The power war movies have on audiences is incredible.

They’re a piece of the puzzle that has made the entertainment industry the thriving business it is today.

Its story is still riveting; even the explosive ending will leave audiences on the edge of their seats.

Black Hawk Down

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It’s a fun, necessary film that never gets old.

It can’t be understated how importantDas Boothas become to the war genre.

This has some of the most realistic and intense depictions of combat ever seen on screen.

Josh Hartnett as Eversmann hiding and looking to the distance in Black Hawk Down (2001)

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It’s gritty, bloody, and incredibly violent.

It reigns today as one of the best war movies of all time.

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Ensemble cast of A Bridge Too Far paddling a boat

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A Bridge Too Far depicts the ambitious yet ill-fated Allied operation during World War II known as Operation Market Garden. The film captures the complexities and challenges faced by the combined forces as they attempt to seize strategic bridges, highlighting the difficulties and consequences of war-time tactics and decision-making.

Sergeant Hartman screaming and pointing to the camera in ‘Full Metal Jacket’

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Lee Marvin as John Reisman poses with a pistol

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Benjamin (Martin Sheen) sneaks through a muddy brook with his face camouflaged in paint in Apocalypse Now.

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Tom Berenger as Sgt. Barnes from ‘Platoon’ (1986)

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Two soldiers standing in front of a bridge in the daylight in The Bridge on the River Kwai

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Das Boot

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Captain John Miller stands in a ruined town wearing his army helmet in ‘Saving Private Ryan’.

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Paul (left) lays down while covering the mouth of a wounded soldier (right), who is also lying down

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Apocalypse Now

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