Escapist Cinema Talks War Movies

War. It’s humanity’s oldest bad habit — and cinema’s favorite playground.

From muddy trenches on Earth to laser-blasted battlefields on galaxies far, far away, war movies remind us that conflict is as cinematic as it is catastrophic.

They can be gritty and grounded, or completely over-the-top with fake planets, fake armies, and very real explosions.

Let's march straight into the chaos and count down Jen and Derek's Top 5 War Movies.

Grab your helmet, your popcorn, and maybe a stiff drink… because in war, nobody makes it out clean—but in movies, we get one hell of a story.