one of my all time faves is "Seven Samurai" also add to that "the last samurai" - ive read a few books all about the real last samurai and the film was quite accurate in most of the stuff depicted on screen. the most blatant americanism was actually having an american as a samurai although to be fair tom cruise is really good in this film, i usually cant stand his stupid grin, but i was very impressed with his performance here :) also "Glory" is another personal fave, though im not sure on its historical accuracy. another good`un is "Waterloo" seeing that massive french cavalry charge break around the english squares is one of my favourite images of war on film. i saw "Alexander" last week and loved it. the battle of Gaugemela was brilliant though it missed the part where the persians actually break through the macedonian battle line only to be met with a second line of Phalanx`s. the love story between him and his friend did take up quite alot of screen time but all they did was talk a bit and hug every now and then i dont have a problem with that. Although all the greek characters seem to be putting on a very slight irish twang to their accents which i thought was strange.