Best Military Drama Movies (Rank Ordered)

Submitted by baker on Thu, 02/24/2005 - 08:47
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  1. GOLD: Apocalypse Now (1979)
  2. SILVER: Saving Private Ryan (1998)
  3. BRONZE: Full Metal Jacket (1987)
  4. HONORABLE MENTION: All Quiet On the Western Front (1930)
  5. An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
  6. Gettysburg (1993)
  7. Top Gun (1986)
  8. Crimson Tide (1995)
  9. We Were Soldiers (2002)
  10. Patton (1970)
  11. Black Hawk Down (2001)
  12. Platoon (1986)
  13. Courage Under Fire (1996)
  14. A Few Good Men (1992)
  15. Glory (1989)
  16. Under Siege (1992)
  17. Three Kings (1999)
  18. The Last Castle (2001)
  19. Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
  20. The Lords of Discipline (1983)
  21. G.I. Jane (1997)
  22. Midway (1976)
  23. The General's Daughter (1999)
  24. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
  25. Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
  26. Taps (1981)
  27. The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
  28. Renaissance Man (1994)
  29. Enemy at the Gates (2001)
  30. The Patriot (2000)
  31. The Deer Hunter (1978)
  32. The Bridge On the River Kwai (1957)
  33. Tora, Tora, Tora (1970)
  34. U-571 (2000)
  35. The Four Feathers (2002)
  36. Hamburger Hill (1987)
  37. Windtalkers (2002)*
  38. Tigerland (2000)*
  39. The Thin Red Line (1998)*
  40. K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)*
  41. Proof of Life (2000)*
  42. Pearl Harbor (2001)*
  43. WORST OF THE GENRE: Gods and Generals (2003)*
  45. * Indicates the "bottom of the barrel" movies that I thought were nearly unbearable