Exploring and ranking everything in HBO's epic fantasy series.

Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones Awards

This list of the best, most interesting characters from HBO&#39;s Game of Thrones&nbsp;series has been voted on by tens of thousands of GoT fans. Though the complicated study of power dynamics in the fantasy kingdom of Westeros may not have too many identifiable or even sympathetic lead characters, it has nonetheless produced a wide variety of compelling, entertaining and outsized personalities, from the brutal boy king Joffrey Baratheon to his diminutive but ingenious cousin Tyrion Lannister to their rivals, <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/all-members-of-house-stark/ranker-of-thrones?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the Stark family</a> of Winterfell and the &quot;Mother of Dragons,&quot; Daenerys Targaryen. But which characters are the true fan favorites, providing the most memorable moments and unexpected plot twists? While it&#39;s inevitably that a certain Bolton is likely to get heavily downvoted based on the true evilness of his character, hopefully some of the more nuanced &quot;not purely evil&quot; characters will maintain high rankings based on the opinion of true fans (like yourself, dear reader!).&nbsp;

HBO&#39;s Game of Thrones&nbsp;show is based on the Song of Ice and Fire&nbsp;cycle of novels by fantasy author George R. R. Martin.&nbsp;Martin has said that the series was partially based on the real &quot;War of the Roses&quot; that engulfed England in civil war in the 15th Century. Those conflicts concerned a rivalry between the houses of Lancaster and York, whose names clearly provided inspiration for the rival families of Lannister and Stark in the GoT universe. While this list is focused on characters from the TV series, voters who have both seen the show and read the books will probably vote somewhat differently given the additional nuance they will bring to their opinion of this unique ranking. This list ranks every major Game of Thrones character from best to worst, and given how many fans have voted on it, it&#39;s the definitive ranking of GoT&nbsp;fan favorites

For your fill of Game of Thrones discussion, check out more lists like the most<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-most-hated-game-of-thrones-characters/ranker-of-thrones">&nbsp;hated characters in Game of Thrones</a>, or vote on <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/most-satisfying-game-of-thrones-deaths/ranker-tv">which Game of Thrones death was the most satisfying</a>. If you&#39;re ready for something new, we also have a great round up of other&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/what-to-watch-if-you-love-game-of-thrones/watchworthy" target="_blank">shows like Game of Thrones</a>.

Barristan Selmy

The Best 'Game Of Thrones' Characters

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Best Game of Thrones Characters | Ranking All GoT Characters

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Lists about life for soldiers and civilians alike during the Second Great War, which raged around the world from 1939-1945.

WWII

There was no shortage of horrors during the Second World War. The event that gave the world concentration camps also gave us the Rape of Nanking, the firebombing of Dresden, and the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These nightmarish scenarios generally occurred when one group had power over another&nbsp;and used that power to murder indiscriminately.

However, the frontlines themselves weren&#39;t exactly a picnic. As <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/world-war-2-pictures/ashley-reign" target="_blank">pictures of the war</a> show us, the rank-and-file soldiers on every side faced conditions that most of us can&#39;t even imagine. Forced marches were commonplace, and life on the frontlines was a constant nightmare that left many men broken in more than just the physical sense. And then there was the fighting.

The battles of World War II were often apocalyptically brutal thanks to improvements in artillery, tanks, and other weapons of war. There were many bloody skirmishes during the conflict, but perhaps none as terrible as the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/battle-of-stalingrad-left-mountains-of-dead/kellie-kreiss" target="_blank">Battle of Stalingrad</a>. This infamous battle could be more accurately called a siege. It <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad" target="_blank">took place from </a>August 23, 1942, to&nbsp;February 2, 1943 - a total of five months, one week, and three days. In terms of the number of soldiers involved, it was the largest single encounter in WWII, and proved to be a turning point in the Eastern Front. The German military massively overextended itself in an ultimately fruitless attempt to capture Stalingrad. Had it succeeded, the world would look very different today.

Historians have attempted to understand the insanity of Stalingrad through facts and figures, but perhaps the only voices that can really capture the experience are those that lived through it.

