Memorial Day Weekend: Best War Movies

With this list of films, we hope to pay tribute to those who gave the last true measure of devotion to our country. Thank you veterans and those now serving in the military, and a special thanks to those who fought and died in battle.

MIDDLE EAST

• BROTHERS AT WAR (2009)
• AMERICAN SNIPER (2014)

SOUTHEAST ASIA

• WE WERE SOLDIERS (2002)

WWII

• PATTON (1970)
• BAND OF BROTHERS (2001)
• THE LONGEST DAY (1962)
• MRS. MINIVER (1942)
• THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963)
• THE FIGHTING SULLIVANS (1944)
• SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998)
• RED TAILS (2011)
• NEVER SO FEW (1959)
• THE SCARLET AND THE BLACK (1983)
• BATTLEGROUND (1949)
• THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
• TORA! TORA! TORA! (1970)
• 12 O’CLOCK HIGH (1949)
• THE GREAT RAID (2005)
• CAPTAIN NEWMAN, M.D. (1963)
• IN HARMS WAY (1965)
• VON RYAN’S EXPRESS (1965)
• VALKYRIE (2008)
• RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP (1958)

WW I

• DAWN PATROL
• A FAREWELL TO ARMS
• THE FIGHTING 69TH
• THE LOST PATROL
• PATHS OF GLORY
• WINGS
• SARGENT YORK

THE HOLOCAUST

• SCHINDLER’S LIST (1993)
• THE HIDING PLACE (1975)

BEST AFTER-THE-WAR MOVIES

• THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
• JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG (1961)
• THE SCARLET AND THE BLACK (1983)