Best War Dramas

Pulse of Cinema's war drama catalogue holds 1292 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.

8.6

Schindler's List

1993

8.4

Grave of the Fireflies

1988

8.4

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

1961

8.3

Apocalypse Now

1979

8.4

The Pianist

2002

8.3

Paths of Glory

1957

8.3

The Great Dictator

1940

8.2

Saving Private Ryan

1998

8.2

Come and See

1985

8.1

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959

8.1

Das Boot

1981

8.0

Lawrence of Arabia

1962

8.2

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

1959

7.9

The Cranes Are Flying

1957

8.2

Inglourious Basterds

2009

8.1

Full Metal Jacket

1987

8.0

Barry Lyndon

1975

8.0

Pretty Village, Pretty Flame

1996

7.7

Underground

1995

8.1

Incendies

2010

8.1

To Live

1994

8.0

The Fifth Seal

1976

7.9

Braveheart

1995

7.9

The Great Escape

1963

7.9

The Battle of Algiers

1966

7.8

Ivan's Childhood

1962

7.8

The Ascent

1977

7.6

War and Peace

1968

8.0

The Deer Hunter

1978

7.9

The General

1926

7.9

Army of Shadows

1969

7.8

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957

7.8

The Best Years of Our Lives

1946

7.5

Shame

1968

7.9

Gone with the Wind

1939

7.9

Downfall

2004

7.8

Pan's Labyrinth

2006

7.8

Platoon

1986

7.8

Napoleon

1927

7.7

All Quiet on the Western Front

1930

7.6

Quo Vadis, Aida?

2021

8.0

1917

2019

8.0

Rome, Open City

1945

8.0

Ballad of a Soldier

1959

7.9

Grand Illusion

1937

7.8

Fail Safe

1964

7.5

Au Revoir les Enfants

1987

7.1

The Shop on Main Street

1965