Favorite anti-war film? Are anti-war films still being made?
Granted, I don't watch too many current films but it seems to me all the promos these days are for super-violent movies. What are your favorite anti-war films and if you've a family, have you shared any of them with your kids?
Some of my favorites include All Quiet on the Western Front, The Big Parade (silent), Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Seven Days in May, Oh What a Lovely War.
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I took my daughter, who was in high school at the time, to see it, and it really opened her eyes. They only had a couple of paragraphs in her HS America history book about the opposition to the VN war, and she had always been under the impression that her dear old hippie mama was kind of on the fringes back in the late '60s and early '70s. She was like, "Wow! Was it really like that??" I think her opinion of me jumped a few notches because of that film. 
Peck is, as always, great. But it's Ava Gardner who shines here. Fred Astaire also puts in a rather good performance as the aging physicist at the end of the world. Yup! It's a bit soapy, but director Stanley Kramer brings the war message home. "It's not too late, brother!" There's a point that you think that you'll never want to hear "Waltzing Matilda" again, and suddenly you think it's beautiful. Of course, there are sexual undertones. Spoiler: the physicist played by Fred Astaire wins the Australian Grand Prix driving a Ferrari.
One great scene is when Admiral Bridie, at the end of all things, asks his devoted secretary, Lieutenant Hosgood, to share a drink. It is a very touching scene.
My favorite anti-war movies:
Dr. Strangelove -- none better. It's Kubrick. Peter Sellers at his best -- three roles!
Fail-Safe -- a serious Dr. Strangelove, released the same year. A great cast. Watch for Dom Deluise in a minor, but crucial dramatic role.
Paths of Glory -- often mentioned in this thread. With good reason. Also Kubrick. And Kirk Douglas at his best.
And here's another one, a dark horse...
Miracle Mile -- a film in the Dr. Strangelove, Fail-Safe, On the Beach genres. And it has a Tangerine Dream soundtrack. (Not much else going for it except once one starts watching it one can hardly stop. Nevertheless it's a relentless and frustrating low budget narrative of the end of the world.)
On edit: here's Miracle Mile:
And yup! Nuclear war figures prominently in my choices, as it should be.
as a backdrop, I'm going to include "Canadian Bacon."
Loved "Wag the Dog" my own self.
and strange as it may seem, Gone With the Wind.
Those two films are at the top of my list, but I can't decide whether the film starring Peter Sellers, Peter Sellers, and Peter Sellers is better then the one starring Peter Sellers, Peter Sellers, and Peter Sellers. Too close to call.
The version with Richard Thomas is also good, imo.
