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Top 25 War MoviesThese are the top 25 war movies of all time, as determined by aggregating multiple lists (see resources at bottom of page) and factoring in the films’ overall status in Dave’s Movie Database. 1. Apocalypse Now (1979) 2. Saving Private Ryan (1998) 3. The Hurt Locker (2009) 4. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957): 5. The Great Escape (1963)
6. Paths of Glory (1957)
11. Patton (1970)
16. The Dirty Dozen (1967)
21. Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion) (1937) Resources:
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| The Hurt LockerReleased: June 26, 2009 Studio: Voltage Pictures, First Light, Kingsgate Films, Summit Entertainment Genre: war drama Box Office (numbers in millions):Domestic: 17.02 Worldwide: 49.26 Adjusted for Inflation:Domestic: -- Worldwide: -- |
Directing: Kathryn Bigelow Screenwriting: Mark Boal Starring: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Evangeline Lilly, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, Guy Pearce Review:The Hurt Locker is a war drama set during the second year of the Iraq War. The story follows an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team who try to destroy an explosive device, but “are targeted by insurgents and shows their psychological reactions to the stress of combat.” WK The screenwriter, Mark Boal, drew on his own experience as a war journalist. The term “hurt locker” “basically means Shell Shock 2.0. It refers to the physical trauma of being in close proximity, time after time, to the deafening blast of an explosion, controlled or otherwise.” GN Conflict develops between Staff Sergeant William James (Renner) and Sergeant J.T. Sanborn (Mackie), who is disturbed by “James’s redneck recklessness.” GN The third member of their squad is Owen Eldridge (Geraghty), a “young soldier, visibly unravelling.” GN James’s behavior forces the viewer to ask if he is “becoming unhinged, driven over the edge” GN or “that the danger of war is deeply exciting and James wants to mainline it directly into his vein?” GN Director Kathryn Bigelow focuses on “a single location – Baghdad – and wants to find out what is going on inside the US combatants’ hearts and minds.” GN She “adroitly shows how Sanborn and Eldridge resent and yet sympathize with their gung-ho commanding officer. They are scared by him, and yet they are excited and even inspired by him.” GN The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw praised the film as “the best and most insightful anti-war film about Iraq.” GN “Debating the purpose and origins of the conflict is not the point.” GN “The Hurt Locker is about the long, painful endgame in Iraq, the asymmetric nightmare in which the military cannot engage the enemy in any meaningful sense.” GN Sources:
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Oscars:Wins: 6: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing Nominations: 9: Best Actor (Renner), Best Cinematography, Best Original Score Hall of Fames:
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This page offers lists of the top 25 movies of the decade as determined by two different metrics. The first list is based on box office and the second is based on critics’ picks. |
 | Box Office:Top 25 of the 2000sThese are the top 25 movies of the decade as determined by worldwide box office gross. The first number indicates dollars made in millions. |
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1. 2923.71: Avatar (2009) 2. 1147.63: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 3. 1066.18: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006) 4. 1026.41: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (aka “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”) (2001) 5. 1006.23: The Dark Knight (2008)
6. 961.69: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)
11. 932.53: Shrek 2 (2004)
16. 882.74: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
21. 808.31: Shrek the Third (2007) |
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| Critics’ Picks:Top 25 of the 2000sThese are the top 25 movies of the decade as determined by a combination of the movies’ ratings points and awards points. |
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1. No Country for Old Men (2007) 2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 3. Brokeback Mountain (2005) 4. The Hurt Locker (2009) 5. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
6. The Dark Knight (2008)
11. There Will Be Blood (2007)
16. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
21. The Pianist (2002) |
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