Best war films 1971 – 1980 - Charts
Best war films 1971 – 1980
1. Apocalypse Now (1979)
USA, War / Drama
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando
2. Barry Lyndon (1975)
UK, Drama / War
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson
4. The Old Gun (1975)
France / West Germany, War / Thriller
Directed by: Robert Enrico
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Romy Schneider
5. The Fifth Seal (1976)
Hungary, Drama / Psychological
Directed by: Zoltán Fábri
Cast: Lajos Őze, László Márkus
7. The Deer Hunter (1978)
USA / UK, Drama / War
Directed by: Michael Cimino
Cast: Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken
8. A Bridge Too Far (1977)
USA / UK, War / Drama
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, James Caan
9. Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to? (1973)
France / Italy, Comedy / War
Directed by: Robert Lamoureux
Cast: Jean Lefebvre, Pierre Mondy
10. Shadows of a Hot Summer (1977)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / War
Directed by: František Vláčil
Cast: Marta Vančurová, Juraj Kukura
11. Signum Laudis (1980)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Psychological
Directed by: Martin Hollý ml.
Cast: Vlado Müller, Josef Bláha
14. 1900 (1976)
Italy / France, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
Cast: Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu
16. Cross of Iron (1977)
UK / West Germany, War / Drama
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: James Coburn, Maximilian Schell
17. Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)
Japan, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Kinji Fukasaku
Cast: Kanemon Nakamura, Sachiko Hidari
19. Kým kohút nezaspieva (1972)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / War
Directed by: Jozef Pálka
Cast: Ladislav Chudík, Jozef Kroner
20. Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
USA, Drama / War
Directed by: Dalton Trumbo
Cast: Timothy Bottoms, Marsha Hunt
21. The Tin Drum (1979)
West Germany / France, Drama / War
Directed by: Volker Schlöndorff
Cast: Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler
22. Liberation (1971)
East Germany / Italy, War / Drama
Directed by: Yuriy Ozerov
Cast: Mikhail Nozhkin, Nikolay Olyanin
24. The Seventh Company Outdoors (1977)
France, Comedy / War
Directed by: Robert Lamoureux
Cast: Jean Lefebvre, Pierre Mondy
25. The Duellists (1977)
UK, War / Drama
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Cast: Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel
27. The Seventh Company Has Been Found (1975)
France, Comedy / War
Directed by: Robert Lamoureux
Cast: Jean Lefebvre, Pierre Mondy
29. Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Sci-fi
Directed by: Jindřich Polák
Cast: Petr Kostka, Jiří Sovák
30. The Dawns Here Are Quiet (1972)
Soviet Union, Drama / War
Directed by: Stanislav Rostotskiy
Cast: Irina Shevchuk, Yelena Drapeko
32. The Passage (1979)
UK, War / Drama
Directed by: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Malcolm McDowell
35. Occupation in 26 Pictures (1978)
Yugoslavia / Italy, Drama / War
Directed by: Lordan Zafranovic
Cast: Frano Lasic, Milan Strljic
36. The Little Sugar House (1980)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / War
Directed by: Karel Kachyňa
Cast: Jana Švandová, Miroslav Macháček
37. Zulu Dawn (1979)
USA / South Africa, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Douglas Hickox
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Simon Ward
38. The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
UK, War / Adventure
Directed by: John Sturges
Cast: Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland
39. Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
UK, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast: Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman
40. R.A.S. (1972)
France / Italy, Drama / War
Directed by: Yves Boisset
Cast: Jacques Spiesser, Jacques Villeret
41. They Fought for Their Country (1975)
Soviet Union, Drama / War
Directed by: Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk
42. The Beguiled (1971)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Don Siegel
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Geraldine Page
43. The Last Assault (1971)
Soviet Union / East Germany, War / Drama
Directed by: Yuriy Ozerov
Cast: Mikhail Ulyanov, Vasiliy Shukshin
44. The Fortress (1979)
Hungary, Sci-fi / War
Directed by: Miklós Szinetár
Cast: Bella Tanay, Sándor Oszter
45. Triple Irons (1971)
Hong Kong, Action / Drama
Directed by: Cheh Chang
Cast: David Chiang Da-wei, Lung Ti
47. The Final Countdown (1980)
USA, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Don Taylor
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen
48. Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
UK, War / Adventure
Directed by: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Robert Shaw, Harrison Ford
