![]() ![]() ![]() Gritty and much more historically accurate, the film went on to garner five Academy Award nominations, but only came home with the Oscar for Best Special Effects. Starring Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotton, and Jason Robards, Tora! Tora! Tora! is basically the antithesis to something like Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor. ![]() Richard Fleisher's 1970 film about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor still packs quite an emotional punch today. With excellent performances by Sturgess, Colin Farrell, Saoirse Ronan, and Ed Harris, The Way Back is one of the best (and most underappreciated) films on our list. Inspired by Slawomir Rawicz's memoir The Long Walk, the film tells the tale of a Polish military officer named Janusz Wieszczek (played by Jim Sturgess) who is sentenced to 20 years in a Siberian Gulag before escaping and making the long journey (on foot) to freedom during World War II. ![]() The most recent war film on our list, Peter Weir's The Way Back flew under the radar in 2010 despite receiving mostly positive reviews. The film was nominated for five Academy Awards and took home the statue in two categories (Best Cinematography and Best Special Effects). In 1962's The Longest Day, The Duke joins an incredible ensemble cast alongside folks like Henry Fonda, Richard Burton, Robert Mitchum, Sean Connery, Red Buttons, and many more to tell the story of the JNormandy landings (otherwise known as D-Day) during World War II. John Wayne may be better known for his westerns, but his work in several war films is nearly just as impressive. Put on your big boy pants and stop worrying about the subtitles. Telling the fictional story of a U-96 U-boat and its crew during World War II, the film has become a huge worldwide financial success and a favorite among war movie fans. The last German-language film director Wolfgang Petersen made before making his English-language debut with 1984's The NeverEnding Story, 1981's Das Boot is one of the most tense, claustrophic films ever made. ![]()
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