Navy Times, 09 July 2007, page 29.

The Navy Times was not happy that military movies were lacking from the AFI’s Top 100 films list so they came up with their own. If Navy Times had its way the following would be the Top 10 Military Films:

10. A Bridge Too Far (1977)
9. The Dirty Dozen (1967)
8. The Great Escape (1963)
7. Top Gun (1986)
6. Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
5. The Caine Mutiny (1954)
4. Glory (1989)
3. Black Hawk Down (2001)
2. Patton (1970)
1. Full Metal Jacket (1987)

I can’t really disagree with these but I would have included Gettysburg (1993), and perhaps my personal favorite, Apocalypse Now (1979).

This list compares to the unranked list given in the October 2006 issue of Naval History:

• Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
• They Were Expendable (1945)
• The Caine Mutiny (1954)
• Victory at Sea (1952)
• Hornblower (1999, 2001, 2003)
• Das Boot (1981)
• Mister Roberts (1951)