War is something that can be presented as a necessary evil, or an outright terrible thing.

Itswar at its most nightmarish, and delivers both bombastic spectacle and eerie quiet scenes in equal measure.

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Apocalypse Now - 1979 - poster (1)

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Hanagatami - 2017

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A man stares at a burning shipwreck in Dunkirk

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Napoleon holding a sword in the 1927 Abel Gance film, Napoleon.

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Military men set up a scarecrow in Come and See

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Mirjana Joković and Miki Manojlović in a dancing scene in Underground (1995)

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A group of protestors piling up against a fence in the nuclear war movie Threads

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War and Peace - 1966 - 1967

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The Human Condition III_ A Soldier’s Prayer - 1961

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Benjamin sneaks through a muddy brook with his face camouflaged in paint in Apocalypse Now

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