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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, Ben Alexander score
3 . The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa score
4 . Father Goose (1964)Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, Trevor Howard 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 . To Have and Have Not (1944)Humphrey Bogart, Walter Brennan, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Moran score
8 . The General (1926)Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Frank Hagney score
9 . The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner, Hildegard Knef score
10 . Captain Blood (1935)Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Lionel Atwill, Basil Rathbone score
11 . Action in the North Atlantic (1943)Humphrey Bogart, Raymond Massey, Ruth Gordon, Sam Levene 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 . Twelve O'Clock High (1949)Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell score
19 . Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda, Edna May Oliver, John Carradine score
20 . The Buccaneer (1938)Fredric March, Akim Tamiroff, Margot Grahame, Walter Brennan score
21 . Sergeant York (1941)Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie, George Tobias score
22 . Destination Tokyo (1943)Cary Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hale Sr., John Ridgely score
23 . Courage of Lassie (1946)Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Morgan, Selena Royle, Harry Davenport score
24 . The Dirty Dozen (1967)Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, John Cassavetes score
25 . Back to Bataan (1945)John Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Beulah Bondi, Philip Ahn score
26 . Battle of the Bulge (1965)Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Dana Andrews score
27 . Between Heaven and Hell (1956)Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Broderick Crawford, Buddy Ebsen score
28 . Hondo (1953)John Wayne, Geraldine Page, Ward Bond, Michael Pate score
29 . The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Patric Knowles, Henry Stephenson score
30 . Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum score
31 . The Dawn Patrol (1938)Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, David Niven, Donald Crisp score
32 . The Sand Pebbles (1966)Steve McQueen, Candice Bergen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna score
33 . A Yank in the RAF (1941)Tyrone Power, Betty Grable, Reginald Gardiner, Ralph Byrd score
34 . To Hell and Back (1955)Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, Gregg Palmer score
35 . The Alamo (1960)John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon score
36 . The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)Fredric March, Cary Grant, Jack Oakie, Carole Lombard score
37 . Sahara (1943) score
38 . The Great Escape (1963)Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald score
39 . Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty, Moultrie Kelsall score
40 . The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)William Holden, Grace Kelly, Fredric March, Mickey Rooney score
41 . Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)John Wayne, John Agar, Adele Mara, Forrest Tucker score
42 . Fighting 69th (1940)James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Jeffrey Lynn score
43 . The Horse Soldiers (1959)John Wayne, William Holden, Judson Pratt, Hoot Gibson score
44 . Objective, Burma! (1945)Errol Flynn, James Brown, William Prince, George Tobias score
45 . Tarzan Triumphs (1943)Johnny Weissmuller, Frances Gifford, Stanley Ridges, Sig Ruman score
46 . Dark Journey (1937)Conrad Veidt, Vivien Leigh, Anthony Bushell, Ursula Jeans score
47 . The Big Noise (1944)Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Veda Ann Borg, Robert Blake score
48 . The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Richard Cromwell, C. Aubrey Smith score
49 . Wee Willie Winkie (1937)Shirley Temple, Victor McLaglen, C. Aubrey Smith, June Lang score
50 . Rocky Mountain (1950)Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore, Howard Petrie, Slim Pickens score
51 . Hell Is for Heroes (1962)Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, Fess Parker, Harry Guardino score
52 . The Young Lions (1958)Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Dean Martin, Hope Lange score
53 . The Pride and the Passion (1957)Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren, Theodore Bikel score
