War is hell and these films from the 1960s showed us exactly why. The following films either took place during wartime, showed us ways in which the war affected others or immersed us directly into the horrors on the battlefield.

Which of these '60s War movies will you most likely remember?

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Candice Bergen, Steve McQueen, and Emmanuelle Arsan in The Sand Pebbles (1966)

Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Peter O'Toole, José Ferrer, and Jack Hawkins in Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming

The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)

Fouzia El Kader, Brahim Hadjadj, and Jean Martin in The Battle of Algiers (1966)

Richard Attenborough, Steve McQueen, and James Garner in The Great Escape (1963)

Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Tony Curtis, John Gavin, Charles Laughton, Jean Simmons, and Peter Ustinov in Spartacus (1960)

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

Geraldine Chaplin, Julie Christie, and Omar Sharif in Doctor Zhivago (1965)

Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland, Burt Lancaster, Spencer Tracy, Montgomery Clift, Maximilian Schell, and Richard Widmark in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

Richard Burton, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, John Wayne, Sean Connery, Sal Mineo, Eddie Albert, Richard Beymer, Red Buttons, Jeffrey Hunter, Roddy McDowall, Rod Steiger, Robert Wagner, Paul Anka, Arletty, Mel Ferrer, Steve Forrest, Gert Fröbe, Fabian, Jean-Louis Barrault, Bourvil, Ray Danton, Irina Demick, Leo Genn, Henry Grace, John Gregson, Paul Hartmann, Werner Hinz, Curd Jürgens, Alexander Knox, Peter Lawford, Christian Marquand, Kenneth More, Edmond O'Brien, Ron Randell, Madeleine Renaud, Robert Ryan, Tommy Sands, Richard Todd, Tom Tryon, Peter van Eyck, and Stuart Whitman in The Longest Day (1962)

Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, and Mary Ure in Where Eagles Dare (1968)

David Niven, Gregory Peck, and Anthony Quinn in The Guns of Navarone (1961)

Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Robert Shaw, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews, Curd Jürgens, Ian McShane, Kenneth More, Nigel Patrick, Michael Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Patrick Wymark, and Susannah York in Battle of Britain (1969)

Jean-Pierre Cassel, Paul Meurisse, Simone Signoret, and Lino Ventura in Army of Shadows (1969)

Louis de Funès and Bourvil in Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966)

Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Dana Andrews, Pier Angeli, Telly Savalas, Robert Shaw, Ty Hardin, James MacArthur, George Montgomery, Robert Ryan, and Barbara Werle in Battle of the Bulge (1965)

John Wayne, Richard Widmark, and Laurence Harvey in The Alamo (1960)

Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren in El Cid (1961)

John Wayne and David Janssen in The Green Berets (1968)

Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, and Ian Hendry in The Hill (1965)

Václav Neckár in Closely Watched Trains (1966)

Cary Grant and Leslie Caron in Father Goose (1964)

"Exodus" (Saul Bass Poster) 1960 Columbia Pictures

Luz María Collazo and José Gallardo in I Am Cuba (1964)

John Boorman, Lee Marvin, and Toshirô Mifune in Hell in the Pacific (1968)

The Best '60s War Movie

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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

The Great Escape (1963)

The Battle of Algiers (1966)

Spartacus (1960)

The Dirty Dozen (1967)

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)

Doctor Zhivago (1965)

Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

The Longest Day (1962)

Where Eagles Dare (1968)

The Guns of Navarone (1961)

Zulu (1964)

Ivan's Childhood (1962)

Battle of Britain (1969)

Army of Shadows (1969)

Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966)

Battle of the Bulge (1965)

The Alamo (1960)

The Train (1964)

The Sand Pebbles (1966)

Von Ryan's Express (1965)

El Cid (1961)

The Green Berets (1968)

The Hill (1965)

Closely Watched Trains (1966)

Father Goose (1964)

Exodus (1960)

Two Women (1960)

The Bridge at Remagen (1969)

In Harm's Way (1965)

The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)

I Am Cuba (1964)

The Shop on Main Street (1965)

Hell in the Pacific (1968)

Chimes at Midnight (1965)

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