Top War Movies


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

131. Burmese Harp, The ( Biruma no tategoto )

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Actors: Rentaro Mikuni, Shôji Yasui, Jun Hamamura, Taketoshi Naitô

132. Lakshya

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Hindi
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Farhan Akhtar
Actors: Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Om Puri

133. Shenandoah

Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Actors: James Stewart, Doug McClure, Glenn Corbett, Patrick Wayne
Plot: A Virginia widower who is indifferent to the war between the states, is drawn into the conflict when his youngest son is captured by the Union, and accused of being a Confederate spy. He sets out to get his son back, so that his family can once again be whole.

134. Red Sorghum ( Hong gao liang )

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yimou Zhang
Actors: Li Gong, Wen Jiang, Rujun Ten, Chun Hua Ji
Plot: Taking place in 1930s China, a young woman is sent by her father to marry a leprous winery owner. Finding no love - she often travels to the nearby red sorghum fields, where she finds herself falling for a servant there. When her husband dies, she inherits the isolated business.

135. To Be or Not to Be

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alan Johnson
Actors: Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson, Charles Durning

136. Seraphim Falls

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Von Ancken
Actors: Liam Neeson, Pierce Brosnan, Michael Wincott, Xander Berkeley
Plot: An American Civil War colonel hunts down a man that he has a beef with.

137. Seraphine

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Martin Provost
Actors: Yolande Moreau, Ulrich Tukur, Anne Bennent, Geneviève Mnich

138. 36 Hours

Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George Seaton
Actors: James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Taylor, Werner Peters
Plot: An American officer is deceived into believing that he has suffered from amnesia and that World War II has ended years ago in an effort to get him to reveal a vital secret.

139. Bridge, The ( Brücke, Die )

Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Bernhard Wicki
Actors: Folker Bohnet, Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz, Frank Glaubrecht
Plot: A group of naive German schoolboys eagerly heads into battle toward the end of World War Two. They are soon disillusioned.

140. To End All Wars

Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David L. Cunningham
Actors: Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland, Mark Strong, Ciarán McMenamin

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