Top War Movies


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

291. The Angel Wore Red

Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nunnally Johnson
Actors: Ava Gardner, Dirk Bogarde, Joseph Cotten, Vittorio De Sica, Aldo Fabrizi, Finlay Currie

292. Overlord

Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stuart Cooper
Actors: Brian Stirner, Davyd Harries, Nicholas Ball, Julie Neesam, Sam Sewell, John Franklyn-Robbins
Plot: A young British man leaves home and enlists in the army as preparations for D-Day take place.

293. Gardens of Stone

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Actors: James Caan, Anjelica Huston, James Earl Jones, D.B. Sweeney, Dean Stockwell, Mary Stuart Masterson
Plot: Gardens of Stone concentrates on the trials and tribulations of the Arlington National Cemetery home guard.

294. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nagisa Ôshima
Actors: David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryûichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano, Jack Thompson, Johnny Okura

295. Prelude to War

Year of Release: 1943
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Julius J. Epstein
Actors: Max Schmeling
Plot: This famous propaganda piece, used as a U.S. Army training film in WWII before theatrical release, asks 'why we fight.' The answer compares the 'free' and 'slave' worlds. Included: development of dictatorships in Italy, Germany and Japan, while anti-militarism and isolationism rise in the USA; a look at enemy propaganda; and the first acts of aggression. Walter Huston narrates a combination of archival footage, maps, and other graphics.

296. Morituri

Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Bernhard Wicki
Actors: Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Janet Margolin, Trevor Howard, Martin Benrath, Hans Christian Blech

297. Lost Command

Year of Release: 1966
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mark Robson
Actors: Anthony Quinn, Alain Delon, George Segal, Claudia Cardinale, Michèle Morgan, Maurice Ronet

298. Castle Keep

Year of Release: 1969
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sydney Pollack
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Patrick O'Neal, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Peter Falk, Bruce Dern, Astrid Heeren

299. Essential Killing

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Actors: Vincent Gallo, Emmanuelle Seigner, David L. Price, Phillip Goss, Janusz Wojtarowicz, Mark Gasperich
Plot: A Taliban fighter escapes into a Polish forest during the rendition process. It's winter so can he survive?

300. All the Young Men

Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hall Bartlett
Actors: Alan Ladd, Sidney Poitier, James Darren, Glenn Corbett, Mort Sahl, Joseph Gallison

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