Thats one of the reasons these all stand as modern classics.

In turn, he made what might well be the best war film of the past 30 years.

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Wladislow Szpilman, played by actor Adrien Brody, with his family in The Pianist.

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Downfall

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A group of soldiers shield themselves from an explosion in Dunkirk

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A standoff of North and South Korean border officers in Park Chan-wook’s ‘Joint Security Area’

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Mirjana Joković and Miki Manojlović in a dancing scene in Underground (1995)

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Two underground black marketeers, Marko and Blacky, sell weapons to the Communist resistance in wartime Belgrade, living the good life along the way.

Three soldiers looking in the same directions in The Thin Red Line cast

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Géza Röhrig with a rag covering his mouth in Son of Saul

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Saving Private Ryan - 1998

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Captain Vidal looking ahead in Pan’s Labyrinth - 2006

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