# Favorite/Best War/Military Movies -- Quarter Finals 3 of 4 -- 1970s - 1980s

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**Created:** [June 27, 2015, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-best-war-military-movies-quarter-finals-3-of-4-1970s-1980s/723621 "2015-06-27T12:41:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-best-war-military-movies-quarter-finals-3-of-4-1970s-1980s/723621/1 "2015-06-27T12:41:19Z")

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See for background

> **[Best All-Time Military Movies -- Discussion Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=758205)**
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> As of a few minutes ago, these are the high points of the threads relating to War Movies that I have started recently. I’ll update these statistics from time to time and will try to respond to any criticisms or suggestions you may have for how to...

Best All-Time Military Movies – Discussion Thread

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Apocalypse Now 36 51.43% 
Patton 35 50.00% 
MASH 28 40.00% 
Kelly's Heroes 22 31.43% 
A Bridge Too Far 22 31.43% 
Tora! Tora! Tora! 18 25.71% 
The Deer Hunter 18 25.71% 
The Man Who Would Be King 15 21.43%  
The Eagle Has Landed 10 14.29% 
Catch-22 9 12.86% 

Midway 8 11.43% 
Cross of Iron 8 11.43% 
Force 10 from Navarone 8 11.43%  
Das Boot 46 56.79% 
Full Metal Jacket 44 54.32% 
Glory 30 37.04% 
Platoon 27 33.33% 
Breaker Morant 20 24.69% 
Gallipoli 19 23.46% 
Henry V (Kenneth Branagh) 17 20.99% 

Good Morning, Vietnam 16 19.75%  
The Big Red One 15 18.52% 
The Right Stuff 14 17.28% 
Stripes 13 16.05% 
WarGames 13 16.05% 
Red Dawn 12 14.81% 
Empire of the Sun 12 14.81% 
Ran 10 12.35% 
Excalibur 9 11.11%  

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-best-war-military-movies-quarter-finals-3-of-4-1970s-1980s/723621/2 "2015-06-28T13:43:06Z")

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Please note that there are FOUR of these **Quarter Finals** polls! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-best-war-military-movies-quarter-finals-3-of-4-1970s-1980s/723621/3 "2015-07-05T17:17:30Z")

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😕 How is The Right Stuff a war movie?

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-best-war-military-movies-quarter-finals-3-of-4-1970s-1980s/723621/4 "2015-07-05T17:23:33Z")

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> [@Spoke](#):
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> 😕 How is The Right Stuff a war movie?

Military not war.