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100 Best War Movies Ranked by Audience Score

The 100 highest-rated war films according to real audiences.

100 movies · Updated October 2026

Audience Score Critics Score Free Subscription
1
Grave of the Fireflies(1988)Animation, Drama
Netflix
96%97%-1
2
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War(2004)Action, Adventure
95%72%+23
3
The Pianist(2002)Drama, War
Fandango FreeTubiKanopy
94%90%+4
4
Tangerines(2013)Drama, War
Pluto TVPlexTubi
94%80%+14
5
Schindler's List(1993)Drama, History
93%96%-3
6
Hacksaw Ridge(2016)Drama, History
93%78%+15
7
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas(2008)Drama, War
KanopyHooplaPluto TV
93%60%+33
8
Downfall(2004)Drama, History
Pluto TVShout! TVPlex
93%86%+7
9
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb(1964)Comedy, War
Tubi
92%98%-6
10
The Great Dictator(1940)Comedy, War
Shout! TVPrime Video FreeKanopy
92%92%
11
Hotel Rwanda(2004)Drama, History
TubiHoopla
92%85%+7
12
Come and See(1985)Drama, War
92%90%+2
13
The Flowers of War(2011)Drama, History
Roku ChannelPlexPrime Video Free
92%44%+48
14
The Battle of Algiers(1966)Drama, War
Shout! TVPlexKanopy
92%98%-6
15
Ivan's Childhood(1962)Drama, War
PlexCriterion Channel
92%100%-8
16
Stalingrad(1993)Drama, History
92%88%+4
17
Saving Private Ryan(1998)War, Drama
KanopyHooplaParamount+
91%92%-1
18
Pan's Labyrinth(2006)Fantasy, Drama
91%96%-5
19
Jojo Rabbit(2019)Comedy, War
fuboTVYouTube TV
91%70%+21
20
All Quiet on the Western Front(2022)War, Drama
Netflix
91%83%+8
21
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!(1966)Comedy, War
91%94%-3
22
The Imitation Game(2014)History, Drama
TubiKanopy
90%80%+10
23
Braveheart(1995)Action, Drama
KanopyHooplaPluto TV
90%72%+18
24
Black Hawk Down(2001)Action, War
Fandango FreeKanopyHoopla
90%76%+14
25
Das Boot(1981)Drama, History
fuboTV
90%92%-2
26
We Were Soldiers(2002)Action, History
fuboTVMGM+Paramount+
90%64%+26
27
Red Cliff II(2009)Action, Adventure
90%82%+8
28
Fury(2014)War, Drama
Apple TV
89%70%+19
29
Apocalypse Now(1979)Drama, War
Paramount+
89%92%-3
30
Incendies(2010)Drama, War
89%86%+3
31
Au Revoir les Enfants(1987)Drama, War
HBO MaxCriterion Channel
89%92%-3
32
Uri: The Surgical Strike(2019)Action, Drama
Fawesome
89%57%+32
33
Inglourious Basterds(2009)Drama, Thriller
Prime VideoHulu
88%79%+9
34
1917(2019)War, History
Netflix
88%83%+5
35
First Blood(1982)Action, Adventure
TubiKanopyPhilo
88%74%+14
36
The Last of the Mohicans(1992)Action, History
88%82%+6
37
Waltz with Bashir(2008)Animation, Documentary
88%94%-6
38
At War for Love(2016)War, Drama
88%
39
Full Metal Jacket(1987)Drama, War
HBO MaxMGM+
87%84%+3
40
Platoon(1986)Drama, War
KanopyFawesomefuboTV
87%90%-3
41
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc(1999)Adventure, Drama
Tubi
87%42%+45
42
Rome, Open City(1945)Drama, War
HBO MaxCriterion Channel
87%100%-13
43
To Be or Not to Be(1942)Comedy, War
HBO MaxCriterion Channel
87%91%-4
44
Stalag 17(1953)Comedy, Drama
Roku ChannelXumo PlayTubi
87%88%-1
45
Battle for Sevastopol(2015)War, Drama
Roku ChannelPrime Video FreeTubi
87%60%+27
46
The Hurt Locker(2008)Drama, Thriller
86%96%-10
47
Rambo: First Blood Part II(1985)Action, Adventure
TubiPhiloAMC+
86%40%+46
48
War Horse(2011)War, History
