Top War Movies


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

101. The Young Lions

Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Actors: Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Dean Martin, Hope Lange

102. Ascent, The ( Voskhozhdeniye )

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Larisa Shepitko
Actors: Boris Plotnikov, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Sergei Yakovlev, Lyudmila Polyakova

103. Jarhead

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sam Mendes
Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Jamie Foxx, Lucas Black
Plot: While enlisting in the Marines, "Swoff" finds out that things are as easy as them seem and that war is not always fighting with a lot of action. He makes some good friends, but is it worth what they are supposedly fighting for?

104. The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ken Loach
Actors: Cillian Murphy, Liam Cunningham, Gerard Kearney, William Ruane

105. The Desert Rats

Year of Release: 1953
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Wise
Actors: Richard Burton, James Mason, Robert Newton, Robert Douglas

106. Cuckoo, The ( Kukushka )

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Aleksandr Rogozhkin
Actors: Anni-Kristiina Juuso, Ville Haapasalo, Viktor Bychkov, Aleksei Kashnikov

107. They Were Expendable

Year of Release: 1945
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Ford
Actors: Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed, Jack Holt
Plot: After Pearl Harbor, a group of PT boats stationed in the Philippians battles with the Navy brass just as much as with Japanese incursions.

108. Two Mules for Sister Sara

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/War
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Don Siegel
Actors: Shirley MacLaine, Clint Eastwood, Manuel Fábregas, Alberto Morin
Plot: A nun is rescued from danger by Hogan, a man who is looking to recon a French fort. He soon learns she is a fugitive from the French herself, and helps her in exchange for knowledge of the fort. Even as they form a bond - there is a secret that still needs to come out.

109. Battle of the Bulge

Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Action
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ken Annakin
Actors: Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Dana Andrews
Plot: In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent this occurrence, Hitler orders an all out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of Antwerp. "The Battle of the Bulge" shows this conflict from the perspective of an American intelligence officer as well as from a German Panzer Commander.

110. The Horse Soldiers

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Ford
Actors: John Wayne, William Holden, Constance Towers, Judson Pratt

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