Private Ryan, my ass. While that movie may have more chocolate sauce, Sam Fuller’s autobiographical near-masterpiece is a newly restored 3 hour meditation on killing, dying and surviving. Plus, Luke Skywalker and Louis from Revenge of the Nerds are in it! As with most episodic films, some scenes aren’t as memorable as others, but I definitely rank this as one of the best “this is what war is really like” films I’ve ever seen. Lee Marvin’s performance is staggering.