Cinemaths · List View War Films Ranked by Score
150 films · View as Text List
1.
100 /100
100th percentile
Come and See
1985 142m Drama, War, NR
Directed by
Elem Klimov
Soviet Union · Belarusian
2.
100 /100
100th percentile
Lawrence of Arabia
1962 228m Adventure, History, War, PG
Directed by
David Lean
UK · English
3.
99 /100
99th percentile
Schindler's List
1993 195m Drama, History, War, R
Directed by
Steven Spielberg
USA · English
4.
97 /100
99th percentile
Inglourious Basterds
2009 153m Drama, Thriller, War, R
Directed by
Quentin Tarantino
USA · English
5.
96 /100
98th percentile
The Pianist
2002 150m Drama, War, R
Directed by
Roman Polanski
France · English
6.
95 /100
97th percentile
Paths of Glory
1957 88m War, Drama, NR
Directed by
Stanley Kubrick
USA · English
7.
95 /100
97th percentile
Saving Private Ryan
1998 169m Drama, History, War, R
Directed by
Steven Spielberg
USA · English
8.
95 /100
97th percentile
Apocalypse Now
1979 147m Drama, War, R
Directed by
Francis Ford Coppola
USA · English
9.
95 /100
97th percentile
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959 178m War, Drama, History, NR
Directed by
Masaki Kobayashi
Japan · Japanese
10.
95 /100
97th percentile
The General
1926 79m Action, Adventure, Comedy, War, Romance, NR
Directed by
Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
USA · No Language
11.
94 /100
96th percentile
Spartacus
1960 197m History, War, Drama, Adventure, PG-13
Directed by
Stanley Kubrick
USA · English
12.
94 /100
96th percentile
Beasts of No Nation
2015 137m Drama, War, R
Directed by
Cary Joji Fukunaga
USA · English
13.
94 /100
96th percentile
Downfall
2004 155m Drama, History, War, R
Directed by
Oliver Hirschbiegel
Germany · German
14.
94 /100
96th percentile
The Invisible War
2012 93m Documentary, War, Crime, NR
Directed by
Kirby Dick
USA · English
15.
94 /100
96th percentile
Battleship Potemkin
1925 75m Drama, History, War, NR
Directed by
Sergei Eisenstein
Soviet Union · No Language
16.
93 /100
95th percentile
Three Kings
1999 114m Action, Comedy, War, R
Directed by
David O. Russell
USA · English
17.
93 /100
95th percentile
Full Metal Jacket
1987 117m Drama, War, R
Directed by
Stanley Kubrick
USA · English
18.
93 /100
95th percentile
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964 95m Comedy, War, PG
Directed by
Stanley Kubrick
USA · English
19.
92 /100
93rd percentile
Tropic Thunder
2008 107m Action, Comedy, Adventure, War, R
Directed by
Ben Stiller
USA · English
20.
92 /100
93rd percentile
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930 133m Drama, War, NR
Directed by
Lewis Milestone
USA · English
21.
92 /100
93rd percentile
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959 206m War, Drama, History, NR
Directed by
Masaki Kobayashi
Japan · Japanese
22.
91 /100
92nd percentile
The Painted Bird
2019 169m War, Drama, Thriller, NR
Directed by
Václav Marhoul
Czech Republic · Interslavic
23.
90 /100
90th percentile
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961 190m War, Drama, History, NR
Directed by
Masaki Kobayashi
Japan · Japanese
24.
90 /100
90th percentile
Paisan
1946 125m Drama, War, NR
Directed by
Roberto Rossellini
Italy · Italian
25.
89 /100
89th percentile
Eye in the Sky
2016 102m Drama, Thriller, War, R
Directed by
Gavin Hood
UK · English
26.
89 /100
89th percentile
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 161m Drama, History, War, PG
Directed by
David Lean
UK · English
27.
89 /100
89th percentile
Das Boot
1981 150m Drama, History, War, R
Directed by
Wolfgang Petersen
Germany · German
28.
89 /100
89th percentile
The Birth of a Nation
1915 195m Drama, History, War, PG
Directed by
D.W. Griffith
USA · No Language
29.
88 /100
87th percentile
The Great Escape
1963 173m Adventure, Drama, War, NR
Directed by
John Sturges
USA · English
30.
88 /100
87th percentile
Rome, Open City
1945 103m Drama, War, NR
Directed by
Roberto Rossellini
Italy · Italian
31.