Firsthand Accounts Of What The Battle Of Stalingrad Was Really Like

General

What Was The Battle Of Stalingrad Like According To Firsthand Accounts?

Quinn Armstrong

Lists about the WWII genocide, also called the Shoah, in which Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany systematically murdered some 11 million people, including Poles, homosexuals, the disabled, and approximately 6 million European Jews.

The Holocaust

True Stories

Nazi death camps have received a great deal of attention in film and popular culture. Accounts of <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/people-who-hid-from-the-nazis/aaron-edwards">Holocaust survivors</a> and <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/photos-of-concentration-camps-in-the-holocaust/philgibbons">life in concentration camps</a> have been the basis of compelling&nbsp;stories&nbsp;factual&nbsp;and fictional. Yet the relative scarcity of true Holocaust stories underlines the difficulty of survival in the face of evil. Placed in a system designed to deliberately exterminate them, a lucky few concentration camp survivors lived to tell their stories against all odds.&nbsp;

There was a distinct difference between camps like Auschwitz and Treblinka, which were extermination camps designed to systematically murder most&nbsp;prisoners upon arrival, and camps like Buchenwald, Dachau, and Bergen-Belsen, which were meant to imprison political and social enemies of the Reich (many of whom were Jews who were worked to death).&nbsp;Despite the monumental death toll of the camps, accounts from Holocaust survivors have helped&nbsp;paint a&nbsp;harrowing,&nbsp;disturbing portrait&nbsp;of&nbsp;the reality of what life was really like in a Nazi concentration&nbsp;camp.

Holocaust Survivors Tell Haunting Stories Of Life In Concentration Camps

Firsthand Accounts of What Life Was Really Like in Concentration Camps

Phil Gibbons

Lists about the Hitler's Germany, which Der Führer ruled through fascism from 1933 to 1945.

The Horrors of the Third Reich

History

On April 30, 1945, <a href="https://www.biography.com/dictator/adolf-hitler" target="_blank">Adolf&nbsp;Hitler</a>&nbsp;took his life&nbsp;in his subterranean Berlin bunker. The impact of Hitler&#39;s suicide on the war was more emotional than strategic. He killed himself because he&nbsp;understood that surrender and capture were&nbsp;inevitable. Still, in the aftermath of Hitler&#39;s suicide, there were many consequences and reactions on an individual and a collective level.

Individual German government figures and the German people&nbsp;had radical and diverse reactions to the news of Hitler&#39;s demise.&nbsp;Some officials rightfully anticipated that it was time to vanish&nbsp;to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/nazi-war-criminals-who-got-away-with-their-crimes/philgibbons">avoid arrest</a> and responsibility for the unspeakable crimes of the Third Reich. Here are&nbsp;some of the causes of&nbsp;the things that happened immediately after Hitler killed himself.

12 Surprising Things That Happened Soon After Hitler Killed Himself

What Happened After Hitler Killed Himself?

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On January 30, 1889, the body&nbsp;of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary was found alongside his teenage&nbsp;mistress at his Mayerling hunting lodge outside of Vienna. Though more questions than answers surround their deaths, many believe it may have been the fulfillment of a murder-suicide pact. Rudolf's&nbsp;death had global repercussions, and&nbsp;anticipated the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the start of <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/how-world-war-1-changed-the-world/kellen-perry" target="_blank">World War I</a>.&nbsp;Born on August 21, 1858, Rudolf was the only&nbsp;son and heir of Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary. Rudolf had a difficult childhood and a turbulent young adulthood. His drug and alcohol use fueled a dramatic love life, and he probably ended up with syphilis before he was 30. In 1888, Rudolf began an affair with Baroness Mary Vetsera, and by January 1889, the two had apparently entered into a kind of suicide pact.The&nbsp;Mayerling incident’s true significance lies in what happened in the wake of the tragedy. Rudolf’s death threw the imperial line of succession into crisis. Eventually, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was named the new heir; he was&nbsp;Rudolf’s cousin and a man whose own violent death in 1914 led to world war. Anyone asking, “How did <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/a-list-of-all-world-war-i-battles/reference" target="_blank">WWI</a> start?” needs to begin at the Mayerling story.

