War Movie Lifetime Achievements (20th Anniversary)

Here are the nominees for the War Movie categories at the Cosmique Movie Awards’ 20th anniversary. (Note: although ballots still set the deadline for April 2nd, we’ve pushed the deadline by a week due to delays in getting this out.)

• Deadline to vote: April 8, 2022
• Vote for the winners

Best War Film of All Time of All Time (20th Anniversary)

1917 (2019) • American Sniper (2014) • Apocalypse Now (1979) • Casablanca (1942) • Cold Mountain (2003) • Darkest Hour (2017) • The Deer Hunter (1978) • Dunkirk (2017) • Empire of the Sun (1987) • Full Metal Jacket (1987) • Gone with the Wind (1939) • The Hurt Locker (2008) • The Imitation Game (2014) • Inglourious Basterds (2009) • Lawrence of Arabia (1962) • The Patriot (2000) • Platoon (1986) • Saving Private Ryan (1998) • The Thin Red Line (1998) • Unbroken (2014)

Best Film About the American Revolutionary War of All Time (20th Anniversary)

1776 (1972) • All for Liberty (2009) • America (1924) • The Crossing (2000) • The Devil’s Disciple (1959) • Don’t Wanna Slave No More (1997) • Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) • John Paul Jones (1959) • Johnny Tremain (1957) • Lafayette (1962) • Mary Silliman’s War (1994) • The Patriot (2000) • The Scarlet Coat (1955) • Sleepy Hollow (1999) • The Time of Their Lives (1946)

Best Films About the American Civil War of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Cold Mountain (2003) • Gangs of New York (2002) • The General (1926) • Gettysburg (1993) • Glory (1989) • Gods and Generals (2003) • Gone with the Wind (1939) • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) • The Horse Soldiers (1959) • How the West Was Won (1962) • Lincoln (2012) • The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) • The Red Badge of Courage (1951) • Ride with the Devil (1999) • Sommersby (1993)

Best Film About World War I of All Time (20th Anniversary)

1917 (2019) • All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) • The Big Parade (1925) • A Farewell to Arms (1932) • Flyboys (2006) • Gallipoli (1981) • The Great Dictator (1940) • Journey’s End (2017) • Lawrence of Arabia (1962) • The Lost Patrol (1934) • Mata Hari (1931) • Sargeant York (1941) • They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) • War Horse (2011) • Wings (1927)

Best Film About World War II of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Atonement (2007) • The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) • Casablanca (1942) • Darkest Hour (2017) • The Dirty Dozen (1967) • Dunkirk (2017) • Empire of the Sun (1987) • The English Patient (1996) • Europa Europa (1990) • From Here to Eternity (1953) • The Great Escape (1963) • The Imitation Game (2014) • The Inglorious Bastards (1978) • The Longest Day (1962) • Paragraph 175 (2000) • The Pianist (2002) • Saving Private Ryan (1998) • Schindler’s List (1993) • Sophie’s Choice (1982) • To Be or Not To Be (1983)

Best Films About the Korean War of All Time (20th Anniversary)

The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954) • The Hook (1963) • The Long Way Home (2015) • MAS*H (1970) • MacArthur (1977) • The Manchurian Candidate (1962) • Men in War (1957) • Pork Chop Hill (1959) • The Steel Helmet (1951) • War Hunt (1962)

Best Films About the Vietnam War of All Time (20th Anniversary)

Across the Universe (2007) • Apocalypse Now (1979) • Born on the Fourth of July (1989) • Coming Home (1978) • Da 5 Bloods (2020) • The Deer Hunter (1978) • Easy Rider (1969) • Full Metal Jacket (1987) • Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) • Hair (1979) • Hamburger Hill (1987) • Jacob’s Ladder (1990) • The Killing Fields (1984) • Platoon (1986) • Swimming to Cambodia (1987)

Best Films About Other Historical Wars and Conflicts of All Time (20th Anniversary)

300 (2007) • Ben Hur (1959) • Cleopatra (1963) • The Devil’s Own (1997) • Doctor Zhivago (1965) • El Cid (1961) • Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) • Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) • Fire Over England (1937) • For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) • Gladiator (2000) • Hotel Rwanda (2004) • The Killing Fields (1984) • The Last of the Mohicans (1992) • Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) • Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) • The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) • Private Benjamin (1980) • Reds (1981) • Spartacus (1960) • Stripes (1981) • A Tale of Two Cities (1958) • Taps (1981) • Troy (2004) • WarGames (1983)

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• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (Holidays)
• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (Horror)
• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (LGBTQ)
• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (Music)
• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (Sci-Fi/Fantasy)
• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (War)
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• Lifetime Achievements – Genres (Other/Misc)