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Apocalypse Now (1980)

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Not to take anything away from the wrenching look at divorce with Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep, but Apocalypse Now was unlike any war film that came before it. Francis Ford Coppola’s film was an operatic and grandiose episode that delved into the horrors (physical and otherwise) inherent on the battlefield. Apocalypse Now is today considered to be one of the greatest films ever made.