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Top 100 Classic War Movies

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RankTitleCastScore
1 . The African Queen (1951)Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull score
2 . All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray, Arnold Lucy score
3 . Father Goose (1964)Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, Trevor Howard, Jack Good score
4 . The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa score
5 . Gunga Din (1939)Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Sam Jaffe score
6 . Lawrence of Arabia (1962)Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins score
7 . Captain Blood (1935)Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Lionel Atwill, Basil Rathbone score
8 . The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner, Hildegard Knef score
9 . To Have and Have Not (1944)Humphrey Bogart, Walter Brennan, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Moran score
10 . The General (1926)Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Frederick Vroom score
11 . Action in the North Atlantic (1943)Humphrey Bogart, Raymond Massey, Julie Bishop, Ruth Gordon score
12 . Wings (1927)Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Richard Arlen, Jobyna Ralston score
13 . Above and Beyond (1952)Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, James Whitmore, Larry Keating score
14 . Air Force (1943)John Ridgely, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy, Charles Drake score
15 . Beau Geste (1939)Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy score
16 . Battleground (1949)Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy score
17 . Passage to Marseille (1944)Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains, Philip Dorn, Sydney Greenstreet score
18 . Sergeant York (1941)Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie, George Tobias score
19 . Destination Tokyo (1943)Cary Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hale Sr., John Ridgely score
20 . Courage of Lassie (1946)Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Morgan, Tom Drake, Selena Royle score
21 . The Dirty Dozen (1967)Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown score
22 . Back to Bataan (1945)John Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Beulah Bondi, Fely Franquelli score
23 . Battle of the Bulge (1965)Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Dana Andrews score
24 . Twelve O'Clock High (1949)Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell score
25 . Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda, Edna May Oliver, Eddie Collins score
26 . The Buccaneer (1938)Fredric March, Franciska Gaal, Akim Tamiroff, Margot Grahame score
27 . The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Patric Knowles, Henry Stephenson score
28 . Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum score
29 . Hondo (1953)John Wayne, Geraldine Page, Ward Bond, Michael Pate score
30 . The Dawn Patrol (1938)Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, David Niven, Donald Crisp score
31 . The Sand Pebbles (1966)Steve McQueen, Candice Bergen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna score
32 . A Yank in the RAF (1941)Tyrone Power, Betty Grable, John Sutton, Reginald Gardiner score
33 . To Hell and Back (1955)Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, Jack Kelly score
34 . The Alamo (1960)John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon score
35 . The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)Fredric March, Cary Grant, Jack Oakie, Carole Lombard score
36 . The Great Escape (1963)Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald score
37 . Sahara (1943) score
38 . Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty, Moultrie Kelsall score
39 . The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)William Holden, Grace Kelly, Fredric March, Mickey Rooney score
40 . Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)John Wayne, John Agar, Adele Mara, Forrest Tucker score
41 . Fighting 69th (1940)James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Jeffrey Lynn score
42 . Between Heaven and Hell (1956)Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Broderick Crawford, Buddy Ebsen score
43 . Blood on the Sun (1945)James Cagney, Sylvia Sidney, Porter Hall, John Emery score
44 . Wee Willie Winkie (1937)Shirley Temple, Victor McLaglen, C. Aubrey Smith, June Lang score
45 . Flying Leathernecks (1951)John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Don Taylor, Janis Carter score
46 . Operation Crossbow (1965)Sophia Loren, George Peppard, Trevor Howard, John Mills score
47 . The Drum (1938)Sabu Dastagir, Raymond Massey, Roger Livesey, Valerie Hobson score
48 . Fixed Bayonets! (1951)Richard Basehart, Gene Evans, Michael O'Shea, Richard Hylton score
49 . How I Won the War (1967)Michael Crawford, John Lennon, Roy Kinnear, Lee Montague score
50 . Up Periscope (1959)James Garner, Edmond O'Brien, Alan Hale Jr., Carleton Carpenter score
