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Nice selection. I'm putting asterisks next to these choices of yours that I like and an "x" if I've never seen it, and a "0" if I don't like it:

Das Boot*****, Steiner X, Gallipoli ***, most Kurosawa flicksX, Last of the Mohicans*** (I considered it more of a romance/adventure than a war movie, which is why I didn't include it), the DuelistX, Henry V (KB version)*** (LO version is also good)....Bridge on the River Kwai**** and The Longest Day**** for their era.
We Were SoldiersX for a realistic and complimentary view. Apocalypse Now */0 (only the first part--the Brando segments are dumb) for the imagery....even though it was a rip off story.

Blackhawk Down....excruciating to watch...just rented it. X

Shenandoah...it moved me as a young Southern kid. (I don't remember if I've seen it or not--is it the John Wayne flick where he takes boy from the military academy over his knee and spanks him? If it is, that's a good one)

Savior....about the only non Serb bashing Balkan flick I know of. X

Breaker Morant....honorable mention **

Lawrence of Arabia....for epic proportions..LOL ***

Patton and Cross of Iron....nuff said. (I've seen most of Patton ***, don't think I've seen Cross of Iron)

Ride With The Devil...an interesting little WBTS flick of late. X

Patton and Cross of Iron

I don't remember C of I even being in the theaters. Great flick though. Probably one of the best war movies ever.

"The Eagle has Landed" was a good movie. Robert Duvall, Maicael Caine and Donald Sutherland. Great stuff.

Walt

Shenandoah...it moved me as a young Southern kid. (I don't remember if I've seen it or not--is it the John Wayne flick where he takes boy from the military academy over his knee and spanks him? If it is, that's a good one)

No, that was The Horse Soldiers, with Wayne and William Holden. Shenandoah starred Jimmy Stewart as a Virginia farmer with 5 or 6 sons who wanted no part of the Civil War. By the end of the movie, he has lost two sons (almost three) and a daughter-in-law. Very good movie, although I wouldn't call it a war movie - it is a movie set in a war. A couple of good lines from the move include when some Confederate purchasing agents tell Stewart that they can confiscate his horses if they want to, his youngest son asks "What does confiscate mean?" Stewart replies "Steal" There is another scene where someone is trying to convince Stewart that he owes his sons to Virginia's cause, Stewart replies "I don't remember Virginia coming around with a spare teat."

Shenandoah is worth renting, although it is on some of the movie channels on a fairly regular basis.

Thanks for the thread WC....you ought to check out those you've missed. Kurosawa is an acquired taste if you dislike subtitles. I agree that the Brando part of AN at the end was dumb....vague really...the metaphor attempt fell sort of flat. I don't like the spirit of AN but the Vietnam war set to rock and roll and Duvall's performance are the worth watching aspects.

Regards!