Top War Movies


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

121. 12 Strong

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nicolai Fuglsig
Actors: Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, Trevante Rhodes, Elsa Pataky, Rob Riggle
Plot: Follows the story of the first special forces group deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11, including dealing with a new captain as well as joining forces with a local warlord in order to take down the Taliban.

122. King Rat

Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Bryan Forbes
Actors: George Segal, Tom Courtenay, James Fox, John Mills, Patrick O'Neal, Denholm Elliott

123. Brothers

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jim Sheridan
Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire, Mare Winningham, Sam Shepard, Bailee Madison
Plot: Family man and life-long soldier Sam Cahill goes MIA in Afghanistan. His brother, Tommy Cahill leaves his former drifter lifestyle behind to care for his brother's wife and two daughters. When Sam returns and finds his life has been taken from his by his own brother, no one's life will be the same.

124. Shop on Main Street, The ( Obchod na korze )

Year of Release: 1966
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Yiddish
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos
Actors: Ida Kaminska, Jozef Króner, Hana Slivková, Martin Hollý, Adám Matejka, Frantisek Zvarík
Plot: During WWII an elderly, Jewish woman in Czechoslovakia loses her button shop, and must then rely on the man who takes it over to protect her from further persecution.

125. The Big Red One

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Samuel Fuller
Actors: Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Bobby Di Cicco, Kelly Ward, Stéphane Audran
Plot: Follows sergeant and his inner circle during WWII, as a sea of faceless men die while under their command.

126. Burmese Harp, The ( Biruma no tategoto )

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Actors: Rentaro Mikuni, Shôji Yasui, Jun Hamamura, Taketoshi Naitô, Shunji Kasuga, Kô Nishimura

127. The Steel Helmet

Year of Release: 1951
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Samuel Fuller
Actors: Gene Evans, Robert Hutton, Steve Brodie, James Edwards, Richard Loo, Sid Melton

128. Ascent, The ( Voskhozhdeniye )

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Larisa Shepitko
Actors: Boris Plotnikov, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Sergei Yakovlev, Lyudmila Polyakova, Viktoriya Goldentul, Anatoli Solonitsyn

129. The Lost Patrol

Year of Release: 1934
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Ford
Actors: Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford, Reginald Denny, J.M. Kerrigan, Billy Bevan
Plot: A group of British soldiers crossing the Mesopotomian desert finds themselves in dire straights when their commanding officer is killed. As he was the only one who knew their final destination, a sergeant takes over the duty the keeps them heading north. But a stop at an oasis may become their last when an Arab enemy entraps them.

130. Riphagen

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Dutch
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Pieter Kuijpers
Actors: Britte Lagcher, Jeroen van Koningsbrugge, Kay Greidanus, Huub Smit, Sigrid ten Napel, Lisa Zweerman
Plot: Based on the story of Andries Riphagen, a Dutch war criminal who collaborated with the
Nazis, blackmailing and betraying Jews while amassing a huge amount of money through
his crimes.

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