"Come and See," "Cross of Iron"
I made a top 10 list of war movies on my website http://mad6986.googlepages.com/top10warmovies hope it helps I agree with your comments: some movies that rate high only have war as a background. I was surprised to see some movies of this type on other lists.
Some World War 2 movies are: Flags of Our Fathers, The Thin Red Line, and Enemy At the Gates. The Dirty Dozen and Empire of the Sun are also World War 2 movies.
Glory, Gettysburg, and Gone With The Wind are three wildly popular Civil War Movies. They each follow different aspects of the war and are considered classics.
Joey from War Horse
There are many movies about Greek mythology and Greek history. Some of them are Alexander, 300, Trojan War, Perseus etc.
there are 6 movies in all
Movies at War - 1944 was released on: USA: 8 June 1944
Well it's not really a war time movie, but it does have a female lead G.I. Jane
A popular theme in science fiction movies is for aliens to invade the earth. Some of the best movies featuring alien invasions are The War of the Worlds, The Body Snatchers, The Day the Earth Stood Still, and The Thing.
There are several famous topics for World War 2 movies. Some of them include Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany, The Holocaust and death camps, and the dropping of the first atomic bombs on Japan.
War of the Worlds, Jerry Maguire, Top Gun, Mission Impossible
War movies.