Top War Movies


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

301. The Dogs of War

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Irvin
Actors: Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, Colin Blakely, Hugh Millais, Paul Freeman, Jean-François Stévenin

302. Nanking

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bill Guttentag
Actors: Woody Harrelson, Mariel Hemingway, Jurgen Prochnow, Stephen Dorff, Chris Mulkey, Michelle Krusiec

303. The Raid

Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hugo Fregonese
Actors: Van Heflin, Anne Bancroft, Richard Boone, Lee Marvin, Tommy Rettig, Peter Graves

304. The Walking Dead

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Preston A. Whitmore II
Actors: Allen Payne, Eddie Griffin, Joe Morton, Bernie Mac, Kevin Jackson, Vonte Sweet

305. Wake Island

Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Farrow
Actors: Brian Donlevy, Macdonald Carey, Robert Preston, William Bendix, Albert Dekker, Walter Abel
Plot: In November 1941, Major Caton takes command of the small Marine garrison on Wake Island. His tendency toward spit and polish upsets the men's tropical lassitude, but Pearl Harbor changes everything. Soon the island is attacked and the Marines pull together day by day; but how long can they hold out?

306. King David

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Bruce Beresford
Actors: Richard Gere, Edward Woodward, Alice Krige, Denis Quilley, John Castle, Tim Woodward

307. Captains of the Clouds

Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Curtiz
Actors: James Cagney, Dennis Morgan, Brenda Marshall, Alan Hale, George Tobias, Reginald Gardiner
Plot: A bunch of excellent pilots enter into the Royal Canadian Air Force during WW2... for different reasons, though.

308. The Big Lift

Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George Seaton
Actors: Montgomery Clift, Paul Douglas, Cornell Borchers, Bruni Löbel, O.E. Hasse, Captain Dante V. Morel

309. The Devil's Arithmetic

Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Donna Deitch
Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Brittany Murphy, Mimi Rogers, Louise Fletcher, Paul Freeman, Shelly Skandrani
Plot: Powerful TV-movie about holocaust, from the modern Jewish teenage girl's perspective.

310. Bombardier

Year of Release: 1943
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Richard Wallace
Actors: Eugene L. Eubank, Pat O'Brien, Randolph Scott, Anne Shirley, Robert Ryan, Walter Reed

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