1. Inglourious Basterds
   Die Brücke am Kwai
2. Pork Chop Hill
   The Big Red One

Directed by Quentin Taarantino, Inglourious Basterds showcases two plots to kill Hitler. The script was written in 1998 and filming was completed in 2009. The film earned 8 Academy Award nominations.

1. Memphis Belle
   Apocalypse Now
2. Kelly's Heroes
   Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan starred Tom Hanks as a leader of a group going behind enemy lines to retrieve a soldier whose brothers are KIA. Made nearly 4,500 million at the Box Office and had 11 Academy Award Nominations!

1. Glory
   Apocalypse Now
2. Rambo
   Rocky

Rambo is only the first of a series of Rambo films with Sly Stallone. This one came out in 1982. Rambo is a Vietnam vet dealing with post-war issues.

1. Spartacus
   30 Seconds Over Tokyo
2. Glory
   300

300 told the story of the Thermopylae battle of 300 defending against thousands. The Chroma-key film technique was to give a comic book appearance. Gerard Butler played Leonidas.

1. Battleship
   Guns of Navarone
2. Thin Red Line
   Iwo Jima

Battleship was inspired by a famous board game. It was made as the property of Hasbro. The film was released in 2012 by Universal.

1. Desert Fox
   Pork Chop Hill
2. Schindler's List
   Full Metal Jacket

Schindler's List relates the story of Oskar Schindler and how he rescued over a thousand Polish-Jewish refugees from extermination. The film came out in 1993.

1. Glory
   Memphis Belle
2. Gallipoli
   Casablanca

Released in 1942, Casablanca is a romantic film that starred Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. An American expatriate is caught up in love and helping the cause for freedom during WWII.

1. Emperor
   Battleship Potemkin
2. Deer Hunter
   Wings

In Emperor, a general is assigned at war's end to see if Emperor Hirihito should be hung. This film includes Tommy Lee Jones as General Douglas MacArthur.

1. Cross of Iron
   Boys in Company C
2. Objective Burma
   The Pianist

The Pianist tells the story of a famed Polish-Jewish composer, Wladyslaw Szpilman. The film was directed by Roman Polanski and came out in 2002.

1. The Tuskegee Airmen
   Ride with the Devil
2. Private Benjamin
   Pan's Labyrinth

Pan's Labyrinth is a mix of history and fantasy. Set after the Spanish Civil War, real world and fantasy play together. The film is set during the time of General Franco.

1. Run Silent, Run Deep
   Cross of Iron
2. Green Berets
   Braveheart

Braveheart, a 1995 Academy Award-winning film, tells the story of William Wallace, who led 13th-century Scots against English rule.

1. Pearl Harbor
   Platoon
2. The Longest Day
   Das Boot

A movie about the coming of age and how two pilots became men living through the experience of Pearl Harbor.

1. Glory
   Full Metal Jacket
2. 300
   30 Seconds Over Tokyo

Full Metal Jacket was released in 1987. The film looks at the Tet Offensive in Vietnam and follows two Marines. Stanley Kubrick directed.

1. Glory
   Shenandoah
2. Lincoln
   Red Badge of COurage

Lincoln is a 2012 historical drama movie about the famous president's final months. This movie was nominated for 12 Oscars and multiple Golden Globes. It did well at the box office.

1. The Young Lions
   Operation Crossbow
2. Boys in Company C
   War Horse

Set in WWI, War Horse follows the various situations a thoroughbred faces with different owners in battle. This 2011 film was nominated for Best Picture.

1. Gone with the Wind
   Glory
2. Shenandoah
   Andersonville

Gone with the Wind is a genuine classic. This 1939 film starred Clark Gable as Rhett Butler and Vivian Leigh as Scarlett. Set against the Civil War, this film was an automatic success and received acclaim.

1. Gone with the Wind
   Flying Leathernecks
2. The Longest Day
   Black Hawk Down

2001's Black Hawk Down looks at the 1993 raid on Mogadishu, Somalia. This film was complete with heavy duty filming of gore and violence. Fim critics love it, but the military not so much.

