Film Illiterate, wherein the proprietor records movies seen, and sporadic progress through assorted lists of the "best". Originally started after regretfully renting something forgettable for the third time. I've forgotten what, but never again! A tedious endeavour since 2005. Hello. 🙂
This list is ranked and is shown in descending order.
| Rank |
Title |
Year |
Rating |
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1
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Saving Private Ryan
|
1998
|
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2
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Apocalypse Now
|
1979
|
|
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3
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Great Escape, The
|
1963
|
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4
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Schindler's List
|
1993
|
|
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5
|
Full Metal Jacket
|
1987
|
|
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6
|
Platoon
|
1986
|
|
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7
|
A Bridge Too Far
|
1977
|
|
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8
|
Zulu
|
1964
|
|
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9
|
Black Hawk Down
|
2001
|
|
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10
|
Bridge on the River Kwai, The
|
1957
|
|
|
11
|
Dam Busters, The
|
1954
|
|
|
12
|
Deer Hunter, The
|
1978
|
|
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13
|
Braveheart
|
1995
|
|
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14
|
Guns of Navarone, The
|
1961
|
|
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15
|
Killing Fields, The
|
1984
|
|
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16
|
Thin Red Line, The
|
1998
|
|
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17
|
Boot, Das
|
1981
|
|
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18
|
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
|
1964
|
|
|
19
|
Born on the Fourth of July
|
1989
|
|
|
20
|
Longest Day, The
|
1962
|
|
|
21
|
Where Eagles Dare
|
1968
|
|
|
22
|
MASH
aka M*A*S*H
|
1970
|
|
|
23
|
Paths of Glory
|
1957
|
|
|
24
|
Gladiator
|
2000
|
|
|
25
|
Spartacus
|
1960
|
|
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26
|
Ice-Cold in Alex
|
1958
|
|
|
27
|
Dirty Dozen, The
|
1967
|
|
|
28
|
Enemy at the Gates
|
2001
|
|
|
29
|
Battle of Britain
|
1969
|
|
|
30
|
Casablanca
|
1942
|
|
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31
|
Good Morning, Vietnam
|
1987
|
|
|
32
|
Pianist, The
|
2002
|
|
|
33
|
All Quiet on the Western Front
|
1930
|
|
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34
|
Kelly's Heroes
|
1970
|
|
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35
|
Last of the Mohicans, The
|
1992
|
|
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36
|
Henry V
|
1989
|
|
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37
|
Cross of Iron
|
1976
|
|
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38
|
Salvador
|
1986
|
|
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39
|
Tora! Tora! Tora!
|
1970
|
|
|
40
|
Lawrence of Arabia
|
1962
|
|
|
41
|
Cruel Sea, The
|
1953
|
|
|
42
|
Catch-22
|
1970
|
|
|
43
|
Empire of the Sun
|
1987
|
|
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44
|
Patton
|
1970
|
|
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45
|
633 Squadron
|
1964
|
|
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46
|
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
|
2003
|
|
|
47
|
A Matter of Life and Death
|
1946
|
|
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48
|
Gallipoli
|
1981
|
|
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49
|
Carve Her Name with Pride
|
1958
|
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50
|
Three Kings
|
1999
|
|
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51
|
A Town Like Alice
|
1956
|
|
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52
|
Hope and Glory
|
1987
|
|
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53
|
Troy
|
2004
|
|
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54
|
From Here to Eternity
|
1953
|
|
|
55
|
Casualties of War
|
1989
|
|
|
56
|
Life is Beautiful
aka Vita è bella, La
|
1997
|
|
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57
|
In Which We Serve
|
1942
|
|
|
58
|
Stalingrad
|
1993
|
|
|
59
|
Reach for the Sky
|
1956
|
|
|
60
|
English Patient, The
|
1996
|
|
|
61
|
Grand Illusion, The
aka Grande illusion, La
|
1937
|
|
|
62
|
Ran
|
1985
|
|
|
63
|
When the Wind Blows
|
1986
|
|
|
64
|
Battle of Algiers, The
aka Battaglia di Algeri, La
|
1965
|
|
|
65
|
General, The
|
1927
|
|
|
66
|
Enigma
|
2001
|
|
|
67
|
Napoléon
|
1927
|
|
|
68
|
Glory
|
1989
|
|
|
69
|
Went the Day Well?
|
1942
|
|
|
70
|
Oh! What a Lovely War
|
1969
|
|
|
71
|
Come and See
aka Idi i smotri
|
1985
|
|
|
72
|
Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The
|
1943
|
|
|
73
|
Ride with the Devil
|
1999
|
|
|
74
|
Alexander Nevsky
|
1938
|
|
|
75
|
Gone with the Wind
|
1939
|
|
|
76
|
Sands of Iwo Jima
|
1949
|
|
|
77
|
Charge of the Light Brigade, The
|
1936
|
|
|
78
|
'Breaker' Morant
|
1980
|
|
|
79
|
Mrs. Miniver
|
1942
|
|
|
80
|
Land and Freedom
|
1995
|
|
|
81
|
Love and Death
|
1975
|
|
|
82
|
No Man's Land
|
2001
|
|
|
83
|
Cromwell
|
1970
|
|
|
84
|
Caine Mutiny, The
|
1954
|
|
|
85
|
To Be or Not to Be
|
1942
|
|
|
86
|
El Cid
|
1961
|
|
|
87
|
Rome, Open City
aka Roma, cittàaperta
|
1945
|
|
|
88
|
Memphis Belle
|
1990
|
|
|
89
|
Von Ryan's Express
|
1965
|
|
|
90
|
Regeneration
|
1915
|
|
|
91
|
Hell in the Pacific
|
1968
|
|
|
92
|
Birth of a Nation, The
|
1915
|
|
|
93
|
Europa Europa
|
1990
|
|
|
94
|
Colditz Story, The
|
1955
|
|
|
95
|
Welcome to Sarajevo
|
1997
|
|
|
96
|
Cold Mountain
|
2003
|
|
|
97
|
Lacombe Lucien
|
1974
|
|
|
98
|
Big Red One, The
|
1980
|
|
|
99
|
Eagle Has Landed, The
|
1976
|
|
|
100
|
Rambo: First Blood Part II
|
1985
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