Friday, July 6, 2012

Rearranging #100-41

After having viewed and reviewed the first 60 movies on Military History Magazine's "100 Greatest War Movies" list, here is my opinion on where the movies should be ranked.  The numbers in parentheses are the Military History rankings.

100. Ben Hur (96) (not a war movie)
99. 
Ministry of Fear(53) (not a war movie)
98. The Informer
(51) (not a war movie)
97. Foreign Correspondent
(86) (not a war movie)
96. The Third Man
(80) (not a war movie)
95. Notorious
(57) (not a war movie)
94. The Searchers (49)  (not a war movie)
93. The Tin Drum
(60)
92. Castle Keep
(66)
91. They Died With Their Boots On
(68)
90. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
(87)
89. Hail the Conquering Hero
(70)
88. Braveheart
(67)
84. The General (42)
76. Scipio Africanus (56)
75. Hell's Angels (43)
74. The Guns of Navarone
(93)
73. Northwest Passage
(97)
72. Henry V
(75)
71. Run Silent, Run Deep
(79)
70. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
(98)
69. They Were Expendable
(99)
68. Dunkirk
(89)
67. Desert Rats
(88)
66. The Desert Fox
(78)
65. The Big Red One
(71)
64. Battle of Britain
(90)
63. The Story of G.I. Joe (45)
62. Midway
(92)
61. The Manchurian Candidate
(85)
60. The Bridges at Toko-Ri
(73)
59. Sahara
(83)
58. The Big Parade
(58)
57. The Sea Hawk (48)
56. El Cid
(63)
55. Twelve O'Clock High
(72)
54. Ran
(76)
53. Beau Geste
(52)
52. The Man Who Would Be King
(77)
51. Cross of Iron
(64)
50. A Walk in the Sun
(82)
49. A Bridge Too Far
(94)
48. Casablanca
(65)
47. Dr. Strangelove
(84)
46. The Train
(62)
45. Breaker Morant
(91)
44. Spartacus (41)
43. Gettysburg (46)
42. Last of the Mohicans
(95)
41. The Great Escape (44)

2 comments:

  1. By when will you start kicking some out? When you have finished and will replace hem with the Crackers? Right?
    I'm waiting for that list.

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  2. Correct. It will not happen any time soon. Right now I would guess that the bottom 30 are very unlikely to make my 100 Best list.

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