30 Coolest Movies Of All-Time

2. Apocalypse Now (1979)

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United Artists

What It Is: Francis Ford Coppola's crazed, hallucinogenic, Vietnam War-set adaptation of Conrad's "Heart of Darkness."

Why It's Cool: A Vietnam War movie that opens with a helicopter napalm strike and a song by The Doors, you say?

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Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.