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In this June 21, 2016 file photo, Steven Spielberg attends the LA Premiere of "The BFG" in Los Angeles. A studio rep on Monday said Spielberg has signed on to direct “The Post,” a co-production from Fox and Amblin Entertainment. The film will focus on The Washington Post’s 1971 publication of the classified Vietnam War study after a federal judge barred the New York Times from writing about it. (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP)
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A mariachi band plays for Seattle Mariners' Leonys Martin, far right, in honor of his 29th birthday, as he arrives at the clubhouse in Peoria, Ariz., Monday, March 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Stephen Hawkins)
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US singer Pharrell Williams discusses with unidentified guests after being awarded with the medal of Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by culture minister Audrey Azoulay, during a ceremony at the culture ministry in Paris, France, Monday, March 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Matthieu Alexandre)
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US singer Pharrell Williams is awarded with the medal of Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by French culture minister Audrey Azoulay during a ceremony at the culture ministry in Paris, France, Monday, March 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Matthieu Alexandre)
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US singer Pharrell Williams makes a statement after being awarded with the medal of Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by French culture minister Audrey Azoulay, right, during a ceremony at the culture ministry in Paris, France, Monday, March 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Matthieu Alexandre)
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A model wears a creation for Alexander McQueen's Fall-Winter 2017/2018 ready to wear fashion collection presented Monday, March 6, 2017 in Paris. (AP Photo/Zacharie Scheurer)
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A model wears a creation for Alexander McQueen's Fall-Winter 2017/2018 ready to wear fashion collection presented Monday, March 6, 2017 in Paris. (AP Photo/Zacharie Scheurer)
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A model wears a creation for Alexander McQueen's Fall-Winter 2017/2018 ready to wear fashion collection presented Monday, March 6, 2017 in Paris. (AP Photo/Zacharie Scheurer)
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US singer Pharrell Williams poses with French culture minister Audrey Azoulay, right, after being awarded with the medal of Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters during a ceremony at the culture ministry in Paris, France, Monday, March 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Matthieu Alexandre)
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This image released by Disney shows Dan Stevens as The Beast, left, and Emma Watson as Belle in a live-action adaptation of the animated classic "Beauty and the Beast." (Disney via AP)
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This image released by Disney shows Luke Evans as Gaston, left, with Josh Gad as LeFou, in "Beauty and the Beast." (Laurie Sparham/Disney via AP)
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A model wears a creation for British fashion designer Stella McCartney's Fall-Winter 2017/2018 ready-to-wear collection presented in Paris, Monday March 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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This Feb. 2, 2017 photo shows Aisha Hinds, who portrays Harriet Tubman in the TV series, "Underground," in Atlanta. The second season premieres March 8 on WGN America. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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In this May 19, 2014, file photo, Robert Osborne attends the 73rd Annual George Foster Peabody Awards in New York. Osborne, the genial face of Turner Classic Movies and a walking encyclopedia of classic Hollywood, has died. He was 84. A publicist for the network said he passed away Monday, March 6, 2017 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
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In a Thursday March 2, 2017 photo, Highland Middle School sixth-grader Aliyah Brewer reacts with Highland language arts instructional coach Joe Melo as he helps her find what she is looking for online from the Anderson Public Library on her school-assigned Chromebook, in Anderson, Ind. Highland students are learning how to use their new e-cards to access the public library's resources through a partnership program between the school and library. (John P. Cleary/The Herald-Bulletin via AP)
TheLongestDay
The Longest Day is a 1962 epic war film based on Cornelius Ryan's book The Longest Day (1959), about the D-Day landings at Normandy on June 6, 1944, during World War II. The Longest Day was made in black and white, features a large ensemble cast including John Wayne, Kenneth More, Richard Todd, Robert Mitchum, Richard Burton, Steve Forrest, Sean Connery, Henry Fonda, Red Buttons, Peter Lawford, Eddie Albert, Jeffrey Hunter, Stuart Whitman, Tom Tryon, Rod Steiger, Leo Genn, Gert Fröbe, Irina Demick, Bourvil, Curt Jürgens, George Segal, Robert Wagner, Paul Anka and Arletty. Many of these actors played roles that were essentially cameo appearances.
TheHuntforRedOctober
The Hunt for Red October is a 1990 espionage thriller film produced by Mace Neufeld, directed by John McTiernan, and starring Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones, and Sam Neill. The film is based on Tom Clancy's 1984 bestselling novel of the same name. The story is set during the late Cold War era and involves a rogue Soviet naval captain who wishes to defect to the United States with his officers and the Soviet Navy's newest and most advanced nuclear missile submarine. The Hunt for Red October received mostly positive reviews from critics and was one of the top-grossing films of the year, generating $122 million in North America and more than $200 million worldwide in box office business.
TheGreatEscape
Number 1: The Great Escape | The 1963 World War II epic is based on an escape by British Commonwealth prisoners of war from a German POW camp during World War II, starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, and Richard Attenborough. The film is based on Paul Brickhill's 1950 book of the same name, a non-fiction first-hand account of the mass escape from Stalag Luft III in Sagan (Poland), in the province of Lower Silesia, Nazi Germany.
TheDirtyDozen
The Dirty Dozen is a 1967 war film directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Lee Marvin. The picture was filmed in the United Kingdom and features an ensemble supporting cast including Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Telly Savalas, Robert Webber, and Donald Sutherland. The film is based on E. M. Nathanson's novel of the same name that was inspired by a real-life group called the "Filthy Thirteen". In 2001, the American Film Institute placed the film at number 65 on their 100 Years... 100 Thrills list.
TheDeerHunter
Number 6: The Deer Hunter | The 1978 Vietnam War drama co-written and directed by Michael Cimino about a trio of Russian-American steelworkers whose lives are changed forever after they fight in the Vietnam War. The film won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for Cimino, and Best Supporting Actor for Christopher Walken. It also marked Meryl Streep's very first Academy Award nomination (for Best Supporting Actress).