The Murder-Suicide Pact That Paved The Way For World War I - And Changed The World Forever

The Murder-Suicide Pact That Paved The Way For World War 1 – And Changed The World Forever

Setareh Janda

Lists about the period between July 28, 1914, and November 11, 1918, during which the Allied Forces fought the Central Powers for control of the developed world.

Timeline

On June 28, 1914, the chauffeur of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne took a wrong turn. While the car stalled, a&nbsp;teenage revolutionary leaped aboard and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/archduke-franz-ferdinand-facts/halanscott" target="_blank">fired at Archduke Franz Ferdinand</a> and his wife Sophie at point-blank range. The double slaying kicked off a series of diplomatic events that spiraled out of control and led to the outbreak of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/whoa-wwi-facts/alby-thompson" target="_blank">World War I</a>.

But the act itself was only a small part of a much larger story. As this explainer will show, the conflict was the result of both long- and short-term factors. Some were decades in the&nbsp;making. Yet despite all the turmoil, there were still multiple opportunities to preserve the peace. As the armies of Europe were marching to war, two estranged cousins engaged in a final, desperate attempt to make peace.&nbsp;

10 Key Details About The Origins Of The First World War

M. Muir

Fun facts and wild true stories from behind the scenes of some of history's most beloved and infamous movies.

Movies in the Making

All about those interstellar big game hunters, the Yautja, and their runs-in with humanity, the most dangerous game.

If It Bleeds...

Military

At some point in &#39;85 or &#39;86, producer Joel Silver&nbsp;was asked to come aboard <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/predator-best-action-movie-ever/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">a project </a>developed from a mysterious script about an alien hunter that appeared under an executive&#39;s door one day. Arranged as a vehicle for&nbsp;Austrian body-builder-turned-action-star&nbsp;Arnold Schwarzenegger,&nbsp;Predator&nbsp;was an unexpected genre pastiche that&#39;s widely regarded as one of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-80s-action-movies/ranker-film" target="_blank">best &#39;80s action movies</a>. Though the cast and crew seemed to have had fun in the jungle together, the making of Predator was&nbsp;tough&nbsp;from start to finish, as evidenced by these&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/predator-movie-small-details/erin-maxwell" target="_blank">Predator movie facts</a>.

Schwarzenegger stars&nbsp;as Dutch, a soldier in charge of leading his elite Special Forces team into a Central American jungle on&nbsp;a rescue mission. The mission is interrupted by an alien presence, and all hell breaks loose. Predator&nbsp;was primarily shot&nbsp;near Palenque, Mexico, and incorporates elements of action, sci fi, and horror. The cast and crew&nbsp;dealt with the extreme heat of the jungle and&nbsp;serious illnesses brought on by eating and drinking contaminated food and water.

But illness was only one of the movie&rsquo;s obstacles. Director John McTiernan&nbsp;recalls&nbsp;trouble right out of the gate, <a href="https://filmschoolrejects.com/36-things-we-learned-from-john-mctiernans-predator-commentary-bf9c5393d74/" target="_blank">saying</a>, &ldquo;The first day of shooting was the worst nightmare I&rsquo;ve ever seen.&rdquo; Things didn&#39;t get easier. One of the most interesting Predator behind-the-scenes stories centers on the original Predator suit, and the muscle-bound man from Brussels initially hired to play the part. They were both a complete disaster.

Read all about the hokey red suit from hell in the&nbsp;Predator making-of stories&nbsp;below. And don&rsquo;t forget Arnold&rsquo;s sage&nbsp;advice, &quot;If it bleeds, we can kill it.&quot;&nbsp;

Somehow, Making Predator Was WAY More Insane Than The Actual Movie

20 Hard To Believe Facts About The Making Of Predator

Ann Casano

Miniseries

Band of Brothers, an enduring 10-part miniseries that recounted the heroic actions of Easy Company during World War II, aired on HBO in 2001. Based on Stephen Ambrose&#39;s book of the same name,&nbsp;Band of Brothers&nbsp;was made over the course of three years, featuring <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/band-of-brothers-cast-now/melissa-sartore" target="_blank">an ensemble cast</a> tasked with recreating the intensity, grit, and brutality of WW2. &nbsp;

Making&nbsp;Band of Brothers&nbsp;was an enormous undertaking, one that cost more than any comparable television production at that time. <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/band-of-brothers-show-vs-book/gordon-cameron" target="_blank">Behind the scenes of&nbsp;Band of Brothers</a>, writers, directors, costumers, set builders, and a host of other contributors worked to ensure the integrity of Easy Company&#39;s story, while the cast put their physical bodies to the test to offer as much truth&nbsp;as possible in their portrayal of the WW2 veterans.

