If you're on the right side of history—and refuse to take your lessons in war from Call of Duty—then you know that the best (if not all) World War I movies are anti-war movies. Considering The Great War took an estimated 40 million lives, most Wold War I films have sought to honor those forced into battle (as well as those who died after finding themselves in the middle of it). We're talking about films like Johnny Got His Gun (adapted from the Dalton Trumbo novel), which tell the stories of individuals who have lost everything, both in mind and body, from the conflict.
Remember, too: Even though an awards winner like 1917 is breathtaking, oftentimes downright beautiful, to watch on an IMAX screen, life in the trenches was just as gruesome as you see in the Sam Mendes film. The sickness, the overflowing hospital beds, all of it. The true horrors of war can never be fully captured on camera, but the below films serve as a reminder of how troubling and horrifying war can be. Keep that in mind when you go through our list of the best World War I movies of all time.
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