Top War Movies


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

91. Hamburger Hill

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Irvin
Actors: Steven Weber, Don Cheadle, Dylan McDermott, Courtney B. Vance, Michael Boatman, Michael Dolan
Plot: A group of army soldiers are assigned to take down Hill 937, which is held by the North Vietnamese.

92. The Duellists

Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/War
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Keith Carradine, Albert Finney, Harvey Keitel, Edward Fox, Cristina Raines, Robert Stephens
Plot: Two officers in Napoleon's army become entangled in a feud that lasts several decades an involves repeated -- increasingly violent -- duels in order to settle a matter of honor.

93. Journey's End

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Saul Dibb
Actors: Sam Claflin, Paul Bettany, Asa Butterfield, Stephen Graham, Toby Jones, Tom Sturridge
Plot: In the first world war a young boy is sent into battle and here his brother in law is commander who now fears to show his angst, terror in the face of death of him and those he directly commands.

94. Heartbreak Ridge

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Clint Eastwood
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Mario Van Peebles, Everett McGill, Moses Gunn, Boyd Gaines, Eileen Heckart

95. Kanal

Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Polish
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Actors: Teresa Izewska, Tadeusz Janczar, Wienczyslaw Glinski, Tadeusz Gwiazdowski, Stanislaw Mikulski, Emil Karewicz

96. 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, Ward Bond, Marshall Thompson
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.

97. Gunga Din

Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George Stevens
Actors: Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Joan Fontaine, Sam Jaffe, Eduardo Ciannelli
Plot: 3 friends in the British army try to find a treasure, while a cult tries to kill them.

98. Mrs. Miniver

Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/War
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: William Wyler
Actors: Greer Garson, Teresa Wright, Walter Pidgeon, Richard Ney, Dame May Whitty, Henry Wilcoxon
Plot: A middle class family experiences the beginning of World War II as they are invaded by the enemy.

99. A Mighty Heart

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Actors: Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman, Archie Panjabi, Mohammed Afzal, Telal Saeed, Daud Khan

100. Richard III

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Loncraine
Actors: Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, Robert Downey Jr., Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith
Plot: Director Richard Loncraine resets Shakespeare's Historical Drama Richard III in the Facist Era. Tanks replace horses, but the treachery is timeless.

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