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Best War Movies/War Film

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Filmaffinity's Ranking of the best War Movies in the history of film with +1000 votes

1

Paths of Glory Paths of Glory

1957

Stanley Kubrick

Kirk Douglas, George Macready, Adolphe Menjou, Ralph Meeker, Wayne Morris ...

8.4

57,823
2

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

1961

Masaki Kobayashi

Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Yusuke Kawazu, Tamao Nakamura, Chishu Ryu ...

8.3

2,752
3

Apocalypse Now Apocalypse Now

1979

Francis Ford Coppola

Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Sam Bottoms ...

8.2

109,768
4

Full Metal Jacket Full Metal Jacket

1987

Stanley Kubrick

Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Adam Baldwin, Arliss Howard ...

8.2

124,877
5

Rome, Open City Rome, Open City

1945

Roberto Rossellini

Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani, Marcello Pagliero, Maria Michi, Harry Feist ...

8.1

17,883
6

The Human Condition II: The Road to Eternity The Human Condition II: The Road to Eternity

1959

Masaki Kobayashi

Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Kei Sato, Minoru Chiaki, Keiji Sada ...

8.1

2,844
7

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959

Masaki Kobayashi

Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Ineko Arima, Chikage Awashima, Keiji Sada ...

8.0

3,605
8

Ran Ran

1985

Akira Kurosawa

Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Pîtâ, Mieko Harada ...

8.0

29,067
9

Grave of the Fireflies Grave of the Fireflies

1988

Isao Takahata

Animation

8.0

42,566
10

The Battle of Algiers The Battle of Algiers

1966

Gillo Pontecorvo

Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Brahim Haggiag, Fusia El Kader, Samia Kerbash ...

8.0

6,661
11

The Deer Hunter The Deer Hunter

1978

Michael Cimino

Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep, John Savage, John Cazale ...

8.0

51,388
12

Napoleon Napoleon

1927

Abel Gance

Albert Dieudonné, Gina Manès, Edmond Van Daële, Antonin Artaud, Alexandre Koubitsky ...

8.0

3,081
13

Lawrence of Arabia Lawrence of Arabia

1962

David Lean

Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Quinn ...

8.0

48,693
14

Battleship Potemkin Battleship Potemkin

1925

Sergei M. Eisenstein

Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Grigori Aleksandrov, Mikhail Gomorov, Ivan Bobrov ...

8.0

29,388
15

Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

1964

Stanley Kubrick

Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, James Earl Jones, Keenan Wynn ...

7.9

49,679
16

I Am Cuba I Am Cuba

1964

Mikhail Kalatozov

Luz María Collazo, Raúl García, Jean Bouise, María de las Mercedes Díez, José Gallardo ...

7.9

2,667
17

The Ascent The Ascent

1977

Larisa Shepitko

Boris Plotnikov, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Sergei Yakovlev, Viktoriya Goldentul, Lyudmila Polyakova ...

7.8

1,759
18

The Bridge on the River Kwai The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957

David Lean

William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, James Donald, Sessue Hayakawa ...

7.8

50,918
19

The Train The Train

1964

John Frankenheimer

Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Michel Simon, Howard Vernon ...

7.8

6,972
20

All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front

1930

Lewis Milestone

Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray, Arnold Lucy, Ben Alexander ...

7.8

7,494
21

The Big Parade The Big Parade

1925

King Vidor

John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Hobart Bosworth, Karl Dane, Rosita Marstini ...

7.8

1,774
22

Come and See Come and See

1985

Elem Klimov

Alexei Kravchenko, Olga Mironova, Liubomiras Laucevicius, Vladas Bagdonas, Victor Lorents

7.8

8,693
23

Inglourious Basterds Inglourious Basterds

2009

Quentin Tarantino

Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Mélanie Laurent, Diane Kruger, Michael Fassbender ...

7.8

158,929
24

Saving Private Ryan Saving Private Ryan

1998

Steven Spielberg

Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Matt Damon, Barry Pepper ...

7.8

143,530
25

Forbidden Games Forbidden Games

1952

René Clément

Georges Poujouly, Brigitte Fossey, Amédée, Laurence Badie, Madeleine Barbulée ...

7.8

4,023
26

Ivan's Childhood Ivan's Childhood

1962

Andrei Tarkovsky

Nikolay Burlyaev, Valentin Zubkov, Yevgeni Zharikov, Stepan Krylov, Nikolai Grinko, Valentina Malyavina

7.7

7,561
27

The Boat The Boat

1981

Wolfgang Petersen

Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Martin Semmelrogge ...

7.7

23,999
28

1917 1917

2019

Sam Mendes

George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Richard Madden, Benedict Cumberbatch ...

7.7

52,831
29

Shame Shame

1968

Ingmar Bergman

Liv Ullmann, Max von Sydow, Sigge Fürst, Gunnar Björnstrand, Birgitta Valberg ...

7.7

3,397
30

The Dirty Dozen The Dirty Dozen

1967

Robert Aldrich

Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, John Cassavetes, Ernest Borgnine, George Kennedy ...

7.7

39,943

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