Top War Movies


The Top War Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top War List". Lists are calculated daily.

111. Casualties of War

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Brian De Palma
Actors: Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn, Don Harvey, John C. Reilly
Plot: During the Vietnam War five American soldiers come across a young woman from a village. Four of the men participate in the rape and killing of her while the fifth refuses, and what's more, demands justice for the crime. Through the lens of this one action, the film depicts the brutality and reality of war.

112. Drums Along the Mohawk

Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Ford
Actors: Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda, Edna May Oliver, Eddie Collins

113. Ice Cold in Alex ( Desert Attack )

Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Actors: John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Anthony Quayle, Harry Andrews

114. Sahara

Year of Release: 1943
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Zoltan Korda
Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Bruce Bennett, J. Carrol Naish, Lloyd Bridges
Plot: A group of diverse allied men must cross the bleak, unforgiving desert to regroup with their command. Both their group and the German troops are in desperate need of water.

115. Catch-22

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mike Nichols
Actors: Alan Arkin, Bob Newhart, Orson Welles, Jon Voight

116. The Water Diviner

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Russell Crowe
Actors: Jai Courtney, Olga Kurylenko, Russell Crowe, Isabel Lucas
Plot: Following the Battle of Gallopoli in 1919, an Australian farmer travels to Turkey to search for his three missing sons. Staying at a hotel in Istanbul he bonds with the manager, Ayshe, as he tries to figure out how to get into the war-torn region.

117. Fires on the Plain ( Nobi )

Year of Release: 1962
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Actors: Eiji Funakoshi, Osamu Takizawa, Mickey Curtis, Mantarô Ushio

118. The Steel Helmet

Year of Release: 1951
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Samuel Fuller
Actors: Gene Evans, Robert Hutton, Steve Brodie, James Edwards

119. Waterloo Bridge

Year of Release: 1940
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Actors: Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor, Lucile Watson, Virginia Field
Plot: On the eve of WWII an officer recalls his time as a younger man - fighting WWI - and when he met the beautiful young ballerina, Myra. But the chance meeting meant years of torment for Myra - who found herself out the ballet and on the streets, falling lower when she learned her love had died in battle. But he did not die, and when he reunites with Myra, he promises to make things right.

120. In the Valley of Elah

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Haggis
Actors: Charlize Theron, Tommy Lee Jones, James Franco, Jason Patric
Plot: A father investigates his Army son's murder when he's suspicious of the facts given him. Based on actual events.

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