POSTER | All Quiet On The Western Front

According to Empire Magazine’s 100 Movies That Changed The World, 1930’s All Quiet On The Western Front was the first anti-war movie:

From the iconic shot of a butterfly fluttering amongst the remains of a battlefield massacre to powerful scenes such as that where a German soldier wounds a French soldier, then tries to save him as shells wiz past the trench where he is pinned down, this film was miles ahead of it’s time.

Without it, there’d be no: Saving Private Ryan, Platoon, Schindler’s List, The Thin Red Line

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