Ever notice that every blockbuster movie has the same fundamental pieces? A hero, a journey, some conflicts to muck it all up, a reward, and the hero returning home and everybody applauding his or...

The Western Front The setting in All Quiet on the Western Front is split between two extremes: Paul's childhood hometown and the Western Front during the years of trench warfare. Sounds pretty si...

From Beginning to EndRemarque's novel starts with Paul and his company on break from the Western Front, and Kemmerick down and out in the field hospital. Since the novel's told in first-person narr...

War; Anti-War; Drama; Coming of Age; Historical FictionWarAll Quiet on the Western Front is a war movie's war movie…at least when it comes to the subject matter. It depicts the events of WWI as s...

The film All Quiet on the Western Front was named after the novel it was based on…which just happens to be titled All Quiet on the Western Front. Easy, right?Sure is. But the question we have to...

Lewis Milestone began his film career in the silent era, and the ending of All Quiet on the Western Front shows his mastery of that form. Without expending a word, Milestone says all he needs to sa...

PG-13Here's the thing: All Quiet on the Western Front isn't actually rated.Older movies have a reputation for being mild compared to the movies of today—but this perception of cinema's era of so-...