Best War Movies on Criterion Channel in Canada

1. 1
   The Great Dictator 1940

   Directed by Charlie Chaplin · Streaming on Crave, Criterion Channel
   8.2

   8.3 · 3.9K votes
2. 2
   Rome, Open City 1945

   Directed by Roberto Rossellini · Streaming on Criterion Channel, Artiflix
   7.9

   8.0 · 1K votes
3. 3
   The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer 1961

   Directed by Masaki Kobayashi · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   7.8

   8.4 · 233 votes
4. 4
   The Human Condition I: No Greater Love 1959

   Directed by Masaki Kobayashi · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   7.7

   8.2 · 306 votes
5. 5
   The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity 1959

   Directed by Masaki Kobayashi · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   7.7

   8.2 · 242 votes
6. 6
   Ivan's Childhood 1962

   Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky · Streaming on Criterion Channel, Plex
   7.7

   7.8 · 875 votes
7. 7
   The Cranes Are Flying 1957

   Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov · Streaming on Criterion Channel, Artiflix
   7.6

   7.9 · 483 votes
8. 8
   Battleship Potemkin 1925

   Directed by Sergei Eisenstein · Streaming on JustWatch TV Free, Criterion Channel, FlixFling
   7.5

   7.6 · 1.4K votes
9. 9
   Ballad of a Soldier 1959

   Directed by Grigoriy Chukhray · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   7.5

   8.0 · 230 votes
10. 10
    The Ascent 1977

    Directed by Larisa Shepitko · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.4

    7.9 · 263 votes
11. 11
    Au Revoir les Enfants 1987

    Directed by Louis Malle · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.4

    7.5 · 762 votes
12. 12
    The Burmese Harp 1956

    Directed by Kon Ichikawa · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.2

    7.8 · 177 votes
13. 13
    Paisan 1946

    Directed by Roberto Rossellini · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.2

    7.5 · 367 votes
14. 14
    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943

    Directed by Michael Powell · Streaming on Tubi TV, Criterion Channel, Plex
    7.2

    7.5 · 282 votes
15. 15
    Shame 1968

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.1

    7.5 · 248 votes
16. 16
    The Bridge 1959

    Directed by Bernhard Wicki · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.1

    7.6 · 206 votes
17. 17
    Kanal 1957

    Directed by Andrzej Wajda · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.1

    7.6 · 169 votes
18. 18
    The Last Metro 1980

    Directed by François Truffaut · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.1

    7.2 · 538 votes
19. 19
    Fires on the Plain 1959

    Directed by Kon Ichikawa · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.0

    7.6 · 130 votes
20. 20
    The Silence of the Sea 1949

    Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.0

    7.5 · 142 votes
21. 21
    Chimes at Midnight 1965

    Directed by Orson Welles · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.9

    7.2 · 256 votes
22. 22
    Closely Watched Trains 1966

    Directed by Jiří Menzel · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.9

    7.2 · 280 votes
23. 23
    Before the Rain 1994

    Directed by Milcho Manchevski · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.9

    7.3 · 195 votes
24. 24
    Hearts and Minds 1974

    Directed by Peter Davis · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.9

    7.6 · 96 votes
25. 25
    The Shop on Main Street 1965

    Directed by Ján Kadár · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.8

    7.1 · 233 votes
26. 26
    Breaker Morant 1980

    Directed by Bruce Beresford · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV, Criterion Channel
    6.7

    7.1 · 164 votes
27. 27
    Lacombe, Lucien 1974

    Directed by Louis Malle · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.7

    7.0 · 170 votes
28. 28
    The Four Feathers 1939

    Directed by Zoltan Korda · Streaming on Criterion Channel, Artiflix
    6.6

    7.1 · 108 votes
29. 29
    49th Parallel 1941

    Directed by Michael Powell · Streaming on Tubi TV, Criterion Channel, Plex
    6.6

    7.0 · 131 votes
30. 30
    Shoulder Arms 1918

    Directed by Charlie Chaplin · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.6

    6.8 · 210 votes
31. 31
    The Steel Helmet 1951

    Directed by Samuel Fuller · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.5

