Best War movies of 1965 that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Julie Christie, Omar Sharif,
Directors : David Lean,

The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during the First World War and then the October Revolution.

Actors : Raffaella Carrà, Trevor Howard, Frank Sinatra, Brad Dexter,
Directors : Mark Robson,

An American POW leads a group of mainly British prisoners to escape from the Germans in WWII.

Actors : Robert Ryan, Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Robert Shaw,
Directors : Ken Annakin,

A dramatization of Nazi Germany's final Western Front counterattack of World War II.

Actors : Patricia Neal, Kirk Douglas, Tom Tryon, John Wayne,
Directors : Otto Preminger,

A naval officer reprimanded after Pearl Harbor is later promoted to rear admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.

Actors : Simone Signoret, José Ferrer, Lee Marvin, Vivien Leigh,
Directors : Stanley Kramer,

A varied group of passengers boarding a ship bound for post-war Germany represents a microcosm of 1930s society.

Actors : Doug McClure, Glenn Corbett, James Stewart, Patrick Wayne,
Directors : Andrew V. McLaglen,

During the Civil War, a Virginia farmer and his family vow to remain neutral but one of the sons is captured by Union soldiers, sending the farmer to his rescue.

Actors : James Fox, Patrick O'Neal, Tom Courtenay, George Segal,
Directors : Bryan Forbes,

A fast-taking wheeler-dealer corporal in a Malaysian POW camp during WWII uses bribery and larceny to take de facto control of the camp from his senior officers.