coming to think of it there is in fact a good number of movies with both aura and which are also very enjoyable. Blue Max is one of them. Now I think more than ever (ok even submitting to the computer animation inevitability) one is bound to make a top production with loads of realism (bearing of course in mind that realism transferred to the screen would not necessarily be very exciting)
i thought memphis belle was very enjoyable and brought across to the viewer the realities and horror of the total air war over Europe in WW2. True, most of the things pictured as having happened on that final mission did not occur but if a portrayal of horror and awe (and indeed if a grasp of the reality was to be achieved) then the film makers had to put as many instances of 'what can go wrong over Germany at 30,000ft' as possible into one single mission: not accurate although reality is many a time (in war) stranger than fiction and these things have in fact happened to hapless individuals (Robert Johnson, P-47 ace, comes to mind and his epic survival of after being shot up very severely and many times over by Luftwaffe fighters on the way back from an escort mission-including Luftwaffe ace Egon Mayer)
The documentary on Memphis Belle was excellent by the way but obviously wouldn't exactly make a box office hit nowadays.
Some films have what I'd call quite a special aura and I'd put Bridges of Toko-Ri in there. The Hunters I've regrettably never read although for me it has great aura too (I guess I'm awe of Korean war battles including the F-86 v Mig-15 battles)