54 . Fixed Bayonets! (1951)Richard Basehart, Gene Evans, James Dean, John Doucette score
55 . Blood on the Sun (1945)James Cagney, Sylvia Sidney, Porter Hall, Robert Armstrong score
56 . Flying Leathernecks (1951)John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Don Taylor, Janis Carter score
57 . Men in War (1957)Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Robert Keith, Nehemiah Persoff score
58 . The Steel Helmet (1951)Gene Evans, James Edwards score
59 . Operation Crossbow (1965)Sophia Loren, George Peppard, Trevor Howard, John Mills score
60 . Singapore (1947)Fred MacMurray, Ava Gardner, Richard Haydn, Spring Byington score
61 . The Drum (1938)Sabu Dastagir, Raymond Massey, Roger Livesey, Valerie Hobson score
62 . How I Won the War (1967)Michael Crawford, John Lennon, Roy Kinnear, Jack MacGowran score
63 . Up Periscope (1959)James Garner, Edmond O'Brien, Alan Hale Jr., Carleton Carpenter score
64 . The Long Voyage Home (1940)John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell, Ian Hunter, Barry Fitzgerald score
65 . The Dam Busters (1954)Michael Redgrave, Ursula Jeans, Basil Sydney, Richard Todd score
66 . Captains of the Clouds (1942)James Cagney, Dennis Morgan, Brenda Marshall, Alan Hale Sr. score
67 . The Four Feathers (1939)Ralph Richardson, C. Aubrey Smith, June Duprez, Allan Jeayes score
68 . The Angel Wore Red (1960)Ava Gardner, Dirk Bogarde, Joseph Cotten, Vittorio de Sica score
69 . Pimpernel Smith (1941)Allan Jeayes, Leslie Howard, David Tomlinson, Aubrey Mallalieu score
70 . Crash Dive (1943)Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, James Gleason score
71 . 55 Days at Peking (1963)Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson score
72 . Wing and a Prayer (1944)Don Ameche, Dana Andrews, William Eythe, Charles Bickford score
73 . The Buccaneer (1958)Yul Brynner, Claire Bloom, Charles Boyer, Henry Hull score
74 . Operation Pacific (1951)John Wayne, Patricia Neal, Ward Bond, Philip Carey score
75 . The Red Badge of Courage (1951)Audie Murphy, Douglas Dick, Royal Dano, Arthur Hunnicutt score
76 . Pork Chop Hill (1959)Gregory Peck, Harry Guardino, Rip Torn, George Peppard score
77 . The Night of the Generals (1967)Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Donald Pleasence score
78 . Clive of India (1935)Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Colin Clive, Francis Lister score
79 . The Lost Patrol (1934)Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford, Reginald Denny score
80 . A Boy, a Girl and a Dog (1946)Sharyn Moffett, Lionel Stander, Harry Davenport score
81 . Halls of Montezuma (1950)Richard Widmark, Jack Palance, Reginald Gardiner, Robert Wagner score
82 . Darby's Rangers (1958)James Garner, Jack Warden, Torin Thatcher, Corey Allen score
83 . The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Philip Dorn, Oliver Hardy score
84 . Johnny Tremain (1957)Jeff York, Sebastian Cabot, Richard Beymer, Walter Sande score
85 . Paris Calling (1941)Elisabeth Bergner, Randolph Scott, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard score
86 . Triple Cross (1966)Christopher Plummer, Trevor Howard, Yul Brynner, Anthony Dawson score
87 . The Steel Claw (1961)George Montgomery score
88 . The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)Fess Parker, Jeffrey Hunter, Jeff York, Eddie Firestone score
89 . Invisible Agent (1942)Ilona Massey, Jon Hall, Peter Lorre, Cedric Hardwicke score
90 . Genghis Khan (1965)Stephen Boyd, Omar Sharif, James Mason, Eli Wallach score
91 . Underground (1941)Jeffrey Lynn, Philip Dorn, Kaaren Verne, Peter Whitney score
92 . Sword in the Desert (1949)Dana Andrews, Stephen McNally, Jeff Chandler, Hayden Rorke score
93 . Jet Pilot (1957)John Wayne, Janet Leigh, Jay C. Flippen, Paul Fix score
94 . The Desert Rats (1953)Richard Burton, James Mason, Robert Newton, Robert Douglas score
95 . The Heroes of Telemark (1965)Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris, Michael Redgrave, Brook Williams score
96 . Castle Keep (1969)Burt Lancaster, Peter Falk, Scott Wilson, Bruce Dern score
97 . The Real Glory (1939)Gary Cooper, David Niven, Andrea Leeds, Reginald Owen score
98 . Desperate Journey (1942)Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Coleman, Raymond Massey score
99 . The Green Berets (1968)John Wayne, David Janssen, Jim Hutton, Aldo Ray score
100 . Orders to Kill (1958)Eddie Albert, Lillian Gish, James Robertson Justice, Irene Worth score

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