War films: A British selection of the best

“The 30 best war films of all time” — selected by someone who clearly loves movies about the Brits in World War II. The parenthetical remarks are mine.

1. All Quiet on the Western Front
2. In Which We Serve
3. Twelve O’Clock High
4. The Dam Busters (Seriously? The 4^th best of all time?)
5. The Bridge on the River Kwai (Obi-Wan Kenobi was in this)
6. Ice Cold in Alex (Never heard of it)
7. The Longest Day (Well, what are you waiting for, pilgrim?)
8. The Great Escape
9. Zulu (2nd non-WWII film on this list)
10. The Battle of Britain
11. Tora Tora Tora
12. Cross of Iron
13. The Deer Hunter (3rd non-WWII film)
14. Apocalypse Now
15. Das Boot
16. Gallipoli (Really, better than Breaker Morant?)
17. Come and See (Another one I’ve never heard of)
18. Platoon
19. Full Metal Jacket
20. Good Morning, Vietnam (Beginning to wonder: What if the only thing you knew about the United States was these films about the Vietnam War?)
21. Schindler’s List
22. Saving Private Ryan
23. Black Hawk Down
24. Jarhead (Never seen it, no plans to do so)
25. The Admiral (A Russian film, kind of a nautical Dr. Zhivago, says Wikipedia)
26. Fury
27. American Sniper
28. Beasts of No Nation
29. Hacksaw Ridge
30. Dunkirk

I am surprised not to see Downfall on this list. Even more at the absence of Battle of Algiers. (الجزائر‎‎ معرك) What else is missing? Some Westerns? Last of the Mohicans? The Enemy Below? Stalag 17? Patton?

Also, there must be several Chinese films.

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