I'm surprised hardly anyone except Mignon hasn't chosen Band of Brothers as a favourite war movie. For me, Band of Brothers is an excellent description of the war as it covers not only the soldiers' life but also the officers' and the medics'. Instead of being a non-stop action movie, it also focuses on the lives and situations each of the soldiers had to face, not like the war movies nowadays with lousy actors pretending to be excited or scared stiff. Nothing can compare to Band of Brothers, in the end you love each and every one of the characters as your realize each and every one of them were heroes.