Top War Movies


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

71. Coming Home

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Hal Ashby
Actors: Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford
Plot: A woman left alone after her husband goes to Vietnam decides to volunteer at a local veteran's hospital. There she meets Luke, an old high school friend, who has been paralyzed from the waist down with an injury. But as she helps him heal, it opens the door for romance, forcing her to make a life-altering decision.

72. Bataan

Year of Release: 1943
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tay Garnett
Actors: Robert Taylor, George Murphy, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Nolan
Plot: Thirteen men are chosen to destroy a bridge on the Bataan peninsula in the Philippines. The Japanese, with an overwhelming force keep trying to rebuild it. Will the men choose honor and duty?

73. Unbroken

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Angelina Jolie
Actors: Jack O'Connell, Takamasa Ishihara, Domhnall Gleeson, Jai Courtney
Plot: The true story of Louis Zamperini - an Olympic runner who went from glory on the track, to WWII hero as he survived not only being stranded in the ocean, but also a Japanese POW camp.

74. Wings

Year of Release: 1927
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: William A. Wellman
Actors: Clara Bow, Richard Arlen, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Jobyna Ralston
Plot: The first film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. Wings is the story of two men who have gone to war and the girl they both leave behind. Director Wellman makes one of his most humanistic statements as he explores the devastating results of war.

75. Merry Christmas aka Happy Christmas ( Joyeux Noël )

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Christian Carion
Actors: Diane Kruger, Natalie Dessay, Benno Fürmann, Rolando Villazón
Plot: On Christmas Eve during WWI, the Scottish, Germans and French fraternize and get to know the men who fight on the opposite side.

76. War Horse

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Jeremy Irvine, Tom Hiddleston, Emily Watson, David Thewlis
Plot: Albert is a young man who has developed a close bond with his horse, Joey. After Joey is conscripted to fight in WWI, Albert, despite being underage, enlists himself in order to make it to the trenches of France and save his friend.

77. Land of Mine ( Under sandet )

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin Zandvliet
Actors: Roland Møller, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Laura Bro, Louis Hofmann

78. White Ribbon, The ( weiße Band, Das )

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Haneke
Actors: Ulrich Tukur, Susanne Lothar, Burghart Klaußner, Marisa Growaldt
Plot: On the cusp on World War I, a small German village is transformed by fear and suspicion as ominous events, centered around the children of the village, take place.

79. Operation Petticoat

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Blake Edwards
Actors: Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Gavin MacLeod, Joan O'Brien
Plot: A confident captain wants a sub to command finds himself in charge of damaged sub, which is painted pink following a primer problem, and he also has to deal with a bevy of nurses, a con-man/executive officer.

80. Europa Europa

Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Actors: Marco Hofschneider, Julie Delpy, René Hofschneider, Piotr Kozlowski
Plot: In order to hide his Jewish heritage, a young boy in Nazi Germany joins the Hitler Youth.

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