Where's Zulu? Michael Caine's first big role. And what about Lawrence of Arabia? Peter O'Toole's first big role.

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One of the most under rated war movies i feel is enemy at the gates.

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Full metal jacket
The Thin Red Line
Apocalypse now
Germania anno zero
La vita è bella
Saving Private Ryan
Roma città aperta
Paths of Glory
The Pianist
Platoon

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That is a hard 1, love war films few favourites of mine I own on DVD are Saving Private Ryan, Platoon, War Horse, We Were Soliders, Full Metal Jacket, Escape to Victory and Black Hawk Down. And 1 boxset I own but no quite a film is Band of Brothers, amazing war drama.

Some of my faves...

The Dirty Dozen
Where Eagles Dare
Cross of Iron
Von Ryan's Express
The Bridge at Remagen
The Guns of Navarone
The Bridge on the River Kwai
In Which We Serve
The Cruel Sea
Hell in the Pacific
Gallipoli
Breaker Morant
The Eagle Has Landed
The Heroes of Telemark
Soldier of Orange
Downfall
The Damned
The Night Porter
Das Boot
The Enemy Below
Glory
The Beguiled
Apocalypse Now
Good Morning, Vietnam
The Boys in Company C
Lawrence of Arabia
Zulu
El Cid
Spartacus
The Dogs of War

Guilty pleasures...

Escape to Victory
Escape to Athena
Kelly's Heroes

I really liked The Longest Day having been to Normandy on a battlefield tour, but the REAL best for me includes Saving Private Ryan, Platoon, A Bridge too Far, Battle of Britain and We Were Soldiers.

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my top 5 would be (Dr Strangelove would be #1, but I don't know is it' considered a war movie)
1. Grave of the Fireflies
2. Paths of Glory
3. Apocalypse Now
4. The Thin Red Line
5. The Flowers of War

Some of my favourites are:

Kelly's Heroes
The Great Escape
Full Metal Jacket
Zulu (Thanks Woodshed, didn't even think about it)
The Enemy Below

I know there's others but I can't remember them at the moment.

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Definately Full Metal Jacket,Saving Private Ryan and Platoon. Apocalypse Now as well. There's quite alot of great war films out there.

Platoon really put you there