By the time&nbsp;Band of Brothers&nbsp;aired, everyone involved was forever changed by the experience. What&nbsp;Band of Brothers&nbsp;offered viewers on screen - gripping visuals, striking characters, and a look back at an generation of heroes - perhaps becomes even more poignant in the context of stories from the making of the show.&nbsp;&nbsp;

12 Behind The Scenes Stories From The Making Of 'Band Of Brothers'

Behind The Scenes Stories From The Making Of 'Band Of Brothers'

Melissa Sartore

The making of Full Metal Jacket&nbsp;- like all of Stanley Kubrick&#39;s movies - was a wild and trying time for everyone involved. But also like most of the auteur&rsquo;s films, the 1987 epic received rave critical reviews. It is also widely regarded as one of the greatest and most realistic war movies ever made. These Full Metal Jacket facts will take you behind the scenes of a production so intense, it nearly caused a&nbsp;mutiny on the set.&nbsp;

Sgt. Hartman&rsquo;s devastating put-downs have become so popular, they&#39;ve worked their way into <a href="/list/full-metal-jacket-movie-quotes/movie-and-tv-quotes" target="_blank">legendary movie-quote status</a>: &quot;What is your major malfunction,&nbsp;numbnuts? Didn&#39;t Mommy and Daddy show you enough attention when you were a child?&quot;

But did you know that the Vietnam-veteran-turned-actor,&nbsp;R. Lee Ermey, who played the drill instructor&nbsp;basically stole the part from another actor? Find out how Ermey&nbsp;really got the role of&nbsp;Hartman, and how he came up with all of his mostly unscripted, sadistic dialogue.

What was the film&#39;s original ending? How did Kubrick make the UK look like the tropical forests of Vietnam? What pushed actor Matthew Modine to the point that he threatened to cut open his hand?&nbsp;How did the crew shoot Pvt. Pyle&#39;s devastating final scene?

Find out all the answers to those Full Metal Jacket behind-the-scenes questions and more in our roundup below.

Behind-The-Scenes Stories From The Making Of 'Full Metal Jacket'

Behind The Scenes Stories From The Making Of 'Full Metal Jacket'

Resting Places

The Nazi party, otherwise known as the Nationalist Socialist German&nbsp;Workers&rsquo; Party, became a totalitarian movement in Germany that the world is unlikely to forget. The party functioned from 1933 to 1945, with Adolf Hitler as the German political party leader. For years, the party influenced world politics, fought to conquer Europe, and committed devastating acts against human life. Eventually, the party began its descent into disarray and dissolution.&nbsp;

When Germany lost the war, the party was banned, and those who had committed crimes faced criminal charges. Many officials were brought to justice during the Nuremberg trials, which took place from 1945 to 1949, but many fled before being arrested and tried. Since the war, there have been&nbsp;numerous notorious Nazis who,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/adolf-eichmann-hunt/megan-summers" target="_blank">like Adolf Eichmann,</a> were caught alive or found dead like Joseph Mengele. These are the stories surrounding their capture&nbsp;and deaths.

Satellite Images Of The Places Where The Most Notorious Nazis Were Caught

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Satellite Images Of Where Notorious Nazis Were Caught

Jason F. Collins

Most students have read The Diary of Anne Frank; it&#39;s a bestseller and&nbsp;important part of history. Whether it&#39;s&nbsp;viewed as a reminder of the Holocaust or as the&nbsp;remarkable writings of a budding literary talent, the story behind Anne Frank&#39;s diary is full of controversy, some of which is still unfolding.

