The Top-Rated Films in Cinema History

All Quiet on the Western Front

This anti-war film follows a team of propaganda-indoctrinated German Army recruits grappling with the harsh realities of WWI. All Quiet on the Western Front is often regarded as the best anti-war film in history. However, in 1930, Nazi Germany deemed the film anti-German and, under the command of Joseph Goebbels, began to disrupt viewings by setting off stink bombs, throwing sneeze powder in the air, and releasing white mice in the theaters.

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Post originally appeared on Inside Mystery.