Heroism, acts of unimaginable brutality, rollicking action… The best war films ever made have all this and more Gift article Give full access to this article, free time. You have 15 articles left to gift, this month. Copy link X Icon twitter Facebook Icon facebook WhatsApp Icon whatsapp email War is the defining event for any generation that lives through it. Like all great art, cinema has tried to make sense of the worst human tragedies and suffering, while also celebrating mankind’s greatest, most heroic triumphs. It’s little wonder then that filmmakers return to the theatre of conflict so frequently....