In her diaries, Anne includes facts about&nbsp;her birth in Germany in 1929, details about her family&#39;s move to Amsterdam as&nbsp;Hitler came to power, and reflections on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/diary-of-anne-frank-personalities/philgibbons" target="_blank">hiding with seven other people</a> in a secret annex.&nbsp;

While Anne hid away for more than two years, she wrote her most personal thoughts in her diary. Her voice as a teenage girl with dreams, crushes, and questions about sexuality allowed readers to connect with her.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/a-list-of-famous-anne-frank-quotes/reference" target="_blank">Anne&#39;s quotes</a> are still spoken of today, and the ownership of her words continually leads to legal battles over copyright. Many foundations cannot agree on&nbsp;how to best carry on Anne&#39;s legacy.

The Complicated History Of Anne Frank's Diary

Erin McCann

The emotions felt by descendants of Nazis attest to the complexity of family relationships. Some children and <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/nazi-war-criminals-who-got-away-with-their-crimes/philgibbons" target="_blank">grandchildren of Nazis condemn their relatives</a>, while others may defend them. Many never say anything at all, ashamed and fearful to acknowledge their link to the Third Reich.

Members of <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/top-nazi-official-jobs-before-nazism/philgibbons" target="_blank">numerous&nbsp;SS officers&#39; families</a> have spoken out about their relatives&#39; pasts, revealing their&nbsp;opinions and offering insights into the lives of their family members&#39; experiences. Even if&nbsp;you thought there was nothing new to learn about World War II, these stories provide surprising&nbsp;perspectives.

True Stories From Relatives Of SS Officers

SS Officers' Relatives' Stories And Interviews

The US Navy has done some truly epic things for America since its inception in 1775. From&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-navy-seals/ranker-military" target="_blank">Navy SEALs</a>&nbsp;–&nbsp;the infamously fit and fearless corp&nbsp;of elite sailors – to nuclear submarine operators that wield enough power to&nbsp;flatten an entire country, sailors in white and blue&nbsp;protect international borders and risk their lives on rescue and reconnaissance missions every day. As it turns out, however, all that power is hardly&nbsp;glamorous. Then again, is it surprising that living in a metal tube thousands of feet beneath the ocean's surface sometimes gets tough?Navy submarine living quarters are almost completely cut off from the outside world. Forget about WiFi and cable TV – you're lucky if you can even receive&nbsp;snail mail or call your loved ones from a contraband iPhone. In many cases, seeing the sun even once a month&nbsp;is a gift, and there's only so much preserved food a human can stomach. Despite this, <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/difficulty-of-us-military-training-programs/aaron-edwards" target="_blank">military</a>&nbsp;crew members have a way of keeping morale up and foster a&nbsp;camaraderie that can't be understood by the general public. This is what it's really like to live on a nuclear sub.&nbsp;

Crew Members Reveal What Life Is Like On A Nuclear Submarine

Mariel Loveland

The Vietnam War - known in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America - lasted from November 1, 1955, until the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975.

The War in Vietnam

He inspired not one but two characters in&nbsp;Apocalypse Now.&nbsp;David Hackworth, the inspiration for Colonel Kurtz and Bill Kilgore, admits that he went wild in Vietnam. After shooting at his own men and opening a whorehouse, Hackworth hopped on his surfboard to escape a court martial.

In his book&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/About-Face-Odyssey-American-Warrior/dp/0671695347" target="_blank">About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior</a>,&nbsp;Hackworth chronicled the highs and lows of his <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/us-army-generals/mike-rothschild" target="_blank">military career</a>. He snuck into the military at the age of 15 and became a captain at 20. He tested recruits by dropping a decoy grenade at their feet. And his own men put a bounty on his head.&nbsp;

All the way up to Hackworth&#39;s&nbsp;passing in 2005, he was one of the most controversial figures in the military. He openly criticized the country&#39;s policies in Vietnam and transformed himself into a legend. The true stories of Hack&#39;s life are almost more fantastic than anything in&nbsp;Apocalypse Now.

15 Stories From The Wild Life Of David Hackworth, Who Inspired Two 'Apocalypse Now' Characters

David Hackworth: The Inspiration For Two 'Apocalypse Now' Characters

Genevieve Carlton

As long as men have been making history, women have been walking right beside them.

