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A scene from the movie '1917.' (Courtesy photo) One of the biggest game-changers in recent war cinema is the pursuit of hyper-realism on screen.

For about as long as movies have been around, Hollywood has been churning out patriotic American movies that make the country, and some of its most notable figures, look like larger than life icons.

If you're looking for the best war movies on Amazon's Prime Video service, our list can help you cut through the chaff and get to the action you crave.

The war was more than a decade in and some eight years from its conclusion when a 25-year-old Martin Scorsese made this six-minute short. In it, a man simply shaves himself before a sink and a mirror.

The war was more than a decade in and some eight years from its conclusion when a 25-year-old Martin Scorsese made this six-minute short.In it, a man simply shaves himself before a sink and a mirror.

The war was more than a decade in and some eight years from its conclusion when a 25-year-old Martin Scorsese made this six-minute short. In it, a man simply shaves himself before a sink and a mirror.

The war was more than a decade in and some eight years from its conclusion when a 25-year-old Martin Scorsese made this six-minute short. In it, a man simply shaves himself before a sink and a mirror.