    7.0 · 92 votes
32. 32
    Let There Be Light 1946

    Directed by John Huston · Streaming on Tubi TV, Criterion Channel, Tenk
    6.5

    7.3 · 48 votes
33. 33
    Diamonds of the Night 1964

    Directed by Jan Němec · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.5

    7.0 · 76 votes
34. 34
    Kapo 1960

    Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.5

    6.9 · 82 votes
35. 35
    Wooden Crosses 1932

    Directed by Raymond Bernard · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.5

    7.1 · 53 votes
36. 36
    Fan-Fan the Tulip 1952

    Directed by Christian-Jaque · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.5

    6.7 · 129 votes
37. 37
    Carriage to Vienna 1966

    Directed by Karel Kachyňa · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.4

    7.3 · 39 votes
38. 38
    A Generation 1955

    Directed by Andrzej Wajda · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.4

    6.9 · 65 votes
39. 39
    In Which We Serve 1942

    Directed by Noël Coward · Streaming on Tubi TV, Criterion Channel, FlixFling
    6.4

    6.7 · 108 votes
40. 40
    The Small Back Room 1949

    Directed by Michael Powell · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.4

    6.8 · 82 votes
41. 41
    Saladin 1963

    Directed by Youssef Chahine · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.4

    7.1 · 37 votes
42. 42
    The Long Voyage Home 1940

    Directed by John Ford · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.4

    6.6 · 105 votes
43. 43
    In the Year of the Pig 1969

    Directed by Emile de Antonio · Streaming on Hoopla, Criterion Channel
    6.3

    7.1 · 33 votes
44. 44
    Captain Conan 1996

    Directed by Bertrand Tavernier · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.3

    6.6 · 94 votes
45. 45
    Joan the Maid I: The Battles 1994

    Directed by Jacques Rivette · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.3

    7.0 · 30 votes
46. 46
    The Carabineers 1963

    Directed by Jean-Luc Godard · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.3

    6.5 · 99 votes
47. 47
    The Thick-Walled Room 1956

    Directed by Masaki Kobayashi · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.3

    7.2 · 22 votes
48. 48
    Westfront 1918 1930

    Directed by G.W. Pabst · Streaming on Tubi TV, Criterion Channel
    6.3

    6.6 · 62 votes
49. 49
    The River Fuefuki 1960

    Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.3

    7.7 · 13 votes
50. 50
    The First of the Few 1942

    Directed by Leslie Howard · Streaming on Tubi TV, Criterion Channel, Plex
    6.3

    6.7 · 42 votes

Smart score = (votes × rating + 82 × 6.03) ÷ (votes + 82): the TMDB rating, pulled toward the catalog average as if every film had 82 extra average votes. Streaming data by JustWatch.

1. 1
   The Third Shadow Warrior 1963

   Directed by Umetsugu Inoue · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   6.2

   7.2 · 13 votes
2. 2
   Story of a Prostitute 1965

   Directed by Seijun Suzuki · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   6.2

   6.6 · 47 votes
3. 3
   A Legend or Was It? 1963

   Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   6.2

   7.0 · 15 votes
4. 4
   Heroes Shed No Tears 1984

   Directed by John Woo · Streaming on JustWatch TV Free, JustWatch TV Plus, Tubi TV
   6.2

   6.5 · 83 votes
5. 5
   Army 1944

   Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita · Streaming on Criterion Channel, Fandor, Plex
   6.2

   6.8 · 16 votes
6. 6
   Safe Conduct 2002

   Directed by Bertrand Tavernier · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   6.2

   6.5 · 37 votes
7. 7
   The Spy in Black 1939

   Directed by Michael Powell · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   6.2

   6.4 · 67 votes
8. 8
   Boyhood 1951

   Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   6.1

   6.9 · 12 votes
9. 9
   Tokyo Trial 1983

   Directed by Masaki Kobayashi · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   6.1

   7.0 · 10 votes
10. 10
    Alexandria… Why? 1979

    Directed by Youssef Chahine · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.2

    6.5 · 29 votes