Some excellent choices. I would add:
Paths of Glory--yes, it was released in 1957 and is in black and white, but Stanley Kubrick directed it and it featured Kirk Douglas in his first major starring role. It's based on a book with the same title. The movie was so powerful that it was banned near U.S. military installations and in all of France.
A trio of Aussie films: 1) The Odd, Angry Shot, which in many ways is the best of the Vietnam War movies; 2) Gallipoli, which deals with the World War I campaign of that name; 3) Breaker Morant, which is set in the Boer War
Billy Budd--this is based on a novella by Herman Melville, was directed by Peter Ustinov, and stars Ustinov, Robert Ryan, and Terence Stamp
Paths of Glory--yes, it was released in 1957 and is in black and white, but Stanley Kubrick directed it and it featured Kirk Douglas in his first major starring role. It's based on a book with the same title. The movie was so powerful that it was banned near U.S. military installations and in all of France.
A trio of Aussie films: 1) The Odd, Angry Shot, which in many ways is the best of the Vietnam War movies; 2) Gallipoli, which deals with the World War I campaign of that name; 3) Breaker Morant, which is set in the Boer War
Billy Budd--this is based on a novella by Herman Melville, was directed by Peter Ustinov, and stars Ustinov, Robert Ryan, and Terence Stamp