Best action war films - Charts
Best action war films
1. The General (1926)
USA, Comedy / Romance
Directed by: Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
Cast: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack
2. The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Michael Mann
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe
3. Hot Shots! 2 (1993)
USA, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Jim Abrahams
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges
4. The Longest Day (1962)
USA, War / Action
Directed by: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton
Cast: Eddie Albert, Paul Anka
5. Brotherhood (2004)
South Korea, Action / Drama
Directed by: Je-gyu Kang
Cast: Dong-gun Jang, Bin Won
8. Waterloo (1970)
Italy / Soviet Union, Drama / Action
Directed by: Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk
Cast: Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer
9. Where Eagles Dare (1968)
UK / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Brian G. Hutton
Cast: Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood
11. The Covenant (2023)
UK / Spain, Action / Drama
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Dar Salim
12. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
USA, War / Historical
Directed by: Peter Weir
Cast: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany
13. The Dirty Dozen (1967)
UK / USA, Action / War
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine
14. Battle of Britain (1969)
UK, War / Drama
Directed by: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Harry Andrews, Michael Caine
15. Cross of Honour (2012)
Norway / Sweden, Action / Drama
Directed by: Petter Næss
Cast: Florian Lukas, David Kross
16. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
USA / Japan, War / Action
Directed by: Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku
Cast: Martin Balsam, Sō Yamamura
17. Dark Blue World (2001)
Czech Republic / UK, War / Drama
Directed by: Jan Svěrák
Cast: Ondřej Vetchý, Kryštof Hádek
18. The Train (1964)
USA / France, Thriller / War
Directed by: John Frankenheimer, Arthur Penn
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield
19. Heaven & Earth (1993)
USA / France, Drama / War
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Cast: Hiep Thi Le, Tommy Lee Jones
20. Dunkirk (2017)
UK / Netherlands, Action / War
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Fionn Whitehead, Tom Hardy
21. As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
Germany, War / Drama
Directed by: Hardy Martins, Dmitriy Astrakhan
Cast: Bernhard Bettermann, Iris Böhm
24. Rambo (2008)
USA / Germany, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Sylvester Stallone
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz
25. Run Boy Run (2013)
Germany / France, Drama / War
Directed by: Pepe Danquart
Cast: Andrzej Tkacz, Kamil Tkacz
26. Fortress of War (2010)
Belarus / Russia, Drama / Action
Directed by: Aleksandr Kott, Denis Skvortsov
Cast: Alexei Kopashov, Pavel Derevyanko
27. The Thin Red Line (1998)
USA, War / Drama
Directed by: Terrence Malick
Cast: Sean Penn, Adrien Brody
28. The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
USA, War / Action
Directed by: John Guillermin
Cast: George Segal, Ben Gazzara
29. Fighter in the Wind (2004)
South Korea, War / Historical
Directed by: Yoon-ho Yang
Cast: Dong-geun Yang, Doo-hong Jeong
31. Memphis Belle (1990)
UK / Japan, War / Drama
Directed by: Michael Caton-Jones
Cast: Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz
33. American Sniper (2014)
USA, Biography / Action
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller
35. Saga of Tanya the Evil Movie (2019)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Yutaka Uemura
Cast: Aoi Yūki, Saori Hayami
36. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)
Malta / Morocco, Action / Drama
Directed by: Michael Bay
Cast: John Krasinski, James Badge Dale
37. Bullet in the Head (1990)
Hong Kong, Action / Crime
Directed by: John Woo
Cast: Tony Chiu-wai Leung, Jacky Cheung
38. Call of Duty: Operation Kingfish (2011)
USA, Short / Action
Directed by: Jeff Chan
Cast: Robert Nolan, Phi Huynh
39. The Guns of Navarone (1961)
USA / Yugoslavia, War / Adventure
Directed by: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Gregory Peck, David Niven
40. Allied (2016)
UK / USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard
41. Cat Shit One: The Animated Series (2010)
Japan, Animation / Short
Directed by: Kazuya Sasahara
Cast: Satoshi Hino, Hiroshi Tsuchida
43. 71: Into the Fire (2010)
South Korea, Action / Drama
Directed by: John H. Lee
Cast: T.O.P, Seung-won Cha
44. Kelly's Heroes (1970)
USA / Yugoslavia, War / Action
Directed by: Brian G. Hutton
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas
45. Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
UK / USA, War / Action
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo
46. The Young Lions (1958)
USA, Drama / War
Directed by: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift
47. Lone Survivor (2013)
USA, War / Biography
Directed by: Peter Berg
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch
48. Civil War (2024)
USA / UK, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Alex Garland
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny
49. Run Silent Run Deep (1958)
USA, War / Action
Directed by: Robert Wise
Cast: Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster
50. Outlaw King (2018)
UK / USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: David Mackenzie
