Platoon
Saving Private Ryan
Where Eagles Dare
1917
Hacksaw Ridge
Full Metal Jacket (it's almost like 2 films in one. The first bit is just fantastic when they're in bootcamp. Gunnery Sergeant Hartman's performance was perfection.)
Escape to Victory
Saving Private Ryan
Great Escape
Kelly Heroes
Where Eagles Dare
1917
Also to add to this list would be films such as the following.
Inglorious bastards
Dam Busters
Bridge too Far
When We were soldiers
Braveheart
Hacksaw Ridge
Dunkirk
Zulu
Lone Survivor
The Patriot
Midway
Battle of Britain
Come and See
The Ascent (a wonderful companion piece to Come and See that was directed by Larisa Shepitkov - Klimov’s partner)
The Sun (about Hirohito)
Battle for Algiers
Ivan’s Childhood
Apocalypse Now
The nine hour long Human Condition Trilogy (about the occupation of Manchuria told from the perspective of Masaki Kobayashi, a director who loathed Japanese militarism), and Fires on the Plain (an adaptation of Shohei Ooka’s stunning, Ballardian novel), are also movies that I would recommend to those who like this genre of films.
Zulu
Waterloo
Reach for the Sky
Battle of Britain
Where Eagles Dare
Green Beret
The Deer Hunter
Great Escape
Von Ryan’s Express
Unbroken
Top six within above
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