Underrated War Movies
War films our TML Score rates highly that never found a big audience: critically strong, commercially overlooked. Ranked by our TML Score, a transparent blend of IMDb and Metascore, and filtered to titles with modest box office.
30 Underrated War Films
- 1
Casablanca
Michael Curtiz·1942·DramaTML 95★ 8.5$1.0M box officeStarring
Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains
- 2
Grave of the Fireflies
Isao Takahata·1988·AnimationTML 93★ 8.5$517K box officeStarring
Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Akemi Yamaguchi, Yoshiko Shinohara
- 3
Army of Shadows
Jean-Pierre Melville·1969·DramaTML 92★ 8.1$862K box officeStarring
Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simone Signoret
- 4
Ran
Akira Kurosawa·1985·ActionTML 92★ 8.2$4.1M box officeStarring
Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû
- 5
La battaglia di Algeri
Gillo Pontecorvo·1966·DramaTML 91★ 8.1$56K box officeStarring
Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Samia Kerbash
- 6
The Battle of Algiers
Gillo Pontecorvo·1966·DramaTML 91★ 8.1$880K box officeStarring
Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi, Samia Kerbash
- 7
Come and See
Elem Klimov·1985·DramaTML 88★ 8.4$72K box officeStarring
Aleksey Kravchenko, Olga Mironova, Liubomiras Laucevicius, Vladas Bagdonas
- 8
The Great Dictator
Charles Chaplin·1940·ComedyTML 88★ 8.4$288K box officeStarring
Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner
- 9
To Be or Not to Be
Ernst Lubitsch·1942·ComedyTML 88★ 8.2$3.3M box officeStarring
Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart
- 10
All Quiet on the Western Front
Lewis Milestone·1930·DramaTML 88★ 8$3.3M box officeStarring
Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray, Arnold Lucy
- 11
The Cranes Are Flying
Mikhail Kalatozov·1957·DramaTML 87★ 8.3$18K box officeStarring
Tatyana Samoylova, Aleksey Batalov, Vasiliy Merkurev, Aleksandr Shvorin
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Turtles Can Fly
Bahman Ghobadi·2004·DramaTML 86★ 8.0$259K box officeStarring
Soran Ebrahim, Avaz Latif, Saddam Hossein Feysal, Hiresh Feysal Rahman
- 14
Bloody Sunday
Paul Greengrass·2002·DramaTML 86★ 7.6$773K box officeStarring
James Nesbitt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Nicholas Farrell, Allan Gildea
- 15
Kagemusha
Akira Kurosawa·1980·DramaTML 86★ 8.0$4.0M box officeStarring
Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu
- 16
Uri: The Surgical Strike
Aditya Dhar·2018·ActionTML 86★ 8.2$4.2M box officeStarring
Vicky Kaushal, Paresh Rawal, Mohit Raina, Yami Gautam
- 17
Ugetsu
Kenji Mizoguchi·1953·DramaTML 85★ 8.1$11K box officeStarring
Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Mito
- 18
Dara of Jasenovac
Predrag Antonijevic·2020·DramaTML 85★ 8.1$53K box officeStarring
Biljana Cekic, Zlatan Vidovic, Anja Stanic, Luka Saranovic
- 19
La Grande Illusion
Jean Renoir·1937·DramaTML 85★ 8.1$173K box officeStarring
Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim
- 20
No Man's Land
Danis Tanovic·2001·ComedyTML 85★ 7.9$1.1M box officeStarring
Branko Djuric, Rene Bitorajac, Filip Sovagovic, Georges Siatidis
- 21
Son of Saul
László Nemes·2015·DramaTML 85★ 7.4$1.8M box officeStarring
Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn, Todd Charmont
- 22
Forbidden Games
René Clément·1952·ComedyTML 84★ 8.0$20K box officeStarring
Georges Poujouly, Brigitte Fossey, Amédée, Laurence Badie
- 23
Ivan's Childhood
Andrei Tarkovsky, Eduard Abalov·1962·DramaTML 84★ 8.0$22K box officeStarring
Eduard Abalov, Nikolay Burlyaev, Valentin Zubkov, Evgeniy Zharikov
- 24
City of Life and Death
Chuan Lu·2009·DramaTML 84★ 7.7$123K box officeStarring
Ye Liu, Wei Fan, Hideo Nakaizumi, Yuanyuan Gao
- 25
Underground
Emir Kusturica·1995·ComedyTML 84★ 8.1$171K box officeStarring
Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Lazar Ristovski, Mirjana Jokovic, Slavko Stimac
- 26
Beau travail
Claire Denis·1999·DramaTML 84★ 7.3$248K box officeStarring
Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin, Richard Courcet
- 27
Timbuktu
Abderrahmane Sissako·2014·DramaTML 83★ 7.1$1.1M box officeStarring
Ibrahim Ahmed, Abel Jafri, Toulou Kiki, Layla Walet Mohamed
- 28
Beasts of No Nation
Cary Joji Fukunaga·2015·DramaTML 82★ 7.7$84K box officeStarring
Abraham Attah, Emmanuel Affadzi, Ricky Adelayitor, Andrew Adote
- 29
Tangerines
Zaza Urushadze·2013·DramaTML 82★ 8.1$145K box officeStarring
Lembit Ulfsak, Elmo Nüganen, Giorgi Nakashidze, Misha Meskhi
- 30
Mandariinid
Zaza Urushadze·2013·DramaTML 82★ 8.2$145K box officeStarring
Lembit Ulfsak, Elmo Nüganen, Giorgi Nakashidze, Misha Meskhi