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Poll: War

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  • Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Peter O'Toole, José Ferrer, and Jack Hawkins in Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

    1. Lawrence of Arabia

    19623h 47mPG100Metascore
    8.3 (331K)
    The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
    DirectorDavid LeanStarsPeter O'TooleAlec GuinnessAnthony Quinn
  • Peggy Ashcroft and John Mills in When the Wind Blows (1986)

    2. When the Wind Blows

    19861h 24m16+
    7.7 (14K)
    A naive elderly British rural couple survive the initial onslaught of a nuclear war.
    DirectorJimmy T. MurakamiStarsPeggy AshcroftJohn MillsRobin Houston
  • Das Boot (1981)

    3. Das Boot

    19812h 29m85Metascore
    8.4 (281K)
    A German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.
    DirectorWolfgang PetersenStarsJürgen ProchnowHerbert GrönemeyerKlaus Wennemann
  • Fouzia El Kader, Brahim Hadjadj, and Jean Martin in The Battle of Algiers (1966)

    4. The Battle of Algiers

    19662h 1mNot Rated96Metascore
    8.1 (72K)
    In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.
    DirectorGillo PontecorvoStarsBrahim HadjadjJean MartinYacef Saadi
  • No Man's Land (2001)

    5. No Man's Land

    20011h 38mR84Metascore
    7.9 (50K)
    Bosnia and Herzegovina during 1993 at the time of the heaviest fighting between the two warring sides. Two soldiers from opposing sides in the conflict, Nino and Ciki, become trapped in no man's land, whilst a third soldier becomes a living booby trap.
    DirectorDanis TanovicStarsBranko DjuricRene BitorajacFilip Sovagovic
  • Downfall (2004)

    6. Downfall

    20042h 36mR82Metascore
    8.2 (391K)
    Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.
    DirectorOliver HirschbiegelStarsBruno GanzAlexandra Maria LaraUlrich Matthes
  • Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, John C. McGinley, and Kevin Eshelman in Platoon (1986)

    7. Platoon

    19862hR92Metascore
    8.1 (459K)
    Chris Taylor, a neophyte recruit in Vietnam, finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one good and the other evil. A shrewd examination of the brutality of war and the duality of man in conflict.
    DirectorOliver StoneStarsCharlie SheenTom BerengerWillem Dafoe
  • 1,000 Times Good Night (2013)

    8. 1,000 Times Good Night

    20131h 57mNot Rated57Metascore
    7.0 (8.3K)
    Rebecca is one of the world's top war photographers. She must weather a major emotional storm when her husband refuses to put up with her dangerous life any longer.
    DirectorErik PoppeStarsJuliette BinocheNikolaj Coster-WaldauLauryn Canny
  • The Thin Red Line (1998)

    9. The Thin Red Line

    19982h 50mR78Metascore
    7.6 (208K)
    Adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.
    DirectorTerrence MalickStarsJim CaviezelSean PennNick Nolte
  • Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game (2014)

    10. The Imitation Game

    20141h 54mPG-1371Metascore
    8.0 (857K)
    During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians while attempting to come to terms with his troubled private life.
    DirectorMorten TyldumStarsBenedict CumberbatchKeira KnightleyMatthew Goode
  • Mel Gibson in Braveheart (1995)

    11. Braveheart

    19952h 58mR68Metascore
    8.3 (1.1M)
    Scottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England.
    DirectorMel GibsonStarsMel GibsonSophie MarceauPatrick McGoohan
  • Marlon Brando and Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now (1979)

    12. Apocalypse Now

    19792h 27mR94Metascore
    8.4 (747K)
    A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
    DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMartin SheenMarlon BrandoRobert Duvall
  • Secondløitnanten (1993)

    13. Secondløitnanten

    19931h 42m
    6.5 (383)
    A retired ship captain reports for service again during the German invasion of Norway on April 9, 1940, and beats the defeatism by organizing into guerrilla methods. Inspired by Thor Olaf Hannevig and his improvised resistance in Telemark.
    DirectorHans Petter MolandStarsEspen SkjønbergLars Andreas LarssenGard B. Eidsvold
  • Paradise Now (2005)

