Top War Movies


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

171. Night Train to Munich

Year of Release: 1940
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Carol Reed
Actors: Margaret Lockwood, Rex Harrison, Paul Henreid, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, James Harcourt
Plot: The Germans have taken Czechoslovakia and scientist Axel Bomasch, inventor of a new type of armor plating, manages to flee to England with his daughter, Anna. The relief is short-lived as Gestapo agents find them and take them back to Berlin. British secret service agent Gus Bennet is in pursuit, disguised as a German officer, must rescue the scientist even if it means starting a romance with Anna.

172. All Quiet on the Western Front

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Delbert Mann
Actors: Richard Thomas, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Ian Holm, Patricia Neal, Dominic Jephcott
Plot: A young German, along with his classmates, enlist to fight in WWI. Originally the idealistic young men think war with be an adventure, but as the war drags on, and more and more of them die, disillusionment and reality set in.

173. Waterloo Bridge

Year of Release: 1931
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: James Whale
Actors: Mae Clarke, Douglass Montgomery, Bette Davis, Doris Lloyd, Frederick Kerr, Enid Bennett

174. Decision Before Dawn

Year of Release: 1951
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Anatole Litvak
Actors: Richard Basehart, Gary Merrill, Oskar Werner, Hildegard Knef, Dominique Blanchar, O.E. Hasse
Plot: As WWII draws to a close, the American allies lack crucial information
about enemy units behind German lines. They decide on a risky venture - to
send German prisoners behind the lines to spy for them. Between Gestapo
scrutiny and questionable loyalty, it's a venture that could pay off or
backfire.

175. A Private War

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Matthew Heineman
Actors: Rosamund Pike, Jamie Dornan, Stanley Tucci, Tom Hollander, Alexandra Moen, Corey Johnson

176. Voyage of the Damned

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Actors: Faye Dunaway, Oskar Werner, Lee Grant, Sam Wanamaker, Lynne Frederick, Jonathan Pryce

177. Go Tell the Spartans

Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ted Post
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Craig Wasson, Jonathan Goldsmith, Marc Singer, Joe Unger, Dennis Howard

178. Procès de Jeanne d'Arc

Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Bresson
Actors: Florence Delay, Jean-Claude Fourneau, Roger Honorat, Marc Jacquier, Jean Gillibert, Michel Herubel

179. Mephisto

Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: István Szabó
Actors: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krystyna Janda, Ildikó Bánsági, Rolf Hoppe, György Cserhalmi, Péter Andorai

180. Nam's Angels ( Losers, The )

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jack Starrett
Actors: William Smith, Bernie Hamilton, Adam Roarke, Houston Savage, Paul Koslo, John Garwood

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