top 5 war movies

[Hooahguy]

Unwatchable:
Schindler's List
Saving Private Ryan
Pearl Harbor

mind giving us a reason why they are unwatchable?

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Yeah - I could see SPR or PH being "unwatchable" (I'd disagree) but Schilder's List was rather good, even though it's not something to watch with popcorn.

Basically all of my list is here, except of course, my favorite...

The Great Escape

[Quietus]

mind giving us a reason why they are unwatchable?

Saving Private Ryan - Imo, shallow, over-the-top and overrated.
Schidler's List - Worse than The English Patient. If you watch this movie backwards, you'd be asleep and wake up at the very end.
Pearl Harbor - Real title: Titanic 2: Trapped in Hawaii. (edit: what I meant is, it's a love story. Not to poke fun at people who died in the attack).

[PanzerJaeger]

Saving Private Ryan - Imo, shallow, over-the-top and overrated.

I like that SPR is - as Lemur said - two battles connected by not much plot. (Although there were some deeper elements at play...)

War movies can - at times - become a little too self indulgent and introspective, imo. In an effort to give a movie depth, we see soldiers pondering things as wide ranging as the politics of the day, honor, and even the meaning of their existence. More often than not these movies end up being morality plays with guys in uniforms and explosions.

SPR was sublime in that it recognized that for most soldiers, war was about survival and accomplishing orders - all in an effort to get back to home and family. There simply wasn’t the time for all the bloviating that is common in war movies.

IMO, the film wasn't over the top at all. I have some issues with how they portrayed German tactics, but it was probably the most accurate representation of WW2 combat ever achieved, and showed it for what it truly was - extremely violent, dishonorable, and brutal in every respect - as most combat has been throughout history.