Best war films - Charts
Best war films
1. Higher Principle (1960)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / War
Directed by: Jiří Krejčík
Cast: František Smolík, Jana Brejchová
2. Night and Fog (1956)
France, Documentary / Short
Directed by: Alain Resnais
Cast: Michel Bouquet, Reinhard Heydrich
3. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
USA, Drama / War
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Tom Hanks, Edward Burns
4. The Pianist (2002)
France / Poland, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Roman Polański
Cast: Adrien Brody, Emilia Fox
5. Braveheart (1995)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Mel Gibson
Cast: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau
6. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Italy, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Roberto Benigni
Cast: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi
8. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
USA / Germany, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent
9. Black Hawk Down (2001)
USA / UK, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor
10. The Shop on Main Street (1965)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / War
Directed by: Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos
Cast: Ida Kamińska, Jozef Kroner
12. They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
UK / New Zealand, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Peter Jackson
13. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
UK / USA, Drama / War
Directed by: Terry George
Cast: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo
14. Shoah (1985)
France, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Claude Lanzmann
Cast: Claude Lanzmann, Richard Glazar
15. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
UK / USA, Drama / War
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin
16. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
UK / USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: David Lean
Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness
17. Bitva o Ostravsko 1945 (2019)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Jaroslav Korytář
18. Apocalypse Now (1979)
USA, War / Drama
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando
19. The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / War
Directed by: Karel Steklý
Cast: Rudolf Hrušínský, Eva Svobodová
20. The Great Dictator (1940)
USA, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Charlie Chaplin
Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Jack Oakie
21. I Dutifully Report (1957)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / War
Directed by: Karel Steklý
Cast: Rudolf Hrušínský, Svatopluk Beneš
22. The Great Escape (1963)
USA, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: John Sturges
Cast: Steve McQueen, James Garner
23. Riders in the Sky (1968)
Czechoslovakia, War / Drama
Directed by: Jindřich Polák
Cast: Jiří Bednář, Jiří Hrzán
24. Paths of Glory (1957)
USA, Drama / War
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker
25. The General (1926)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
Cast: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack
26. Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
France / UK, Comedy / War
Directed by: Gérard Oury
Cast: Bourvil, Louis de Funès
28. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster
29. Divided We Fall (2000)
Czech Republic, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Jan Hřebejk
Cast: Bolek Polívka, Csongor Kassai
30. Springman and the SS (1946)
Czechoslovakia, Animation / Short
Directed by: Jiří Trnka, Jiří Brdečka
31. The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Michael Mann
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe
33. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Japan, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Isao Takahata
Cast: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi
34. Shake Hands with the Devil (2007)
Canada, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode
Cast: Roy Dupuis, Deborah Kara Unger
35. Hot Shots! 2 (1993)
USA, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Jim Abrahams
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges
37. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: William Wyler
Cast: Myrna Loy, Fredric March
38. Persepolis (2007)
France / USA, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
39. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
USA, War / Drama
Directed by: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres
40. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
UK, Adventure / War
Directed by: David Lean
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness
41. Barry Lyndon (1975)
UK, Drama / War
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson
43. Casablanca (1942)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman
44. The Old Gun (1975)
France / West Germany, War / Thriller
Directed by: Robert Enrico
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Romy Schneider
45. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
USA / UK, Comedy / War
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott
46. The Longest Day (1962)
USA, War / Action
Directed by: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton
Cast: Eddie Albert, Paul Anka
47. Bloody Sunday (2002)
UK / Ireland, Drama / War
Directed by: Paul Greengrass
Cast: James Nesbitt, Allan Gildea
48. Atentát na Heydricha - Príbeh Jozefa Gabčíka a Jana Kubiša (2013)
Slovakia, Documentary / War
Directed by: Veronika Tóthová
Cast: Jaroslav Čvančara
50. Battle Ground 625 (2005)
