Top War Movies


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

421. The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming

Year of Release: 1966
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Norman Jewison
Actors: Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Alan Arkin, Brian Keith, Jonathan Winters, Theodore Bikel
Plot: A Russian submarine captain, looking to capture a glimpse of American, runs the sub aground on a small, New England island. With no ill intent, he sends men in for a boat to pull them back to sea, but it doesn't take long for the local population to become convinced they are being invaded, threatening bloodshed in the process.

422. What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

Year of Release: 1966
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Blake Edwards
Actors: James Coburn, Dick Shawn, Sergio Fantoni, Giovanna Ralli, Carroll O'Connor, Aldo Ray
Plot: During WWII, a by the book Captain is ordered to take command over a platoon of misfits and raid an Italian village.

423. Arsenal

Year of Release: 1929
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Aleksandr Dovzhenko
Actors: Semyon Svashenko, Amvrosi Buchma, Georgi Khorkov, A. Yevdakov, Nikolai Kuchinsky, O. Merlatti

424. The Way Ahead

Year of Release: 1945
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Carol Reed
Actors: David Niven, Stanley Holloway, James Donald, John Laurie, Leslie Dwyer, Hugh Burden

425. Navy SEALs

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lewis Teague
Actors: Charlie Sheen, Michael Biehn, Joanne Whalley, Bill Paxton, Dennis Haysbert, Rick Rossovich

426. The North Star

Year of Release: 1943
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lewis Milestone
Actors: Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Walter Huston, Walter Brennan, Ann Harding, Jane Withers

427. We Dive at Dawn

Year of Release: 1943
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Anthony Asquith
Actors: John Mills, Louis Bradfield, Ronald Millar, Jack Watling, Reginald Purdell, Caven Watson

428. 633 Squadron

Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Walter Grauman
Actors: Cliff Robertson, George Chakiris, Maria Perschy, Harry Andrews, Michael Goodliffe, Donald Houston

429. The Somme

Year of Release: 1928
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: M.A. Wetherell
Actors: James Richardson, T.W.H. Veale

430. Dishonored

Year of Release: 1931
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Actors: Marlene Dietrich, Victor McLaglen, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Warner Oland, Lew Cody, Barry Norton

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