Best War Films

Pulse of Cinema's war catalogue holds 1825 films, ranked by the Pulse Score blended from IMDb, Letterboxd and TMDB. The highest Pulse-rated are Schindler's List, Grave of the Fireflies, The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer, a good place to start.

Films

94

Schindler's List

1993

91

Grave of the Fireflies

1988

90

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

1961

90

Apocalypse Now

1979

89

The Pianist

2002

89

Paths of Glory

1957

89

The Great Dictator

1940

89

Saving Private Ryan

1998

89

Come and See

1985

89

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959

88

Das Boot

1981

88

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

1964

88

Lawrence of Arabia

1962

87

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

1959

87

The Cranes Are Flying

1957

86

Inglourious Basterds

2009

86

Full Metal Jacket

1987

86

Barry Lyndon

1975

86

Pretty Village, Pretty Flame

1996

86

The Fifth Seal

1976

86

Underground

1995

85

Incendies

2010

85

To Live

1994

85

20 Days in Mariupol

2023

85

Braveheart

1995

85

The Great Escape

1963

85

The Battle of Algiers

1966

85

Ivan's Childhood

1962

85

The Ascent

1977

85

War and Peace

1968

84

The Deer Hunter

1978

84

The General

1926

84

Army of Shadows

1969

84

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957

84

The Best Years of Our Lives

1946

84

To Be or Not to Be

1942

84

Shame

1968

83

For Sama

2019

83

Gone with the Wind

1939

83

Downfall

2004

83

Pan's Labyrinth

2006

83

Napoleon

1927

83

All Quiet on the Western Front

1930

83

Quo Vadis, Aida?

2021

82

1917

2019

82

Rome, Open City

1945

82

Ballad of a Soldier

1959

82

Grand Illusion

1937