Best War Movies of the 1960s

1. 1
   Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964

   Directed by Stanley Kubrick · Streaming on Tubi TV, Sony Pictures Core
   8.1

   8.1 · 6.4K votes
2. 2
   Lawrence of Arabia 1962

   Directed by David Lean · Streaming on Netflix, Philo, Sony Pictures Core
   8.0

   8.0 · 3.6K votes
3. 3
   The Great Escape 1963

   Directed by John Sturges · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, YouTube TV, History Vault
   7.9

   7.9 · 3K votes
4. 4
   Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! 1966

   Directed by Gérard Oury · Streaming on France Channel
   7.8

   7.9 · 1.5K votes
5. 5
   The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer 1961

   Directed by Masaki Kobayashi · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   7.8

   8.4 · 233 votes
6. 6
   The Battle of Algiers 1966

   Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV
   7.8

   7.9 · 942 votes
7. 7
   Ivan's Childhood 1962

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

   7.8 · 875 votes
8. 8
   Two Women 1960

   Directed by Vittorio De Sica · Streaming on Kanopy, Fawesome, Cineverse
   7.6

   7.8 · 589 votes
9. 9
   The Dirty Dozen 1967

   Directed by Robert Aldrich
   7.5

   7.6 · 1.4K votes
10. 10
    The Longest Day 1962

    Directed by Ken Annakin
    7.5

    7.6 · 1.1K votes
11. 11
    Doctor Zhivago 1965

    Directed by David Lean
    7.5

    7.6 · 1.3K votes
12. 12
    Where Eagles Dare 1968

    Directed by Brian G. Hutton
    7.4

    7.5 · 1K votes
13. 13
    The Train 1964

    Directed by John Frankenheimer · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, YouTube Free, Tubi TV
    7.3

    7.6 · 401 votes
14. 14
    The War Game 1966

    Directed by Peter Watkins
    7.2

    7.7 · 196 votes
15. 15
    Zulu 1964

    Directed by Cy Endfield · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, The Roku Channel, Kanopy
    7.2

    7.4 · 592 votes
16. 16
    The Guns of Navarone 1961

    Directed by J. Lee Thompson · Streaming on Netflix
    7.2

    7.3 · 918 votes
17. 17
    The Hill 1965

    Directed by Sidney Lumet
    7.2

    7.5 · 267 votes
18. 18
    Shame 1968

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.1

    7.5 · 248 votes
19. 19
    War and Peace 1968

    Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk
    7.1

    7.7 · 172 votes
20. 20
    Everybody Go Home! 1960

    Directed by Luigi Comencini
    7.0

    7.6 · 123 votes
21. 21
    The Sand Pebbles 1966

    Directed by Robert Wise
    6.9

    7.2 · 296 votes
22. 22
    Chimes at Midnight 1965

    Directed by Orson Welles · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel
    6.9

    7.2 · 256 votes
23. 23
    Closely Watched Trains 1966

    Directed by Jiří Menzel · Streaming on Criterion Channel, Klassiki
    6.9

    7.2 · 280 votes
24. 24
    The Alamo 1960

    Directed by John Wayne · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, MGM Plus
    6.9

    7.1 · 418 votes
25. 25
    Is Paris Burning? 1966

    Directed by René Clément
    6.9

    7.2 · 231 votes
26. 26
    The White Sun of the Desert 1969

    Directed by Vladimir Motyl · Streaming on Fawesome
    6.8

    7.2 · 190 votes
27. 27
    War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky 1966

    Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk · Streaming on Criterion Channel, HBO Max
    6.8

    7.6 · 85 votes
28. 28
    The Shop on Main Street 1965

    Directed by Ján Kadár · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel
    6.8

    7.1 · 233 votes
29. 29
    Von Ryan's Express 1965

    Directed by Mark Robson
    6.8

    7.1 · 256 votes
30. 30
    War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812 1967

    Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.8

    7.6 · 68 votes
31. 31
    Red Angel 1966

    Directed by Yasuzō Masumura · Streaming on Philo, Kanopy, Fandor
    6.7

    7.6 · 69 votes
32. 32
    Taxi for Tobruk 1961

    Directed by Denys de La Patellière
    6.7

    7.1 · 154 votes
33. 33
    Hell in the Pacific 1968

    Directed by John Boorman
    6.7

    7.0 · 195 votes
34. 34
    Battle of the Bulge 1965

    Directed by Ken Annakin · Streaming on Hoopla, Plex Channel, Tubi TV
    6.7

    6.9 · 293 votes
35. 35
    The 25th Hour 1967

    Directed by Henri Verneuil
    6.7

    7.6 · 59 votes
36. 36
    The 317th Platoon 1965

    Directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer · Streaming on Hoopla, OVID
    6.7

    7.3 · 85 votes
37. 37
    War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov 1967

    Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.7

    7.5 · 62 votes
38. 38
    The Four Days of Naples 1962

    Directed by Nanni Loy
    6.7

    7.6 · 55 votes
39. 39
    Shenandoah 1965

    Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
    6.7

    7.0 · 168 votes
40. 40
    Battle of Britain 1969

    Directed by Guy Hamilton · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, The Roku Channel, History Vault
    6.7

    6.8 · 368 votes
41. 41
    El Cid 1961

    Directed by Anthony Mann · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, YouTube Free, Tubi TV
    6.6

    6.8 · 317 votes
42. 42
    55 Days at Peking 1963

    Directed by Nicholas Ray · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, YouTube Free, Tubi TV
    6.6

    6.9 · 193 votes
43. 43
    Triumph Over Violence 1965

    Directed by Mikhail Romm
    6.6

    7.5 · 58 votes
44. 44
    The Heroes of Telemark 1965

    Directed by Anthony Mann · Streaming on YouTube Free
    6.6

    6.9 · 189 votes
45. 45
    Passenger 1963

    Directed by Andrzej Munk
    6.6

    7.3 · 70 votes
46. 46
    Weekend at Dunkirk 1964

    Directed by Henri Verneuil
    6.6

    6.9 · 160 votes
47. 47
    Culloden 1964

    Directed by Peter Watkins
    6.6

    7.4 · 58 votes
48. 48
    The Round-Up 1966

    Directed by Miklós Jancsó · Streaming on Kanopy
    6.6

    7.2 · 77 votes
49. 49
    War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova 1966

    Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.6

    7.2 · 75 votes
50. 50
    The Night of the Generals 1967

    Directed by Anatole Litvak
    6.6

    6.8 · 195 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.

1. 1
   Two Half-Times in Hell 1961

   Directed by Zoltán Fábri
   6.4

   7.7 · 26 votes
2. 2
   I Was Nineteen 1968

   Directed by Konrad Wolf · Streaming on Kanopy, MUBI
   6.4

   7.6 · 27 votes
3. 3
   Samurai Banners 1969

   Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
   6.4

   7.4 · 28 votes
4. 4
   Seisaku's Wife 1965

   Directed by Yasuzō Masumura
   6.3

   7.3 · 27 votes
5. 5
   Long Live the Republic 1965

   Directed by Karel Kachyňa
   6.3

   7.5 · 17 votes
6. 6
   Assassination 1965

   Directed by Jiří Sequens
   6.3

   7.5 · 17 votes
7. 7
   The River Fuefuki 1960

   Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   6.3

   7.7 · 13 votes
8. 8
   Far from Vietnam 1967

   Directed by Jean-Luc Godard · Streaming on OVID
   6.3

   7.2 · 28 votes
9. 9
   Three 1965

   Directed by Aleksandar Petrović · Streaming on Klassiki
   6.3

   7.3 · 21 votes
10. 10
    Birth Certificate 1961

    Directed by Stanisław Różewicz
    6.3

    7.2 · 24 votes