#33 Apocalypse Now: Attack of Wagner

Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Genre: War
Key Players: Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall

Coppola's frantic masterpiece Apocalypse Now, dealing with the extreme absurdities of war, offers up more than handful of great moments to chose from, all as visually strong as thought-provoking. But who can forget the massive chopper attack, accompanied to Wagner's bombastic Ride of the Valkyries. It's grand and awe inspiring as well as demented and disgusting. The horror, the horror.

#3 Saving Private Ryan - Final stand

Director: Steven Spielberg
Genre: War

Key Players: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, 50 + nazis

The first 25 minutes of Steven Spielberg's masterpiece is already considered one of the most memorable ever put on film. However, the final confrontation between the small band of american soldiers, led by Tom Hanks, against the overwhelming force of Germans, is the one that really stands out. Just in terms of technically pulling this off, well, it's a thing of beauty. The long shots following the action from building to building, the tension, extreme violence and again, the choreography of the entire thing, is nothing but astonishing.