Top 100 War Movies/TV Shows of All Time

100 titles that travel well across time — a personal watchlist for top 100 war movies/tv shows of all time.

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1 Saving Private Ryan(1998)
Movie | Drama, War | USA | English, French
2 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb(1964)
Movie | Comedy, War | UK, USA | English, Russian
3 Das Boot(1981)
Movie | Drama, War | Germany | German, English
4 Paths of Glory(1957)
Movie | Drama, War | USA | English, German
5 La grande illusionaka The Grand Illusion(1937)
Movie | Drama, War | France | French, German
6 Platoon(1986)
Movie | Drama, War | USA, UK | English, Vietnamese
7 Full Metal Jacket(1987)
Movie | Drama, War | UK, USA | English, Vietnamese
8 The Deer Hunter(1978)
Movie | Drama, War | USA, UK | English, Vietnamese
9 La battaglia di Algeriaka The Battle of Algiers(1966)
Movie | Drama, War | Italy, Algeria | Arabic, French
10 Au revoir les enfants(1987)
Movie | Drama, War | France, Germany | French, German
11 Judgment at Nuremberg(1961)
Movie | Drama, War | USA | English, German
12 Ivanovo detstvoaka Ivan's Childhood(1962)
Movie | Drama, War | Russia | Russian, German
13 Das Boot(1985)
TV | Drama, War | Germany, France | German, French
14 All Quiet on the Western Front(1930)
Movie | Drama, War | USA | English, French
15 Blackadder Goes Forth(1989)
TV | Comedy, War | UK | English
16 20 Days in Mariupol(2023)
Movie | Documentary, War | Ukraine, USA | Russian, Ukrainian
17 L'armee des ombresaka Army of Shadows(1969)
Movie | Drama, War | France, Italy | French, German
18 Paisaaka Paisan(1946)
Movie | Drama, War | Italy | Italian, English
19 Huo zheaka To Live(1994)
Movie | Drama, War | Hong Kong, China | Mandarin
20 Dara iz Jasenovcaaka Dara of Jasenovac(2020)
Movie | Drama, War | Serbia | Serbian, German
21 Mandariinidaka Tangerines(2013)
Movie | Drama, War | Estonia, Georgia | Estonian, Russian
22 The Train(1964)
Movie | Thriller, War | France, Italy | English, German
23 Jeux interditsaka Forbidden Games(1952)
Movie | Drama, War | France | French
24 Voskhozhdenieaka The Ascent(1977)
Movie | Drama, War | Russia | Russian, German
25 The Search(1948)
Movie | Drama, War | Switzerland, USA | English, German
26 The Wind That Shakes the Barley(2006)
Movie | Drama, War | Ireland, UK | English, Irish Gaelic
27 Obchod na korzeaka The Shop on Main Street(1965)
Movie | Drama, War | Czech | Slovak, Yiddish
28 Giu la testaaka Duck, You Sucker!(1971)
Movie | Drama, War | Italy | English, Italian
29 Lifeboat(1944)
Movie | Drama, War | USA | English, German
30 Saul fiaaka Son of Saul(2015)
Movie | Drama, War | Hungary, France | Hungarian, Yiddish
31 Lakposhtha parvaz mikonandaka Turtles Can Fly(2004)
Movie | Drama, War | Iran, France | Kurdish, Arabic
32 Kanal(1957)
Movie | Drama, War | Poland | Polish, German
33 The Caine Mutiny(1954)
Movie | Drama, War | USA | English
34 Twelve O'Clock High(1949)
Movie | Drama, War | USA | English
35 Empire of the Sun(1987)
Movie | Drama, War | USA | English, Japanese
36 La ciociaraaka Two Women(1960)
Movie | Drama, War | Italy, France | Italian, German
37 Die Blechtrommelaka The Tin Drum(1979)
Movie | Drama, War | Germany, France | German, Italian
38 Hogan's Heroes(1965)
TV | Comedy, War | USA | English, German
39 Utomlennye solntsemaka Burnt by the Sun(1994)
Movie | Drama, War | Russia, France | Russian, French
40 Love and Death(1975)
Movie | Comedy, War | USA | English
41 Tuntematon sotilasaka The Unknown Soldier(1955)
Movie | Drama, War | Finland | Finnish
42 Az otodik pecsetaka The Fifth Seal(1976)
Movie | Drama, War | Hungary | Hungarian
43 Nobiaka Fires on the Plain(1959)
Movie | Drama, War | Japan | Japanese
44 Arsenal(1929)
Movie | Drama, War | Russia | Russian
45 Terje Vigenaka A Man There Was(1917)
Movie | Drama, War | Sweden
46 Stalingrad(1993)
Movie | Drama, War | Germany | German, Russian
47 Lacombe Lucienaka Lacombe, Lucien(1974)
Movie | Drama, War | France, Italy | French, German
48 The Hill(1965)
Movie | Drama, War | UK, USA | English
49 Dad's Army(1968)
TV | Comedy, War | UK | English
50 Les croix de boisaka Wooden Crosses(1932)
Movie | Drama, War | France | French, German
51 The Book Thief(2013)
Movie | Drama, War | Germany, USA | English, German