    14. Paradise Now

    20051h 31mPG-1371Metascore
    7.4 (25K)
    Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.
    DirectorHany Abu-AssadStarsKais NashifAli SulimanLubna Azabal
  • Nine Lives (1957)

    15. Nine Lives

    19571h 36m
    7.2 (2K)
    During World War II, nine members of the Norwegian Resistance are trapped by the Germans in a deadly ambush. Only one escapes, and a fierce hunt through the ice desert has begun.
    DirectorArne SkouenStarsJack FjeldstadHenny MoanAlf Malland
  • Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

    16. Flags of Our Fathers

    20062h 15mR79Metascore
    7.1 (132K)
    The life stories of the six men who raised the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in World War II.
    DirectorClint EastwoodStarsRyan PhillippeBarry PepperJoseph Cross
  • Patton (1970)

    17. Patton

    19702h 52mPG86Metascore
    7.9 (112K)
    The World War II phase of the career of controversial American general George S. Patton.
    DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsGeorge C. ScottKarl MaldenStephen Young
  • Aleksey Kravchenko in Come and See (1985)

    18. Come and See

    19852h 22mNot Rated
    8.3 (114K)
    After finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces and experiences the horrors of World War II.
    DirectorElem KlimovStarsAleksey KravchenkoOlga MironovaLiubomiras Laucevicius
  • Richard Attenborough, Steve McQueen, and James Garner in The Great Escape (1963)

    19. The Great Escape

    19632h 52mApproved86Metascore
    8.2 (271K)
    Allied officers in a German prisoner of war camp during World War II making a daring plan for a mass escape by hundreds of their men, hoping to draw German personnel and resources away from combat operations.
    DirectorJohn SturgesStarsSteve McQueenJames GarnerRichard Attenborough
  • Géza Röhrig in Son of Saul (2015)

    20. Son of Saul

    20151h 47mR91Metascore
    7.4 (54K)
    A Jewish-Hungarian concentration camp prisoner sets out to give a child he mistook for his son a proper burial.
    DirectorLászló NemesStarsGéza RöhrigLevente MolnárUrs Rechn
  • Rupert Grint and Florian Lukas in Into the White (2012)

    21. Into the White

    20121h 44mR
    7.1 (23K)
    World War II: After an aerial battle over Norway, British and German airmen find themselves stranded in the wilderness. Finding shelter in the same cabin, they realize the only way to survive the winter is to set aside the rules of war.
    DirectorPetter NæssStarsFlorian LukasDavid KrossLachlan Nieboer
  • Suicide Mission (1954)

    22. Suicide Mission

    19541h 10mNot Rated
    6.4 (243)
    During World War II, a small group of Norwegian sailors take refugees from Norway to the Shetland Islands in small fishing boats, equipped only with low-caliber weapons to protect themselves from German airplanes and patrol boats.
    DirectorMichael ForlongStarsLeif LarsenPalmar BjørnøyAnthony Oliver
  • The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)

    23. The Diary of Anne Frank

    19593hApproved59Metascore
    7.4 (14K)
    During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
    DirectorGeorge StevensStarsMillie PerkinsShelley WintersJoseph Schildkraut
  • Lena Stolze in The Nasty Girl (1990)

    24. The Nasty Girl

    19901h 32mPG-13
    7.3 (2.9K)
    When a young woman investigates her town's Nazi past, the community turns against her.
    DirectorMichael VerhoevenStarsLena StolzeHans-Reinhard MüllerMonika Baumgartner
  • Krvavi put (1955)

    25. Krvavi put

    19551h 35m
    6.3 (115)
    Yugoslav Partisans, captured by Germans, are sent to concentration camps in distant Norway. The local population helps some Partisans survive or flee to neutral Sweden.
    DirectorsKåre BergstrømRados NovakovicStarsMilan MilosevicMilivoje ZivanovicAntun Nalis

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