Best 10 Military Movies of All Time

PG15 | 138 min | Action, Drama, HistoryPlot: The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought itDirector: Randall WallaceWriters: Harold G. Moore (book) (as Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore) , Joseph L. Galloway (book)Stars: Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear

We Were Soldiers (2002)

PG15 | 169 min | Action, Drama, WarPlot: Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.Director: Steven SpielbergWriter: Robert RodatStars: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

PG18 | 116 min | Drama, WarPlot: A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.Director: Stanley KubrickWriter: Gustav Hasford (novel), Stanley Kubrick (screenplay)Stars: Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D'Onofrio

Full Metal Jacket (1987)

PG15 | 144 min | Drama, History, ThrillerPlot: 123 elite U.S. soldiers drop into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis.Director: Ridley ScottWriter: Mark Bowden (book), Ken Nolan (screenplay)Stars: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore

Black Hawk Down (2001)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, WarPlot: An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically try to stop.Director: Stanley KubrickWriter: Stanley Kubrick (screenplay), Terry Southern (screenplay)Stars: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden

Dr. Strangelove (1964)

PG15 | 135 min | Drama, History, WarPlot: The life stories of the six men who raised the flag at The Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in WWII.Director: Clint EastwoodWriter: William Broyles Jr. (screenplay), Paul Haggis (screenplay)Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Barry Pepper, Joseph Cross

Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

PG | 136 min | Drama, WarPlot: A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I.Director: Lewis MilestoneWriter: Erich Maria Remarque (by), Maxwell Anderson (adaptation)Stars: Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray

All Quiet in the Western Front (1930)

PG15 | 120 min | Drama, WarPlot: A young recruit in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.Director: Oliver StoneWriter: Oliver StoneStars: Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe

Platoon (1986)

R | 149 min | Adventure, Drama, WarPlot: The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth, and sheer terror.Director: Wolfgang PetersenWriter: Wolfgang Petersen (screenplay), Lothar G. Buchheim (novel)Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus

Das Boot (1981)

A | 106 min | Action, Biography, DramaPlot: The true WWII story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in U.S. history. The story is based on the autobiography of Audie Murphy who stars as himself in the film.Director: Jesse HibbsWriter: Gil Doud (screenplay), Audie Murphy (autobiography "To Hell And Back")Stars: Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake

To Hell and Back (1955)