I see why you call yourself humble.
I thought Dunkirk was fantastic.
Attention to detail. Acting. Cinematography. Soundtrack. The editing was a bit off making it harder to follow than it needed to be in places.
Can’t believe there’s not more votes. I’d place it as one of the best movies I’ve seen, since Dunkirk!
Amazing cinema experience. I think it casts a shadow on plenty of the others listed above for a variety of reasons. The ‘one’ shot appeal pack is incredibly immersive and tense.
No love for MASH?
What about the one man war?
First Blood.
What about Carrie Foster ?
Not sure if it would squeeze into my ten or not, but haven’t seen Patton mentioned.
Hadn’t considered it as a wear movie, but upon reflection it qualities. Another movie in my all time top 5. This was Ridley Scott’s directing debut, and the entire movie was made for less than $100,000. Arthur Dignam, an Australian plays a minor part, possibly due to having a very Gallic looking nose. I met him once in Sydney, sadly it was long before this film was made.
More trivia, the final scene where Harvey looks out over a river was filmed very close to the village of Mauzac on the Dordognne river. I worked and stayed there training some locals in 2007, and used to regularly walk my landladies 2 dogs past that very spot!
It has been mentioned and it is a fine movie.
I gave it an honourable mention
A Bridge Too Far
Battle of the Bulge
The Longest Day
Midway
Tora Tora Tora
Some series…
Band of brothers
Combat
Rat Patrol
12 O’Clock High
Hogan’s Heroes
l have been through my movie library and come up with my top 10. All but a few of these titles l own on DVD. Holocaust movies are considered separately and are listed after the honourable mentions.
Top 10 War Movies
Honourable Mentions
1917
1941. John Belushi. 1979.
A Man Escaped. French production. 1956.
Army of Shadows. 1969. French production.
As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me.
Atonement. 2007.
Back to 1942. 2012.
Band of Brothers (TV series, but relevant here)
The Battle of Britain.
The Battle of the River Plate.
Beneath Hill 60.
The Big Red 1. 1980.
Black Book (aka Zwartboek) Dutch production.
The Book Thief.
Bridge On The River Kwai.
The Brotherhood of War. 2004. Korean production.
The Burmese Harp. Japanese production, 1956.
Burnt by the Sun. (Utomlennye Solntsem) 1994 Russian production.
Cabaret. Lize Minelli. 1972.
The Colditz Story. 1955.
Colonel Redl. 1985. Directed by lstvan Szabo with Klaus Maria Brandaur & Armin Mueller – Stalh.
Cross of Iron. 1977.
The Cruel Sea. 1953.
The Dam Busters.
Dark Blue World. Czech production. 2001.
The Dawns Here are Quiet. Russian Production.
Days of Glory, aka Indigenes. 2006.
Decision Before Dawn. 1951.
Defiance. 2007.
The Desert Fox.
The Desert Rats.
Diplomatie (Diplomacy 2014. French – German production.
The Dirty Dozen. 1967.
Downfall. 2004
Dunkirk. 2017
Enemy at the Gates. 2001.
The Enemy Below.
Enigma. 2001.
Europa, Europa. 1990.
Les Femmes De L’Hombre.
Fires on the Plain. Japanese production. 1959.
Five Fingers. James Mason. 1952.
Flags of Our Fathers/ Letters from Iwa Jima. 2006.
Flame and Citron. Danish production.
Flyboys.
Forbidden Games. French production. 1952.
Franz & Polina. Polish/Russian production.
From Here to Eternity.
Gallipoli.
Gettysburg.
The Good German.
The Good Soldier Schweik. Czech production.
The Grand Illusion. 1937.
Grave of the Fireflies. Japanese animation. 1988.
The Great Escape.
The Guns of Navarone.
Hacksaw Ridge. 2016.
Heaven Knows Mr. Allison. Robert Michum & Deborah Kerr. 1957.
Hell to Eternity.
The Heroes of Telemark. Kirk Douglas. 1965.
The Hill.
The Highest Honour. 1982.
Hubal. 1973.
The Imitation Game. 2014.
In The Fog. Belarusian production.
Indigenes.
Into The Storm. 2009.
Into the White. 2012.
Japan’s Longest Day. 1967.
Joan of Paris. 1942.
Kasky. Finnish production.
Katyn. Polish production.
King Rat. 1965.
Kokoda.
