In the next few weeks I’ll be doing Best WWII Films, Best Sports Films, Best Crime/Gangsta Films and Best Films of All Time-if you’ve got any suggestions then wing them my way via twitter or e-mail: dan @ danmartiextreme.com.

This all comes from a piece my friend ran on his excellent website Blokely.com. He listed the ten greatest non World War II films of all time and in my eyes hienously over looked some absolute classics. He excluded World War II as undoubtedly most of the great war movies have been about WWII. Now that I’ve come to do a list myself I can see his point about how hard it is-I’ve tried to use the definition of ‘Movies that centre on a battle in a war’ to narrow it down a bit. Here’s my five:

Zulu: Rourkes Drift

“Well, they’ve got a very good bass section, mind. But no top tenors that’s for sure.”

Apocalypse Now: ‘Nam

The Lighthorsemen: World War I

Platoon: ‘Nam

Spartacus: Roman Rebellions

I am Spartacus! “I am Spartacus!” Alright, you be Spartacus then.

These would defintely have made the list but they’re about massacres not wars:

Black Hawk Down
Waltzing With Bashir
Hotel Rwanda
Blood Diamond

Can you include these as War Films:

Top Gun?
Star Wars?
Gladiator?

If you need anymore of a massive war film thrill then this movie coming out about Genghis Khan looks awesome:

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