Top War Movies


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

21. All Quiet on the Western Front

Year of Release: 1930
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lewis Milestone
Actors: Lewis Ayres, John Wray, William Bakewell, Louis Wolheim
Plot: During WW1, a young soldier faces pride over cowardice during battle.

22. The General

Year of Release: 1927
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Buster Keaton
Actors: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Charles Henry Smith
Plot: A spy from the union steels a man?s train. He is determined to get it back by himself no matter what it takes. Silent

23. Cross of Iron

Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Actors: James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason, David Warner
Plot: During WWII, battle-hardened Rolf Steiner leads many successful missions but when a new Prussian commander is assigned, the man wants only one thing - an Iron Cross to maintain his families honor. The two men cannot coexist as honor and arrogance collide.

24. All Quiet on the Western Front ( Im Westen nichts Neues )

Year of Release: 2022
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Edward Berger
Actors: Daniel Brühl, Felix Kammerer, Joe Weintraub, Sebastian Hülk
Plot: Follows a group of young, idealistic germans who quickly enlist during WWI whose lives are shattered by the brutal reality of the war.

25. M*A*S*H

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Altman
Actors: Donald Sutherland, Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall, Elliott Gould
Plot: A group of Medical Officers in Korea during the Korean War try to maintain sanity by doing things that are of a typical American.

26. Kagemusha

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu
Plot: When a powerful warlord dies, it is up to a low-born thief, who looks exactly like the late lord, to take his place. With this power comes a great burden and the facade cannot hold up forever.

27. The Last of the Mohicans

Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Mann
Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Pete Postlethwaite, Wes Studi
Plot: A man who is out of his right as a trapper must protect the family of the colonel during a war in which they should not be involved in.

28. Battleship Potemkin ( Bronenosets Potyomkin )

Year of Release: 1925
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sergei M. Eisenstein
Actors: Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Grigori Aleksandrov, Ivan Bobrov
Plot: A Russian naval mutiny occurs, which leads to riots in the streets.

29. Threads

Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 3.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mick Jackson
Actors: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly, Rita May
Plot: A docu-drama about the effects of nuclear war and the subsequent fallout that takes place in the working-class town of Sheffield, England. Explores the build-up, immediate and long-term aftermath of the catastrophic event.

30. The Patriot

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: Mel Gibson, Jason Isaacs, Heath Ledger, Chris Cooper
Plot: A farmer during the revolutionary witnesses his son being murdered by the British army. He takes revenge on England and leads the militia to battle with the help of his older son who originally wanted to join the war.

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