I prefer the WWII films that try to be as accurate as possible. Here's my film library:
Band of Brothers
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
A Bridge Too Far
Piece of Cake
Battle of Britain
Tora Tora Tora
Stalingrad (German)
Come and See (Soviet)
The World at War (British documentary, 26 hrs)
Midway
In Harm's Way
Stalin's War, Blood on the Snow (Russian Documentary, 10 hrs)
Casablanca
The Sorrow and the Pity / Hotel Terminus (French Documentary, 5 hours)
The Longest Day
Is Paris Burning?
The Thin Red Line
The Train
Stories of Courage (HBO anthology)
Lucie Aubrac (French)
Sands of Iwo Jima
Ooooh, I forgot a really good one:
Conspiracy (HBO Films, about the Wannsee Conference)
"The Big Red One" (@1980) starring Lee Marvin. Extremely moving ending.
Original TRL?
the second had lush cinematography but was too ethereal.
How anyone can call THIN RED LINE a good war movie is beyond me.
It had great photography for the jungle scenes, but the plot, the acting, the scenes with Woody Harrelson in it, that movie should be burned.