 Charlie MoPic [aka 84C MoPic]
  
  
  • Empire of the Sun (1987)
  
  
  • Enemy at the Gates (2001)
    
    
    • Hitlerjunge Salomon] (1990) Europa Europa [German title:
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
  
  
  • From Here to Eternity (1953)
  
  
  • Full Metal Jacket (1987)
  
  
  • Fury (2014)
  
  
  • Gallipoli (1981)
  
  
  • Gettysburg (1993)
  
  
  • Glory (1989)
    
    
    • illusion] (1937) Grand Illusion [French: La grande
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Great Escape, The (1963)
  
  
  • Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
  
  
  • Guns of Navarone, The (1961)
  
  
  • Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
  
  
  • Hamburger Hill (1987)
    
    
    • (1957) Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Hell in the Pacific (1968)
  
  
  • Hope and Glory (1987)
  
  
  • Hurt Locker, The (2008)
  
  
  • Ice Cold in Alex (1958)
  
  
  • In Which We Serve (1942)
    
    
    • detstvo] (1962) Ivan’s Childhood [Rus sian: Ivanovo
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Jarhead (2005)
  
  
  • Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
    
    
    • (1980) Kagemusha [The Shadow Warrior]
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Kanał (1957)
  
  
  • Killing Fields, The (1984)
  
  
  • King Rat (1965)
    
    
    • libertad] (1995) Land and Freedom [Spanish: Tierra y
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Last of the Mohicans, The (1992)
  
  
  • Last Samurai, The (2003)
  
  
  
  


• Lawrence of Arabia (1962) viii Contents
  
  
  • Iōjima kara no tegami] (2006) Letters from Iwo Jima [Japanese:
  
  
  
  


• Lone Survivor (2013)


• Longest Day, The (1962)
  
  
  • Side of the World (2003) Master and Commander: The Far
  
  
  
  


• Men in War (1957)
  
  
  • Kurisumasu] (1983) [Japanese: Senjō no merī
  
  
  
  


• Midnight Clear, A (1992)


• Paths of Glory (1957)


• Patton (1970)


• Pianist, The (2002)


• Platoon (1986)


• Pork Chop Hill (1959)


• Ran (1985)


• Sahara (1943)


• Sand Pebbles, The (1966)


• Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)


• Saving Private Ryan (1998)


• Schindler’s List (1993)


• Sergeant York (1941)
  
  
  • Slaughterhouse- Five (1972)
    
    
    • Oranje] (1977) Soldier of Orange [Dutch: Soldaat van
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Stalag 17 (1953)
  
  
  • Sta lin grad (1993)
  
  
  • Steel Helmet, The (1951)
  
  
  • Story of G.I. Joe, The (1945)
  
  
  • They Were Expendable (1945)
  
  
  • Thin Red Line, The (1998)
  
  
  • Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
    
    
    • section] (1965) 317th Platoon, The [French: La 317ème
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Three Kings (1999)
  
  
  • To Hell and Back (1955)
  
  
  • Twelve O’Clock High (1949)
  
  
  • Walk in the Sun, A (1945)
  
  
  • We Were Soldiers (2002)
    
    
    • (1989) Winter War, The [Finnish: Talvisota]
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Zulu (1964)
  
  
  • Bibliography
  
  
  • Index
  
  
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