1. Bridge On The River Kwai
2. Lawrence of Arabia
3. Glory
4. Das Boot
5. Come And See
6. Kanal
7. Cross Of Iron
8. City of Life and Death
9. A Bridge Too Far
10. The Battle of Algiers
    I couldn't stop.

1. Apocalypse Now!
2. The Thin Red Line
3. Fires On The Plain
4. Idi I Smotri
5. Patton
   "facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan

Five random great WW2 movies:

• The Last subway (le dernier mtro)
• Empire of the sun
• Enemy at the gate (much under-rated imho)
• Leningrad
• John Rabe (also much under-rated imho)

I agree with everybody's selections almost, but I won't quibble. These are my favorite alternatives that are nonetheless war movies and are sublimely super.
#1
Catch 22
#2
Dr. Strangelove
#3
Slaughterhouse-Five
#4
Little Big Man
#5
MAS*H

I don't have a dog. And furthermore, my dog doesn't bite. And furthermore, you provoked him.

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I forgot to throw 'Downfall' on my list.

1. Schindler's List
2. The Thin Red Line
3. The Pianist
4. Apocalypse Now
5. Saving Private Ryan
   i couldn't really get into this movie, although i found some of the images very powerful

Yeah, there are some great 'fun' war movies, but in trying to nail down a definition of war film that's pertinent to this film I think
anti-war film
is a whole nother thing.
These are my top five anti-war films:
5. The Pianist (Polanski, 2002)
4. La Grande Illusion (Renoir, 1937)
3. Das Boot (Petersen, 1981)
2. Grave of the Fireflies (Takahata, 1988)

1. The Human Condition (Kobayashi, 1959/61)
   grethiwha My Favourite Films:
   http://www.imdb.com/list/Bw65XZIpkH8/

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