15 Best War Movie Performances, Ranked
Kirk Douglas in Paths of Glory and Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds are among the best war movie performances ever.
When operating at its best, war cinema is the most powerful and arresting film genre on account of its enormous spectacle, its inherent moral ambiguity, and the urgency it attains by exploring real events. Such is the scope and thematic heft of many war movies, a lot of the major stars can sometimes go, if not unnoticed, then overshadowed at the very least.
