Saving Private Ryan
Full Metal Jacket
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Apocalypse Now
The Deer Hunter

escape to victory
i like trumpets and bookmarks.

In no order, because as hard as I try, I can't place them:

• Objective, Burma!
• Battleground
• Sink the Bismark
• Patton
• The Great Escape
• Battle of Britain
  Early to rise and early to bed, makes a man healthy; but socially dead.

apocalypse now
saving private ryan
aliens
the thin red line
glory
all quiet on the western front
come and see
(and star wars, of course!)

1. All Quiet on the Western Front
2. Das Boot
   3.Platoon
3. BlackHawk Down
4. The Hurt Locker

Not in any order

1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Tae Guk Gi (Korean War)
3. 9th Company (Russians in Afghanistan)
4. Black Hawk Down
5. We Were Soldiers
   Honorable mentions to
6. Letters from Iwo Jima (the Japanese version; very very good and interesting to see the perspective of two Japanese soldiers who want to die gloriously in suicide charge and one who thinks their lives are more important than some national duty they were forced to bear arms for)
7. Full Metal Jacket (this is actually my favorite #1).

I just started perusing this list and found a list I particularly agreed with. Amazing that someone thought the same as me about great films. Turns out it was me!
Well it was last November that I posted it and I am getting old!

Walter Defends Sarajevo
Downfall
Schindler's List
Saving Private Ryan
The Battle of Neretva

Just 5?!? Lol
I can't believe no one mentioned Glory, or the Patriot!

1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Apocalypse Now
3. Glory
4. Black Hawk Down
5. We Were Soldiers
   "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." -Gandalf the Grey

nobody mentioned star wars, either!

Firstly i have to echo that Paths of Glory has to be all-time #1
But i can't believe that no one has mentioned (2) Zulu
3. Lawrence of Arabia
4. Where Eagles Dare
5. El Cid
eclectic list, i know, but i just wanted to highlight some great films, but seen less at the top of lists.

Tora, Tora, Tora.

Schindlers List
Platoon
Full Mental Jacket
The Deer Hunter
Saving Private Ryan

1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Das Boot
3. The Cruel Sea
4. Apocalypse Now
5. The Longest Day
   The Deer Hunter is NOT a war movie
   Neither is Schindler's List
   A "War Movie" is not just a movie set during a period of wartime, it is about the war itself. It doesn't have to have combat scenes but it does have to follow military events (true or fictional) during the conflict.
   The Pianist, The Gray Zone, Kapo, Schindler's List are all excellent movies that touch on the Holocaust - but they are NOT war movies.

Ah the Fortress of Brestand I always thought it was a 'titty film'.
Why can't you wretched prey creatures understand that the Universe doesn't owe you anything!?

Fortress Of War is already in my list.
Never heard of Come and See, but according to the ratings, I'll make sure it's non my list.
Thanks!

If you liked the two Russian films, I also recommend you see "Fortress Of War":
http://www.imdb.com/board/11343703/
And "Come And See":
http://www.imdb.com/board/10091251/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Trust me. I know what I'm doing.

• Saving Private Ryan
• White Tiger / (Russian)
• Full Metal Jacket
• 9th Company (Russian)
• Downfall
  I was impressed by the quality of both Russian movies above. Definitely a must-see, even with subtitles, I've watched both, like 3 times each.

Saving Private Ryan is the only one I watch every year on Memorial day -

The deer hunter is not a war movie.

Right, thanks for the correction.

Sniper starring Jude Law and Ed Harris.
Enemy at the Gates.
Entropy ain't what it used to be.

Another good one:
Sniper starring Jude Law and Ed Harris.
It fell under the radar because it's the battle of StalingradRussians vs Germans. This movie made me realize that sniping is more than sitting in a tree and picking off enemy soldiers.

A couple of others that aren't so well known:
The Steel Helmet (Korean War)
Battle Ground (Battle of the Bulge, much better than the movie of that name)