1. A Midnight Clear
   Horse Soldier
2. Love and Honor
   Flags of Our Fathers

Love and Honor came out in 2013. The film follows a soldier during his time in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with the Vietnam War going on. This is a romantic drama flick.

1. Gone with the Wind
   Glory
2. Halls of Montezuma
   The Patriot

The Patriot was released in 2000. Mel Gibson portrays a father whose family is swept up in the American Revolution. The film depicts Gibson as following his conscience about getting involved in the fight.

1. Lone Surivivor
   Battleship Potemkin
2. Das Boot
   The Lost Patrol

Lone Survivor is a 2013 film about Navy Seals in a failed mission to kill a Taliban leader. The film earned over $150 million at the box office and received two Oscar nominations.

1. Mister Roberts
   Private Benjamin
2. Tora! Tora! Tora!
   Life Is Beautiful

Life Is Beautiful follows a Jewish book store owner who tries to protect his son from the horrors of war. Some critics accused the production of making light of a serious event.

1. The Deer Hunter
   Run Silent Run Deep
2. Sands of Iwo Jima
   Das Boot

The Deer Hunter follows three American steel workers who go to fight in Vietnam. The film won five Academy Awards.

1. A Bridge Too Far
   Sand Pebbles
2. Battle Cry
   Platoon

Platoon was directed by Oliver Stone, who served in Vietnam. This 1986 portrayal of Vietnam is an interesting contrast to the movie Green Beret.

1. Braveheart
   Kingdom of Heaven
2. 300
   Gone with the Wind

Directed and produced by Ridley Scott, Kingdom of Heaven follows the experiences of a common man who must endure the rigors of war. The story takes place during the crusades of the 12th century.

1. Glory
   Gone with the Wind
2. Gods and Generals
   Cold Mountain

Set during the Civil War, Cold Mountain tells the story of a Confederate deserter who tries to make his way home. Released in 2003, the film makes references to Homer's Odyssey.

1. Saving Private Ryan
   Platoon
2. The Bridge on the River Kwai
   Last Samurai

In The Last Samurai, Tom Cruise stars as Captain Nathan Algren, an American Civil War veteran who embraces the Samurai culture. Ken Watanabe stars as the leader of the Samurai.

1. Schindler's List
   To Hell and Back
2. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
   Guns of Navarone

This tragic look at the Holocaust was a box office success. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas depicts a non-Jewish boy who befriends a Jew in a nearby internment camp.

1. Braveheart
   Three Kings
2. Walk in the Sun
   King Arthur

King Arthur stars Clive Owen, Stephen Dillane, and Keira Knightley. This 2004 film looked at the history and politics of King Arthur's reign, not the fantasy.

1. Great Escape
   Battleground
2. Alexander
   Sahara

Alexander is a 2004 film by Oliver Stone, based on a 1970 screenplay on the life of Alexander the Great. Alexander was the King of Macedonia and a great military leader.

1. Enemy at the Gates
   Sahara
2. Andersonville
   Tora! Tora! Tora!

A 2001 film, Enemy at the Gates looks at the Battle of Stalingrad, 1942-1943. Soviet sniper Vasili Zaitsev's observations were the foundation of the film.

1. What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
   Mister Roberts
2. Operation Petticoat
   Dr. Strangelove

Dr. Strangelove is about the dangers of nuclear arms. This 1964 political satire was directed and written by Stanley Kubrick. The full title is Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.

1. Kanal
   Gallipoli
2. Objective Burma
   Incendies

A 2010 Canadian film, Incendies follows two Canadian brothers looking up the history of their mother in a wartorn Middle East nation. The film received a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.

1. Apocalypse Now
   Twelve O'Clock High
2. Sand Pebbles
   Glory

Apocalypse Now is a 1979 film set in Vietnam. Famous line : "I love the smell of napalm in the morning." The cast includes Marlon Brando and Robert Duvall.

