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Academy Awards: Best War Movie Ever?

In preparation for the Academy Awards, Stars and Stripes has asked readers to vote for the “best war movie ever.”  

The piece continues: “We’ll let you know the pick for best war movie — as selected by the real experts, Stars and Stripes readers – on Hollywood’s big night: The Academy Awards, on Feb. 22, 2015. Thanks for playing!”  

Here’s the list from which you can vote:

  • Apocalypse Now (1979)
  • The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
  • Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
  • Saving Private Ryan (1998)
  • Glory (1989)
  • Full Metal Jacket (1987)
  • American Sniper (2014)
  • Patton (1970)
  • Platoon (1986)
  • Das Boot (1981)
  • The Deer Hunter (1978)
  • Paths of Glory (1957)
  • Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
  • The Thin Red Line (1998)
  • All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
  • The Dirty Dozen (1967)
  • The Longest Day (1962)
  • The Great Escape (1963)
  • The Hurt Locker (2008)
  • M*A*S*H (1972)
  • Lone Survivor (2013)
  • Kelly’s Heroes (1970)

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