While war movies can be too intense for a lot of people to sit through, everyone should see these essentials of the genre at least once.

There have been countless great war movies released in the past century, like 1927's Napoleon and more recent films like 2009's Inglourious Basterds.

There have been countless great war movies released in the past century, like 1927's Napoleon and more recent films like 2009's Inglourious Basterds.