With the current success of Netflix's All Quiet On The Western Front, though, it proves that the fascination with war doesn't stop when the reality is close to home but sometimes enhances it and helps us understand the 'why?' that bit more. Their depiction of heroism, patriotism, friendship and adventure speak to our hardwired sense of magical escapades and vicarious thrills and spills.Īs realistic as they get, though, they are acts of fiction: a safe way to view war, at a time when the reality of war, as we are seeing in Ukraine right now, is close by. War films, and by that we mean those motion pictures that (generally) favour action sequences over narrative (for that reason there was no place for Schindler’s List, The Pianist etc on this list) are a truly riveting watch. And when that balance isn't there - as we see in the War Is Hell-scape mantra of Full Metal Jacket - that can, in turn, offer up a damning statement that resonates with us all. Ma16 Hosted by Michael Barbaro Produced by Clare Toeniskoetter and Carlos Prieto Edited by Michael Benoist Original music by Diane Wong, Dan Powell and Marion Lozano Engineered by Chris. While asking the viewer to watch something atrocious happen, these movies usually balance this with acts of heroism. Why the popularity, then? Well, much like horror, the war genre hits us on a primal level. In some cases, when in its heyday, each year.
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From cinema's Hollywood blockbuster explosion in the '40s to today's streaming-lead flicks, there's been a war movie that punctuates each decade.
While compiling this Best War Films list, it became clear that this is a genre that never really goes out of fashion.
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