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The 45 Best War Movies of All Time, According to Critics

Many of cinema's greatest directors have pursued war and its inherently cinematic drama as a subject.
"The Metacritic data we compiled here to track the most critically acclaimed war movies of all time finds contemporary films like Christopher Nolan's WWII thriller "Dunkirk" alongside classics like Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam epic "Apocalypse Now," and Steven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan."
The list consists of the highest-rated movies on Metacritic's site labeled with a "war" tag, and includes both feature films and documentaries."
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City of Life and Death (2009)
City of Life and Death (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
2
The Pianist (2002)
The Pianist (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
3
City of Ghosts (2017)
City of Ghosts (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
4
Children of Hiroshima (1952)
Children of Hiroshima (1952)
5
Das Boot (1981)
Das Boot (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
6
Last Days in Vietnam (2014)
Last Days in Vietnam (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
7
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
8
Lincoln (2012)
Lincoln (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
9
The Great Escape (1963)
The Great Escape (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
10
The Fog of War (2003)
The Fog of War (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
11
Spartacus (1960)
Spartacus (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
12
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
13
Level Five (1997)
Level Five (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
14
Of Men and War (2014)
Of Men and War (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
15
Overlord (1975)
Overlord (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
16
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
17
No End in Sight (2007)
No End in Sight (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
18
Son of Saul (2015)
Son of Saul (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
19
Love and Death (1975)
Love and Death (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
20
Persepolis (2007)
Persepolis (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
21
La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2001)
La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
22
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
23
Bloody Sunday (2002)
Bloody Sunday (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
24
Ben-Hur (1959)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
25
Patton (1970)
Patton (1970)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
26
Waltz With Bashir (2008)
Waltz With Bashir (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
27
The African Queen (1951)
The African Queen (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
28
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
29
Threads (1984)
Threads (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
30
Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)
Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)
31
Platoon (1986)
Platoon (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
32
Schindler's List (1993)
Schindler's List (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
33
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
34
The Hurt Locker (2008)
The Hurt Locker (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
35
Dunkirk (2017)
Dunkirk (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
36
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
37
Virunga (2014)
Virunga (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
38
Ran (1985)
Ran (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
39
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
40
Le Petit Soldat (1963)
Le Petit Soldat (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
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