88 /100
87th percentile
Quo vadis, Aida?
2021 104m War, Drama, History, NR
Directed by
Jasmila Žbanić
Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bosnian
32.
88 /100
87th percentile
20 Days in Mariupol
2023 94m Documentary, War, NR
Directed by
Mstyslav Chernov
USA · Ukrainian
33.
87 /100
85th percentile
Jojo Rabbit
2019 108m Comedy, War, Drama, PG-13
Directed by
Taika Waititi
USA · English
34.
87 /100
85th percentile
Grand Illusion
1937 114m Drama, History, War, NR
Directed by
Jean Renoir
France · French
35.
86 /100
83rd percentile
Sergeant York
1941 134m War, Drama, NR
Directed by
Howard Hawks
USA · English
36.
86 /100
83rd percentile
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2003 138m Adventure, Drama, War, PG-13
Directed by
Peter Weir
USA · English
37.
86 /100
83rd percentile
71
2014 99m Thriller, Action, Drama, War, R
Directed by
Yann Demange
UK · English
38.
85 /100
80th percentile
The Hurt Locker
2009 131m Drama, Thriller, War, R
Directed by
Kathryn Bigelow
USA · English
39.
85 /100
80th percentile
Good Morning, Vietnam
1987 121m Comedy, Drama, War, R
Directed by
Barry Levinson
USA · English
40.
84 /100
78th percentile
War for the Planet of the Apes
2017 140m Drama, Science Fiction, War, PG-13
Directed by
Matt Reeves
USA · English
41.
84 /100
78th percentile
Cold Mountain
2003 154m War, History, Adventure, Romance, R
Directed by
Anthony Minghella
USA · English
42.
84 /100
78th percentile
Platoon
1986 120m Drama, War, Action, R
Directed by
Oliver Stone
USA · English
43.
83 /100
75th percentile
Rescue Dawn
2007 125m Adventure, Drama, War, PG-13
Directed by
Werner Herzog
USA · English
44.
82 /100
73rd percentile
The Grey Zone
2001 108m Drama, War, History, R
Directed by
Tim Blake Nelson
USA · English
45.
82 /100
73rd percentile
Patton
1970 172m War, Drama, History, PG
Directed by
Franklin J. Schaffner
USA · English
46.
82 /100
73rd percentile
The Quiet American
2002 101m Romance, Thriller, Drama, War, R
Directed by
Phillip Noyce
USA · English
47.
81 /100
72nd percentile
Braveheart
1995 177m Action, Drama, History, War, R
Directed by
Mel Gibson
USA · English
48.
81 /100
72nd percentile
1917
2019 119m War, History, Thriller, R
Directed by
Sam Mendes
UK · English
49.
80 /100
69th percentile
They Shall Not Grow Old
2018 99m Documentary, History, War, R
Directed by
Peter Jackson
UK · English
50.
80 /100
69th percentile
The Killing Fields
1984 142m Drama, History, War, R
Directed by
Roland Joffé
UK · English
51.
79 /100
67th percentile
Stalag 17
1953 120m Comedy, Drama, War, NR
Directed by
Billy Wilder
USA · English
52.
79 /100
67th percentile
12.12: The Day
2023 142m Drama, History, Thriller, Crime, War, Action, NR
Directed by
Kim Sung-soo
South Korea · Korean
53.
78 /100
64th percentile
Lifeboat
1944 96m War, Drama, NR
Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
USA · English
54.
78 /100
64th percentile
The Fog of War
2003 107m Documentary, TV Movie, History, War, PG-13
Directed by
Errol Morris
USA · English
55.
78 /100
64th percentile
Conspiracy
2001 96m History, Drama, War, TV Movie, R
Directed by
Frank Pierson
USA · English
56.
78 /100
64th percentile
Five Came Back
2017 195m Documentary, War, NR
Directed by
Laurent Bouzereau
USA · English
57.
77 /100
62nd percentile
The Guns of Navarone
1961 160m War, Adventure, Thriller, Action, NR
Directed by
J. Lee Thompson
UK · English
58.
77 /100
62nd percentile
Antz
1998 83m Animation, Drama, Family, Comedy, Adventure, Romance, War, PG
Directed by
Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson
USA · English
59.
77 /100
62nd percentile
The Search
1948 104m Drama, War, NR
Directed by
Fred Zinnemann
USA · English
60.