86%73%+13
49
The Great Escape(1963)Adventure, Drama
Prime Video FreePrime VideoYouTube TV
86%90%-4
50
The Bridge on the River Kwai(1957)Drama, History
86%92%-6
51
Defiance(2008)Action, Drama
KanopyHooplaParamount+
86%58%+28
52
Mediterraneo(1991)Comedy, Romance
86%80%+6
53
Army of Shadows(1969)War, Drama
86%98%-12
54
The Final Countdown(1980)War, Action
Roku ChannelFandango FreePluto TV
86%52%+34
55
In This Corner of the World(2016)Drama, Animation
Pluto TVPrime Video FreeHoopla
86%85%+1
56
Little Boy(2015)Comedy, Drama
Roku ChannelPluto TVShout! TV
86%28%+58
57
Quo Vadis, Aida?(2021)War, Drama
PlexTubiKanopy
86%98%-12
58
Cross of Iron(1977)Drama, Action
Prime Video
86%68%+18
59
Troy(2004)War, Action
fuboTVParamount+
85%54%+31
60
The Last Samurai(2003)Drama, Action
fuboTVHBO MaxMGM+
85%60%+25
61
Pearl Harbor(2001)War, Romance
Netflix
85%34%+51
62
Kingdom of Heaven(2005)Drama, Action
85%51%+34
63
Unbroken(2014)Drama, War
85%56%+29
64
The Deer Hunter(1978)Drama, War
Netflix
85%88%-3
65
Greyhound(2020)War, Action
Apple TV
85%71%+14
66
Т-34(2018)Action, Drama
Roku ChannelFandango FreePlex
85%90%-5
67
Joyeux Noel(2005)Drama, War
Roku ChannelFawesome
85%72%+13
68
Kagemusha(1980)Action, Drama
85%86%-1
69
Captain Corelli's Mandolin(2001)Drama, Romance
85%32%+53
70
Gallipoli(1981)War, History
KanopyHoopla
85%78%+7
71
Gone with the Wind(1939)Drama, War
HBO MaxYouTube TV
84%94%-10
72
The Patriot(2000)Drama, History
Paramount+YouTube TV
84%62%+22
73
Rambo(2008)Action, Thriller
YouTube TV
84%42%+42
74
Rambo III(1988)Action, Adventure
Pluto TVTubiHoopla
84%38%+46
75
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant(2023)War, Action
Prime Video
84%73%+11
76
Tears of the Sun(2003)War, Action
KanopyHooplaNetflix
84%41%+43
77
The General(1926)Action, Adventure
PhiloRoku ChannelShout! TV
84%92%-8
78
Duck Soup(1933)Comedy, War
YouTube TV
84%92%-8
79
Flyboys(2006)Action, Adventure
PhiloThe CWFandango Free
84%40%+44
80
Sarah's Key(2010)Drama, War
PlexTubiKanopy
84%66%+18
81
The Counterfeiters(2007)Drama, War
84%86%-2
82
Persian Lessons(2020)War, Drama
TubiKanopy
84%66%+18
83
Dear John(2010)Drama, Romance
Paramount+
83%36%+47
84
Good Morning, Vietnam(1987)Comedy, Drama
83%78%+5
85
The English Patient(1996)Drama, Romance
HooplaKanopyfuboTV
83%86%-3
86
The Zookeeper's Wife(2017)Drama, History
Prime Video
83%60%+23
87
Land of Mine(2015)War, Drama
83%83%
88
Black Book(2006)Drama, Thriller
Tubi
83%74%+9
89
Anthropoid(2016)History, Thriller
Fandango FreePlexTubi
83%63%+20
90
The Round Up(2010)Drama, History
Fandango FreeTubiKanopy
83%53%+30
91
A Bag of Marbles(2017)War, Drama
Roku ChannelXumo PlayTubi
83%69%+14
92
Red Cliff(2008)Adventure, Drama
PhiloRoku ChannelFandango Free
83%81%+2
93
Red Dawn(1984)Action, Thriller
Prime Video FreePrime VideoYouTube TV
83%50%+33
94
The Killing Fields(1984)Drama, History
Roku ChannelPlexTubi
83%84%-1
95
Underground(1995)Comedy, Drama
Kanopy
83%82%+1
96
The 12th Man(2017)War, Drama
KanopyPhiloAMC+
83%78%+5
97
To Have and Have Not(1945)Adventure, Romance
83%92%-9
98
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence(1983)Drama, History
Shout! TVPlexTubi
83%70%+13
99
No Man's Land(2001)Action, History
TubifuboTVMGM+
83%88%-5
100
Twice Born(2012)Drama, Romance
Prime Video FreePrime VideoSTARZ
83%22%+61