# What is the best “war movie”?

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> [@terentii](#):
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> I’ll pair _ **Gallipoli** _ with _ **Breaker Morant** _ . And add _ **The King of Hearts** _ .

Throw in [_The Lighthorsemen_](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093416/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) with the first two\* and you’ve got an Australian colonials giving the finger to British toffs trilogy.

\*_The King of Hearts_ I’m not familiar with.

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