Top 100 War Movies List

#60 War Movie

Stalingrad (1987) R

A band of Russian soldiers fight to hold a strategic building in their devastated city against a ruthless German army, and in the process become deeply connected to two Russian women who have been living there.

Director:

Fedor Bondarchuk

Writers:

Sergey Snezhkin, Ilya Tilkin

Stars:

Mariya Smolnikova, Yanina Studilina, Pyotr Fyodorov

#59 War Movie

Cold Mountain (2003) R

In the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.

Director:

Anthony Minghella

Writers:

Charles Frazier, Anthony Minghella

Stars:

Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger

#58 War Movie

The Final Countdown (1980) PG

A modern aircraft carrier is thrown back in time to 1941 near Hawaii, just hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Director:

Don Taylor

Writers:

Thomas Hunter, Peter Powell

Stars:

Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross

#57 War Movie

Beasts of No Nation (2015)

A drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country.

Director:

Cary Joji Fukunaga

Writers:

Cary Joji Fukunaga, Uzodinma Iweala

Stars:

Abraham Attah, Emmanuel Affadzi, Ricky Adelayitor

#56 War Movie

In the Valley of Elah (2007) R

A retired military investigator works with a police detective to uncover the truth behind his son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.

Director:

Paul Haggis

Writers:

Paul Haggis, Mark Boal

Stars:

Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Jonathan Tucker

#55 War Movie

The Four Feathers (2002) PG-13

A British officer resigns his post just before battle and subsequently receives four white feathers from his friends and fiancee as symbols of what they believe to be his cowardice.

Director:

Shekhar Kapur

Writers:

A.E.W. Mason, Michael Schiffer

Stars:

Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Kate Hudson

#54 War Movie

Flags of Our Fathers (2006) R

The life stories of the six men who raised the flag at The Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in WWII.

Director:

Clint Eastwood

Writers:

William Broyles Jr., Paul Haggis

Stars:

Ryan Phillippe, Barry Pepper, Joseph Cross

#53 War Movie

Rambo (2008) R

In Thailand, John Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn Burma, and rescue a group of Christian aid workers who were kidnapped by the ruthless local infantry unit.

Director:

Sylvester Stallone

Writers:

Art Monterastelli, Sylvester Stallone

Stars:

Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Matthew Marsden

#52 War Movie

Valkyrie (2008) PG-13

A dramatization of the 20 July assassination and political coup plot by desperate renegade German Army officers against Hitler during World War II.

Director:

Bryan Singer

Writers:

Christopher McQuarrie, Nathan Alexander

Stars:

Tom Cruise, Bill Nighy, Carice van Houten

#51 War Movie

Jarhead (2005) R

A psychological study of operations desert shield and desert storm during the gulf war; through the eyes of a U.S marine sniper who struggles to cope with the possibility his girlfriend may be cheating on him back home.

Director:

Sam Mendes

Writers:

William Broyles Jr., Anthony Swofford

Stars:

Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Lucas Black

#50 War Movie

Defiance (2008) R

Jewish brothers in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe escape into the Belarussian forests, where they join Russian resistance fighters and endeavor to build a village in order to protect themselves and about 1,000 Jewish non-combatants.

Director:

Edward Zwick

Writers:

Clayton Frohman, Edward Zwick

Stars:

Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell

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#49 War Movie

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008) PG-13

Set during World War II, a story seen through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a concentration camp, whose forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences.

Director:

Mark Herman

Writers:

John Boyne, Mark Herman

Stars:

Asa Butterfield, David Thewlis, Rupert Friend

#48 War Movie

We Were Soldiers (2002) R

The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.

Director:

Randall Wallace

Writers:

Harold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway

Stars:

Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear

#47 War Movie

Hamburger Hill (1987) R

A very realistic interpretation of one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War.

Director:

John Irvin

Writers:

James Carabatsos

Stars:

Anthony Barrile, Michael Boatman, Don Cheadle

#46 War Movie

Brothers (2009) R

A young man comforts his older brother's wife and children after he goes missing in Afghanistan.

Director:

Jim Sheridan

Writers:

David Benioff, Susanne Bier

Stars:

Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire

#45 War Movie

Europa (1991) R

Just after W.W.II, an American takes a railway job in Germany, but finds his position politically sensitive with various people trying to use him.

Director:

Lars von Trier

Writers:

Lars von Trier, Niels Vørsel

Stars:

Barbara Sukowa, Jean-Marc Barr, Udo Kier

#44 War Movie

Three Kings (1999) R

In the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War, 4 soldiers set out to steal gold that was stolen from Kuwait, but they discover people who desperately need their help.

Director:

David O. Russell

Writers:

John Ridley, David O. Russell

Stars:

George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube

#43 War Movie

Behind Enemy Lines (2001) PG-13

A Navy navigator is shot down over enemy territory and is ruthlessly pursued by a secret police enforcer and the opposing troops. Meanwhile his commanding officer goes against orders in an attempt to rescue him.

Director:

John Moore

Writers:

Jim Thomas

Stars:

Gene Hackman, Owen Wilson, Gabriel Macht

#42 War Movie

Che: Part One (2008)

In 1956, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and a band of Castro-led Cuban exiles mobilize an army to topple the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.

Director:

Steven Soderbergh

Writers:

Peter Buchman, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara

Stars:

Julia Ormond, Benicio Del Toro, Oscar Isaac

#41 War Movie

Tigerland (2000) R

A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971.

Director:

Joel Schumacher

Writers:

Ross Klavan, Michael McGruther

Stars:

Colin Farrell, Matthew Davis, Clifton Collins Jr.

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