South Korea, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Kwang-hyeon Park
Cast: Ha-kyun Shin, Jae-yeong Jeong
51. War and Peace: Part III (1967)
Soviet Union, Drama / War
Directed by: Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk
52. Brotherhood (2004)
South Korea, Action / Drama
Directed by: Je-gyu Kang
Cast: Dong-gun Jang, Bin Won
53. The Search (1948)
USA / Switzerland, Drama / War
Directed by: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Ivan Jandl, Jarmila Novotná
54. Death Is Called Engelchen (1963)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / War
Directed by: Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos
Cast: Jan Kačer, Eva Poláková
55. Waltz with Bashir (2008)
Israel / France, Animation / Documentary
Directed by: Ari Folman
Cast: Ari Folman, אורי סיון
56. The War You Don't See (2010)
UK, Documentary / War
Directed by: John Pilger, Alan Lowery
Cast: Julian Assange, Tony Blair
58. The Fifth Seal (1976)
Hungary, Drama / Psychological
Directed by: Zoltán Fábri
Cast: Lajos Őze, László Márkus
59. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
UK / USA, Drama / War
Directed by: Mark Herman
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon
60. Adelheid (1969)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Psychological
Directed by: František Vláčil
Cast: Petr Čepek, Emma Černá
62. Cold Mountain (2003)
USA / UK, Drama / War
Directed by: Anthony Minghella
Cast: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman
63. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Australia / USA, Biography / War
Directed by: Mel Gibson
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Vince Vaughn
64. Gone with the Wind (1939)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Victor Fleming, George Cukor
Cast: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh
65. Europa Europa (1990)
Germany / France, Drama / War
Directed by: Agnieszka Holland
Cast: Marco Hofschneider, Julie Delpy
67. Atonement (2007)
UK / France, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Joe Wright
Cast: James McAvoy, Keira Knightley
68. Joint Security Area (2000)
South Korea, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Chan-wook Park
Cast: Byeong-heon Lee, Kang-ho Song
69. Underground (1995)
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia / France, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Emir Kusturica
70. Coach to Vienna (1966)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / War
Directed by: Karel Kachyňa
Cast: Iva Janžurová, Jaromír Hanzlík
71. Shoulder Arms (1918)
USA, Comedy / War
Directed by: Charlie Chaplin
Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance
73. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
USA, Comedy / War
Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Carole Lombard, Jack Benny
75. No Man's Land (2001)
Bosnia-Herzegovina / France, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Danis Tanović
Cast: Branko Djuric, René Bitorajac
77. The Deer Hunter (1978)
USA / UK, Drama / War
Directed by: Michael Cimino
Cast: Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken
78. Crisis (1939)
USA, Documentary / War
Directed by: Herbert Kline, Hanuš Burger
Cast: Leif Erickson, George Voskovec
79. Come and See (1985)
Soviet Union, Drama / War
Directed by: Elem Klimov
Cast: Aleksey Kravchenko, Olga Mironova
81. Land of Mine (2015)
Denmark / Germany, War / Historical
Directed by: Martin Zandvliet
Cast: Roland Møller, Louis Hofmann
82. Farewell My Concubine (1993)
China / Hong Kong, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Kaige Chen
Cast: Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang
84. The Killing Fields (1984)
UK, Drama / War
Directed by: Roland Joffé
Cast: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor
85. A Bridge Too Far (1977)
USA / UK, War / Drama
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, James Caan
86. Two Women (1960)
Italy / France, Drama / War
Directed by: Vittorio De Sica
Cast: Sophia Loren, Jean-Paul Belmondo
88. Sniper: Inside the Crosshairs (2009)
USA, Documentary / War
Directed by: Emre Şahin
Cast: Scott Levy, Marco Morales
89. Waterloo (1970)
Italy / Soviet Union, Drama / Action
Directed by: Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk
Cast: Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer
90. The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Italy / Algeria, Drama / War
Directed by: Gillo Pontecorvo
Cast: Jean Martin, Brahim Hadjadj
92. The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Soviet Union, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Mikhail Kalatozov
Cast: Tatyana Samoylova, Aleksey Batalov
93. Enemy at the Gates (2001)
USA / Germany, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast: Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes
94. Midnight Mass (1962)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Psychological
Directed by: Jiří Krejčík
Cast: Ján Klimo, Hana Meličková
96. Where Eagles Dare (1968)
UK / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Brian G. Hutton
Cast: Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood
97. All My Loved Ones (1999)
Czech Republic / Slovakia, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Matej Mináč
Cast: Josef Abrhám, Libuše Šafránková
98. Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to? (1973)
France / Italy, Comedy / War
Directed by: Robert Lamoureux
Cast: Jean Lefebvre, Pierre Mondy
99. The African Queen (1951)
UK / USA, Adventure / Romance
Directed by: John Huston
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn
100. Shadows of a Hot Summer (1977)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / War
Directed by: František Vláčil
Cast: Marta Vančurová, Juraj Kukura