That List

Really, these are the films that are the ones that have had the greatest impact on me. It becomes very difficult to choose what directors to include or what film by certain directors to choose. Kubrick was particularly hard to choose for, as Paths of Glory, Dr. Strangelove, and 2001 could all make this list easily. Ultimately, I chose to go with Paths of Glory. Kirk Douglas is stunning and it is a call for humanity in the madness that is war.

In addition to Paths of Glory, there is The Thin Red Line. This is a very different way movie. While Paths of Glory is more clearly anti-war, Thin Red Line is a more phillisophical film, trying...