Top War Movies


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

271. Anzio ( sbarco di Anzio, Lo )

Year of Release: 1968
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Duilio Coletti, Edward Dmytryk
Actors: Robert Mitchum, Peter Falk, Robert Ryan, Earl Holliman, Mark Damon, Giancarlo Giannini
Plot: Allied forces land at Anzio unopposed but instead of moving straight inland their commanding officer decides to dig in. A battle-hardened war correspondent borrows a jeep and drives to Rome and back without meeting any German forces, but his report on this absence of the enemy is discounted. By the time it is finally decided to make a move the Germans have arrived in strength and a prolonged and bloody fight ensues.

272. Prisoner of the Mountains ( Kavkazskiy plennik )

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sergei Bodrov
Actors: Oleg Menshikov, Sergei Bodrov Jr., Jemal Sikharulidze, Susanna Mekhraliyeva, Aleksandr Bureyev, Valentina Fedotova

273. Welcome to Sarajevo

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Actors: Stephen Dillane, Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei, Goran Visnjic, Juliet Aubrey, James Nesbitt

274. Circle of Deceit ( Fälschung, Die )

Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Volker Schlöndorff
Actors: Bruno Ganz, Hanna Schygulla, Jerzy Skolimowski, Jean Carmet, Gila von Weitershausen, Peter Martin Urtel

275. Immortal Sergeant

Year of Release: 1943
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John M. Stahl
Actors: Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara, Thomas Mitchell, Allyn Joslyn, Reginald Gardiner, Melville Cooper

276. Red Ball Express

Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Budd Boetticher
Actors: Jeff Chandler, Alex Nicol, Charles Drake, Judith Braun, Sidney Poitier, Jacqueline Duval

277. China Gate

Year of Release: 1957
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Samuel Fuller
Actors: Gene Barry, Angie Dickinson, Nat 'King' Cole, Paul Dubov, Lee Van Cleef, George Givot

278. Aces High

Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jack Gold
Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Christopher Plummer, Simon Ward, John Gielgud, Ray Milland, Peter Firth
Plot: Drama about the fledgling Royal Flying Corps during WWI and the members of the British Upper class who piloted the planes.

279. Address Unknown ( Suchwiin bulmyeong )

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ki-duk Kim
Actors: Dong-kun Yang, Min-jung Ban, Young-min Kim, Eun-jin Bang, Gye-nam Myeong, In-ok Lee

280. Too Late the Hero

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Robert Aldrich
Actors: Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Ian Bannen, Harry Andrews, Denholm Elliott, Ronald Fraser

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