War Film genre history and brief background on most war films.

Background and history:
The first war movie was a 90 second propagandist effort called Tearing down the Spanish flag (1898).
Most directors steered away from war films because of the huge money needed to make them
At world war one war films came back and were more popular.
Post world war two was when most war films were made.
Many now are based on modern war and mostly 18.


Films:
Although the war genre first started in 1898 with a 90 second film called tearing down the Spanish flag, I am only going to look at the films post world war 2 as that is when most of these films became popular. Most films that i have found are normall based on true storys. these include black hawk down and to hell and bak. this film is based on a novel written by a soilder and in the movie he played himself. so most movies are based on true events, novels and history.
1940-1950
The great dictator. (Charlie Chaplin spoof) 1940 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn9c-4Y0ePY
For whom the bells tolls 1943
Casablanca 1942 this film made $3.9 million with a budget of $1.039,00. Later on this film made $4,145,200 in film rentals.

1950-1960
The men 1950
Three came home 1951
To hell and back 1955 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of-gl7RpVE8

1960-1970
In harms way 1965
Zulu 1964
The sand pebbles 1966
The longest day 1962
The great escape 1963 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkwmIDx9RwQ

1970-1980
A bridge to far 1977 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKDPX8PEiVk
M*A*S*H 1970
Force 10 From Navarone 1978
Kelly’s hero’s 1970

1980-1990
Fat man and little boy 1989
Good morning Vietnam 1987 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9_mED99cdk

the movie above was made to show a man doing a radio station to send out to the troops in vietnam. its gross income was $123,922,370 with a $13,000,000 budget.
Stripes 1981
Top gun 1986

1990-2000
Saving private Ryan 1998 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68t6PhbYiSo

This film made by steven speilberg was based on a true event and cost $481,840,909 with a total spent on the film comeing to 90,000,000.
The thin red line 1998
Heaven and earth 1993
Pearl harbour 1991

2000-2010
Flags of our fathers 2006
Rambo 2008
Tigerland 2000
Black hawk down 2001 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUJ6cxWdZwA
Behind enemy lines 2001
Inglourious Basterds (2009) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sQhTVz5IjQ

The film above is the latest war movie to be made. Its director is the brilliant Quentine Tarentino. so far its made $230,976,668 worldwide. makeing this film cost $70 million.