Brian De Palma's Casualties of War and Redacted.

My top ten in no particular order...

Platoon
Enemy at the Gates
Saving Private Ryan
Kelley's Heroes
Hamburger Hill
Master and Commander
Saints and Soldiers
When Trumpets Fade
The Lost Battalion
A Midnight Clear
Blackhawk Down (Okay, that's eleven)


Don't forget some excellent war TV series...

Tour of Duty
Sharpe
Hornblower
Over There
Band of Brothers
Generation Kill

Ex aequo:
The longest day;
Black hawk down;
The dirty dozen.

For me:

Platoon
Saving Private Ryan
Shake Hands with the Devil (This is a Canadian movie)
The Longest Day
The Dirty Dozen
Bridge Over the River Kwai
The Devil's Brigade
Tora Tora Tora
Guns of Navarrone

..there are many others.

I can't believe nobody has said "Apocalypse Now" yet. One of the very best movies ever, so definitely one of the best war movies ever. Granted, it's not about heroism or glorification of warfare, so perhaps that's the reason it didn't come to mind.

Also, "The Eagle Has Landed" and "Battle of the River Plate".

I only went with what I felt was my fave, dopest war flick.

But if it was military action, even if it's way fictional, DOOM and ALIENS are top for me. AND maybe the upcoming PREDATORS will be cool too!

Hard to beat this list.

Battle Of The Bulge
Battleground
The Dirty Dozen
The Big Red One
The Patriot
Saving Private Ryan
Bridge Over the River Kwai
Tora Tora Tora
The Longest Day
Black Hawk Down
Kelly's Heroes
Sahara (The original with Bogie)
Star Wars
The Great Escape
1941
Red Dawn
ID4
LOTR

Band Of Brothers
The Pacific (new series)
Tour of Duty

Can't think of anything else :)

*edit*

Zulu was another good one

Zulu

I had forgotten all about this one until this morning. It's one of my favorites.

I can attest, this one is truly gritty. I think watching this should be a pre-requisite before deciding on heading to Afghanistan. That movie show the home court advantage is definitely in play. Cold war 80's well done.