Herstory: Women of the Past

Historical Figures

Women war heroes prove that bravery and endurance are not reserved for male military personnel. Many women have served on the front lines, in the resistance, behind the wheel of convoys, in the cockpits of outdated planes, and in hospitals patching up the injured with little more than a standard first aid kit. Women and the war effort have always - and will always - go hand-in-hand.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The Night Witches of the Soviet Union took old clunker crop dusters and confounded the German air force. Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester found herself in the middle of an orchestrated attack in Iraq and turned the firepower back on the insurgents. The White Rose of Stalingrad took down numerous enemy aircraft and flew into legendary status.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Female war heroes also include the Dahomey Amazons, wives of the king who shocked their enemies with fierceness and audacity. Or the Vietnamese warriors of legend like the Trung Sisters.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The role of women in wars hasn&rsquo;t always been clear or easy. Cathay Williams changed her appearance and fought in the Union Army as a man until her gender was discovered. But for a while, she fought in the Civil War along with other formerly enslaved people. Then there&#39;s the Polish spy who may have inspired two of Ian Fleming&#39;s Bond girls.&nbsp;

As we look at women in military history, there are myriad ways they serve. Women at home were working in factories making products for the war effort, but there were brave women who saw war up close. Some were able to share their experiences and become historians, teachers, instructors, colonels, and generals. Others faced poverty and lack of recognition for their war efforts.&nbsp;&nbsp;

There are millions who have served. This list of women war heroes sheds a little light on a few.&nbsp;

28 Female War Heroes You've Never Heard About

Female War Heroes | Women Who Fought in Wars in History

Lisa Waugh

On December 7, 1941, Japan&nbsp;attacked the US at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The&nbsp;attack claimed&nbsp;more than 2,400 American lives&nbsp;and sank multiple Navy ships. <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/accounts-of-japan-harbor-strike/genevieve-carlton" target="_blank">Firsthand accounts of the Pearl Harbor attack</a>&nbsp;captured the devastation and trauma of the event.

But what happened immediately afterward? When news of the attack reached Washington, DC,&nbsp;President Franklin D. Roosevelt&nbsp;released an official statement. The US Army declared martial law in Hawaii, closing&nbsp;bars and outlawing alcohol. Fanciful reports of Japanese paratroopers flooded the airwaves. Panic swept the West Coast, as many feared Japanese air raids would strike more&nbsp;cities, and Japanese Americans were accused of being spies.

In the confusion, several states tried to institute blackouts to prevent Japanese air raids. But these hasty measures only increased the chaos, as a mob took to the streets of Downtown <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/northwest/dark-days-in-seattle-as-pearl-harbor-attack-begins-75-years-ago/" target="_blank">Seattle</a> to smash the windows of buildings that didn&#39;t turn off their lights.

Let&#39;s take a closer look at the immediate aftermath of the &quot;date which will live in infamy,&quot; as confusion reigned and American minds adjusted to the fact that years of conflict lay just ahead.

What Happened Immediately After The Attack On Pearl Harbor?

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War lists on Ranker

Looking closer at some of the best, most realistic, most brutal depictions of war in the history of entertainment.

Wars on Screen

Looking closer at films, TV shows, docs, and miniseries that explore, recreate, and occasionally flub up real historical events.

Watching History

War Movies

This is a list of <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/ranking-the-best-logos-in-the-world?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the best World</a> War 1 movies ever made with new and classic movies. The following WW1 films list can be sorted by cast, year, director, or more. The list of movies about World War 1 films includes American and foreign titles, and ranges from All Quiet on the Western Front&nbsp;to Lawrence of Arabia. Think your favorite WWI should be higher on the list? Be sure to vote to them up and help your favorite movies get to the top. This list also has WW1 movie titles you can click on for more information on the films. You can even rerank this World War 1 films list in order to start your own. There are some good action WW1&nbsp;movies on this list as well.

The list might not have all the World War 1 movies, but they are considered the best.

