Greatest 16 War Movies Fan Favorites from 1987

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue. Learn about Full Metal Jacket / IMDB / YouTube

Chris Taylor, a neophyte recruit in Vietnam, finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one good and the other evil. A shrewd examination of the brutality of war and the duality of man in conflict. Look into Platoon / IMDB / YouTube

A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation of China during World War II. Details on Empire of the Sun / IMDB / YouTube

A very realistic interpretation of one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War. Read about Hamburger Hill / IMDB / YouTube

German death camp in Sobibor, Poland, killed two hundred fifty thousand Jews. It had the most successful prisoner escape in World War II on October 14, 1943. More about Escape from Sobibor / IMDB / YouTube

A Sergeant must deal with his desires to save the lives of young soldiers being sent to Viet Nam. Continuously denied the chance to teach the soldiers about his experiences, he settles for trying to help the son of an old Army buddy. Read about Gardens of Stone / IMDB / YouTube

A group of Asian prisoners is recruited, trained, armed and sent to Vietnam to destroy a cache of American weapons left behind after the Vietnam War, before the Vietcong discovers its location. Explore Eastern Condors / IMDB / YouTube

Feature-length documentary film featuring real-life letters written by American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines during the Vietnam War to their families and friends back home. Details on Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam / IMDB / YouTube

After the bankruptcy of their father's stonemasonry firm, Nicola and Andrea emigrate to America to restore their fortunes. After many adventures and near-disasters, they end up in Hollywood designing sets for D.W. Griffith and marry beautiful actresses, but tragedy strikes with the arrival of World War I, which finds the brothers fighting on opposite sides... More about Good Morning Babylon / IMDB / YouTube

During WW2, American General Worden orders Major Wright to pick 12 condemned soldiers from the brig and parachute into occupied France where they must destroy a Nazi nerve gas facility and extricate the foreign scientists working there. Look into The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission / IMDB / YouTube

Follows the suffering, torture, and brutal treatment that American prisoners of war had to deal with on a daily basis while in North Vietnam's Hoa Lo prison. More about The Hanoi Hilton / IMDB / YouTube

In the Vietnam war, an American soldier survives a botched mission, with help from a group of locals who perceive him as a hero. He's sent back for a reconnaissance mission, only to find his helpers massacred by a brutal Russian soldier. More about Strike Commando / IMDB / YouTube

This movie is based on a novel by Boris Vasiliev and describes life in a small Russian provincial town in 1940 - one year before Germany invaded the Soviet Union. Explore Zavtra byla voyna / IMDB / YouTube

In 1943, the Imperial Japanese Secret Service made a film called Calling Australia! to show the exemplary conditions under which prisoners of war were kept, and to soften up the Australian public for the anticipated occupation of their country by Japanese forces. Prisoners of Propaganda tells why the film was made, and how it came to be forgotten. Explore Prisoners of Propaganda / IMDB / YouTube

Against orders and with no help of relief Texas patriots led by William Travis, Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett defend the Alamo against overwhelming Mexican forces. See more about The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory / IMDB / YouTube

An American journalist is set up and fed false information after the Lebanon war. Info on Witness in the War Zone / IMDB / YouTube