Life and Nothing But. French production.
Lifeboat. Alfred Hitchcock. 1944.
The) Lighthorsemen. 1988.
Lust, Caution. 2007. Chinese production.
Major Hubal. 1973. Polish production.
A Man Escaped. 1956. French production.
Max Manus. Man of War. Norwegian production.
Memphis Belle. 1990.
Midway. 1976. & Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970.
Mister Roberts. 1955.
Murphy’s War. 1971.
120. Turkish production.
1941.
The Odd Angry Shot. 1979.
Operation Crossbow. Sophia Loren & George Peppard. 1965.
Operation Secret. 1952.
OSS. 1946.
Paschendale. Canadian production.
Paths of Glory.
Patton. 1970.
The Pianist. 2002.
Play Dirty. 1969.
The Railway Man. 2013.
Reach for the Sky. 1956.
Run Silent, Run Deep. 1958.
Sahara. 1943.
Sailor of the King. aka Single Handed. 1953.
Saving Private Ryan. 1998
The Sea Chase. John Wayne. 1955.
Sealed Cargo. Dana andrews. 1951.
The Secret of Santa Vittoria. Italian production.
Sgt. York. Gary Cooper WW 1.
The Sinking of the Laconia. 2010.
Sailor of the King (aka Single–Handed). 1953.
St. George Shoots The Dragon. 2009. Serbian production.
So Proudly We Hail. 1943
Soldier of Orange. Dutch production. 1977.
Stalag 17.
Stalingrad. 1993.
The Thin Red Line.
To Hell and Back. Audie Murphy. 1955.
Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970.
The Train. Burt Lancater. 1964.
Triple Cross. 1966.
Two Men Went To War.
The Twelfth Man. Norwegian production. 2017.
Twelve O’Clock High.
21 Brothers. 2013. Canadian production.
The 25th Hour. Anthony Quinn. 1967.
Tali – Ihantala. 1944. Finnish production.
They Fought For Their Homeland. Russian production.
The Thin Red Line. 1998.
The Tin Drum. 1979. (not a true war movie as the time span covers 1910 – 1945)
To End All Wars.
Too Late the Hero. 1970.
The Train. 1964
Triple Cross. 1966.
Underground. 1995. (A farce that starts out during WW2, but then goes on for another 40 years)
A Very Long Engagement. 2004. French production.
Von Ryan’s Express. 1965.
Warhorse.
The Way Back. 2010.
Where Eagles Dare. 1968.
(The) Wooden Horse. 1950.
Young Torless. 1966. German production.
The Zookeeper’s Wife. 2017.
Zulu. 1964
Holocaust Dramas
Schindler’s List.
The Counterfeiters.
Life is Beautiful.
The Man in the Glass Booth.
Naked Among Wolves. 1963.
The Courageous Heart of Irena Spendler. 2010. European production.
Defiance 2008.
Die Welle. 2009. German production. (similar to the Counterfeiters).
Edges of The Lord (aka Hiver 42) 2001. Polish/French production.
La Rafle. 2010. French production.
The Relief of Belsen.
The Diary of Anne Frank.
The Island on Bird Dtreet. 1997.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. 2007.
Hogan’s Hero’s
Gomer Pyle
Mchale’s Navy
Didn’t like Platoon or Full Metal Jacket?
Henry V
Geez we love the white man wars, tempted to do a top ten from a foreign perspective. Probably a bit woke though 
racist
Hey I’m not letting Kim Jong-Un tell me I’m racist.
A great 1970s WW1 film - Aces High
Starred Malcolm McDowell in his prime.
Didn’t mind either of them, but didn’t like them enough to give them honourable mentions. I left out of my notes that l have many more war movies, but also didn’t consider them good enough. Much was made at the time of the release of Full Metal Jacket about how well it captured the scenery of Vietnam, while being shot on some deserted dockland in London. Having been to Vietnam 7 times and travelled there extensively, l assure you this is not the case. Full Metal Jacket is more about the dehumanizing of soldiers in training, than it is about war.
For me both of these films suffer when compared to Apocalypse Now, which goes far beyond was and far beyond Vietnam in its scope.
See my post above.
Anyone mentioned ‘The Great Escape’ yet? I saw that at the Saturday matinee as a kid and thought it was the duck’s nuts. In the same vein, I also loved ‘The Wooden Horse’ from that P.O.W. genre.