Cast: Chris Pine, Aaron Taylor-Johnson
51. Foreign Correspondent (1940)
USA, Action / Romance
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Joel McCrea, Laraine Day
52. Rescue Dawn (2006)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Cast: Christian Bale, Steve Zahn
53. The Siege of Jadotville (2016)
Ireland / South Africa, Drama / Action
Directed by: Richie Smyth
Cast: Jamie Dornan, Jason O'Mara
54. Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: George P. Cosmatos
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna
55. A Battle of Wits (2006)
Hong Kong / China, Historical / Action
Directed by: Jacob Cheung
Cast: Andy Lau, Siu-hou Chin
56. The Enemy Below (1957)
USA, War / Action
Directed by: Dick Powell
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Curd Jürgens
57. The New One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
Hong Kong, Action / Drama
Directed by: Cheh Chang
Cast: David Chiang Da-wei, Lung Ti
60. Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
UK, War / Adventure
Directed by: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Robert Shaw, Harrison Ford
61. Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
USA, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Marsha Mason
63. Green Zone (2010)
USA / UK, Drama / War
Directed by: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear
64. Battleground (1949)
USA, Action / War
Directed by: William A. Wellman
Cast: Van Johnson, John Hodiak
66. Alexander Nevsky (1938)
Soviet Union, War / Historical
Directed by: Sergei M. Eisenstein, Dmitriy Vasilev
67. The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland
68. All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
Germany / USA, War / Action
Directed by: Edward Berger
Cast: Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch
69. Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
UK, War / Action
Directed by: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Kenneth More, Dana Wynter
70. Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
UK / Spain, Action / Historical
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Cast: Orlando Bloom, Eva Green
71. Crimson Tide (1995)
USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: Tony Scott
Cast: Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman
73. U-571 (2000)
France / USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: Jonathan Mostow
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton
74. We Were Soldiers (2002)
USA / Germany, War / Drama
Directed by: Randall Wallace
Cast: Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe
75. The Sum of All Fears (2002)
USA / Germany, Action / Drama
Directed by: Phil Alden Robinson
Cast: Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman
77. Three Kings (1999)
USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: David O. Russell
Cast: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg
78. To End All Wars (2001)
USA / Thailand, Drama / War
Directed by: David L. Cunningham
Cast: Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland
79. Eastern Condors (1987)
Hong Kong, Action / War
Directed by: Sammo Hung
Cast: Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen
81. Bang Rajan (2000)
Thailand, Drama / Action
Directed by: Tanit Jitnukul
Cast: Winai Kraibutr, Bongkoj Khongmalai
82. Arn: The Knight Templar (2007)
Sweden / UK, Historical / Drama
Directed by: Peter Flinth
Cast: Joakim Nätterqvist, Sofia Helin
83. When Taekwondo Strikes (1973)
Hong Kong, Action / War
Directed by: Feng Huang
Cast: Jhoon Rhee, Angela Mao
84. Mosul (2019)
USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: Matthew Michael Carnahan
Cast: Suhail Aldabbach, Waleed Elgadi
85. Beau Geste (1939)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: William A. Wellman
Cast: Gary Cooper, Ray Milland
86. Too Late the Hero (1970)
USA, Action / War
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson
87. The Devil's Brigade (1968)
USA, War / Action
Directed by: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: William Holden, Cliff Robertson
88. The Mercenaries (1968)
UK / USA, War / Adventure
Directed by: Jack Cardiff
Cast: Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux
89. D-Day the Sixth of June (1956)
USA, Romance / War
Directed by: Henry Koster
Cast: Robert Taylor, Richard Todd
91. Shock Troops (1967)
France / Italy, Action / War
Directed by: Costa-Gavras
Cast: Bruno Cremer, Jean-Claude Brialy
93. Danger Close (2019)
Australia, Action / Drama
Directed by: Kriv Stenders
Cast: Travis Fimmel, Daniel Webber
95. Duel of the Titans (1961)
Italy / France, Action / Drama
Directed by: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Steve Reeves, Gordon Scott
96. Across the Pacific (1942)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Vincent Sherman, John Huston
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor
97. Bal-Can-Can (2005)
Republic of Macedonia / Italy, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Darko Mitrevski
Cast: Vlado Jovanovski, Nikola Kojo
98. The Patriot (2000)
USA / Germany, Action / Drama
Directed by: Roland Emmerich
Cast: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger
99. The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
UK, Action / Drama
Directed by: Anthony Mann
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris
100. Wonder Woman (2017)
USA / Hong Kong, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Patty Jenkins
Cast: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine