The book that started it all.
I have tried to place the films in four categories: Very Good; Good; Average; and Below Average. Only five were placed on the bottom rung, mainly because I found them boring. I was going to have a Top Five, but I couldn't decide on which of the Seven to drop. I have watched 48 films in 5 months and, although I wrote up reviews almost immediately after watching each one, inevitably memory can be blurred about quality. If I watched them again, I might shift some of them into different categories. It's a very subjective, personal listing and I am sure others would come up with very different ones.
VERY GOOD: 7
1943: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai
1979: Apocalypse Now
1985: Come and See
1998: Saving Private Ryan
2001: Black Hawk Down
2009: Inglourious Basterds
GOOD: 17
1941: Sergeant York
1942: In Which We Serve
1942: Mrs Miniver
1953: The Cruel Sea
1957: Paths of Glory
1958: Ice Cold in Alex
1965: Von Ryan's Express
1967: The Dirty Dozen
1970: Patton
1970: Tora! Tora! Tora!
1981: Das Boot
1986: Platoon
1998: The Thin Red Line
2001: Enemy At The Gates
2004: Downfall
2008: The Hurt Locker
2014: American Sniper
AVERAGE: 17
1930: All Quiet on the Western Front
1937: La Grande Illusion
1949: Twelve O'Clock High
1949: Sands of Iwo Jima
1955: The Dam Busters
1962: Lawrence of Arabia
1962: The Longest Day
1963: The Great Escape
1964: 633 Squadron
1969: Battle of Britain
1969 Oh! What A Lovely War
1970: M*A*S*H
1977: A Bridge Too Far
1977: Cross of Iron
1981: Gallipoli
2006: Flags Of Our Fathers
2014: Fury
BELOW AVERAGE: 6
1968: Where Eagles Dare
1969: Hell in the Pacific
1978: The Deer Hunter
1980: The Big Red One
1999: Three Kings
2001: Behind Enemy Lines
NOT LISTED: 1
1916: The Battle of the Somme (documentary)
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