Best War Movies on HBO Max in the US

1. 1
   The Great Dictator 1940

   Directed by Charlie Chaplin · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, HBO Max
   8.2

   8.3 · 3.9K votes
2. 2
   Full Metal Jacket 1987

   Directed by Stanley Kubrick · Streaming on HBO Max, MGM Plus, Cinemax
   8.1

   8.1 · 12K votes
3. 3
   Gone with the Wind 1939

   Directed by Victor Fleming · Streaming on HBO Max, YouTube TV, FlixHouse
   7.9

   7.9 · 4.5K votes
4. 4
   Rome, Open City 1945

   Directed by Roberto Rossellini · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel, Darkroom
   7.9

   8.0 · 1K votes
5. 5
   The Battle of Algiers 1966

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

   7.9 · 942 votes
6. 6
   To Be or Not to Be 1942

   Directed by Ernst Lubitsch · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel, TCM
   7.7

   7.8 · 879 votes
7. 7
   The Last Samurai 2003

   Directed by Edward Zwick · Streaming on fuboTV, HBO Max, MGM+
   7.6

   7.6 · 7.9K votes
8. 8
   Battleship Potemkin 1925

   Directed by Sergei Eisenstein · Streaming on JustWatch TV Free, HBO Max, Brew
   7.5

   7.6 · 1.4K votes
9. 9
   Au Revoir les Enfants 1987

   Directed by Louis Malle · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel
   7.4

   7.5 · 762 votes
10. 10
    Paisan 1946

    Directed by Roberto Rossellini · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel
    7.2

    7.5 · 367 votes
11. 11
    War for the Planet of the Apes 2017

    Directed by Matt Reeves · Streaming on HBO Max, Cinemax
    7.2

    7.2 · 10K votes
12. 12
    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943

    Directed by Michael Powell · Streaming on HBO Max, The Roku Channel, Criterion Channel
    7.2

    7.5 · 282 votes
13. 13
    Conspiracy 2001

    Directed by Frank Pierson · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.1

    7.3 · 511 votes
14. 14
    Ashes and Diamonds 1958

    Directed by Andrzej Wajda · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy
    7.1

    7.4 · 294 votes
15. 15
    The Last Metro 1980

    Directed by François Truffaut · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel
    7.1

    7.2 · 538 votes
16. 16
    Born on the Fourth of July 1989

    Directed by Oliver Stone · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.0

    7.0 · 2K votes
17. 17
    Warfare 2025

    Directed by Ray Mendoza · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.0

    7.0 · 1.7K votes
18. 18
    Europa Europa 1990

    Directed by Agnieszka Holland · Streaming on HBO Max
    7.0

    7.2 · 292 votes
19. 19
    Chimes at Midnight 1965

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

    7.2 · 256 votes
20. 20
    Senso 1954

    Directed by Luchino Visconti · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.9

    7.2 · 259 votes
21. 21
    Taking Chance 2009

    Directed by Ross Katz · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.9

    7.2 · 257 votes
22. 22
    Hearts and Minds 1974

    Directed by Peter Davis · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel, Mometu
    6.9

    7.6 · 96 votes
23. 23
    The Tin Drum 1979

    Directed by Volker Schlöndorff · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.8

    7.0 · 565 votes
24. 24
    War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky 1966

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

    7.6 · 85 votes
25. 25
    The Shop on Main Street 1965

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

    7.1 · 233 votes
26. 26
    War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812 1967

    Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.8

    7.6 · 68 votes
27. 27
    Breaker Morant 1980

    Directed by Bruce Beresford · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Kanopy
    6.7

    7.1 · 164 votes
28. 28
    The Tuskegee Airmen 1995

    Directed by Robert Markowitz · Streaming on HBO Max, History Vault
    6.7

    7.1 · 139 votes
29. 29
    War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov 1967

    Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.7

    7.5 · 62 votes
30. 30
    The Four Feathers 1939

    Directed by Zoltan Korda · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel, Darkroom
    6.6

    7.1 · 108 votes
31. 31
    Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. 1951