50. 'Breaker' Morant (1980)
Australia, Drama / War
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
Cast: Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson
51. Dvadtsat dney bez voyny (1976)
Soviet Union, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Aleksey German
Cast: Jurij Nikulin, Ludmila Gurchenko
52. Liberation: The Battle of Berlin (1971)
Soviet Union / East Germany, War / Drama
Directed by: Yuriy Ozerov
Cast: Mikhail Ulyanov, Vasiliy Shukshin
53. The Desert of the Tartars (1976)
Italy / France, Drama / War
Directed by: Valerio Zurlini
Cast: Vittorio Gassman, Giuliano Gemma
55. The Train to Heaven (1972)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / War
Directed by: Karel Kachyňa
Cast: Josef Koza, Alena Procházková
56. The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone (1979)
Vietnam, Drama / War
Directed by: Hong Sen Nguyen
Cast: Toi Lam, Thuy An Nguyen
57. If I Had a Gun (1971)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / War
Directed by: Štefan Uher
Cast: Marián Bernát, Jozef Gráf
58. The Hiding Place (1975)
USA, War
Directed by: James F. Collier
Cast: Eileen Heckart, Julie Harris
59. Then I Sentenced Them All to Death (1971)
Romania, War / Drama
Directed by: Sergiu Nicolaescu
Cast: Amza Pellea, Cristian Sofron
60. Le Mille-pattes fait des claquettes (1977)
France, Comedy / War
Directed by: Jean Girault
Cast: Francis Perrin, Roger Miremont
61. Sting of the Dragon Masters (1973)
Hong Kong, Action / War
Directed by: Feng Huang
Cast: Jhoon Rhee, Angela Mao
62. Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975)
France, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Bertrand Tavernier
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort
64. Sandakan hačibanšokan bókjó (1974)
Japan, Drama / War
Directed by: Kei Kumai
Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, 菅井きん
66. Perceval (1978)
France / Italy, Drama / Music
Directed by: Eric Rohmer
Cast: Fabrice Luchini, André Dussollier
67. Soldier of Orange (1977)
Netherlands / Belgium, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Jeroen Krabbé
68. Prishyol soldat s fronta (1971)
Soviet Union, War
Directed by: Vasiliy Shukshin, Nikolai Gubenko
69. Wizards (1977)
USA, Animation / Sci-fi
Directed by: Ralph Bakshi
Cast: Susan Tyrrell, Mark Hamill
70. At Home Among Strangers (1974)
Soviet Union, Adventure / War
Directed by: Nikita Mikhalkov
Cast: Yuri Bogatyryov, Nikita Mikhalkov
72. Mussolini: Ultimo atto (1974)
Italy, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Carlo Lizzani
Cast: Rod Steiger, Franco Nero
73. Lekcja martwego języka (1979)
Poland, Drama / War
Directed by: Janusz Majewski
Cast: Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Ewa Dalkowska
76. Overlord (1975)
UK, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Stuart Cooper
Cast: Brian Stirner, Davyd Harries
77. Boško Buha (1978)
Yugoslavia, Drama / War
Directed by: Branko Bauer
Cast: Marko Nikolic, Dragan Bjelogrlic
79. The Wild Geese (1978)
UK / Switzerland, Action / War
Directed by: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: Richard Burton, Roger Moore
83. Murphy's War (1971)
UK / USA, War / Drama
Directed by: Peter Yates
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Siân Phillips
85. The Guernica Tree (1975)
France / Italy, Drama / War
Directed by: Fernando Arrabal
Cast: Mario Novelli, Rocco Fontana
86. Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)
Italy / UK, Drama / War
Directed by: Ennio De Concini
Cast: Alec Guinness, Simon Ward
87. Red Psalm (1972)
Hungary, Drama / Musical
Directed by: Miklós Jancsó
Cast: Andrea Drahota, Gyöngyi Bürös
89. Battle of Okinawa (1971)
Japan, Drama / War
Directed by: Kihachi Okamoto
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Kenji Sahara
90. Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
USA, Drama / Sci-fi
Directed by: George Roy Hill
Cast: Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman
92. Hitler: A Film from Germany (1977)
West Germany / France, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Cast: Harry Baer, Hellmut Lange
93. Lancelot of the Lake (1974)
France / Italy, Drama / War
Directed by: Robert Bresson
Cast: Luc Simon, Laura Duke Condominas
94. U gori raste zelen bor (1971)
Yugoslavia, Drama / War
Directed by: Antun Vrdoljak
Cast: Ilija Ivezic, Rade Serbedzija
95. Touch and Go (1971)
France / Italy, Comedy / Adventure
Directed by: Philippe de Broca
Cast: Marlène Jobert, Michael York
98. Blokada 2: Leningradskiy metronom, Operatsiya Iskra (1977)
Soviet Union, War / Drama
Directed by: Michail Jeršov
Cast: Yuri Solomin, Yevgeni Lebedev
99. The 18 Bronzemen (1975)
Taiwan / Hong Kong, Action / Drama
Directed by: Joseph Kuo
Cast: Carter Wong, Peng Tien
100. Seven Man Army (1976)
Hong Kong, Action / Drama
Directed by: Cheh Chang, Ma Wu
Cast: David Chiang Da-wei, Lung Ti