Best War Movies
War films carry the genre's heaviest questions: what combat does to people, and what it's for. From definitive front-line epics to quieter stories of aftermath and resistance, this list ranks the best by rating and popularity. Find where each streams and track the ones you've seen.
The McMasters
1970
Shout at the Devil
1976
Sundown
1941
Triple Cross
1966
Air Strike
2003
Commandos
1968
LOC: Kargil
2003
The Hanoi Hilton
1987
Away All Boats
1956
I'll Find You
2019
Attila
1954
The Damned
1947
The Brylcreem Boys
1996
Pavilion of Women
2001
Beau Ideal
1931
South Pacific
1958
Battlefield Heroes
2011
A Farewell to Arms
1957
Biloxi Blues
1988
War Italian Style
1965
Voyage of the Damned
1976
Free Men
2011
Ararat
2002
River Queen
2005
Adam Resurrected
2008
Eighteen
2005
Bravo Two Zero
1999
Flat Top
1952
Mosquito Squadron
1969
Secret Mission
1942
Wild Wind
1985
Farewell to the King
1989
Hellcats of the Navy
1957
Max & Leon
2016
Beast of War
2025
The Biggest Battle
1978
A Walk in the Sun
1945
A Farewell to Arms
1932
Red Dawn
1984
Babette Goes to War
1959
The Last Hunter
1980
Amigo
2011
The Silent City
2006
Glorious 39
2009
The Secret Invasion
1964
How I Won the War
1967
Flying Leathernecks
1951
Jungle Heat
1985
Roses on Credit
2010