1. Act of Valor
   The Longest Day
2. BlackHawk Down
   Deer Hunter

Act of Valor features actual active-duty US Navy SEALs! The specific storyline, however, is fictional.

1. The Sun
   Paths of Glory
2. Kanal
   Centurion

Centurion was eleased in 2010 as a British film. It followed the loss of the Ninth Roman Legion in Caledonia. Critics loved it, but the audience, not so much.

1. Downfall
   Operation Pacific
2. Kanal
   Cross of Iron

Downfall received an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film. This 2004 German, Austrian, and Italian film tells the story of the last days of Hitler's reign over Germany.

1. Patton
   Jarhead
2. Platoon
   Black Hawk Down

Jarhead is a 2005 film, depicting the memoirs of a US Marine. The title comes from a slang term for Marines.

1. Merrill's Marauders
   633 Squadron
2. Empire of the Sun
   Naked and the Dead

Empire of the Sun is a 1987 film depicting the life of a wealthy kid in Shanghai who spends time in a Japanese internment camp during WWII. Directed by Spielberg, this film was not a box-office hit, but it did well through the years.

1. Bridge at Remagen
   Good Morning, Vietnam
2. Dear John
   M*A*S*H

Released in 2010, Dear John is a romantic drama that follows two lovers who exchange letters when one goes to war. The movie was inspired by the Nicholas Sparks novel of the same name.

1. The Last of the Mohicans
   King Rat
2. Heartbreak Ridge
   Ride with the Devil

Set in 1757, The Last of the Mohicans takes place during the French and Indian war. This 1992 film is a ahistorical drama that did well at the box office.

1. Braveheart
   The Longest Day
2. Fury
   Bridge at Toko-Ri

Set in Nazi Germany, this 2014 film depicts the life of tank crews. The reviews for Fury were strong and it was a commercial success.

1. The Thin Red Line
   The Fighting Sullivans
2. Saving Private Ryan
   Fury

This 1998 film was a look at the war during the Guadalcanal campaign in the Pacific Theater. The Thin Red Line grossed close to $100 million, doubling its budget.

1. A Midnight Clear
   Soldier of Orange
2. The Story of Dr. Wassell
   The English Patient

This Oscar-winning film was a 1996 American-English romantic hit of wartime love. The English Patient starred Ralph Fiennes.

1. Defiance
   To Hell and Back
2. Halls of Montezuma
   Objective Burma

This 2008 war film depicts the occupation of the Nazis in Belarus. Defiance was eleased in the USA in 2008 and worldwide by 2009.

1. The Hurt Locker
   Too Late the Hero
2. Jarhead
   Torpedo Run

The Hurt Locker is a 2008 American film that follows a team of ordinance experts being targeted by Insurgents. It's a psychological look at war's effects and how people handle it.

1. Atonement
   Gallipoli
2. Courage Under Fire
   A Bridge Too Far

Atonement follows a six-decade look at a crime that occured in the1930s. The film won an Oscar for Best Original Score and was nominated for 6 others.

1. Flying Leathernecks
   To hell and Back
2. Glory
   Valkyrie

Starring Tom Cruise, this 2008 film looked at German generals plotting Hitler's demise. Valkyrie had mixed reviews through its run.

1. Legends of the Fall
   Glory
2. How I Won the War
   Gone with the Wind

Legends of the Fall follows a family in the early twentieth century, as they deal with wilderness life in Montana and war.

1. Australia
   Iwo Jima
2. Dunkirk
   Operation Crossbow

The film Australia depicts life before WWII in Northern Australia. An English squire inherits an Australian ranch.

1. Red Dawn
   Rambo
2. Von Ryan's Express
   Torpedo Run

Red Dawn, released in 1984, depicts what happens when a small US community experiences an invasion by foreign soldiers and the citizens are placed in camps. A group of teens try to save their town. The film was a box-office hit.