    Directed by Raoul Walsh · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.6

    7.0 · 150 votes
32. 32
    49th Parallel 1941

    Directed by Michael Powell · Streaming on HBO Max, Philo, Criterion Channel
    6.6

    7.0 · 131 votes
33. 33
    The Night Porter 1974

    Directed by Liliana Cavani · Streaming on HBO Max, Fawesome, IndiePix Unlimited
    6.6

    6.7 · 401 votes
34. 34
    Sometimes in April 2005

    Directed by Raoul Peck · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.6

    7.1 · 92 votes
35. 35
    Shoulder Arms 1918

    Directed by Charlie Chaplin · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel, FILMBOX+ Now
    6.6

    6.8 · 210 votes
36. 36
    War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova 1966

    Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.6

    7.2 · 75 votes
37. 37
    Objective, Burma! 1945

    Directed by Raoul Walsh · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.5

    6.9 · 106 votes
38. 38
    Band of Brothers: Legacy 2026

    Directed by Chase Millsap · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.5

    8.7 · 19 votes
39. 39
    The Place Promised in Our Early Days 2004

    Directed by Makoto Shinkai · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.5

    6.6 · 576 votes
40. 40
    We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company 2001

    Directed by Mark Cowen · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.5

    7.4 · 41 votes
41. 41
    White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 2007

    Directed by Steven Okazaki · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.5

    7.5 · 36 votes
42. 42
    Henry V 1944

    Directed by Laurence Olivier · Streaming on HBO Max, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV
    6.5

    6.7 · 140 votes
43. 43
    The Pentagon Wars 1998

    Directed by Richard Benjamin · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.5

    6.9 · 89 votes
44. 44
    Overlord 1975

    Directed by Stuart Cooper · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.4

    6.8 · 94 votes
45. 45
    And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself 2003

    Directed by Bruce Beresford · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.4

    6.7 · 104 votes
46. 46
    In Which We Serve 1942

    Directed by Noël Coward · Streaming on HBO Max, The Roku Channel, Criterion Channel
    6.4

    6.7 · 108 votes
47. 47
    When Trumpets Fade 1998

    Directed by John Irvin · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.4

    6.6 · 156 votes
48. 48
    The Commandant's Shadow 2024

    Directed by Daniela Völker · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.4

    7.2 · 31 votes
49. 49
    The Long Voyage Home 1940

    Directed by John Ford · Streaming on HBO Max, Shout! Factory
    6.4

    6.6 · 105 votes
50. 50
    Passage to Marseille 1944

    Directed by Michael Curtiz · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.3

    6.7 · 73 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
   Path to War 2003

   Directed by John Frankenheimer · Streaming on HBO Max
   6.3

   6.7 · 63 votes
2. 2
   The Lost Patrol 1934

   Directed by John Ford · Streaming on HBO Max
   6.3

   6.6 · 84 votes
3. 3
   Westfront 1918 1930

   Directed by G.W. Pabst · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel, Fawesome
   6.3

   6.6 · 62 votes
4. 4
   The Memphis Belle 1944

   Directed by William Wyler · Streaming on HBO Max, MGM+, The Roku Channel
   6.3

   6.7 · 45 votes
5. 5
   The Sea Chase 1955

   Directed by John Farrow · Streaming on HBO Max, YouTube TV
   6.1

   6.3 · 55 votes
6. 6
   Ensign Pulver 1964

   Directed by Joshua Logan · Streaming on HBO Max
   6.1

   6.5 · 20 votes
7. 7
   The Hook 1963

   Directed by George Seaton · Streaming on HBO Max
   6.0

   6.1 · 20 votes
8. 8
   Battle Circus 1953

   Directed by Richard Brooks · Streaming on HBO Max, YouTube TV
   6.0

   6.0 · 19 votes
9. 9
   The Fighting 69th 1940

   Directed by William Keighley · Streaming on HBO Max
   6.0

   5.9 · 29 votes
10. 10
    Battle Cry 1955

    Directed by Raoul Walsh · Streaming on HBO Max
    6.0

    5.8 · 29 votes