Top War Movies


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

151. That Wasn't Me ( Aquel no era yo )

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Esteban Crespo
Actors: Alejandra Lorente, Gustavo Salmerón, Babou Cham, Mariano Nguema
Plot: Two aid workers in Africa experience firsthand the horrors of brainwashed child soldiers.

152. Bless Me, Ultima

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Carl Franklin
Actors: Luke Ganalon, Miriam Colon, Benito Martinez, Dolores Heredia
Plot: Mexico - WWII - a young man seeks out the help of an elderly medicine woman hoping to put an end to the battle between good and evil that has taken over his village.

153. War, A ( Krigen )

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Danish
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tobias Lindholm
Actors: Pilou Asbæk, Tuva Novotny, Dar Salim, Søren Malling
Plot: While a commander, Claus M. Pedersen, does his best to protect his men in Afghanistan, back home his wife tries to keep her own life together. But when Claus finds his men caught in a heavy crossfire during a routine mission it will lead to a decision that will alter his life forever - along with that of his family.

154. Greyhound

Year of Release: 2020
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Aaron Schneider
Actors: Tom Hanks, Elisabeth Shue, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Tom Brittney
Plot: Follows career naval officer Ernest Krause, who is given command of the destroyer Greyhound, leading a convoy of ships across the North Atlantic shortly after the U.S. enters WWII. With a group of German U-boats on their tail, Krause will have to deal with the realities of war, and his own self-doubts on the long, dangerous journey.

155. Taking Chance

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ross Katz
Actors: Kevin Bacon, Tom Aldredge, Nicholas Art, Blanche Baker

156. Behind Enemy Lines

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/War
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Moore
Actors: Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman, Gabriel Macht, Charles Malik Whitfield
Plot: In the final stages of a NATO peacekeeping mission in Bosnia in December 1995. A Navy navigator is shot down over enemy territory and is ruthlessly pursued by a secret police enforcer and the opposing troops. Meanwhile his commanding officer goes against orders in an attempt to rescue him.

157. The Dawn Patrol

Year of Release: 1938
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Edmund Goulding
Actors: Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, David Niven, Donald Crisp
Plot: Follows the commanders and men in the 39th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps during WWI. High mortality rates, insubordination and unreasonable demands - all part of the job.

158. The Last Command

Year of Release: 1928
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Actors: Emil Jannings, Evelyn Brent, William Powell, Jack Raymond

159. Bat*21

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Markle
Actors: Gene Hackman, Danny Glover, Jerry Reed, David Marshall Grant

160. This Land is Mine

Year of Release: 1943
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Renoir
Actors: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, George Sanders, Walter Slezak
Plot: A mild-mannered teacher is caught between the resistance and Nazi collaboration in a French town that has been occupied by the Germans.

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