75 /100
58th percentile
Black Hawk Down
2001 145m Action, War, History, R
Directed by
Ridley Scott
USA · English
61.
75 /100
58th percentile
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 144m War, History, Drama, G
Directed by
Toshio Masuda, Kinji Fukasaku, Richard Fleischer
USA · English
62.
75 /100
58th percentile
Glory
1989 122m Drama, History, War, R
Directed by
Edward Zwick
USA · English
63.
75 /100
58th percentile
Sisu: Road to Revenge
2025 89m Action, War R
Directed by
Jalmari Helander
Finland · English
64.
74 /100
56th percentile
Lacombe Lucien
1974 138m Drama, War, R
Directed by
Louis Malle
France · French
65.
74 /100
56th percentile
Hotel Rwanda
2004 121m Drama, History, War, PG-13
Directed by
Terry George
USA · English
66.
74 /100
56th percentile
Sisu
2023 91m Action, War R
Directed by
Jalmari Helander
Finland · English
67.
73 /100
54th percentile
The Outpost
2020 123m War, Drama, History, Action, R
Directed by
Rod Lurie
USA · English
68.
73 /100
54th percentile
Hacksaw Ridge
2016 139m Drama, History, War, R
Directed by
Mel Gibson
Australia · English
69.
72 /100
52nd percentile
The Wall
2017 90m War, Thriller, Drama, Action, R
Directed by
Doug Liman
USA · English
70.
72 /100
52nd percentile
The Front Line
2011 133m Drama, Action, War, NR
Directed by
Jang Hoon
South Korea · Korean
71.
71 /100
50th percentile
Crimson Tide
1995 116m Thriller, Action, Drama, War, R
Directed by
Tony Scott
USA · English
72.
71 /100
50th percentile
49th Parallel
1941 123m War, Thriller, NR
Directed by
Michael Powell
UK · English
73.
71 /100
50th percentile
Force 10 from Navarone
1978 114m Drama, Adventure, War, PG
Directed by
Guy Hamilton
UK · English
74.
71 /100
50th percentile
Time Limit
1957 97m Drama, Mystery, War, NR
Directed by
Karl Malden
USA · English
75.
70 /100
48th percentile
The Breadwinner
2017 94m Animation, War, Drama, Family, PG-13
Directed by
Nora Twomey
Ireland · English
76.
70 /100
48th percentile
Hanover Street
1979 109m Drama, Romance, War, Action, Adventure, PG
Directed by
Peter Hyams
USA · English
77.
70 /100
48th percentile
The Sand Pebbles
1966 196m Drama, War, PG-13
Directed by
Robert Wise
USA · English
78.
69 /100
45th percentile
The Plainsman
1936 113m Western, War, Romance, NR
Directed by
Cecil B. DeMille
USA · English
79.
69 /100
45th percentile
Stalingrad
1993 134m Drama, History, War, NR
Directed by
Joseph Vilsmaier
Germany · German
80.
68 /100
42nd percentile
U-571
2000 116m War, Action, Adventure, PG-13
Directed by
Jonathan Mostow
USA · English
81.
68 /100
42nd percentile
Objective, Burma!
1945 142m War, Adventure, Drama, Action, NR
Directed by
Raoul Walsh
USA · English
82.
68 /100
42nd percentile
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
2023 109m Drama, War, PG-13
Directed by
William Friedkin
USA · English
83.
68 /100
42nd percentile
Westfront 1918
1930 97m War, Drama, NR
Directed by
G.W. Pabst
Germany · German
84.
68 /100
42nd percentile
All Quiet on the Western Front
2022 147m War, History, Drama, R
Directed by
Edward Berger
Germany · German
85.
67 /100
40th percentile
The Imitation Game
2014 113m History, Drama, Thriller, War, PG-13
Directed by
Morten Tyldum
USA · English
86.
67 /100
40th percentile
Valkyrie
2008 121m Drama, Thriller, War, PG-13
Directed by
Bryan Singer
USA · English
87.
66 /100
38th percentile
J'accuse!
1919 165m War, Drama, NR
Directed by
Abel Gance
France · No Language
88.
65 /100
37th percentile
Green Zone
2010 115m War, Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, R
Directed by
Paul Greengrass
USA · English
89.
65 /100
37th percentile
Andersonville
1996 167m War, Drama, TV Movie, History, NR
Directed by
John Frankenheimer
USA · English
90.