51 . Men in War (1957)Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Robert Keith, Phillip Pine score
52 . The Four Feathers (1939)John Clements, Ralph Richardson, C. Aubrey Smith, June Duprez score
53 . The Steel Helmet (1951)Gene Evans, Robert Hutton, Steve Brodie, James Edwards score
54 . Captains of the Clouds (1942)James Cagney, Dennis Morgan, Brenda Marshall, Alan Hale Sr. score
55 . Pimpernel Smith (1941)Allan Jeayes, Peter Gawthorne, Ernest Butcher, Ben Williams score
56 . Crash Dive (1943)Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, James Gleason score
57 . Singapore (1947)Fred MacMurray, Ava Gardner, Roland Culver, Richard Haydn score
58 . Wing and a Prayer (1944)Don Ameche, Dana Andrews, William Eythe, Charles Bickford score
59 . The Buccaneer (1958)Yul Brynner, Claire Bloom, Charles Boyer, Inger Stevens score
60 . The Long Voyage Home (1940)John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell, Ian Hunter, Barry Fitzgerald score
61 . The Dam Busters (1954)Michael Redgrave, Ursula Jeans, Charles Carson, Stanley Van Beers score
62 . Operation Pacific (1951)John Wayne, Patricia Neal, Ward Bond, Scott Forbes score
63 . The Angel Wore Red (1960)Ava Gardner, Dirk Bogarde, Joseph Cotten, Vittorio de Sica score
64 . Pork Chop Hill (1959)Gregory Peck, Harry Guardino, Rip Torn, George Peppard score
65 . 55 Days at Peking (1963)Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson score
66 . The Red Badge of Courage (1951)Audie Murphy, Bill Mauldin, Douglas Dick, Royal Dano score
67 . The Night of the Generals (1967)Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Donald Pleasence score
68 . Clive of India (1935)Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Colin Clive, Francis Lister score
69 . Halls of Montezuma (1950)Richard Widmark, Jack Palance, Reginald Gardiner, Robert Wagner score
70 . A Boy, a Girl and a Dog (1946)Jerry Hunter, Sharyn Moffett, Lionel Stander, Harry Davenport score
71 . The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Philip Dorn, Oliver Hardy score
72 . Johnny Tremain (1957)Hal Stalmaster, Luana Patten, Jeff York, Sebastian Cabot score
73 . The Horse Soldiers (1959)John Wayne, William Holden, Constance Towers, Judson Pratt score
74 . Objective, Burma! (1945)Errol Flynn, James Brown, William Prince, George Tobias score
75 . Tarzan Triumphs (1943)Johnny Weissmuller, Johnny Sheffield, Frances Gifford, Stanley Ridges score
76 . Dark Journey (1937)Conrad Veidt, Vivien Leigh, Joan Gardner, Anthony Bushell score
77 . The Lost Patrol (1934)Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford, Reginald Denny score
78 . Darby's Rangers (1958)James Garner, Etchika Choureau, Jack Warden, Venetia Stevenson score
79 . The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Richard Cromwell, Guy Standing score
80 . The Big Noise (1944)Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Doris Merrick, Arthur Space score
81 . Rocky Mountain (1950)Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore, Scott Forbes, Howard Petrie score
82 . Hell Is for Heroes (1962)Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, Fess Parker, Harry Guardino score
83 . The Young Lions (1958)Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Dean Martin, Hope Lange score
84 . The Pride and the Passion (1957)Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren, Theodore Bikel score
85 . Kings Go Forth (1958)Frank Sinatra, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Leora Dana score
86 . Orders to Kill (1958)Eddie Albert, Paul Massie, Lillian Gish, James Robertson Justice score
87 . The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)Charlton Heston, Elsa Martinelli, Harry Guardino, Marietto score
88 . Guadalcanal Diary (1943)Preston Foster, Lloyd Nolan, William Bendix, Richard Conte score
89 . Beach Red (1967)Cornel Wilde, Rip Torn, Burr DeBenning, Patrick Wolfe score
90 . Only the Valiant (1951)Gregory Peck, Barbara Payton, Ward Bond, Gig Young score
91 . The Big Lift (1950)Montgomery Clift, Paul Douglas, Cornell Borchers, O.E. Hasse score
92 . Never So Few (1959)Frank Sinatra, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Lawford, Steve McQueen score
93 . Von Ryan's Express (1965)Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Brad Dexter, Sergio Fantoni score
94 . South Sea Woman (1953)Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Chuck Connors, Arthur Shields score
95 . The Frogmen (1951)Richard Widmark, Dana Andrews, Gary Merrill, Jeffrey Hunter score
96 . Helen of Troy (1956)Jacques Sernas, Cedric Hardwicke, Stanley Baker, Niall MacGinnis score
97 . The 300 Spartans (1962)Richard Egan, Ralph Richardson, Diane Baker, Barry Coe score
98 . Santa Fe Trail (1940)Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Raymond Massey, Ronald Reagan score
99 . Against the Wind (1948)Robert Beatty, Simone Signoret, Jack Warner, Gordon Jackson score
100 . The Hunters (1958)Robert Mitchum, Robert Wagner, Richard Egan, May Britt score

This chart uses a weighted rating based on the average rating per film and the number of votes per film.