The best war movies are not the ones that glorify war. Nor are they necessarily those with an anti-war message. Here, for Memorial Day, are some movies worth checking out. No sane person wants war.

With his boxer’s mug, gravelly voice and wide, gap-toothed grin, Ernest Borgnine was far from a classic Hollywood leading man — but it didn’t hold him back a bit. From his first role as a Chinese ...