65 /100
37th percentile
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
2004 148m Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War, R
Directed by
Kang Je-kyu
South Korea · Korean
91.
64 /100
35th percentile
Greyhound
2020 92m War, Action, Drama, PG-13
Directed by
Aaron Schneider
USA · English
92.
64 /100
35th percentile
Jarhead
2005 123m Drama, War, R
Directed by
Sam Mendes
USA · English
93.
64 /100
35th percentile
War Horse
2011 146m War, History, Adventure, PG-13
Directed by
Steven Spielberg
USA · English
94.
63 /100
32nd percentile
Hart's War
2002 125m Drama, War, R
Directed by
Gregory Hoblit
USA · English
95.
63 /100
32nd percentile
Napoleon
2023 158m History, War, Romance, R
Directed by
Ridley Scott
USA · English
96.
63 /100
32nd percentile
Harbin
2024 108m Action, Thriller, History, War, NR
Directed by
Woo Min-ho
South Korea · Korean
97.
62 /100
31st percentile
Fear and Desire
1953 62m Drama, War, Thriller, NR
Directed by
Stanley Kubrick
USA · English
98.
62 /100
31st percentile
Defiance
2008 137m Action, Drama, History, War, R
Directed by
Edward Zwick
USA · English
99.
62 /100
31st percentile
Resurrected
1989 96m War, Mystery, NR
Directed by
Paul Greengrass
UK · English
100.
62 /100
31st percentile
Blood Oath
1990 108m Drama, War, R
Directed by
Stephen Wallace
Australia · English
101.
62 /100
31st percentile
The Alamo
1960 202m War, Adventure, History, Western, NR
Directed by
John Wayne
USA · English
102.
62 /100
31st percentile
Breaker Morant
1980 107m Drama, History, War, PG
Directed by
Bruce Beresford
Australia · English
103.
62 /100
31st percentile
Land of Bad
2024 113m Action, War, Thriller, R
Directed by
William Eubank
USA · English
104.
61 /100
30th percentile
The Caine Mutiny
1954 124m Drama, War, NR
Directed by
Edward Dmytryk
USA · English
105.
60 /100
28th percentile
Roaring Currents
2014 126m War, Action, Drama, History, NR
Directed by
Kim Han-min
South Korea · Korean
106.
59 /100
26th percentile
Without Remorse
2021 110m Action, Thriller, War, R
Directed by
Stefano Sollima
USA · English
107.
59 /100
26th percentile
The Last of the Mohicans
1992 112m Action, History, Romance, War, R
Directed by
Michael Mann
USA · English
108.
59 /100
26th percentile
Civil War
2024 109m War, Action, Drama, R
Directed by
Alex Garland
UK · English
109.
59 /100
26th percentile
Emancipation
2022 132m Drama, War, History, R
Directed by
Antoine Fuqua
USA · English
110.
58 /100
25th percentile
Shadow in the Cloud
2021 83m Horror, Action, War, R
Directed by
Roseanne Liang
New Zealand · English
111.
58 /100
25th percentile
The Men Who Stare at Goats
2009 94m Comedy, War, R
Directed by
Grant Heslov
USA · English
112.
58 /100
25th percentile
Northwest Passage
1940 126m Adventure, History, War, Drama, NR
Directed by
King Vidor
USA · English
113.
57 /100
24th percentile
Outlaw King
2018 122m Action, History, War, R
Directed by
David Mackenzie
UK · English
114.
57 /100
24th percentile
Da 5 Bloods
2020 155m War, Drama, R
Directed by
Spike Lee
USA · English
115.
56 /100
23rd percentile
Resistance
2020 120m War, History, Drama, R
Directed by
Jonathan Jakubowicz
USA · English
116.
55 /100
21st percentile
Lee
2024 117m History, Drama, War, R
Directed by
Ellen Kuras
UK · English
117.
55 /100
21st percentile
Warfare
2025 95m War, Action, R
Directed by
Ray Mendoza, Alex Garland
UK · English
118.
54 /100
20th percentile
Blitz
2024 120m War, Drama, History, PG-13
Directed by
Steve McQueen
UK · English
119.
54 /100
20th percentile
The Man Who Captured Eichmann
1996 96m TV Movie, Drama, History, War, NR
Directed by
William A. Graham
USA · English
120.
51 /100
17th percentile
Unbroken
2014 137m Drama, War, PG-13
Directed by
Angelina Jolie
USA · English
121.