The Best World War 1 Movies

Film

The 100+ Best WW1 Movies Ever Made, Ranked

Ranker Film

From classics like Saving Private Ryan to newer entries like Dunkirk and 1917, this list ranks the <a href="/crowdranked-list/the-best-movies-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best movies</a> about war, battles, and military conflicts. These films recreate some of the most <a href="/list/most-important-historical-events-of-the-20th-century/mwahahahaha?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">significant events</a> in world history from a variety of perspectives and with a variety of purposes and intentions. Some top war films attempt to recreate as realistically as possible the events they depict, either from an omniscient perspective permitted by historical study or from the point of view of the soldiers and civilians involved in the conflict itself. Ridley Scott&#39;s Black Hawk Down, for example, was both praised in its time and heavily criticized for bringing a &quot;you are there&quot; sense of realism - and little outside or cultural perspective - to a recreation of the Battle of Mogadishu. The best war movies of all time differ widely in their handling of the subject matter, but they all strike a chord with viewers now and in the time when they came out.

Some of the <a href="/list/best-war-movies-on-netflix/reference">greatest war films</a> use <a href="/list/historical-movies-made-before-event-ended/melissa-sartore" target="_blank">war as a backdrop</a> to look at larger issues - such as man&#39;s inhumanity to man or the crippling impact of post-traumatic stress - or just as a meditation on war itself. Still other films like Glory and Band of Brothers&nbsp;examine the personal drama of a few individuals, and mine it for larger insights about the meaning of war and the impact that violence has on individual human lives.

Finally, some war films - particularly those made during the classic Hollywood era - are simply adventure films with war providing a compelling setting and situation. The Great Escape, for example, remains a classic not because of its grand ideas about the nature of war, but because it is a ceaselessly entertaining spectacle. No matter what type of film, there&#39;s no denying that these are certainly the best war movies ever.

Vote up your favorite war films to move them up the list, and if <a href="/list/the-ultimate-favorites-list/stevo200?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">your favorites</a> are not yet represented, make your own version of the list and add them! Then check out the <a href="/list/best-war-movies-on-netflix/ranker-streaming" target="_blank">best war movies on Netflix</a>.

Patton

The 50+ Best War Movies Ever Made, Ranked

The 100+ Best War Movies of All Time - Platoon, Dunkirk, 1917 & More

Lists about armed forces and military tactics around the world.

Military Men

Entertainment

Good military films give civilians a taste of what our troops go through on the battlefield and throughout their daily lives. While not all of these films feature war, they are all based on&nbsp;military service as a central theme. All branches of the United States&nbsp;military are represented, although admittedly, fewer films have been made about the Coast Guard. Most of these Hollywood films focus on the Army, Navy, and Air Force. All time periods have been included from recent, modern militaries to the armies of the past. A few movies about armed forces from other countries, as well as fictional guerilla forces, are also on this list. If you are interested in the military, then these are the movies for you.

What are the best movies about soldiers, sailors, marines, and military pilots? We&#39;re pretty sure that all of the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-army-movies/ranker-film?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">top military movies</a> are on this list but feel free to rerank&nbsp;it so all your favorites are on top.

Full Metal Jacket

The Best Military Movies Ever Made

The Best Military Movies Of All Time

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It's a Conspiracy

Conspiracy theorists: Call them birthers, deathers or&nbsp;conspiracists. There are many, people who buy into these <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-conspiracy-theories-you-believe-are-true/desertrat89?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">popular conspiracy theories</a>, which is why they are the most believed conspiracy theories in US history. Many conspiracy theorists have argued that&nbsp;NASA never landed on the moon, the 9/11 and&nbsp;Pearl Harbor attacks were allowed to happen by the US Government, and that President Barack Obama is actually from Kenya. There are a number of other conspiracy theories, but these are the most accepted among theorists.

If these US conspiracy theories sound outlandish, they are only the tip of the iceberg. When it comes to the wildest conspiracy theories presented in modern times, these ones top the list. Hours of time and thousands of dollars have been spent to publicize, prove and debunk these <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/19th-century-conspiracy-theories/mike-rothschild?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">conspiracy theories in American history</a> that deal with everything from alien autopsies at Area 51 to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

What are some of the most widely believed conspiracy theories in US history? Look here and see for yourself.