52 La caduta degli dei (Gotterdammerung)aka The Damned(1969)
Movie | Drama, War | Italy, Germany | Italian, German
53 Jariskatsis mamaaka Father of a Soldier(1964)
Movie | Drama, War | Russia | Georgian, Russian
54 Potomok Chingis-Khanaaka Storm Over Asia(1928)
Movie | Drama, War | Russia | Russian, English
55 Generation Kill(2008)
TV | Drama, War | USA, UK | English
56 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas(2008)
Movie | Drama, War | UK, USA | English
57 Brodreaka Brothers(2004)
Movie | Drama, War | Denmark, UK | Danish
58 Lektionen in Finsternisaka Lessons of Darkness(1992)
Movie | Documentary, War | Germany, France | German, Arabic
59 The War Game(1966)
Movie | Drama, War | UK | English
60 War and Remembrance(1988)
TV | Drama, War | Yugoslavia, USA | English, French
61 They Were Expendable(1945)
Movie | Drama, War | USA | English
62 Czterej pancerni i pies(1966)
TV | War, Adventure | Poland | Russian, Polish
63 Le petit soldataka The Little Soldier(1963)
Movie | Drama, War | France | French, German
64 Il generale Della Rovereaka General Della Rovere(1959)
Movie | Drama, War | Italy, France | Italian, German
65 Beau travail(1999)
Movie | Drama, War | France | Greek, French
66 La lengua de las mariposasaka Butterfly(1999)
Movie | Drama, War | Spain | Spanish, Galician
67 Stripes(1981)
Movie | Comedy, War | USA | English, Russian
68 Sudba chelovekaaka The Destiny of a Man(1959)
Movie | Drama, War | Russia | Russian, German
69 Shenandoah(1965)
Movie | Drama, War | USA | English
70 The Birth of a Nation(1915)
Movie | Drama, War | USA | English
71 Five Graves to Cairo(1943)
Movie | Thriller, War | USA | English, German
72 Hail the Conquering Hero(1944)
Movie | Comedy, War | USA | English
73 Beasts of No Nation(2015)
Movie | Drama, War | USA | English, Akan
74 The Duellists(1977)
Movie | Drama, War | UK, USA | English, Russian
75 Csillagosok, katonakaka The Red and the White(1967)
Movie | Drama, War | Hungary, Russia | Hungarian, Russian
76 Zamani baray-e masti-e asbhaaka A Time for Drunken Horses(2000)
Movie | Drama, War | Iran, France | Kurdish, Persian
77 A tizedes meg a tobbiekaka The Corporal and Others(1965)
Movie | Comedy, War | Hungary | Hungarian, German
78 The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming(1966)
Movie | Comedy, War | USA | English, Russian
79 They Died with Their Boots On(1941)
Movie | War, Western | USA | English
80 Hell's Angels(1930)
Movie | Drama, War | USA | English, German
81 !Vamonos con Pancho Villa!aka Let's Go with Pancho Villa(1936)
Movie | Drama, War | Mexico | Spanish
82 Tuntematon sotilasaka The Unknown Soldier(2017)
Movie | Drama, War | Finland, Belgium | Finnish, Russian
83 Johnny Got His Gun(1971)
Movie | Drama, War | USA | English
84 La bataille du railaka The Battle of the Rails(1946)
Movie | Drama, War | France | French, German
85 In Which We Serve(1942)
Movie | Drama, War | UK | English
86 Okraina(1933)
Movie | Drama, War | Russia | Russian, German
87 Timbuktu(2014)
Movie | Drama, War | France, Mauritania | French, Arabic
88 Cross of Iron(1977)
Movie | Drama, War | UK, Germany | English, Russian
89 Hell in the Pacific(1968)
Movie | Adventure, War | USA | English, Japanese
90 The Cruel Sea(1953)
Movie | Drama, War | UK | English
91 Kuroi ameaka Black Rain(1989)
Movie | Drama, War | Japan | Japanese
92 Voyna i mir I: Andrey Bolkonskiyaka War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky(1965)
Movie | Drama, War | Russia | Russian
93 Went the Day Well?(1942)
Movie | Thriller, War | UK | English, German
94 Five Broken Camerasaka 5 Broken Cameras(2011)
Movie | Documentary, War | Palestine, Israel | Hebrew, Arabic
95 King Rat(1965)
Movie | Drama, War | USA | English, Malay
96 The Man Who Never Was(1956)
Movie | Drama, War | UK, USA | English, German
97 Indigenesaka Days of Glory(2006)
Movie | Drama, War | Algeria, France | French, Arabic
98 Elle s'appelait Sarahaka Sarah's Key(2010)
Movie | Drama, War | France | French, English
99 To vlemma tou Odysseaaka Ulysses' Gaze(1995)
Movie | Drama, War | Greece, France | English, Greek
100 Heartbreak Ridge(1986)
Movie | Drama, War | USA | English, Spanish

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Updated November 29, 2025 · FlickRatings