Steven Spielberg
(tied for 17th with 7 titles in the top 1000, but 7th in overall points with 38,147 - just behind Bergman, just ahead of Chaplin)
Spielberg has become perhaps the most popular director of all time, certainly right up there in dollar gross terms (for what that’s worth). He once said “I made films like Jaws so I could then make films like Schindler’s List” – or, money-makers
Our Memorial Day Special - films listed by wars they represent
WAR FILMS for MEMORIAL DAY (111 total)
[Each title links to our review at 1000 Dvds to See]
AA = Academy Award for best picture
* = our pick in each subset
Ancient Wars - 5
300 (2006) [photo above]
Alexander Nevsky (1938) USSR, bw
*Gladiator (2000) AA
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
Spartacus (1960)
Troy (2004)
Revolutionary War – 1
These are all the war films mentioned in our survey of top ranked films on the net.
We included all pure war films, documentaries, wartime films that don't involve action (A Canterbury Tale), and films whose drama or comedy is a result of war (Best Years of Our Lives, Dr. Strangelove, M*A*S*H). 74 films made the top 1000, but there are some great war films just outside of those, like the massive
