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 Search (1948)
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
The Fortress (2017)
The Great Battle (2018)
Girls of the Sun (2018)
To Be or Not to Be (1983)
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
400 Bullets (2021)
The Young Lions (1958)
36 Hours (1964)
The Cruel Sea (1953)
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
Exodus (1960)
Powder Keg (2001)
Steel Rain 2: Summit (2020)
Let There Be Light (1946)
Dark Blue World (2001)
U-571 (2000)
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Firebase (2017)
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red Comet (2018)
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin V: Clash at Loum (2017)
Tigerland (2000)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
Hornblower: Retribution (2001)
Courage Under Fire (1996)
Heaven & Earth (1993)
The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
The Blue Max (1966)
Act of Valor (2012)
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil (1999)
Time and the Wind (2013)
Brothers (2004)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
King of Hearts (1966)
Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky (2016)
Winter in Wartime (2008)
Jarhead: Law of Return (2019)
The Sky Crawlers (2008)
The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
The War (1994)
Wooden Crosses (1932)
Thank You for Your Service (2017)
In Which We Serve (1942)
Objective, Burma! (1945)
Flyboys (2006)
Carla's Song (1996)
The Bloody Hundredth (2024)
Under Fire (1983)
Battle of Jangsari (2019)
Siberiade (1979)
Their Finest (2017)
Friendly Persuasion (1956)
Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
Invasion (2014)
Hamburger Hill (1987)
A War (2015)
Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin (2024)
Britannic (2000)
Battleground (1949)