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The Great Escape
Patton
Sahara
Five Graves to Cairo
Stalag 17
They Were Expendable
Von Ryan's Express
Battleground
Bridge on the River Kwai
The Caine Mutiny
Mr. Roberts
Two others that IMDB put in the "War" genre: Lifeboat and Mrs. Minerva

Michael wrote: "Where Eagles Dare
The Great Escape
Patton
Sahara
Five Graves to Cairo
Stalag 17
They Were Expendable
Von Ryan's Express
Battleground
Bridge on the River Kwai
The Caine Mutiny
Mr. Roberts
Two others..."
My favorite "War" film is a Bogart film, "Sahara" (1943). Superbly done actioner that takes place in an African desert.


Excellent anti-war film and was the first such film to come out of West Germany since the end of WWII. Directed by Bernhard Wicki (one of the directors of "The Longest Day") and was a major hit with international film festivals and was nominated for Best Foreign-Language Film Academy Award and also chosen as one of the five foreign films awarded the Golden Globe.
In the final days of the War, a group of teenage boys are recruited as soldiers and assigned to guard a bridge in a small town during a futile battle.

From Japan,the animated film,Grave of the Fireflies.A young boy and his even younger sister try to survive,in the aftermath of WWII.

My favorite war film is 'Lawrence of Arabia' plus I like 'Gettysburg', 'Cross of Iron', 'The Cruel Sea', '5 Graves to Cairo', 'Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World', and so many more.