51 /100
17th percentile
Courage Under Fire
1996 116m Drama, Thriller, Mystery, War, R
Directed by
Edward Zwick
USA · English
122.
50 /100
16th percentile
Operation Mincemeat
2022 128m War, History, Drama, PG-13
Directed by
John Madden
UK · English
123.
49 /100
15th percentile
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 140m Western, War, Drama, Romance, NR
Directed by
Raoul Walsh
USA · English
124.
49 /100
15th percentile
A Private War
2018 106m Drama, War, R
Directed by
Matthew Heineman
USA · English
125.
48 /100
14th percentile
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
2022 126m Drama, Comedy, War, R
Directed by
Peter Farrelly
USA · English
126.
48 /100
14th percentile
The Zone of Interest
2023 105m Drama, History, War, PG-13
Directed by
Jonathan Glazer
UK · German
127.
46 /100
13th percentile
Swing Shift
1984 100m Drama, Romance, War, PG
Directed by
Jonathan Demme
USA · English
128.
45 /100
12th percentile
Kingdom of Heaven
2005 144m Drama, Action, Adventure, History, War, R
Directed by
Ridley Scott
UK · English
129.
44 /100
11th percentile
Captain Newman, M.D.
1963 126m Comedy, Drama, War, NR
Directed by
David Miller
USA · English
130.
44 /100
11th percentile
In Which We Serve
1942 115m Drama, War, NR
Directed by
Noël Coward, David Lean
UK · English
131.
43 /100
11th percentile
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002 138m Drama, History, Thriller, Mystery, War, PG-13
Directed by
Kathryn Bigelow
USA · English
132.
43 /100
11th percentile
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939 100m Drama, History, War, NR
Directed by
John Ford
USA · English
133.
43 /100
11th percentile
Fat Man and Little Boy
1989 127m Drama, History, War, PG-13
Directed by
Roland Joffé
USA · English
134.
40 /100
10th percentile
Son of Saul
2015 107m War, Drama, Thriller, R
Directed by
László Nemes
Hungary · Hungarian
135.
40 /100
10th percentile
Behind Enemy Lines
2001 106m Action, Drama, Thriller, War, PG-13
Directed by
John Moore
USA · English
136.
39 /100
9th percentile
Zeros and Ones
2021 85m War, Thriller, R
Directed by
Abel Ferrara
USA · English
137.
35 /100
7th percentile
Stalin
1992 172m Drama, History, War, TV Movie, NR
Directed by
Ivan Passer
USA · English
138.
34 /100
7th percentile
Casualties of War
1989 113m Drama, History, War, R
Directed by
Brian De Palma
USA · English
139.
32 /100
6th percentile
Empire of the Sun
1987 153m Drama, History, War, PG
Directed by
Steven Spielberg
USA · English
140.
31 /100
6th percentile
Flags of Our Fathers
2006 135m War, Drama, History, R
Directed by
Clint Eastwood
USA · English
141.
28 /100
5th percentile
The Monuments Men
2014 118m War, Drama, History, Action, PG-13
Directed by
George Clooney
USA · English
142.
26 /100
5th percentile
1941
1979 118m Comedy, War, Action, PG
Directed by
Steven Spielberg
USA · English
143.
25 /100
4th percentile
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
2019 96m Drama, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction, War, R
Directed by
Robert D. Krzykowski
USA · English
144.
24 /100
4th percentile
Rambo
2008 92m Action, Thriller, War, R
Directed by
Sylvester Stallone
USA · English
145.
24 /100
4th percentile
Rules of Engagement
2000 128m War, Drama, R
Directed by
William Friedkin
USA · English
146.
23 /100
3rd percentile
Gettysburg
1993 254m Drama, History, War, PG
Directed by
Ronald F. Maxwell
USA · English
147.
18 /100
2nd percentile
Dunkirk
2017 107m War, Action, Drama, PG-13
Directed by
Christopher Nolan
UK · English
148.
18 /100
2nd percentile
Invaders of the Lost Gold
1982 88m Adventure, Action, Horror, War, NR
Directed by
Alan Birkinshaw
Italy · English
149.
12 /100
1st percentile
The Six Triple Eight
2024 130m Drama, War, History, PG-13
Directed by
Tyler Perry
USA · English
150.
4 /100
0th percentile
We Were Soldiers
2002 138m Action, History, War, R
Directed by
Randall Wallace
USA · English